I just received this from the Ohio-CCW:
"Friends of Concealed Carry Reform,
Your immediate assistance is needed. The Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee
on Civil Justice, chaired by Senator Jeff Jacobson, will not hear HB274
next week during the Wednesday and Thursday hearings.
The following Senators are members of the committee and need to hear from
everyone on this mailing list by telephone. Please take a few minutes out
of your day and contact these offices, and make sure everyone you know does
the same. Some of the items you need to hit on during your call are listed
below.
You should identify who YOUR Senator currently is prior to calling any of
these offices. Why? Because
your Senator may be listed below. If so, you should call your Senator
first and make sure they know
they represent YOU. Be sure to read the items below, and start making your
calls during business hours
or leave a message on their voice mail tonight asking to be called back
tomorrow.
You can identify your senator here: http://www.OhioCCW.org/alet.php
Republicans:
(614) 466-4538 - Jacobson (614) 466-8068 - Blessing
Chair Vice Chair
(614) 466-7505 - Amstutz (614) 466-3780 - Austria
(614) 466-5838 - Hottinger (614) 466-8064 - Goodman
Democrats:
(614) 466-5131 - Espy (614) 466-4583 - Fingerhut
Ranking Minority Member
(614) 466-7041 - Herington
Discussion Items:
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+ The State of Ohio FOP is trying to water down the bill. After
+ offering
absolutely no suggestions or amendments in the past two years, the FOP is
now trying to gut the legislation right before the Senate's hands are tied and the bill must be passed. Tell your Senator and ALL of
the Senators above to RESIST the FOP's efforts at destroying this bill.
+ In the Ohio House, the Civil and Commercial Law Committee made
compromises with the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association. Those included
mandatory fingerprints, mandatory social security numbers on the
application, and other mandatory compromises.
+ Tell your Senators and every Senator above: Pass this legislation
without adding more gun control, more restrictions, or attempts by the FOP
to destroy concealed carry reform.
You can identify your senator on our website, and send them a email (which
we will fax them) by visiting this website:
http://www.OhioCCW.org/alet.php
Please distribute this letter to every imaginable discussion list or
mailing list related to concealed carry reform and open to Ohio issues.
The Ohio Senate MUST hear from you immediately or the State of Ohio FOP is
going to destroy this legislation."