It feels like deja vu.
It was about this time last week when I told you that the politicians on the Senate Veterans and Public Safety committee were not doing their jobs.
And here we are again.
They are outright REFUSING to move Sen. Terry Johnson’s major pro-gun reform bill SB215, and instead letting it sit and collect dust.
What gives?
Well, we aren’t quite sure, but any halt in forward progress is a cause for concern.
So I’m asking you to read my email below and take action TODAY by showering the committee members with your emails!
>>>TAKE ACTION NOW!<<<
It’s abundantly clear to us here at OGO that we need massive grassroots action to dial up the pressure and improve morale in order to get the job done – and that’s what your avalanche of emails will do.
We need our Republican politicians to stand up and fight back against the radical Left!
Don’t let them get away with doing the bare minimum.
Don’t let them placate you or bombard you with lame excuses for why they can’t do their jobs.
Tell ’em that our country and freedom itself is on the line – we can’t afford to sit around and sing kum-ba-yah anymore.
But most importantly, read my email below and take action now!
– Chris
They are doing everything they can to sideline us.
The Senate Veterans and Public Safety committee is meeting this week, but one major bill is missing from the committee’s agenda…
… Senator Terry Johnson’s major pro-gun overhaul bill, SB215.
But maybe this is just the politicians’ bone laziness?
Or maybe they think that by giving gun rights supporters a chance to speak at the last hearing that we’re somehow super glad and don’t deserve any further consideration?
Nahhh.
These politicians in Columbus do what they do for very deliberate reasons.
But whatever their reasons for not moving gun bills in the Ohio Senate, we aren’t buying it.
And we certainly don’t believe in wasting Republican majorities, and we believe d*mn good and well that it is high time the Ohio Republican majorities get to work passing pro-gun bills like SB215.
So it’s time to start putting pressure on the no-show Republican Senate as well, and that’s why I have an action item for you to take below.
As a reminder, SB215:
>>> Recognizes the right of lawful Ohioans to carry a concealed handgun without begging government permission to carry first.
It’s a simple concept: if you’re legally allowed to own a handgun, it should be legal to carry that handgun for any lawful purpose with no additional paperwork or license required.
But what if you still want a license for reciprocity purposes or any other reason?
You can still do that under SB 215 as it doesn’t phase out the CHL license, but makes it optional.
>>> Fixes Ohio’s dumb duty-to-notify law by repealing it once and for all.
Violent criminals have never told law-enforcement that they are carrying firearms.
Duh. That’s why they are called criminals.
Likewise, if you get stopped by the State Patrol, you shouldn’t be a criminal for not blurting out to the police officer (and every additional responding officer!) that you are carrying a gun!
In fact, you shouldn’t need to tell law-enforcement that you are exercising your right to worship, your right to assemble, or your right to free speech, either.
And of course, nothing in this bill prevents lawful citizens from telling law-enforcement officers that they ARE carrying a firearm if they so choose.
>>> Fixes Ohio’s Stand-Your-Ground law by creating a process for pre-trial immunity hearings.
If, God forbid, you are ever forced to use a firearm in self-defense, you would no longer be subject to being drug through the court system – and shelling out tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees – to simply prove you were justified for doing so!
Instead, you would be able to go before a judge in a pre-trial immunity hearing, tell them what happened (and yes, we still recommend a lawyer!), and if a prosecuting attorney can’t prove otherwise in that pre-trial hearing, you would be free to go.
>>> Allows Ohioans who were previously charged with failing to notify a police officer of their concealed weapon the ability to have their record expunged.
But we can’t get this bill passed if Ohio’s Senate Republicans are too busy trying to squeeze in their final rounds of golf before the super-cold weather hits to be bothered to pass any pro-gun bills.
Let’s face it, bills like this aren’t magically going to get taken up by the Senate Leadership, run through committee, put on the floor and voted out of the Senate on their own merits, like you or I would do.
Because nothing pro-gun happens at the Statehouse unless gun owners are politically FEARED.
That’s what thousands upon thousands of emails just like yours will do.
>>>TAKE ACTION NOW!<<<
The truth is, this isn’t our only fight – and we need your help to keep fighting.
We’re also raining down massive amounts of political pain on the politicians at the Statehouse for Constitutional Carry and SAPA law in the House while working overtime to defeat Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Dianne Feinstein’s radical gun control agenda in Washington.
Ohio Gun Owners LOVES to fight for freedom, but we can’t do any of it without you standing with us.
But most importantly, take action for freedom today!
For Freedom,
Chris Dorr
Executive Director
Ohio Gun Owners