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Laws regarding where firearms can be carried could become more lenient.
According to the Buckeye Firearm Association's Web site, a new bill was introduced this week, Senate bill 239, which would allow citizens who hold a concealed handgun license to carry a firearm in restaurants. The bill would also lessen restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport a firearm in a vehicle.
Currently, it is illegal to carry a concealed handgun into a restaurant. The existing law requires weapons to be either in a holster, closed glove compartment, locked case or in plain sight in a secured rack or holder made for that purpose.
Including all the states that border Ohio, 42 states allow non-drinking license holders to carry firearms in restaurants, according to opencarry.org.
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"If there were a problem with people bringing handguns into restaurants while consuming alcohol, then the story would be different, but it hasn't been a problem," he said. "This is why I think we continue working toward this bill and do what the other 42 out of 48 open-carry states are doing."
http://bgnews.com/campus/senate-introduces-concealed-carry-bill-239
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Laws regarding where firearms can be carried could become more lenient.
According to the Buckeye Firearm Association's Web site, a new bill was introduced this week, Senate bill 239, which would allow citizens who hold a concealed handgun license to carry a firearm in restaurants. The bill would also lessen restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport a firearm in a vehicle.
Currently, it is illegal to carry a concealed handgun into a restaurant. The existing law requires weapons to be either in a holster, closed glove compartment, locked case or in plain sight in a secured rack or holder made for that purpose.
Including all the states that border Ohio, 42 states allow non-drinking license holders to carry firearms in restaurants, according to opencarry.org.
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"If there were a problem with people bringing handguns into restaurants while consuming alcohol, then the story would be different, but it hasn't been a problem," he said. "This is why I think we continue working toward this bill and do what the other 42 out of 48 open-carry states are doing."