Important Pro-Gun Ohio Legislation 3/15/12

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Important Pro-Gun Legislation to be Introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives
Please Contact your state Representative TODAY!


State Representative Terry Johnson (HD-89) will soon be introducing important legislation to address several problems with current gun laws by:

1. Establishing an automatic reciprocity between Ohio and other states that have automatic reciprocity for their concealed handgun licenses. Currently, the Attorney General must enter into a written agreement with another state to establish reciprocity. This bill would still allow for written agreements between the states if the other state does not have automatic reciprocity, but it eliminates the requirement for a written agreement if reciprocity can occur automatically by operation of law.

2. Eliminating the renewed competency certification requirement for concealed carry licenses. Currently, after the first renewal of your concealed handgun license, you must submit proof of renewed competency to show that you are range competent for all subsequent renewals. This bill would make it so that you can simply show your existing or expiring license or your original competency certificate as proof that you have had the necessary training for all renewals.

3. Changing the definition of a loaded firearm in a vehicle. Currently, a firearm is considered loaded if a loaded magazine is present in the vehicle, even if the magazine is not inserted into the firearm. This will change the definition so that the magazine must be inserted into the firearm before it is considered loaded.

4. Defining “Concealed Handgun License” in one section of the revised code and clarifies that the definition applies to all references to a concealed handgun license in the revised code. This will simplify the code and make it easier to read, understand, comply with, and enforce.

Please contact your state Representative and urge him or her to cosponsor this critical legislation and that the deadline to do so is this Tuesday, March 20 by 5:00 pm. Contact information or help identifying your state Representative can be found here.

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I'm all for most pro-gun legislation. And I agree with what is labled 1,3, and 4. I do not agree with #2. Asking someone to re-establish their competency after 10 years only makes good sense. I talk to people all the time who "confess" they don't carry or haven't carried since they got their permit and/or they haven't been to the range in a couple of years. Not to mention former instructors who didn't insure the competence to begin with and "rubber stamped" hundreds of students in those first few years.
 
I'm all for most pro-gun legislation. And I agree with what is labled 1,3, and 4. I do not agree with #2. Asking someone to re-establish their competency after 10 years only makes good sense. I talk to people all the time who "confess" they don't carry or haven't carried since they got their permit and/or they haven't been to the range in a couple of years. Not to mention former instructors who didn't insure the competence to begin with and "rubber stamped" hundreds of students in those first few years.

I agree that all people should practice and train. I disagree that they should be required to retest. I don't think people should smoke but I see no reason to make it illegal or to make people get a permit to smoke. We have four States that do not require any licensing to CC or OC with others considering it. I've renewed my drivers license without retesting and there is nothing in the Constitution about the right to drive. We should be moving toward fewer restrictions on guns.
 

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