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State
Representative Jim Buchy
Two
Years of Targeting more Gun Rights and
Freedoms
The
issue of our gun possession rights remains
paramount in this state. The
importance
of protecting the Second Amendment and improving concealed carry laws
was a key
topic of the Ohio General Assembly over the last two years. In west
central
Ohio, we know it is a matter of freedom. To our benefit the Ohio
government
passed three pieces of legislation in the gun owner’s favor.
In
the past two years, we fought tirelessly to
enact laws that keep your gun possession freedoms strong. House Bill 45,
House Bill 54, and most
recently House Bill 495 have been enacted into law to protect your
freedoms and
simplify the laws governing them.
Simplifying Ohio’s gun laws translates as
protecting your rights and
arming our public as the Second Amendment permits a state to do.
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House Bill 45 passed the House of
Representatives in the spring of 2011.
The bill permits a concealed carry licensee to
possess a firearm in any
restaurant, as long as the licensee is not under the influence of
alcohol or
drug abuse. It also
modifies the offense
of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle as it applies to
concealed
carry licensees, removing many restrictions on the transport of
handguns.
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House Bill 54 was passed in the summer of
2011. It updated
Ohio law to conform to
new federal standards for the restoration of civil firearm rights. It eliminates the
prohibition against persons
with certain misdemeanor offense convictions to acquire a gun.
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House Bill 495 passed in the last few weeks;
allows a licensed gun owner the convenience of keeping the magazine
loaded in
the car and it makes renewing your license more convenient by
eliminating the
need to recertify your weapon.
As
we close on this General Assembly, we have
achieved many victories in the battle, but the fight is far from over. The anti-gun activists
will use any excuses
to get inside your homes and limit your rights. It is imperative that
we stay
strong in the fight to preserve our Second Amendment rights so we can
protect
our livelihood and valued property.
With
reapportionment my office email has changed to rep84@ohiohouse.gov. Please follow this quick
URL to complete an
online survey and give me your thoughts to guide priorities for the new
General
Assembly: http://twelio.com/3cg0hb
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