| SB 252 Introduced |
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| Written by Daniel White | |
| Saturday, 14 January 2006 | |
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SB 252 was introduced by Senator Joy Padgett and co-sponsored by Senators Jordan, Amstutz, Austria, Carey, Cates, Clancy, Coughlin, Dann, Gardner, Grendell, Hottinger, Jacobson, Mumper, Niehaus, Schuler, Schuring, Wachtmann, and Wilson. This bill is the Senate version of HB 347 and would revise the laws regarding licenses to carry a concealed handgun and the authority to carry a concealed handgun under such a license; to limit journalist access to information regarding persons who have such a license and who assert reasonable cause to fear a criminal attack; to provide exemptions from certain carrying of firearms-related offenses for persons in compliance with the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission's firearms requalification program; to specifically provide a self-defense affirmative defense to discharge of a firearm while in or on a vessel or motor vehicle-related offenses; to clarify when a firearm is loaded for purposes of offenses relating to possession of a loaded firearm while in or on a vessel or motor vehicle and carrying concealed weapons; to provide that the sealing or expungement of a conviction or delinquent child record is an affirmative defense to falsification based on the failure to report the record on an application for a concealed handgun license; and to identify, as a general law and matter of statewide concern, the right of any person, except as provided in the Revised Code, to own, possess, purchase, otherwise acquire, transport, carry, sell, or otherwise transfer a firearm, firearm component, or ammunition. Click here to read the full text of the bill. |