Ohio Legislation

FLASH: Ohio Senate passes SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and SB247 (Restoration of Rights)

The Ohio Senate has passed Senate Bill 239, which will allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants. To do so, license holders may not consume any alcohol and must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. According to OpenCarry.org , 42 states (including every state that borders Ohio) allow non-drinking license holders to carry firearms...

Bills would allow Ohio citizens to carry guns in restaurants and restore gun owner rights

Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is delighted to report that the Senate Criminal Justice Committee today passed two vital bills. SB239 would allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants. To do so, license holders may not consume any alcohol and must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The bill also seeks to reduce burdensome...

SB239 (Restaurant/Car Carry) & SB247 (Restoration of Rights) scheduled for possible vote in Senate committee

The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, May 26 at 9:00 AM in the Senate Building's South Hearing Room. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson will offer testimony on SB239 , sponsored by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun...

2010 Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Up For Third Year in a Row

Hunters checked 21,909 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 16, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents nearly a 16 percent increase over last year's preliminary harvest number of 18,936.

Get Involved: National Training Week July 4-11

By Jeff Knox National Training Week, July 4 through 11, is set aside in conjunction with Independence Day to remind people that liberty and independence are closely tied to responsible possession of firearms. Every American owes a debt of thanks to our forebears who saw fit to enshrine the right to arms in our Constitution and to use that right to defend our liberty for the past 234 years...

Another city nullifies gun ban under statewide preemption; City of Cleveland still in violation of the law

By Chad D. Baus Even as the City of Cleveland continues to enforce its local gun control laws and waste tax payer money to fight state law prohibiting same in court, the City of Newark, OH is taking another route entirely at a council meeting to be held tonight.

Op-Ed: Law-abiding citizens don't commit crimes

The following guest op-ed appeared in The Chillicothe Gazette on April 22, 2010. By Mike McCoy When Ohio's original legislation allowing law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed handgun passed in 2004, there were dire predictions by the anti-gun crowd that there would be shootouts in the streets or worse. Fast forward six years, and guess what? None of it happened. How could the anti-gun crowd...

Two Buckeye Firearms Assoc.-endorsed bills receive hearings

By Jim Irvine SB247 , a bill which will bring Ohio's restoration of rights in line with Federal law and United States Supreme Court ruling, received its first hearing on Wednesday in the Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee . The bill's primary sponsor, Sen. Jason Wilson, testified about the need for the bill and how his bill will correct the problem affecting many Ohio gun owners. (see...

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