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Gannett News: Gov. Taft at work to avoid veto of gun bill

6:23am Thursday, December 18, 2003

By JIM SIEGEL Gannett News Service December 18, 2003 COLUMBUS -- One week after promising to veto the bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed weapons, Gov. Bob Taft now says he hopes that will not happen. On Wednesday, Taft said his office is negotiating with the Ohio House to develop a new bill that would address his concerns regarding the openness of concealed-carry permitting records. The...

Dayton Daily News: Taft aims to calm concealed-carry foes

6:18am Thursday, December 18, 2003

Governor wants rights legislation By William Hershey, Laura A. Bischoff Dayton Daily News December 18, 2003 COLUMBUS -- Gov. Bob Taft said Wednesday that his aides and staffers from the Ohio House are negotiating in a last-ditch effort to avoid a veto of legislation passed last week that would give law-abiding Ohioans the right to carry concealed handguns. "I would hope that we could get this...

AP: Governor hoping for concealed weapons compromise

7:37pm Wednesday, December 17, 2003

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS The Associated Press 12/17/2003, 6:39 p.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Bob Taft said Wednesday he's hopeful a compromise on legislation allowing Ohioans to carry concealed weapons can still be reached, probably early next year. Taft raised the possibility less than a week after insisting he would veto a bill approved by lawmakers on the last session day of the...

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Sen. White admits to existence of HB12 vote trading for Taft job appointments

4:29pm Wednesday, December 17, 2003

Ohio Public Radio: Senate May Not Have Enough Votes to Override Concealed Weapons Veto December 17, 2003 That proposal that Ohio legislators passed to legalize concealed weapons is in trouble once again. The president of the state senate is admitting he doesn't have the votes to override a looming veto from Governor Bob Taft. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has more on this latest development...

Senate Veto-Override Outlook

9:47am Wednesday, December 17, 2003

On November 27, Senate President Doug White told Dan Williamson of Columbus' The Other Paper "his most recent survey of senators revealed 'a very, very thin ability to override a veto on the bill.'" On December 10, in the hours before the final House and Senate vote, White told the Lee Leonard of the Columbus Dispatch he "absolutely does not have enough override votes." By December 12, White was...

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AP: Concealed weapons backers plan armed shopping trip

11:16am Tuesday, December 16, 2003

VERMILION, Ohio (AP) -- Supporters of a concealed weapons bill plan to holiday shop Saturday while wearing holstered guns. "Handguns only, please. Longarms risk knocking over merchandise and crowding other customers. It will be your choice whether to carry your firearm loaded," Dan White advises on his Web page promoting "Vermilion Open Carry Shopping Day." The 29-year-old Lorain man is...

AP: Taft's hidden-gun veto promise could rile fellow Republicans

1:55pm Monday, December 15, 2003

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS (AP) -- Gov. Bob Taft's promise to veto a concealed weapons bill reflects political considerations that go beyond the Republican Party. Taft has long been uneasy about giving Ohioans the right to carry a concealed gun. At first he refused to support legislation without the backing of law enforcement groups. This fall, as that opposition...

Senator: "Republicans sometimes forget that they're Republicans''

6:30am Monday, December 15, 2003

'Tis the season for Taft veto By William Hershey COLUMBUS BUREAU Dayton Daily News December 13, 2003 COLUMBUS -- Peace at the Statehouse? Good will toward fellow Republicans? Bah, humbug.' It should be the season to be jolly for Gov. Bob Taft, House Speaker Larry Householder, Senate President Doug White, Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and the rest of the Republican crew. All their...