Ohio Legislation

Senate Committee Chair signals he'll bend to Taft on media access loophole fix

12:10am Tuesday, November 21, 2006
The Canton Repository recently published an article detailing the various opposition testimony to HB9 heard by members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Civil Justice. According to the newspaper, Committee Chairman David Goodman has signaled that instead of siding with the 93 House Representatives who listened to their constituents and voted for the bill, which contains a provision that would...

Ken Blackwell to Sen. Pres. Bill Harris: Meeting/ Action requested on HB347

11:22am Wednesday, August 16, 2006
In recent weeks, Buckeye Firearms Association leaders Ken Hanson and Larry Moore participated in two separate conversations with Republican running mates Ken Blackwell and Tom Raga, respectively. (A profile of Tom Raga, which was produced by Moore after a two-hour meeting with Raga, will be published on this website on Thursday, August 17.) Among other matters, a key purpose for the discussions...

Dispatch: Few conceal-carry permits revoked, records show

1:12pm Monday, August 14, 2006
Ohio's establishment media is finally getting around to reporting on stats for first quarter 2006 concealed handgun license issuance, news which was published on this website back in May. The Columbus Dispatch reported Sunday that, two years after Ohio sheriffs began issuing licenses allowing residents to carry concealed guns, VERY few of those licenses have been suspended or revoked. Robert...

Blade writer: Amount of personal information on Internet ''scary''

12:05am Thursday, August 10, 2006
By Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade's Ryan Smith, whom I will always remember fondly for a column he wrote after attending the 2004 World Rock Paper Scissors Championships in Toronto, recently wrote about how he had investigated himself online, and that what he found was "scary". From the Smith's commentary: With all the information out on the Internet today, it's hard not to worry about all the...

Congressional votes on gun seizures don't change need for HB508

12:05am Thursday, July 27, 2006
By Chad D. Baus On Tuesday, the United States House of Representatives voted 402-23 for H.R. 5013, legislation that bars federal officials or local law enforcement agents that get federal money from confiscating legally owned firearms during a natural disaster. A separate bill preventing the use of federal funds for the confiscation of lawfully possessed firearms during an emergency or major...

President Harris: HB347 to see action before year-end

12:05am Friday, June 16, 2006
From a recent edition of the Hannah Report: "Senate President Bill Harris said there are no immediate plans to bring the Senate back in August or September, preferring to let his members stay in their districts over the summer. Bills that will be on the agenda before year's end align="right"> include the capital bill, concealed carry reform, energy policy, sexual predator changes, and the...

Open Letter to Governor Bob Taft

12:10am Tuesday, May 30, 2006
5 May 2006 Jamestown, OH The Honorable Bob Taft Governor, State of Ohio Dear Governor Taft: I am writing to request your help with the election of Republican leadership in the November 2006 election. I am a member of the Greene County Republican Central Committee. I am active in various sportsmen, Second Amendment, and self-defense issues. As a member of the Greene County Central Committee, I...

HB347 & HB541: Stalled until fall

12:00pm Thursday, May 25, 2006
As part of a deal to get Ken Blackwell's TEL amendment (see: The Devil is in the Details - Sportsmen Beware of TEL ) off of the ballot this November, the legislature worked late into the afternoon on Tuesday to pass a statutory version of the TEL that was purported to have eliminated some of the concerns with the proposed constitutional amendment, which politicos had increasingly come to view as...

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