By Jim Irvine

The Ohio House of Representative passed a public records bill today - House Bill 9. A floor amendment was made by Representative Brinkman (R-34) to allow people with a concealed handgun license (CHL's) to protect their personal information from the media who has abused their access by printing lists of license holders, yet has never used the information for any of the public good they claimed they needed the access for.

After the amendment passed, the bill was passed on the House floor, sending it to the Ohio Senate.

There will be much coverage by the media about this bill in the coming days, and while all this bill does is allow those who have been victims of rape or domestic violence or are LEO's or have others with real needs to protect their identity, expect many in the media to cry that the sky is falling. If this is the way they treat victims of the most heinous crimes, one wonders what possible good could come from giving them access to any CHL information.

Buckeye Firearms thanks all those representatives who voted for this important amendment, and commends the good leadership of Speaker Husted who allowed the legislature to vote on this issue.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for a list and links to media coverage on the issue. The anti-gun establishment media sure to be writhing in agony....

Your help is urgently needed! As you read this, attempts are being made to roll back the improvements made in H.B. 347. As you know, this piece of legislation passed the House overwhelmingly last week, and contains many favorable provisions for gun owners.

This was after months of negotiations and compromises. Now, certain
factions are going to the Senate in an attempt to renege on these
compromises. YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN HELP US STOP THIS!
Unfortunately, these people have a sympathetic ear in the Senate, due in
large part to Taft's baseless objections.

HB 347 passed with overwhelming bi-partisan support. There is no reason for it to be sabotaged in the Senate.

IT IS CRITICAL YOU WRITE YOUR LEGISLATORS RIGHT NOW! Every second you delay is another improvement that is being dealt away by those who don't care about the absurd laws you labor under.

SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT IT IS TIME FOR THE POLITICS TO STOP, AND THE IMPROVEMENTS TO START.

Click HERE to be taken to a form that will automatically send a letter to Senate President Harris, Governor Taft, Senator Padgett, Speaker Husted and your individual representative and senator.

PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU SPREAD THE WORD TO ALL YOUR GUN OWNING FRIENDS! We need overwhelming response on this immediately.

The time to show your support is before the improvements are finally
eliminated, not complaining about it after the fact.

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