Ohio Legislation

Op-ed: Responsibly protecting our right to bear arms

3:00pm Monday, August 08, 2011
Editor's Note: The following guest op-ed was originally published in The Ironton Tribune . by Terry Johnson As United States citizens, we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights, protected from government restrictions and limitations. In 1791, the Bill of Rights was adopted by our young nation, cementing our basic personal liberties. Among the most fundamental of these freedoms is the...

To the Editor: Bill gives upstanding folks a second chance

3:00pm Friday, July 29, 2011
The following letter to the editor was published recently in The Columbus Dispatch . As reported in The Dispatch ("Bill can expunge gun-crime record," June 17), the legislature recently gave a small and specific group of people the opportunity to clear their records of particular concealed-carry firearm violations. This is part of Senate Bill 17, which clarifies where and how Ohio’s concealed-...

Unsung heroes behind passage of Ohio's Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix and Restoration of Rights bills deserve our thanks

7:00am Wednesday, July 27, 2011
by Jim Irvine Governor John Kasich recently signed two important firearms bills into law. SB17 affects those with who carry concealed in Ohio. HB54 affects those who have had firearm rights restored. In addition to the Governor and bill sponsors, there are some other people who worked hard for your rights and deserve recognition. Senator Jason Wilson (D-Columbiana) was a primary sponsor of the...

Legislation will allow some auditors to carry concealed weapons; another proposal addresses EMTs

7:00am Monday, July 25, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Lost in all of the sky-is-falling media coverage of the debate over restaurant carry legislation last month was news of passage of legislation that will allow some employees of the state auditor's office to carry concealed weapons. From June 11 in the The Columbus Dispatch : Carrie Bartunek, spokeswoman for Auditor Dave Yost, said four investigators in the auditor's office - all...

Ohio gun owners, energized by Kasich's support for pro-gun legislation, look forward to other critical fixes in months to come

7:00am Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Gov. John Kasich signs Restaurant carry bill. Nikki Goeser's gift of John Lott's "The Bias Against Guns" can be seen at his left. by Jim Irvine With the signing of SB17 and HB54, Governor Kasich provided weight to his supporters' assurances that he would be friendly to Second Amendment issues. Kasich signed the two pro-freedom bills into law in the first six months of a legislative session - the...

Letters to the editor provide common sense answers to newspapers' objections to restaurant carry legislation

7:00am Thursday, June 30, 2011
In the run-up to final passage of Restaurant Carry legislation in Ohio, newspaper editorial pages have been filled with dire warnings of what would happen if the bill became law. The letters-to-the-editor sections, on the other hand, have been filled with common-sense responses from fair-minded readers. Following are just a few examples. The following letter to the editor appeared in The Columbus...

The Idiot Chronicles, Volume 4: Your elected Representative Mark Okey

3:00pm Wednesday, June 29, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." While there is no definitive source for this quote (conflicting sources have it going all the way back to Napoleon), it clearly encompasses two things that are happening in the media coverage of the two Restaurant Carry bill spending in the Ohio General Assembly. The malice is coming from those opposing...

Reps. Michael Foley and Bill Patmon: Blaming the many for the sins of a few

7:00am Wednesday, June 29, 2011
by Chad D. Baus On May 11, 2011, during House debate on Restaurant Carry legislation, two Ohio state representatives took to the floor to explain their opposition to the bill. Both Representatives Michael Foley (D-14) and Bill Patmon (D-10) blamed their refusal to support the Second Amendment rights of Ohioans because of a few extreme examples of licensed individuals breaking the law. Consider...

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