Firearm Travel Guide: Stay on the road and out of jail

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by Jim Irvine

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The Traveler’s Guide to the Firearm Laws of the Fifty States

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Summer is here. And if you’re like many people, you’re planning a trip that may take you out of state or across many states.

But what if you plan to carry or pack a gun for protection, target shooting, or hunting? No problem. You just throw it in the trunk. Right? Well, it’s not that easy. Every time you cross a state line, you enter into a totally new set of gun laws. And if you’re not careful, your fun vacation could turn into a terrible nightmare if you’re caught breaking local laws.

Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB203, Concealed Carry Law Reform Bill

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DELAWARE – Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce its endorsement of House Bill 203. The bill’s primary sponsor, Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), has again taken lead in improving firearms laws in the Ohio House. HB203 has significant support as indicated by the bill’s 15 co-sponsors. The NRA has also endorsed the legislation.

HB 203 seeks to make many improvements to Ohio’s concealed carry laws.

The bill would strengthen the background checks required to obtain an Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL). Under the bill, Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) applicants would be a National Instant Check System (NICS)-compliant background check, making it compatible with more states. This improvement will also help prevent people with mental health disqualifiers who have been entered into the federal database from obtaining a CHL.

The bill would also move Ohio to an automatic reciprocity system, relieving the Attorney General from needing to sign agreements with every state to facilitate reciprocity. The Attorney General would still be permitted to sign agreements if needed, but the bill seeks to streamline the process and open up agreements with states like Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Georgia that Ohio doesn’t currently have agreements with.

“Reciprocity remains a critical issue for people with a CHL,” said Jim Irvine, Chairman of Buckeye Firearms Association. “Background checks have been a hot topic since the Newtown killings, and ours has some issues that should be addressed. This bill makes sure people with disqualifying offenses are not issued CHL’s, which helps open up reciprocity agreements. This is something everyone should be happy about.”

The bill would also update the requirements and disqualifications to obtain an CHL. Currently there are different standards to possess a gun under federal and state law, and different still to obtain a CHL. HB 203 harmonizes Ohio law with federal law so that someone who is prohibited under federal law from possessing a firearm will not be issued a CHL. Ohio would also be able to issue licenses to out-of-state residents, something many other states already do.

Zero tolerance: 5 year-old boy interrogated by school officials for two hours without parents over orange-tipped toy cap gun

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Editor’s Note: If the below case doesn’t make you mad enough, check out this recent case where a North Carolina teen was been expelled and given a felony charge for accidentally leaving his shotgun in his truck at school and calling his mother to come pick it up when he realized the mistake. A similar incident also happened here in Ohio at Evergreen High School.

Reports of overzealous enforcement of “zero tolerance” policies in our nation’s public schools have become extraordinarily commonplace. This week’s outrage, however, is remarkable for its severity.

According to a recent Washington Post article, the target of the Calvert County, Maryland school system’s wrath is a 5-year-old, who is “all bugs and frogs and cowboys,” according to his mother. The little boy brought a cowboy-style, orange-safety-tipped toy cap gun onto his school bus to show to his friend, who had allegedly brought a water gun on the bus a day earlier. As a result, the kindergartner was questioned by school officials for more than two hours before his mother was called.

Ohio: Senate Committee to Hear Important Right-to-Carry Confidentiality Legislation this Wednesday

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This Wednesday, June 12, the Senate Criminal Justice Committee will hold its first hearing on legislation to further protect the confidentiality of concealed handgun license holders. Senate Bill 60, sponsored by state Senator Joe Uecker (R-14), would permanently protect the confidentiality of concealed handgun license holders throughout the Buckeye State by eliminating the journalist access exception to this information.

SB 60 is a vital step towards ensuring the protection and safety of law-abiding gun owners given the history of journalists who have abused the current system to obtain personal information—including the name, county of residence and date of birth—of license holders in Ohio. This measure affords Ohio carry license holders the same protections that residents in forty states already enjoy due to Right-to-Carry confidentiality laws in place.

This legislation is especially important given recent instances nationally of anti-gun media outlets publishing the names and addresses of carry license holders. Such publications put law-abiding gun owners at risk and jeopardize their safety. Enactment of SB 60 would ensure that this egregious violation of privacy never happens in Ohio.

Please call members of the state Senate Criminal Justice Committee and urge them to support SB 60 this Wednesday. Their contact information is provided below:

Buckeye Firearms Foundation commissions six more teacher classes

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by Jim Irvine

In the wake of the killings at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, Buckeye Firearms Foundation partnered with John Benner of Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) to give teachers and administrators training on the best ways to stop an active killer in a school. The idea garnered worldwide attention and the first class was a resounding success. Many Ohio schools finished the year with armed teachers/administrators available to protect children and employees from violence. Sadly, more schools have still done nothing to deal with a similar situation.

Now that school is out, many teachers will be students in a summer class. Buckeye Firearms Foundation has committed $100,000 to our FASTER (Faculty/Administrator Safety Training and Emergency Response) training. It will pay for three additional classes at TDI this summer, and three additional classes in NE Ohio with “Top Shot” finalist Chris Cerino. The same three-day class will be taught in both locations, but the demand exceeds any one person’s ability to meet, so we are branching out to other highly-qualified instructors.

The key element in active killer situations is time. The longer a killer has before he is interrupted, the more people he harms. The faster someone is able to confront and stop him, the more lives are saved. Reducing response time is great, but it will never be as fast as a response from inside the building. Giving teachers and administrators the skills, tools, and mindset to stop an active killer is the fastest way to stop the killing. FASTER is better.

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