Ohio Legislation

HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for hearing in House

11:15am Thursday, May 31, 2012
Chairman Ron Maag as announced that there will be hearing proponent/opponent/interested party testimony on Representative Terry Johnson's (R-McDermott) HB495 next Tuesday, June 5 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 116 in the Statehouse. HB495, also known as the reciprocity & concealed carry modernization bill makes three changes to current law: Changes to automatically honor other states licenses, similar...

Democrat expects little opposition to HB495, if and when Republicans decide to move the pro-gun bill

7:00am Wednesday, May 30, 2012
by Chad D. Baus CentalOhio.com writer Jessica Alaimo is reporting on the various problems with Ohio gun law that would be fixed by Rep. Terry Johnnson's (R-McDermott) HB495. Her article appeared in at least nine Gannett Company-owned newspapers around the state between May 26 and 29 under various headlines. From the article : If an Ohio concealed-carry permit holder drives to Pennsylvania and...

Proposed Toledo recreation levy should pay for shooting ranges

7:00am Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Editor's Note - The following op-ed originally appeared at the author's blog, Thurber's Thoughts . Republished with permission. by Maggie Thurber While looking up some other things, I came across this information on the Buckeye Firearms Association web page : According to a 2010 study by the National Sporting Goods Association , 44.5 million people over the age of seven regularly participate in...

Buckeye Firearms Assn's Linda Walker discusses Stand Your Ground laws on Cleveland PBS panel show as national debate continues

7:00am Friday, May 18, 2012
On Wednesday, April 25, WCPN/WVIZ-PBS took up the debate concerning self-defense laws on a panel show called The Sound of Ideas . Included in the discussion were Kevin C. McMunigle, law professor, Case Western Reserve University; Lori O'Neill, O'Neill Marketing Strategies, Inc., firearms law consultant; Linda Walker, Central Ohio chair, Buckeye Firearms Association; and Mary Ann Kovach, chief...

FLASH: HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for sponsor testimony in House committee

2:40pm Thursday, May 10, 2012
On Tuesday, May 15, the House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Ron Maag (R-35), will hear sponsor testimony on Rep. Terry Johnson's (R-89) HB495 , which will reform Ohio concealed carry law to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and continue a trend toward making Ohio law similar to other states. The hearing will be held at 1:30pm in...

Op-Ed: Petty, anti-gun antics from the Ohio Democrat Party and its allies

7:00am Thursday, May 10, 2012
The well funded, anti-firearm lobby will harangue any politician by Raquel Okyay The anti-gun lobby, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence and Democratic state officials are aiming their pointy little fingers at state Republican Rep. Margaret Conditt of Liberty Township because she plans to have an election fundraiser at Middletown Sportsmen's Club on May 12. The club is a -- danger alert --...

Questions that should have been asked at anti-gun press conference

7:00am Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Editor's Note - The following op-ed originally appeared at StatehouseNewsOnline.com . Republished with permission. by Maggie Thurber | Ohio Watchdog Democrats used an upcoming Republican fundraiser to attack Second Amendment rights and other gun laws in Ohio. Reps. Ted Celeste and Tracy Maxwell Heard (Democrats from the Columbus area) held a press conference Thursday where they blasted Rep...

Buckeye Firearms Association Responds to Attack on Representative Conditt's "Shooting" Fundraiser

7:00am Thursday, May 03, 2012
Several Democrats have joined with a gun control group to publicly attack State Representative Margy Conditt (Liberty Township, District 55) because of a fundraising event she has scheduled for May 12 at the Middletown Sportsmens Club where participants will have the opportunity to shoot GUNS. The group linked her fundraiser to a recent Ohio shooting where three students died and called her...

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