Ohio Legislation

Ohio Democrats introduce bill to effectively kill concealed carry in Ohio

7:00am Monday, October 01, 2012
Editor's Note - the author misread the bill language pertaining to tenants of rental/ lease properties. Corrections added in bold. We regret the error. by Chad D. Baus Two Ohio Democrat State Representatives, Bill Patmon and Ted Celeste, are co-sponsoring a bill "to generally prohibit a person from having a firearm on privately owned land or premises unless the person owns, controls, or resides...

Columbus Mayor, Liberal Groups Worked to Block Gun Rights Bill in Ohio Legislature

7:00am Friday, September 07, 2012
by Jesse Hathaway Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office worked with liberal activists and employees of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to block a gun rights bill in the Ohio General Assembly, public records obtained by Media Trackers show. Media Trackers has previously reported on the groups' coordination to use shooting deaths for political gain. Senate Bill 17, signed into law by...

Attorney General Mike DeWine uses occasion of annual ice cream social to publicly announce support for HB495

7:00am Tuesday, July 17, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The many gun owners who accepted Buckeye Firearms Association's invitation to thank Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) for his work for gun owners in the AG's office by joining him and wife Fran at their Greene County home for an Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social on June 24 enjoyed more than an old fashioned country picnic complete with ice cream and homemade pies. During comments made...

Lucas Co. sheriff's deputies proven to be unaware of certain provisions in Ohio's CCW law

7:00am Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Demand for out-of-state licenses proves need for passage of HB495 by Chad D. Baus Although Ohio's concealed handgun license law has been in place since April 2004, it appears the folks at the Lucas County sheriff's office are just now discovering some of the finer details of the law. From The Toledo Blade : Lucas County sheriff's deputies recently responded to a call of a man with a gun. What...

Dueling editorials on HB495 expose difference between logic and emotion, facts and fallacy

7:00am Friday, June 29, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Two northern Ohio newspapers have recently published editorials on House Bill 495, which was passed out of the Ohio House on June 13 by a 59 - 28 margin. The contrast between editorials by The Lima News and The Cleveland Plain Dealer addressing passage of the bill, which seeks to reform Ohio concealed carry law to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and continue a trend...

Rep. Patmon's HB563 (Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms) is based on several anti-gun myths

7:00am Wednesday, June 20, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) has introduced HB563, gun control legislation that would "prohibit any person from storing or leaving a firearm in the person's residence unless the firearm is secured in safe storage or rendered inoperable by a tamper-resistant lock or other safety device if the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is able to gain access to the firearm and...

Study has Attorney General Mike DeWine seeking to clamp down hard on repeat violent offenders

7:00am Monday, June 18, 2012
by Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that in response to a new study showing that a small group of repeat violent offenders is responsible for a third of all violent-crime convictions, Attorney General Mike DeWine is planning to propose legislation to keep such felons behind bars much longer. From the article : "We cannot afford not to lock up a three-time...

Ohio House Passes Firearm Bill to Modernize Reciprocity & Concealed Carry

5:24pm Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Editor's Note: This article was updated as information became available. By a 59 - 28 margin, the Ohio House has passed House Bill 495, sponsored by Representative Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), which will reform Ohio concealed carry law to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and continue a trend toward making Ohio law similar to other states. HB495 makes three changes to current law:...

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