The law is the culmination of years of efforts by gun-rights advocates & Republican lawmakers, including more aggressive lobbying by gun-rights groups, more right-leaning state lawmakers and a governor willing to sign it into law during an election year.
After decades of trying, gun-rights advocates have succeeded in getting Ohio to allow people to carry a concealed firearm without needing a license. COLUMBUS, Ohio — As a freshman state lawmaker in 2001, Republican state Rep. Tom Brinkman of Cincinnati introduced legislation to allow people to carry a firearm without a permit, but it went nowhere. Two decades later, permitless carry is about to become state law.
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