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OFCC submits opposition detail to House conference committee members

2:20pm Tuesday, June 24, 2003

The following was submitted as a cover letter to House members of the Conference Committee on Am. Sub. HB12, by request, and details our principle points of opposition to Am. Sub. HB12. Accompanying this letter was a line by line commentary on the Senate's changes. Anyone who is contemplating the merits of "taking what we can get" with Am. Sub. HB12 should read this! Serious Problems With...

Website Editor: Back in the Saddle

12:36pm Tuesday, June 24, 2003

As regular readers know, OFCC PAC's Vice Chairman, Chad Baus, publishes the lion's-share of news articles and opinion pieces on this website. A serious family illness took Baus out of town (and away from the Internet) on what became a definitive weekend for self-defense activists on Ohio. Special thanks to the volunteers who stepped in to post essential stories and updates on this website, and...

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Car-Jacker Protection: Bob Taft writes newspapers to justify his position

by Chad D. Baus

12:14pm Tuesday, June 24, 2003

This letter to the editor from Governor Bob Taft says it all. Taft likes to claim in one breath that he has been a " strong supporter of the Second Amendment" and all of the "rights that it grants ." Yet he goes on to write an editorial that proves he is more interested in limiting your rights to the best of his ability. Concealed carry with limits OK After reading your recent editorial, I feel...

AGAIN: Senate goes round and round and back again

by Chad D. Baus

10:10am Thursday, June 19, 2003

It's hard to believe the Ohio Senate just voted to return us to the same impass they created with HB274 just 6 months ago. We have a new Senate President, and a new committee chairman. Thanks, in part, to the efforts of the OFCC PAC, the Senate Republican caucus won a super-majority last November. Two more states have become shall-issue right-to-carry states this spring, and Alaska's legislature...

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Am. Sub. HB12 to be considered by House today

by Chad D. Baus

8:42am Thursday, June 19, 2003

Amended Substitute House Bill 12 has been added to the House calendar for consideration of Senate amendments. The session will be held today, June 19. UPDATE! The session has been rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. this evening. The purpose for Tuesday's floor action on Am. Sub. HB12 is to consider and vote on whether or not to concur with Senate amendments. A concurrent vote would send the Senate's...

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Senate OKs concealed-carry bill

6:09am Thursday, June 19, 2003

A much worked-over bill that would allow Ohioans to conceal weapons passed the Senate yesterday, despite lukewarm support from its backers. It may be changed more before it reaches the governor's desk. Officials from the National Rifle Association - who until Tuesday were the bill's leading proponents - stopped short of opposing the measure but hinted that revisions must be made to win back their...

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Amended Substitute HB12 passes Senate, moves to conference committee

by Chad D. Baus

3:10pm Wednesday, June 18, 2003

The Ohio Senate followed up yesterday's surprise committee passage of Sub. HB12 with a floor vote today. House Bill 12 passed with a 22-10 Senate vote. The first amendment was proposed by Sen. Ray Miller (D, Columbus). While addressing his amendment, Miller offered the typical warnings of blood in the streets, and mentioned anecdotal stories about children who are dying in Columbus, and pointed...

Seneca County: Appeal of weapon ruling heard

2:45pm Wednesday, June 18, 2003

When he rose in opposition to Sub. HB12 on the floor of the Senate today, Sen. Eric Fingerhut (D, Cleveland) told Senators that "no one has, in all these debates, shown me a case where the [existing law concerning] affirmative defenses present a problem." Apparently Fingerhut doesn't read the papers much. June 18, 2003 Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune LIMA, Ohio - Seneca County’s prosecutor argued in...