New OH Laws Push For Guns On Private Property, Open Carry, Lethal Self-Defense “Castle Doctrine”

By James England

DAYTON, OHIO — Lawmakers in both the House and Senate are pushing through a litany of legislative efforts to expand gun rights for the law-abiding Ohioan. Efforts include a recent measure passed through the Senate, Senate Bill 199, which would expand an employee’s right to carry to include the workplace.

According to Dayton Daily News, a major source of the push-back to this new effort includes a lot of business owners. They argue that the right to carry shouldn’t include someone else’s property.

“Our opposition to it has nothing to do with anything an employee may or may not do with the firearm. It has to do with the firearm coming onto the property at all,” said Don Boyd, director of labor and legal affairs for the Ohio Chamber of Commerce. “Many believe property rights are just as important as other constitutional rights.”

As the law currently stands in Ohio, citizens may only carry onto another person’s property with permission from the business. Some businesses choose to adopt a “no guns” policy which forbids an employee from carrying a gun into the workplace.

Jim Irvine, chairman of the Buckeye Firearms Association, and a vocal advocate for the new measure posited the following …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation