Ohio Legislation

Castle Doctrine bill needs your support NOW!

5:17pm Monday, May 19, 2008
UPDATE: (5.22.08 12:00PM) For the fourth time this month, House Criminal Justice Chairman John White (R-38) has put off a possible vote on SB184, the Castle Doctrine bill. Although a Governor Strickland-, Buckeye Firearms Association- and NRA-backed amendment was circulated before the meeting, White did not give the committee opportunity to adopt the amendment. The Ohio Fraternal Order of Police...

Big Brother Sam: Wal-Mart to videotape gun buyers

12:05am Friday, May 16, 2008
In a recent outdoors column, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review asked if America's largest retailer is getting out of the hunting and fishing business. Wal-Mart may not think so, but that's really up to their customers to decide, now that they have announced a partnership with the anti-gun extremist and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to video-tape and keep records on gun buyers.

Castle Doctrine sponsor testimony heard in committee; Vote rescheduled for May 21 after possible amendment

5:08pm Thursday, May 15, 2008
State Sen. Steve Buehrer (R-1) offered sponsor testimony on Senate Bill 184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine legislation on Wednesday, May 14. The bill, which received unanimous support in the Senate, is now being considered by the House Criminal Justice Committee. Although originally scheduled for a vote this week, Chairman John White (R-38) has rescheduled SB184 for a second hearing next week. The...

Castle Doctrine hearing & vote rescheduled for May 14

11:32am Friday, May 09, 2008
House Criminal Justice Committee Chairman Rep. John White's office has been doing a yeomans' job as he works to juggle both the House and Senate versions of Castle Doctrine legislation. The House version, HB264, has received four hearings in White's committee, and a fifth hearing and possible vote scheduled for yesterday was put off until next week, when the committee will instead take up...

Castle Doctrine bill amended in 4th House Hearing; Scheduled for possible vote!

4:20pm Friday, May 02, 2008
On Thursday, May 1, the House Criminal Justice Committee held a fourth hearing for House Bill 264, that chamber's version of the Castle Doctrine bill. The committee adopted amendments to the bill via a substitute bill (which can be downloaded via a link below), essentially modifying the House bill to nearly identical language as the version of Castle Doctrine which unanimously passed in the...

Buckeye Firearms Association endorses HB450 (Armed Services 18-21 purchase); Bill passes out of committee

12:15am Friday, May 02, 2008
Buckeye Firearms Central Ohio Chair Gerard Valentino testified in favor of HB450 at the House Criminal Justice Committee hearing on Thursday April 17th. The bill, which will give veterans between the age of 18 and 21 the right to own a handgun, was voted out of committee and will now go to the House floor for a vote. This common sense pro-gun legislation is likely to receive overwhelming bi-...

BFA on hand as Gov. Ted Strickland signs bill expanding opportunities for mobility-impaired hunters

12:10am Monday, April 28, 2008
Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer Bob Harsanje recently attended the signing ceremony for Senate Bill 209, legislation which will, among other things, create mobility-impaired access lanes on various public hunting lands of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. The bill also will allow mobility impaired, licensed individuals to hunt from such lanes with a special permit via electric-powered all-...

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