Ohio Statewide Preemption & CCW Reform Goes to the Governor

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Ohio Statewide Preemption Legislation Passes Legislature
Please Contact Governor Taft and Your State Legislators Today!

House Bill 347, sponsored by Representative Jim Aslanides (R-94) of Coschocton passed in the State Senate by a vote of 19-10 and in the State House 74-14. It now heads to the desk of Governor Bob Taft (R).

HB 347 would create statewide preemption ensuring that firearms laws are uniform throughout the state. Currently, 43 states have similar laws across the country. Passing statewide preemption will eliminate problems for all gun owners who have been unduly burdened by local ordinances such as the Columbus’ so-called “assault weapons ban”.

In addition, this legislation will correct a number of problems that have surfaced during the past year for concealed carry permit holders. The most common complaint for license holders has been the “plain sight” requirement in a motor vehicle. HB 347 will eliminate this requirement.

Please call your State Legislators today to find out how they voted on HB 347. If they voted in favor of HB 347 please thank them for defending your Second Amendmentrights. If they opposed HB 347, please respectfully remind them that you are a constituent and will remember their vote come election time.

Also, please contact Governor Taft today by phone at (614) 466-3555 and (614) 644-HELP or via email by visiting http://governor.ohio.gov/contactinfopage.asp and respectfully urge him to sign this important bill and to defend your Right to Keep and Bear arms.

If you need help identifying your State Legislator, please use the “Write Your Representative” feature found at www.nraila.org .
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Taft is a lame duck. What are the chances he'll sign it.

For what it's worth, the incoming governor of Ohio, Ted Strickland(D) has an 'A' rating from the NRA and has been a supporter of gun rights much more so than Bob Taft(R).
 
A local newspaper had a little more on this a few days ago, although the article was not AP and the author wasn't identified.

Reportedly, Gov. Taft's main objections to this were based on protests by the Ohio Highway Patrol's brass expressing concerns over their trooper's safety. But a compromise was reached when OHP accepted a proposal to greatly increase the penalties for violations of CCW related laws. In exchange, OHP agreed to quit pushing their objections to concealed weapons in a vehicle.

This left Taft with no real reason (imagined or otherwise) to oppose the bill, but whether or not he'll still veto it remains unknown.
 
Sounds like there should be enough votes to override a veto. Big push right now by ohioccw.org asking people to write or call their reps and the governors office. Taft is an asshat rino and is only delaying the inevitable.
 
I expect him to veto it. I also expect the leaders of the Ohio House and the Senate to push for a vote to override the veto. They have the votes to do it.

http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/article3403.html
The bill passed the Senate 19-10 (two pro-HB347 Senators were absent), and then the House voted 74-14 to concur with changes the Senate made the the bill it originally passed last spring.
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They need 20 votes in the Senate and 60 in the House to override the veto.

Taft should avoid further tarnishing his reputation by allowing it to become law without his signature.
 
Taft should avoid further tarnishing his reputation by allowing it to become law without his signature
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And ruin his reputation? I'm not too unhappy to see him "headed for the door" as gov, but I expect him to try for the senate after the smoke has cleared.
 
CCW news for Ohioans

House overrides Taft's veto of gun bill
Friday, December 08, 2006
Reginald Fields
Plain Dealer Bureau
Columbus -- Gov. Bob Taft stuck to his word on Thursday, then immediately got a smackdown for it.

Taft vetoed a concealed-carry bill that would shoot down more than 80 local gun laws. But hours later, a self-assured Ohio House ran roughshod over the governor, voting 71-21 to override him on House Bill 347.

It is the first time since 1990 that the House has overridden a governor's veto.

"This is one where the governor and this body by a large margin disagree," said House Speaker Jon Husted, a suburban Dayton Republican, who noted that the override cleared with bipartisan support.

The Senate could make the legislature's end-run around Taft official next week and turn the bill into law without him.

But Senate President Bill Harris on Thursday wasn't certain he had enough votes.

"I am in the process of talking to other senators who support this legislation so that I can determine the Senate's next step," said Harris, an Ashland Republican who backs the bill.

The fast-tracked bill cleared a Senate committee and both Statehouse chambers all in one day last week. The Senate floor vote that day was 19-10, with four members absent. A successful Senate veto override would require 20 affirmative votes, hence Harris' problem.

Among the provisions in the bill to revise Ohio's law, licensed gun owners would be allowed to drive with their firearms holstered or hidden and not encased in plain view, as currently required.

The bill would largely implement one uniform set of concealed-carry rules across Ohio and wipe away a hodgepodge of local gun ordinances, a potential that troubles Taft.

"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," Taft said.

He noted that local statutes stronger than current law -- such as bans on assault weapons in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus and Toledo -- would be gone.

This was only the third time that Taft used a veto -- other than for line items in budget bills -- in his eight years as governor. He leaves office Jan. 7.

To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:

rfields@plaind.com, 800-228-8272




© 2006 The Plain Dealer
© 2006 cleveland.com All Rights Reserved.
 
Maybe now

So far I have put off getting a Ohio CCW just because of the stupid deal where you cannot keep the gun on you to prevent car jackers, etc. How they figured that the LE's were more at risk by a CCW holder than the common armed criminal, I cannot imagine. Anyway what is this about increased penalties for violations? Does that mean that someone who makes a technical mistake on their CCW without malice or intent should get 20 years in prison now, or what?
 
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