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

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.