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Cleveland Plain Dealer: Concealed-weapons bill "appears" dead for this year

7:25am Saturday, December 07, 2002
Don't look for Ohio's concealed-weapons ban to be lifted any time soon. A bill that would have allowed most Ohioans to carry handguns in purses, pockets and holsters appeared dead yesterday, when the Ohio House went home for the year knowing members needed to take one last vote on it. House Speaker Larry Householder, a Perry County Republican, blamed the Senate for the bill's demise - saying a...

Columbus Dispatch: Gun bill appears dead 'til next year

7:17am Saturday, December 07, 2002
Legislators have been tinkering for weeks with legislation to permit concealed carrying of handguns by qualified people 21 and older, but their time seems to have run out. Yesterday evening, as members of the House left for home, Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, said they wouldn't be back this year. Even if the Senate passed a palatable version of the bill, he said, he would not call House...

Ohio Public Radio (NPR): ''Concealed Weapons Bill (likely) Dead For Now''

7:12am Saturday, December 07, 2002
"A plan to legalize concealed weapons in Ohio has just been killed in the legislature. State representatives have gone home and won't return until January. That's the earliest the proposal could be brought back to life", Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen reports. Republicans representatives Larry Householder and Tim Grendell can be heard denouncing the Senate's attempts to gut this bill, and...

AP: Concealed weapons push ''appears'' over

5:37pm Friday, December 06, 2002
A bill to allow Ohioans to carry hidden guns is dead unless the Senate removes certain restrictions, including a requirement for fingerprinting, House Speaker Larry Householder said Friday. "We had model legislation in Ohio that other states were going to use -- a fantastic bill," said Householder, a Republican from Glenford. "It goes over to the Senate and what we're about to get back is the...

Dispatch: NOW they Print it - "Other States with Carry Laws See Few Problems"

7:13am Friday, December 06, 2002
After publishing multiple editorials spouting the typical uninformed rhetoric opposing Concealed Carry Reform, the Columbus Dispatch has finally decided to allow a story to be printed which admits to the SUCCESS of such laws in other states. Should readers be at all suspicious that the Dispatch waited until a Senate committee has knuckled under to a police union and Gov. Taft using the exact same...

Toledo Blade: Concealed-weapon bill in danger

3:09pm Thursday, December 05, 2002
A bill allowing licensed Ohioans to carry concealed handguns on their persons and in their cars appeared to be in danger yesterday as time to work out a compromise grows short. One day after convincing the Ohio Fraternal Organization of Police to withdraw its opposition to the bill, the Senate Judiciary on Civil Justice Committee postponed today’s planned vote until Tuesday. The delay sets up a...

Lancaster Eagle Gazette: House might not stay to pass gun bill

3:02pm Thursday, December 05, 2002
The concealed handguns bill may get shot down by Christmas vacation. Senate Republicans announced Wednesday that a full vote on the measure, expected today, won't come until at least next Tuesday because of last-minute negotiations surrounding the bill. But the House is scheduled to end its session this week. House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, said his caucus currently has no plans to...

Dayton Daily News: Concealed-weapons legislation debate continues

1:05pm Thursday, December 05, 2002
The conceal-and-carry bill being debated in the legislature has become one of the state’s hottest issues. A Senate committee has been hearing testimony on the measure this week and probably will vote on it next week, said Sen. Jeff Jacobson, R-Butler Twp., the committee chairman who is negotiating the bill. It had been set for a vote today. The House was to have adjourned this week, but might...

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