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Written by Daniel White
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Wednesday, 14 March 2007 00:18 |
The provision of HB347 affecting the most Ohio CHL holders this morning is the removal of the requirement to openly carry in a motor vehicle. Despite the sheer panic being promoted by some members of the media, even law enforcement groups did not fight against this provision, seeing it as a non-issue.
But it is statewide preemption that is now garnering the most attention, and is the most important provision for those Ohioans oppressed by local gun control strongholds.
As of this morning, all law-abiding Ohioans live under the same rules when it comes to owning or carrying firearms.
No longer does a resident of Cleveland have different rights than a resident of Lorain. No longer is a gun that is perfectly legal to own in Dayton make a Columbus resident a felon. And a CHL holder walking his dog in a park does not have to worry if that park straddles two communities that he might be committing a crime by crossing the border.
But, there are still rumblings that some Ohio cities might go to court to try to keep control of their fiefdoms. |
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Written by Daniel White
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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 00:26 |
Today is the last day Ohio CHL holders will have to worry about openly carrying firearms in a motor vehicle (although it will still be legal if you choose to do so).
Wednesday, March 14 at 12:00am, Ohio's Concealed Carry Reform Bill (HB347) goes into effect, 90 days after former governor Bob Taft's veto of the bill was overridden by the legislature.
Barring any last minute court action to stop the legislation, the requirement to open carry in a motor vehicle (Ohio is currently the only state to require such an oddity) will soon be nothing but a bad memory.
One of the most exciting reforms going into effect tomorrow is that nearly all local gun laws will be invalid. Possibly one of the largest gun rights reforms in Ohio history was the statewide preemption included in HB347. With few exceptions, all firearms laws will now be uniform across the state, removing the onerous requirement that gun owners be familiar with every firearm law in every city or town you might pass through in a given day.
Preemption will also restore the rights of citizen's exposed to draconian requirements that their counterparts in neighboring cities weren't oppressed by, such as Cleveland's gun registration requirement, Columbus's so-called "Assault Weapons Ban," Toledo's restriction on what kind of handgun you're allowed to buy, or any local ban on openly carrying a firearm.
Several other aspects of Ohio's 3-year-old law CHL law will also changed. |
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Sunday, 11 March 2007 16:52 |
A News Journal reporter recently took Ohio's Concealed Carry Training from the Hamilton Police Department and reported on her experience in the paper. Her article can be read on their website too: Reporter exercises First, Second Amendment rights
We've come to expect the gun-hating-reporter-takes-a-class-and-rants-about-it story, but we can't find many* flaws in Denise Wilson's professionalism and attention to details. Wilson didn't go to the class to say she attended and is now qualified to vilify gun owners and our choice to carry firearms.
She clearly took notes, learned the material, and admitted learning a lot about firearms that she thought she already knew from recreational shooting. Honesty in a news piece on firearms? You'd think it was April 1st.
I thought I knew a little about handguns, since I had been to a firing range with my husband several times to shoot in recent years. But I knew far less than I thought.
Some of the most important things I learned are that I should always treat every firearm as if it is loaded...
I also learned that Ohio law specifies that deadly force is only an option for self defense and defense of another; in other words, the use of deadly force should be a last resort.
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Friday, 09 March 2007 05:20 |
We strive to bring you news relative just to Ohio, with a focus on Concealed Carry. Today we find ourselves yet again going beyond that primary focus and bringing you news of a monumental decision out of Washington, D.C. that may make its way into the United States Supreme Court.
This just might be some of the most impressive constitutional gun rights news since the United States, under then Attorney General John Ashcroft, took the position that the Second Amendment is a fundamental individual right as opposed to the collective rights theory.
Today, a divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel held that the District of Columbia's gun control laws violate individuals' Second Amendment rights. The 75 page ruling can be found here.
To summarize, we conclude that the Second Amendment protects an individual right to keep and bear arms. That right existed prior to the formation of the new government under the Constitution and was premised on the private use of arms for activities such as hunting and self-defense, the latter being understood as resistance to either private lawlessness or the depredations of a tyrannical government (or a threat from abroad).
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Friday, 09 March 2007 17:10 |
We all know that the media loophole that gave access to the personal information of concealed handgun license holders was never intended to become public record and available in bulk. Even The Cincinnati Enquirer's latest story, 7 Secrets Government Keeps, admits that Governor Taft "compromised" on a solution that made the records anything but public.
Originally, the legislature intended to create a system where the news media could ask if an individual had a license to carry a concealed handgun and the Sheriff would respond with the name, county of residence, and date of birth. This was supposed to be a "check and balance" upon the system to ensure that criminals were not receiving licenses from dishonest Sheriffs. Since passing HB12 into law, some members of the news media have blatantly misused their loophole to acquire and publish complete lists of licensees with no other reason than to ostracize our law-abiding CHL community. The Enquirer's story goes on to evoke emotion over a shooting that occurred some time ago. A shooting, by the way, that was ruled as a justified use of self-defense force by Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters.
Effective Tuesday, however, a state law will impose new rules on viewing, making it more difficult for reporters to find out if someone has a concealed-carry permit.
Without those records, the public wouldn't know, for example, that Bennie Hall Jr. - who shot a 14-year-old who was stealing his car in Kennedy Heights last October - had a license to carry a gun.
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