Less Strict Gun Rules in Ohio Start Today!

[dougiemac]

A new Ohio state law effective today will allow :

• hunters to use suppressors on guns
• permit residents to buy rifles, shotguns and ammunition from any state
• implement a more rigorous background check for concealed-carry permits
• reduces the training required to get a CCW permit from 12 hours to 8, including some of it online for the first time
• changes the definition of an “automatic” firearm: the old definition of an automatic weapon as one capable of firing 31 cartridges without reloading. The change entirely deleted reference to a specific number of shots in a magazine.
• makes concealed carry permits issued from other states valid in Ohio, even without a reciprocity agreement.
• another small change removes the penalty for a gun owner who brings a weapon onto the parking lot or parking garage of a business that has a posted sign prohibiting firearms. The old law made that a fourth-degree misdemeanor.
  

This is GREAT news Ohio! We are progressing slowly. We still have more to fight for, but this is a step in the right direction. Never give up!

http://www.dispatch.com/content/sto...ess-strict-gun-rules-start-in-ohio-today.html

 

[dougiemac]

@Sadkins and @StevoD ... be sure to check this out.

 

[Sadkins]

This is a good start.

 

[dougiemac]

To be more definitive... here's how the NRA-ILA described it's provisions.

• Improves the concealed handgun license process by (1) reducing the number of training hours required from 12 to 8 hours, (2) eliminating minimum length-of-residency requirements, (3) allowing non-residents who work in Ohio to apply for a CHL in the county or adjacent county in which they work, and (4) makes special provisions for members of the military who have been honorably discharged or retired, extending their competency certification from six years to ten years after honorable discharge or retirement.
• Expands concealed carry reciprocity to visitors and persons temporarily in Ohio who have valid out-of-state licenses, regardless of whether the license-issuing state has entered into a reciprocity agreement with Ohio.
• Repeals the prohibition on Ohio citizens buying and/or selling long guns or ammunition from only the five contiguous states of Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Citizens of Ohio can now purchase and/or sell rifles and shotguns in any state as long as the firearm laws in both states are obeyed.
• Includes a “shall certify” provision which requires a chief law enforcement officer (CLEO) to sign off on an application to transfer an item regulated by the National Firearms Act, once the application procedure and requirements are met. This provision eliminates personal bias towards NFA-related items, requiring CLEOs to sign off and process the application in the same way they do a concealed handgun license.
• Allows for the use of firearm sound suppressors while hunting in the Buckeye State.
• Brings Ohio’s definition of “automatic firearm” in line with the federal definition, limiting it to only any firearm designed or adapted to fire a succession of cartridges with a single function of the trigger.

https://www.nraila.org/articles/201...-gun-reform-legislation-signed-into-law-today

 

[madHatter]

HUNTING WITH SUPPRESSORS!!

i am more excited about that provision. i will be able to keep my hearing longer!

 

[Mac11FA]

Still have yet to hunt with a suppressor. Of course, I have not had the opportunity, but I am ready.