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Home rule still applies; some municipalities bans continue
Paul Comstock
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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.
Pandemic hinders citizen-driven ballot initiatives
By Jim Provance - The Blade, Toledo, Ohio (TNS)
COLUMBUS The mad ballot rush last year to get voters to etch a higher minimum wage, an early voting calendar, and stricter state legislative term limits into the Ohio Constitution ran head-long into a coronavirus wall.
So did an effort to force a bill mandating background checks for nearly all gun sales into the laps of a reluctant Republican-controlled General Assembly.
The question now is whether the atmosphere has changed enough for citizen-driven democracy to venture back out into the streets in search of registered voters who are still being told to limit their outside contacts. It can be tough to get a signature on paper from a distance of six feet.