The shooting at the Cuyahoga County Fair on Saturday night has renewed the debate about public safety, gun laws, and the limitations local authorities face in protecting residents, and Today in Ohio asks when lawmakers will opt for basic safety over gun rights for all.

Saturday night’s shooting sent an 18-year-old to a hospital with a gunshot to the abdomen, Lisa Garvin said to open the podcast discussion. The incident, which began as a fight involving approximately ten people near the concession stands, and it marks the second violent incident at a Northeast Ohio county fair this summer. Last month, a 17-year-old was shot in the parking lot of the Summit County Fair.

The latest shooting came days after Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued a ruling that fiar boards are powerless to p

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