Posted on 11/12/2021 5:05:13 AM PST by marktwain
On October 28, the Ohio House Government Oversight Committee, after 5 hearings that started on April 15, voted to pass HB227 to the full House for a vote. HB227 is the Constitutional Carry bill in Ohio, and passed on a party-line, 8-4 vote, as reported by buckeyefirearms.org.
The bill changes Ohio law from dealing with concealed handguns to concealed weapons; it changes the law so that any non-prohibited person 21 years old or older can carry concealed weapons where people can carry with a permit, now. From HB227:
..a person who is twenty-one years of age or older and is not legally prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under any law of this state or the United States may carry a concealed deadly weapon that is not a restricted deadly weapon anywhere in this state. The person’s right to carry a concealed deadly weapon that is not a restricted deadly weapon that is granted under this division is the same right as is granted to a person who has been issued a concealed weapons license under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code, and the person described in this division is subject to the same restrictions as apply to a person who has been issued a concealed weapons license under section 2923.125 of the Revised Code.
(B) The mere carrying or possession of a deadly weapon that is not a restricted deadly weapon pursuant to the right described in division (A) of this section, with or without a concealed weapons license issued under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code or a concealed weapons license issued by another state, does not constitute grounds for any law enforcement officer or any agent of the state, a county, a municipal corporation, or a township to conduct
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Texas became Constitutional Carry in September.
The bill stands a decent chance of passage, but deWhine will veto it. Nonetheless, email or call your state reps if you live in Ohio. I have. And join the BFA.
Republicans have super majorities in both the House and the Senate.
Texas added permitless handgun carry. What we have is certainly not Constitutional Carry.
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Full Ohio house votes today or tomorrow.
Constitutional Carry Passes House Committee in Ohio
AmmoLand ^ | November 9, 2021 | Dean Weingarten
Posted on 11/12/2021, 8:05:13 AM by marktwain
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