Lima News: Legislator says police union, state patrol not concern in CCW bill
Ohio legislators are going to try again to get a concealed-carry gun law into effect without trying to appease the Fraternal Order of Police or the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Lima's house representative said Monday.
In a legislative update to business leaders at the Lima/Allen County Chamber of Commerce, Rep. John Willamowski, R-Lima, said substitute House Bill 12 is almost unchanged from the previous bill to establish eligibility for a license to carry a concealed handgun. He said the bill was stalled last time while trying to get endorsement for it from the police union and state patrol.
"They will never be on board," Willamowski said of the two statewide police organizations that did not back the bill last time. He said F.O.P. leadership is comprised of liberal union people who will never go along with a concealed carry law, and said patrol leadership is under the thumb of the governor.
"We have to put this together the way we think is correct," Willamowski.
Addressing concerns of the bill's opponents, Willamowski said the bill requires a background check for concealed-carry license applicants that is at least as stringent as a background check for someone buying a handgun.
He said that people who aren't allowed to have a gun won't be allowed to have a concealed-carry license. The bill also requires applicants to take a 12-hour course that includes four hours of live shooting.
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