By Ken Hanson

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is making some significant and breathtaking progress in the field of Second Amendment jurisprudence. SAF, together with Virginia attorney Alan Gura, has come up with an exquisite legal strategy to get the question of the Second Amendment as a fundamental, individual right squarely before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in the next two years.

While it is shocking to most people, the SCOTUS has never really had a case squarely dealing with the Second Amendment as an individual right, and has never reached the issue of whether the Second Amendment even applies to states. (Remember, prior to the 14th Amendment, the Bill of Rights as a whole did not necessarily restrict state action.) The SAF strategy has included filing very “limited in focus” lawsuits in 2 different federal districts, the Dearth case in Ohio’s Southern District and the Hodgkins case in Texas’ Northern District, as well as the Parker case in the D.C. District. Why so many different, and costly, lawsuits to answer one question?

Simple - two different strategies.

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Buckeye Firearms was the only statewide firearms group to have a leader in attendance at the Ohio Wildlife Council meeting on Tuesday, March 8. The Division of Wildlife reported on the comments from the March 4 open houses, formally submitted the proposals for consideration and answered questions from Wildlife Council Members.

In summarizing the comments from the open houses, Dave Risley noted that concealed carry comments were second only to the deer regulation comments at the open houses. Risley noted that Ohioans for Concealed Carry submitted a petition through ODNR Director Logan's office but did not mention the number of signatures.

Risley turned the floor to Law Enforcement Supervisor Jim Lehman to present the proposal. Lehman said that the Division is working to bring hunting regulations into line with Ohio's concealed carry law.

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The proposal will allow the carrying of concealed handgun for personal protection, which is the intent of Ohio's law. Lehman explained that any handgun used for hunting still must be visible.