Ohio Carry SUPPORTS These Bills:

HB 20:
To amend section 2923.122 of the Revised Code to expand and clarify the authority of a concealed handgun licensee to possess a handgun in a school safety zone.

HB 35:
To enact sections 5502.23 and 5502.231 of the Revised Code to prohibit any agency and its employees and agents from seizing or authorizing the seizure of any firearm from any person lawfully in possession or control of the firearm except when a law enforcement officer reasonably believes the immediate seizure of the firearm is necessary for the safety of the officer or another person or to preserve the firearm as evidence, to prohibit the establishment of a firearm registry, and to prohibit law enforcement officers and international agents from enforcing a firearms registration requirement or firearm ban.

HB 48:
To amend sections 2923.12, 2923.122, 2923.126, and 2923.16 of the Revised Code to extend to handguns affirmative defenses to a charge of carrying a concealed weapon or having or transporting a firearm in a motor vehicle, and to modify the prohibition against carrying a concealed handgun onto institutions of higher education, places of worship, day-care facilities, aircraft, certain government facilities, public areas of airport terminals and police stations, and school safety zones.

HB 59:
To amend sections 2929.14, 2941.141, 2941.144, and 2941.145 of the Revised Code to increase to ten years the mandatory prison term for a person who is convicted of a felony and who possessed a firearm while committing the felony, if the person displayed or brandished the firearm, indicated possession of it, or used it to facilitate the felony or if the firearm was an automatic firearm or was equipped with a muffler or silencer.

SB 142:
To enact sections 5502.23 and 5502.231 of the Revised Code to prohibit any agency and its employees and agents from seizing or authorizing the seizure of any firearm from any person lawfully in possession or control of the firearm except when a law enforcement officer reasonably believes the immediate seizure of the firearm is necessary for the safety of the officer or another person or to preserve the firearm as evidence, to prohibit the establishment of a firearm registry, and to prohibit law enforcement officers from enforcing a firearms registration requirement or firearm ban.


HB 152:
 To amend sections 109.69, 109.731, 1547.69, 2923.11, 2923.12, 2923.121, 2923.122, 2923.123, 2923.124, 2923.125, 2923.126, 2923.128, 2923.129, 2923.1213, 2923.16, and 4749.10 and to enact section 2923.111 of the Revised Code to allow a person who has a concealed handgun license to carry concealed all firearms other than dangerous ordnance or firearms that state or federal law prohibits the person from possessing and to provide that a person 21 years of age or older and not legally prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm by federal law does not need a concealed handgun license in order to carry or have concealed on the person's person or ready at hand a firearm and is subject to the same laws regarding carrying a concealed firearm as a person who has a concealed handgun license.

SB 180
To amend sections 4112.01, 4112.02, 4112.05, 4112.08, and 4112.14 of the Revised Code to prohibit an employer from discharging or otherwise discriminating against a person who exercises a constitutional or statutory right within the person's private real property or motor vehicle.

SB 177:
To amend section 3798.04 and to enact sections 4731.74 and 4731.78 of the Revised Code to prohibit a physician from submitting patient medical records to an electronic database maintained by another party without patient authorization and from asking a patient about firearm ownership or possession.

HB 235:
To amend section 2923.125 of the Revised Code to waive the concealed carry license fee for active members of the armed forces and retired and honorably discharged veterans and to accept military experience with firearms as proof of competency with firearms regardless of when the applicant for a license acquired the experience.




Ohio Carry OPPOSES These Bills:

HB 75:
To enact section 2923.191 of the Revised Code to prohibit any person from storing or leaving a firearm in the person's residence unless the firearm is secured in safe storage or rendered inoperable by a tamper-resistant lock or other safety device if the person knows or reasonably should know that a minor is able to gain access to the firearm and to provide criminal penalties if a minor gains unauthorized access to a firearm not so stored or rendered inoperable.

HB78:
To enact section 2923.26 of the Revised Code to prohibit any transfer of a firearm from a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer to a person who is not a federally licensed firearms dealer unless the firearm is transferred through a federally licensed firearms dealer, through a state or local law enforcement agency, or pursuant to a specified exception; to require that background checks be conducted when a firearm is transferred through a federally licensed firearms dealer or through a state or local law enforcement agency; and to provide for recordkeeping with respect to information obtained pursuant to such a background check.

HB 119:
To enact sections 2923.51, 2923.52, 2923.53, 2923.54, and 2923.55 of the Revised Code to generally ban the manufacture, sale, and public display of imitation firearms and the disguising of a firearm to make it resemble an imitation firearm.




Legislation News:

Constitutional Carry Bill Introduced in Ohio
April 8, 2015

Ohio has the opportunity to reach one of the biggest goals of firearm rights; Constitutional carry! Representative Ron Hood just introduced HB 152, which has a primary goal of removing the need to obtain a permit to carry a concealed firearm!

What does this mean for you? It means that if this passes, there will be no more need to go through an 8 hour class to receive your Ohio concealed handgun license. No more need to pay for or renew your right to to carry a concealed firearm. As long as you are in legal procession of that firearm, you will be allowed to carry it openly, or concealed.

We at Ohio Carry are in full support of this bill, and will do everything in our power to see it become a law. We hope you will help us in this endeavor to make Ohio one of the most firearm friendly states in the country! But let's break it down; This means that there is a LOT of work to be done and will not be an easy path.

All of us at Ohio Carry have strapped up our boots, and are ready for the long hard fight. But we CANNOT do this without you! Please join us and make a hard charge to take this mountain! We will keep you posted through social media and email as to how the fight is going.

If you would like to help financially, you can donate HERE

There will also MOST DEFINITELY be rallies and gatherings in support of this bill, and we sincerely hope you can be another pair of boots on the ground and another voice in the ears of the legislators to help get this pushed through.

Best regards,

The Ohio Carry Team






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