Rob Chadwickis the director of education and training for Delta Defense and the U.S. Concealed Carry Association (USCCA).
“This is a bill looking for and creating trouble.”
“It makes it a lot less safe for all of us, including gun owners.”
“Puts our communities at an even greater risk of gun violence than before.”
Those were just a few of the dire warnings offered by various Ohio state legislators back in 2022 when the General Assembly passed and Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill to implement “constitutional carry.”
It allows law-abiding Ohio gun owners to carry a concealed firearm in public without needing a permit from the government.
Between anti-gun politicians and activists, there were numerous calls to oppose this bill, which they said would make Ohio communities less safe.
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More than a year and a half has passed since constitutional carry took effect, and a new study shows that arguments against this important law needed to be grounded in reality.