Ohio Politics

Headline: House Panel Debates Bill To Ease Regulations On Gun Owners

3:00pm Wednesday, June 06, 2012
The Gongwer News Service is reporting on the second hearing on HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization), which was held yesterday before the House Committee on State Government and Elections. According to the article, gun rights advocates urged members of the committee to ease restrictions on concealed carry licensees, while opponents warned the bill would bring Ohio's firearm...

Contrary to editoral opinion, the greatest threat to GOP candidates in November would be FAILING to pass needed pro-gun reforms

7:00am Wednesday, June 06, 2012
by Jim Irvine On May 12, The Cleveland Plain Dealer published an editorial by Brent Larkin entitled "GOP state legislators' zeal for guns could wound Romney." The editorial is wrong on so many levels that at first I didn't even think it was worthy of a comment. I have since reconsidered, figuring that good men should not remain silent, lest others not have the opportunity to learn the truth...

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2012 CHL statistics; New record set for first quarter applications

12:00pm Monday, June 04, 2012
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2012. Building on the record setting fourth quarter of 2011, the first quarter of 2012 saw Ohio sheriffs issue 16,823 new licenses, a new record for the first quarter initial licenses issued. The two quarters combined for the highest two quarter combination...

Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Whatever happened to concerns about patrons carrying guns in bars...?"

7:00am Friday, June 01, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer publishes a weekly column entitled "Whatever happened to . . .?", updating some of the most newsworthy and interesting local stories covered in that newspaper. On Sunday, May 27, they tackled the following question: Whatever happened to concerns about patrons carrying guns in bars after Ohio legislators adopted a new law last year? Hmmm...yeah, what did...

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...

MEMORIAL DAY 2012: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

7:00am Monday, May 28, 2012
(Originally posted by the Cincinnati Enquirer and on this website July 25, 2003) Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one...

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine joins coalition urging passage of National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity

7:00am Tuesday, May 22, 2012
As we reported last November, the ongoing effort to fully vindicate the fundamental, individual right to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense took a major step forward with House passage of H.R. 822, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011." The bill, sponsored by Reps. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), has 245 cosponsors and was approved in the U.S. House of...

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