Ohio Legislation

Bill (re)introduced to allow guns in restaurants and fix car carry rules

12:13pm Thursday, January 27, 2011
Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) today announced that a bill refining concealed carry statutes has been introduced in the Ohio House. The bill, which contains language from SB239 in the 128th General Assembly, is designed to update Ohio's current concealed carry laws to make them more consistent with those in other states. Representatives Danny Bubp (R-West Union) and Terry Johnson (R-McDermott...

Urban editorial boards argue 2nd Amendment should be applied differently depending on where one lives, so what about the 1st?

7:00am Monday, January 24, 2011
by Gerard Valentino & Ken Hanson On December 29, 2010, the Ohio Supreme Court once again upheld statewide preemption of gun laws, in essence knocking Ohio's cities out of the gun control business. The Ohio establishment media is attacking this ruling, not because of the substance of the ruling, but because it is a win for gun owners. In an attempt to disguise these editorials as something...

Delaware city councilman calls for lift of state's ban on concealed carry in public buildings

7:00am Friday, January 14, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of a shooting at Florida school board meeting, and the mass shooting in Arizona that accompanied as assassination attempt against U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, a Delware, Ohio city councilman is says it's time that the statewide ban on concealed carry in public buildings be lifted. From the article : Delaware City Council members this week discussed security measures...

What went wrong – why gun owners got next to nothing in the last General Assembly

7:00am Monday, January 10, 2011
by Jim Irvine The 128th General Assembly (2009-2010) is history. SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fixes) and SB247 (Restoration of Rights) are dead. Despite having the broad support in the Senate, the House and Governor Strickland, these important bills never passed. We will examine what when wrong, and where we go from here. Long-time readers of this web site may remember that we tried to...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsees dominate Senate majority leadership in 129th General Assembly

7:00am Wednesday, January 05, 2011
Buckeye Firearms Association endorsees have been elected by Republicans and Democrats to a majority of leadership positions in their respective caucuses for the 129th General Assembly. Senate Republicans have picked former BFA endorsee Sen. Tom Niehaus (New Richmond) as Senate President. The caucus also chose the following former endorsees to join Niehaus in leadership: Sens. Keith Faber (Celina...

Media cheer as pro-gun bills with strong legislative support die at the hand of one man

7:00am Monday, January 03, 2011
by Gerard Valentino The editorial boards of The Columbus Dispatch , Toledo Blade , Dayton Daily News and Cleveland Plain Dealer have become little more than glorified television weatherman – they all seem to get everything wrong and still have the blind arrogance to tell Ohioans what is coming next. Then again, perhaps it isn't fair to put the weatherman in the same category as Ohio’s leftist...

To the Editor: 'No need' to carry firearms into bars or restaurants that serve alcohol?

7:00am Tuesday, December 28, 2010
In response to The Dayton Daily News ' recent editorial excoriating attempts to pass SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix), two letter writers, including BFA Region Leader Larry Moore, wrote to set the facts straight.

Letter supportive of restaurant carry legislation yields death threat from anti-gun reader

7:00am Thursday, December 23, 2010
by Chad D. Baus A letter to the editor of The Columbus Dispatch , written in response to that newspaper's negative take on Ohio's restaurant carry legislation (SB239) has earned the man who wrote it a death threat. After Mark McGlone's letter, entitled " Editorial off-base about guns in bars ," was published on December 15, his family received a startling phone call. In correspondence with BFA,...

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