Ohio Committee Advances Constitutional Carry Bill

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/Ted S. Warren

When states move toward a permitless carry scheme in their state, there’s usually a progression. From may issue to shall issue, from requiring training to not requiring it anymore. Little steps along the way that eventually makes constitutional carry seem an almost obvious next step.

However, Ohio currently requiring training, yet a legislative committee in their state House just advanced a constitutional carry bill, thus going against the mold.

After a one-week detour, a bill that would allow Ohioans to carry a concealed gun without a permit has advanced in the Ohio House.

A House committee on Wednesday voted mostly along party lines to refer for passage House Bill 178, which would allow anyone 21 and older to carry any concealed deadly weapon as long as they’re not legally barred from owning a gun.

The bill is now expected to head to a different committee for further review, something that’s unlikely to happen before the legislature breaks for its summer recess.

Ohio’s existing concealed-carry system, under which one can only conceal handguns, and only after going through a permitting process that involves mandatory training and a background check, has been in place since 2004, signed into …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms