Ohio's State March will be held on April 10 at 11am at the Ohio Statehouse. So far, three speakers have been confirmed.

• Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray
• State Representative Seth Morgan
• State Senator Jon Husted

In other news, reservations have opened for bus trips from Ohio to the march in DC on April 19.

We will run two trips, one originating in Cleveland ($55) stopping in Youngstown and a second originating from Cincinnati ($85) with stops in Dayton and Columbus. Buses are scheduled to arrive in Washington, DC around 9:30 in the morning and will depart after the March at 4pm.

Not all specific details have been arranged, but a lot of attendees have been asking about arrangements so we wanted to get started taking reservations.

Meals are extra. Reservations are non-refundable.

Seating is limited, so don't delay!

Click here to secure your seat: http://secure.ohioccw.org/store/p/104-Second-Amendment-March-bus-trip.aspx

We talked yesterday about a new national "conservative" group founded by the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, and I raised concerns about automatically aligning the liberty movement with prominent members of the Republican Party establishment. After all, if the GOP as a whole had been championing republican, that is, Constitutional values all along, we'd hardly need a "Tea Party" movement, would we?

That the establishment worries the growing freedom movement may siphon off votes to deny them power is evident—no less a leadership luminary than former MA governor/GOP presidential nomination contender Mitt Romney is out there telling those enraged by betrayal that whatever you do, don't vote third party. Romney, who signed a ban on semiautomatic firearms while governor, would rather have us support someone like, say, semiautomatic firearm ban bill author Mark Kirk, than jump ship.

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I've witnessed the growing anger as more and more Americans are waking from a long slumber and becoming aware of the scope of government abuse and interference in their lives. It's great to see happening. Unfortunately, I also see ways in which the phenomenon is being derailed and even hijacked.

In spite of good intentions and passion, many of the newly active have not been studying the issues long enough or deeply enough to claim more than a surface understanding. This renders them particularly vulnerable to savvy demagogues, those who know the system and who know how to manipulate others to get what they want, that is, pros who have been doing it for years.

You know, politicians.

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Today Senators Jones and Schaffer introduced Ohio Senate Bill 239, a pro-gun concealed carry reform bill that in addition to addressing carrying in a Class D establishement or open air arena the legislation also deals with improperly transporting a firearm in a motor vehcile, removing many complicated obligations that limited methods of carrying a firearm - a section of Ohio Law that has created a trap for the unwary and is long overdue to be addressed.   Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been working on a more detailed analysis of the legislation and will update this story shortly with the differences between HB203 and SB239, which is a much more broader approach to permissive carry in a Class D licensed establishment.

This bill has a limited opportunity to get assigned into a committee and have hearings scheduled before Senators head back to their districts for the spring break.   It is very possible that sponsor and proponent testimony hearings could be scheduled before the end of this month.  We encourage our supporters to visit OhioCCW.org this evening for a more detailed analysis of the bill, and contact your Senators asking them to support this legislation.

Read the bill here. (pdf)