Students, local leaders talk gun violence at The Big Table event

COLUMBUS, Ohio - They gathered in a church basement, where their voices carried, to share food and ideas.More than 200 people took a seat at one of more than two-dozen tables for The Big Table discussion, one of many that happened across the area on Wednesday. The initiative was spearheaded by the Columbus Foundation.The idea came from Rev. Tim Ahrens, of the First Congregational Church."I woke up on Monday, Aug. 5, and I was undone by what had happened in El Paso and in Dayton, and I just got u