Ohio –-(Ammoland.com)- OFCC Members and supporters,
The Ohio Statehouse is a very busy place right now for our gun rights! There are a number of bills both for and against our rights that you should be aware of and contact people about. The below list is by no means exhaustive.
Pro-gun bills:
HB 99 (OFCC endorsed)- This bill prohibits police from seizing firearms and prevents enforcement of new gun registries.
This bill is in the House’s State & Local Government Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair Terry Blair to request further committee action on this bill:
Chair Blair’s Office Phone (614) 466-6504
Chair Blair’s E-mail https://www.ohiohouse.gov/terry-blair/contact
HB 191 (OFCC endorsed)- This bill removes the 31+ round magazine limit.
This bill is in the House’s Transportation, Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair Rex Damschroder to request committee action on this bill:
Chair Damschroder’s Office Phone (614) 466-1374
Chair Damschroder’s E-mail https://www.ohiohouse.gov/rex-damschroder/contact
HB 203 (OFCC endorsed)- This bill has a lot of moving parts, the most discussed being that it removes the duty to retreat from a self-defense encounter.
This bill has been reported out of committee and now awaits action on the floor. Please contact the Speaker of the House Bill Batchelder and your state representative to request that this be brought to a floor vote:
Speaker Batchelder’s Office Phone (614) 466-8140
Speaker Batchelder’s E-mail https://www.ohiohouse.gov/william-g-batchelder/contact
Find your state representative here https://www.ohiohouse.gov/members/member-directory
SB 36 (OFCC endorsed)- This bill is the Senate companion to HB 99.
This bill is in the Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair John Eklund to request committee action on this bill:
Chair Eklund’s Office Phone (614) 644-7718
Chair Eklund’s E-mail https://www.ohiosenate.gov/eklund/contact
SB 60 (OFCC endorsed)- This bill protects the identities of concealed handgun licensees by closing the journalist loophole
This bill is in the Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair John Eklund to request committee action on this bill:
Chair Eklund’s Office Phone (614) 644-7718
Chair Eklund’s E-mail https://www.ohiosenate.gov/eklund/contact
Anti-gun bills:
HB 31 (OFCC opposed)- This bill would require “Safe Storage” of firearms to prevent access by minors.
This bill is in the House’s State & Local Government Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair Terry Blair to request that the committee take NO FURTHER ACTION on this bill:
Chair Blair’s Office Phone (614) 466-6504
Chair Blair’s E-mail https://www.ohiohouse.gov/terry-blair/contact
HB 137 (OFCC opposed)- This bill would require all firearm transactions to go through an FFL.
This bill is in the House’s State & Local Government Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair Terry Blair to request that the committee take NO ACTION on this bill:
Chair Blair’s Office Phone (614) 466-6504
Chair Blair’s E-mail https://www.ohiohouse.gov/terry-blair/contact
HB 222 (OFCC opposed)- This bill directs the Department of Health to conduct a study of injuries caused by firearms use.
This bill is in the House’s State & Local Government Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair Terry Blair to request that the committee take NO ACTION on this bill:
Chair Blair’s Office Phone (614) 466-6504
Chair Blair’s E-mail https://www.ohiohouse.gov/terry-blair/contact
SB 18 (OFCC opposed)- This bill would create an “assault weapon” ban and firearm/ammunition transaction database (registry).
This bill is in the Senate’s Criminal Justice Committee. Please contact the committee’s Chair John Eklund to request that the committee take NO ACTION on this bill:
Chair Eklund’s Office Phone (614) 644-7718
Chair Eklund’s E-mail https://www.ohiosenate.gov/eklund/contact
About:
Ohioans for Concealed Carry, founded in 1999, is a grassroots political activist organization. When founded, the primary goal of OFCC was getting concealed carry passed into law in Ohio. With that accomplished, our mission became to refine the concealed carry law and to expand and preserve the rights of all gun owners in Ohio. Visit: Ohioccw.org