Ohioans, called your state senator...

fastpat · 12-11-2006, 05:59 PM

From: gacomm@juno. com
Date: Friday, December 8, 2006, 5:24:50 AM
Subject: 1 Down 1 To Go as Ohio House Overrides Taft Veto on Watershed Firearms General Law

With the combined efforts of "thinking" lawmakers, law abiding
Ohioans, Peoples Rights Organization, Buckeye Firearms
Association, Ohioans for Concealed Carry, and the National Rifle
Association, plus support from Ohio law enforcement, we have won
a victory today.

Gov. Bob Taft, as expected, vetoed Am. Sub. HB 347, which would
have reformed Ohio CCW and set in place a statewide general law
regarding all firearms regulations. Through calls and letters
from you, and countless others, the Ohio House of Representatives
yesterday OVERWHELMINGLY voted to override Taft's veto of this
important citizen safety legislation. More than 70 votes, when
only 60 were necessary to override. This is the first time in the
eight years of Taft's increasingly disgraced administration that
either body of the Ohio General Assembly has chosen to override
Taft's veto.

Your calls, letters, faxes and emails turned the tied. Please do
the same, if you have not already, with your state Senator. And
do it soon. The Senate is expected to take up this matter next
week. And tell all your friends who support responsible firearms
laws to call their Senator, also, to support 347. It is law
enforcement endorsed. There are a handful of big city mayors who
don't like it, and who claim this imperils individual freedoms.
In fact it does the opposite. As I, Mike Regan of PRO and others
have written in the past, Home Rule has been abused (particularly
with arbitary firearms bans, etc.) to the point that many mayors
are running their cities like "city-states. " 347 corrects that
abuse of Home Rule.

See the NRA statement below. Pro's long-time allies at the
national Citizens Committee for the Right To Keep and Bear Arms
also have issued a statement on this. Look for larger newspapers
in Ohio to oppose 347, and call it dangerous. In fact, what they
don't like is the people of Ohio stepping up and telling a
handful of big city mayors to quit trying to export their
regulations to the rest of the state. There is a reason why many
people are moving out of Ohio's larger cities, as one of my
colleagues says it so well. People are moving out of urban areas
in droves because they want to live in more tolerant, more
diverse communities, instead of being harrassed and blamed for
the activities of criminals such as drug dealers. As many leaders
of larger cities can't control their drug problems and the
violence stemming from it, they often blame guns for problems.
And the myriad of laws they pass, usually with no data to back it
up, end up affecting innocent people.

Am. Sub. HB 347 takes great leaps forward to correct this abuse.

Once again, please contact your state Senator and urge them to
override Gov. Taft's politically motivated veto. Don't wait! The
Senate is expected to take up the matter next week. You need to
tell them your feelings now! Urge them to support this law
enforcement endorsed general law that makes sense for Ohioans.

Thank you for your ongoing support, and for your support of the
rights of all Ohioans, regardless of whether they choose to
exercise their 2A rights.

Respectfully,
Brent Greer, Secretary
Peoples Rights Organization

fastpat · 12-12-2006, 05:11 PM

Way to go Ohioans, you're state has mady a positive move towards civilizaiton with this action.

Quote:

http://releases. usnewswire. com/GetRelease. asp?id=77497

Ohioans for Concealed Carry Applauds Historic Preemption Legislation
& Gubernatorial Override

12/12/2006 4:25:00 PM

To: State Desk

Contact: Jeff Garvas of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, 216-496-3928,
Web site: http://www.OhioCCW. org

CLEVELAND, Dec. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Ohio Senate voted
21-12 to override Governor Bob Taft's veto of Ohio House Bill 347,
joining the Ohio House's decision to override last week. This is the
first time an Ohio Governor's veto has been overridden since 1977.

Ohio will now join forty-three other states that preempt all gun laws
to the State level or higher, making their application consistent
statewide. Research has shown that of the many assault weapon bans
enacted across the State of Ohio, only three criminal convictions
have ever taken place. Further, local governments can only enact
minimal fines and short misdemeanor jail terms. Laws aimed at curbing
violence and targeting the violent criminals that plague our society
must not only be consistent statewide, they must have the ability to
levy appropriate charges and serious jail sentences. This legislation
provides for that.

"The framers of Ohio's Home Rule Amendment never intended for local
municipalities to have authority over laws that are of statewide
concern. That is not my opinion. That is written directly into the
Constitution, " said Jeff Garvas, president of Ohioans for Concealed
Carry. "Local governments have created a patchwork of unknown laws
aimed at disarming their law abiding residents in different ways than
their neighbors in another town. This confusing patchwork also
unfairly traps the unwary gun owner traveling through their
jurisdictions. This reform isn't just needed, it's long overdue and
brings Ohio in line with the rest of the country."

Ohioans for Concealed Carry would like to thank our elected
representatives in the Ohio General Assembly, particularly the
leadership of Representatives Jim Aslanides and Jon Husted and
Senators Bill Harris, Jim Jordan, Marc Dann, Charles Wilson and Joy
Padgett for banding together to ensure passage of this important
legislation. They also give credit to their members and supporters;
without their efforts making phone calls and sending letters this
would not have been possible.

targa911S · 12-12-2006, 05:25 PM

Way to go Ohio. I go to Ohio all the time as I live in W. PA and they all live in CLE. I never really quite know what to do with my gun when I go there. The old CCW law said it had to be in plain sight but that depended on who was looking. VERY confusing. Thank God they may have one law like Florida soon.

on2wheels52 · on2wheels52's Garage

Nothing like reciprosity between states.
Jim

targa911S · 12-13-2006, 04:56 AM

It's nuts. PA honors my FL license. OH honors my FL license. But if I get a PA license, OH will not honor it. The sherriff here told me to keep my FL license as long as I could. Crazy.

fastpat · 12-13-2006, 05:03 AM

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Originally posted by targa911S
It's nuts. PA honors my FL license. OH honors my FL license. But if I get a PA license, OH will not honor it. The sherriff here told me to keep my FL license as long as I could. Crazy.

You'll be able to keep your Florida license for as long as you want, they issue out of state licenses. The kicker with that is some states will only honor in-state licenses from other states, in violation of the federal Constitution full faith and credit clause.

Quote:

Article IV

Section 1. Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state. And the Congress may by general laws prescribe the manner in which such acts, records, and proceedings shall be proved, and the effect thereof.

targa911S · 12-13-2006, 05:21 AM

That's good news Pat. Thanks.

legion · 12-13-2006, 05:30 AM

And then their is Illinois, where your gun must be disassembled to be transported...

targa911S · 12-13-2006, 09:11 AM

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Originally posted by legion
And then their is Illinois, where your gun must be disassembled to be transported...

WHATTTT!!!! You're kidding right? Even if you have a CWP? How about long guns?

legion · 12-13-2006, 09:34 AM

CWP? No such thing here.

Okay, dissassembled is one way to meet the requirement. Guns must not be loaded or capable of firing, and must be in a case to be legally transported. Disassembling them or having a trigger lock meets the "not capable of firing" requirement.

targa911S · 12-13-2006, 09:46 AM

You need to move here.