Posted: 5/20/2008 10:26:59 PM EDT
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ACTION NEEDED NOW - Your family's rights are on the line! We need your help to fight stiff opposition to certain pro-freedom amendments being circulated for SB184. Anti-freedom groups are trying to derail progress the Ohio Senate and House are making on firearm rights in Ohio. Buckeye Firearms Association has been informed that the FOP has issued a letter demanding your firearm rights be further restricted and is planning a full frontal assault against We The People, their employers. They are exerting tremendous pressure on the Ohio House and have tentatively scheduled a press conference for Wednesday to continue wrecking the progress we have made on restoring and protecting your firearm rights in Ohio. It is up to you to show up in mass at the House Criminal Justice committee meeting Wednesday at 9:30 a.m. and possibly Thursday at 9:30 a.m. and remind the FOP that Ohio has a bicameral government who works for "We the People". It is the citizens of Ohio, through our elected Representatives, who determine to what degree our rights will be restricted. The job of the FOP and other law enforcement agencies is to enforce the laws once they pass. Click here for a slightly dated summary of the Pro-Gun amendments proposed. Click here for a letter from the Ohio FOP Legislative Chairman Mark Drum, attempting to derail this progress. The main changes we are fighting to win for Ohioans are as follows: 1) Establish a clear standard for what constitutes a "loaded firearm." The Ohio House wants to eliminate the "ready at hand" vagueness that has trapped many gun owners and hunters in Ohio. The FOP is opposing this because they claim it would allow "... anyone to carry a gun in a car (non-permit holders) if it is not loaded and no ammunition is in a magazine or speed loader." Since both the Ohio and US constitutions guarantee us this right, it is not the FOP's place to object to this right for all law abiding Ohioans. 2) Provide protection from confiscation of firearms during disaster and other emergencies. This is what other states are calling "Katrina Legislation" and is designed to prevent the wholesale confiscation of lawfully owned firearms such as was seen in New Orleans after the Katrina disaster. The FOP is attempting to derail this important protection to your firearm and property rights. 3) Allow lawful carry of firearms in establishments with a class D6 liquor permit. This type of permit allows sale of liquor on Sunday and includes most Krogers, Ameristops, and Giant Eagle type of businesses. Fixes are also being considered to allow owners of restaurants and bars to carry concealed as well as allow special duty police to carry in such establishments. The FOP has objected to this. 4) Make changes to the notification of officers by CHL holders. The penalty to a CHL for failure to notify (such as after a traffic accident or other highly stressful situation) would be reduced if the status of the CHL holder was already known to the officer. No more making criminals out of honest Ohioans simply because they were subject to a traumatic event and failed to inform an officer of something the officer was already aware of. The FOP has objected to this as well. We need all gun rights supporters to attend the hearing Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. and to be available to rebut the FOP attempt to use a press conference and a willing media to further restrict your firearm rights. If you cannot attend the hearing, a phone call to your Representative first thing in the morning and to Mark Drum (614-224-5700) are of tremendous importance. Please help us remind the FOP and various other anti-freedom crusaders that law enforcement is granted their authority and power over citizens by we, the people. We are perfectly within our rights to curtail that authority as we see fit, and it is not up to them to second guess that decision. Their powers come from us; our rights do not come from them! |
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Done! Already received a reply from Keith Faber; I will contact committe members next: Dear Mr. Klaus: I want to thank you for taking the time to email me your views on Ohio's Castle Doctrine. I truly appreciate hearing the thoughts you shared in your email. SB 184, or the Castle Doctrine, was voted out of the Senate on April 16th, 2008 with a 31 yeas - 0 nays vote; not only did I vote in support of this legislation, I co-sponsored the bill. As of now, SB 184 has been in the Criminal Justice Committee of the House since April 22, 2008, and I would urge you to contact members of that committee if you wish to further express your views on this legislation. Thank you again for contacting my office, and if I may be of service to you in the future, please do not hesitate to contact my office. Sincerely, Keith Faber State Senator 12th District |
