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H. B. No. 450 As IntroducedAs Introduced
127th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2007-2008 |
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Cosponsors:
Representatives Wachtmann, Barrett, Peterson, McGregor, J., Brinkman, Fessler, Gibbs, Combs, Evans, Huffman, Adams, Stebelton, Letson
A BILL
To amend section 2923.211 of the Revised Code to
permit a member of the armed services or the Ohio
National Guard who is between the ages of 18 and
21 to purchase a handgun if the person has
received firearms training.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 2923.211 of the Revised Code be
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2923.211. (A) No person under eighteen
years of age
shall purchase or attempt to purchase a firearm.
(B) No person under twenty-one years of age
shall purchase
or
attempt to purchase a handgun, provided that this
division does
not
apply to the purchase or attempted purchase of a handgun by a
person eighteen years of age or older and under twenty-one years
of age if the either of the following apply:
(1) The
person eighteen years of age or older and under
twenty-one years of age is a law enforcement officer who is
properly appointed
or employed as a law enforcement officer and
has received firearms training
approved by the Ohio peace officer
training council or equivalent
firearms training.
(2) The person is an active or reserve member of the armed
services of the United States or the Ohio national guard who has
received firearms training from the armed services or the national
guard or equivalent firearms training.
(C) Whoever violates division (A) of
this section is guilty
of underage purchase of a firearm,
a delinquent act that would
be
a felony of
the fourth degree if it could be committed by an
adult. Whoever violates
division
(B) of this section is guilty of
underage purchase of a
handgun, a misdemeanor of the second
degree.
Section 2. That existing section 2923.211 of the Revised Code
is hereby repealed.
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