The Urbana Citizen is reporting that, in commemoration of the "shot heard round the world" that started the American Revolution 233 years ago, two local men have organized an "open carry" walk in Urbana for Saturday, April 19, "Patriots' Day."

The House Criminal Justice Committee, chaired by Rep. John White (R-38), will hear sponsor testimony on Sen. Steve Buehrer's SB184 (Castle Doctrine) which passed the Senate this week with unanimous support, on Thursday, April 24 at 9:30 a.m. in Statehouse Room 121.

The House committee has already held three hearings on a House version of Castle Doctrine (HB264), which was introduced by Rep. Lynn Wachtmann.

In addition to action on Castle Doctrine, the committee is scheduled to have a third hearing and possible vote on Rep. Bruce Goodwin's HB450, legislation that would restore gun rights to members of the armed services or the Ohio National Guard who are between the ages of 18 and 21.

The hearing is open to proponent, opponent and interested party testimony.

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Senator Keith Faber (R-12) has introduced a bill that has been titled a Firearms Modernization bill. A more accurate description is that this is a "Concealed Carry Fix-It" bill that appears to attempt to address many of the issues Buckeye Firearms Association has been encouraging supporters to contact their elected officials about for some time now, along with a few other issues.