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| Taft Vetoes CHL Reform; House Overrides |
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"Pursuant to Article II, Section 16 of the Ohio Constitution, which states that the Governor may disapprove any bill, I hereby disapprove of this act and set forth below the reasons for so doing. "Substitute House Bill 347 exceeds the scope of a concealed carry corrective bill by preempting local gun regulations relating to owning, possessing, purchasing, selling, and transferring firearms and their ammunition. In so doing, the act nullifies many local municipalities' gun regulations that are more stringent than state law, including the assault weapons bans enacted by the cities of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, and Toledo. This vast prohibition of local control is unwarranted and fails to consider the differing challenges and circumstances faced by different communities and regions of the State. "For these reasons, I am vetoing Substitute House Bill 347." With these words, Ohio Governor Bob Taft vetoed HB347, recently passed by the Ohio legislature. The Ohio House voted 71-21 to override his veto today just before 2:30pm. The Ohio Senate will get it's chance next, possibly not until next week, where we need twenty votes to override. Click on the link below for the numbers of each State Senator and call all of them even if you need to leave a message on their voicemail asking them to override Governor Bob Taft. We specifically need to focus on the four Senators who didn't vote last week on HB347 and those who voted no, then call the rest. Representative Aslanides spoke before the veto override vote was taken and specifically mentioned the enormous grassroots action that Ohioans have undertaken to get this Act to become law. Our voices are being heard!
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