ATW: Ohio Senate approves loosening rules for concealed-weapons permits, hunting silencers

By Neil McCabe | 12:57 AM | December 15, 2014

The Cleveland news reports:

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Senate passed legislation Tuesday that would make major changes to the state’s rules for issuing concealed-weapons permits, including reducing training requirements and expanding recognition of out-of-state licenses.

House Bill 234, which cleared the Senate 24-6, would also allow the use of noise suppressors on firearms while hunting birds and many other animals in Ohio.

The legislation now heads back to the Ohio House for a final vote.

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Neil W. McCabe is the editor of HE's "Guns & Patriots" e-letter and was a senior reporter at the Human Events newspaper. McCabe deployed with the Army Reserve to Iraq for 15 months as a combat historian. For many years, he was a reporter and photographer for "The Pilot," Boston's Catholic paper. He was also the editor of the free community papers "The Somerville (Mass.) News and "The Alewife (North Cambridge, Mass.)." Email him: [email protected] Follow him on Twitter: @neilwmccabe.