FLASH!! LexisNexis Anderson Publishing displaying wrong Ohio CHL law on website
UPDATE: LexisNexis Anderson Publishing website corrected
EXCLUSIVE: MUST CREDIT www.OhioCCW.org
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has discovered that LexisNexis Anderson Publishing, the nation's primary publisher of "legal treatises, professional journals, law school textbooks, criminal justice publications, and legal forms", has an incorrect version of Ohio's new concealed handgun license law on it's website, http://onlinedocs.andersonpublishing.com
The version that has somehow made it's way into print, and is falsely published as Ohio Revised Code, is actually the Senate-passed version of House Bill 12.
Frequent readers of this website will recall that the Senate's version of House Bill 12 contained many "poison pills", inserted at the demand of Governor Taft. The most egregious of these "poison pills" was the Carjacker Protection provision, which mandated that CHL-holders could not carry a firearm for self-defense in their personal vehicle with a person under 18 as a passenger.
After intense lobbying and grassroots efforts by OFCC supporters, the Carjacker Protection provision (along with certain other Taft/ Senate poison pill amendments), was removed by a House/ Senate Conference Committee, and is NOT law.
Sources tell OFCC that at least some Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) instructors have been teaching students that the Senate's version is law in Ohio.
At this time, we do not know how this error occurred, or who supplied Anderson's with the wrong version of HB12. We do not know the length of time this has been listed as Ohio law by Anderson's, nor do we know how many students were educated incorrectly by OPOTA.
It is NOT believe that NRA-certified instructors were effected in any way by this error, but individual cases may vary.
The Ohio Attorney General's office website currently provides links ONLY to OPOTA instructors. Please visit www.OhioCCWTraining.org to find a list of NRA-certified instructors.
A call to Senate President Doug White's press secretary requesting comment has not yet been returned.
Ohioans For Concealed Carry is in communication with the Ohio Attorney General's office and OPOTA about this error, to learn how it occurred, and to ensure that it is corrected quickly.
Related Stories:
READ THE LAW (An Act: House Bill 12) (.pdf)
- 1469 reads
