Ohio Legislation

Republican councilwoman calls law allowing guns in parks "ridiculous"

January 29, 2010 UPDATE : Republican councilwoman rethinking stance on guns in parks By Chad D. Baus Dayton Daily News writer Christopher Magan is reporting that the City of Beavercreek is considering a change to an ordinance prohibiting guns in public parks to comply with a state law passed in 2007 and upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008. "Unfortunately," Magan editorializes (in what is...

USSA: Hearing Scheduled on Bill that Would Threaten Ohio’s Deer Herd

Recently introduced bills in the Ohio House of Representatives and Senate could threaten the future of deer hunting in Ohio. The measures, House Bill 410, sponsored by Representative Mark D. Okey (D- Carrollton), and Senate Bill 225, sponsored by Senator Mark Wagoner (R- Toledo), move oversight and regulation of captive deer breeders and deer hunting facilities from the Ohio Division of Wildlife...

HB158 (certified instructors' CHL fee exemption) scheduled for proponent testimony in House committee

House Bill 158, which seeks to add instructors who are certified to teach courses that meet the requirements of Ohio's concealed handgun license (CHL) law to the list of persons who are exempted from paying a fee to obtain a CHL, has been added to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security agenda for proponent testimony, Tuesday, January 26 at 3:00pm in Statehouse Hearing Room 122...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Linda Walker testifies in favor of HB203

Earlier today, Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio Chair Linda Walker offered proponent testimony on HB203, which seeks to "allow a concealed carry licensee who is not consuming liquor and is not under the influence to carry a concealed handgun in a retail food establishment or food service operation with any class liquor permit issued for the location" before the House Committee on Public...

HB203 (Restaurant Carry) scheduled for proponent testimony in House committee

House Bill 203, which seeks to "allow a concealed carry licensee who is not consuming liquor and is not under the influence to carry a concealed handgun in a retail food establishment or food service operation with any class liquor permit issued for the location," has been added to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security agenda for sponsor testimony, Tuesday, January 19 at 3:...

2009 - The Year In Review

By Chad D. Baus While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2009. January: The year begins with the inauguration of former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Hussein Obama, who quickly proves he lied during the campaign in describing himself as a pro-Second Amendment candidate by announcing the administration's declaration of war on...

Holiday bloodshed in Chicagoland highlights the sheer impotence of gun control laws

By Gerard Valentino The holiday season is supposed to be a time when Americans reflect on the good things in their life and give thanks for the blessings they've enjoyed during the year. In Chicago, however, the holidays are yet another time of murder and mayhem – despite the city administration's anti-gun laws and strict gun-control. CBS2Chicago.com is again reporting on the violence plaguing...

Cleveland officials should take a lesson from the City of New Philadelphia on gun rights

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 New Philadelphia, OH is taking another route entirely.

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