And no, I'm not talking about our wack-a-doodle governor using the Buckeye football team's visit to the Statehouse as an occasion for some off-the-cuff (off the rails) lecturing. Kasich wanted the jocks to know that he was upset because, after he'd rolled out the red carpet for them, all the oil and gas frackers in our state were hiring "foreigners" from Alabama and Texas. Our Wonder Guv also advised the team against playing video games.
A rep from the Buckeye Firearms Assoc. said the bill would "help Ohioans traveling to Florida who currently have to disarm going through Georgia."
An NRA spokesperson said it was "common sense to make use of a firearm more user-friendly."
HB 495 also would allow unlicensed Ohioans to carry ammo clips in their cars, and to bring their guns into state parking garages on Capitol Square.
AARRGGHHHH!!!! I really don't have the words to properly express just how thoroughly and insanely fucked up this is! Oh, the awful inconvenience of having to disarm while in Georgia! Buck up, cowboy, you can handle it. (And hooray, Georgia!) I do not see any benefit to anyone by making gun use "more user-friendly". Only an NRA shithead would use such an idiotic phrase. I want guns to be less user-friendly! I want it to be harder to use them, not easier! When the NRA defines "common sense", you can bet it's the exact opposite. And why the hell would anyone need to bring a gun into the statehouse parking lot?
No surprise, law enforcement agencies are absolutely opposed to this measure, but they were also opposed to concealed-carry, and it passed. Maybe those legislators with backbone and real common sense will vote down HB 495. If not, maybe Kasich will veto the piece of shit. Don't hold your breath.
If Ohio keeps heading down this path, pretty soon we'll be mentioned in the same sentence with those political loony bins Arizona and South Carolina. Nice places to visit, but we can do better than that.
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