State Senator Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) recently joined the Clermont County Chamber of Commerce in honoring former Ohio State Senator Joe Uecker at the Chamber’s Business Excellence Awards.
Taxpayers so far have paid $185,000 to attorneys defending Rep. Chuck Clemons in the lawsuit brought against him by a man Clemons blocked from his Twitter account, records show.
And the case, which has dragged on for more than three years, is nowhere close to over as a bench trial has been scheduled in Gainesville for early June.
It’s a case in which both sides are using a First Amendment rights argument.
In February 2018, Gainesville resident Peter Morgan Attwood sued Clemons in federal court.
Clemons, R-Newberry, blocked Attwood on Twitter after Attwood asked the lawmaker to explain a 2018 vote. Clemons’ attorneys have argued that his social media accounts are protected by “legislative immunity.
PLAIN TWP. Rick Hinderer makes knives.
He started with art knives in the 1980s then transitioned to tactical tools. State law now allows him to manufacture switchblades, spring-assisted and gravity knives.
Senate Bill 140, a knife law reform bill advocated by the grassroots knife owner organization Knife Rights, took effect Monday and eliminated “the prohibition against manufacturing, possessing for sale, selling, or furnishing certain weapons other than firearms or dangerous ordnance.”
On Tuesday, Hinderer hosted a factory tour at his Shreve-area business Hinderer Knives to celebrate the bill’s passage. Attendees included Knife Rights Founder and Chair Doug Ritter and Director of Legislative Affairs Todd Rathner, state Sen. Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson) and state Rep. Scott Wiggam (R-Wooster).
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CORRECTION: The effective date of Senate Bill 140 is April 12. The earlier version of this story incorrectly said it would go into effect April 10.
Rick Hinderer wants to add to his business with new employees, new machinery and possibly an expanded building, and a new Ohio law will allow him to bring his plans to fruition.
The state s knife-law reform bill, Senate Bill 140, will take effect April. 12.
SB 140 repeals a statewide ban on the manufacture and sale of automatically opening pocket or folding knives and defines any knife or cutting instrument as a weapon only if it is used as a weapon. That new designation will allow carrying any knife concealed under state law.
Knife Rights’ Ohio Knife Law Reform Bill Signed by Governor! Ammoland Inc. Posted on
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- Knife Rights’ Ohio Knife Law Reform Bill,
SB 140, has been signed by Governor Mike DeWine. We sincerely thank Gov. DeWine for signing this important bill. Thanks, also, to all of you who used Knife Rights Legislative Action Center for the hundreds of emails and calls to the governor.
NOTE: The new law does not take effect until April 10, 2021, 90 days after signing. The existing law is still in effect until then.
NOTE: We have not yet passed Knife Rights signature knife law preemption in Ohio, so individual cities and towns may still have knife ordinances more restrictive than state law.Knife Rights’ LegalBlade™ Knife Law App will be updated when the new law goes into effect. LegalBlade™ App includes laws in a number of Ohio cities as well as provides links to find municipal codes of many Ohio cities and towns.