(Ohio GOP) Lawmaker won't give up on gun bill (guns in bars) - other repugs rebel against it

[jpak]

http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2011/04/15/copy/lawmaker-wont-give-up-on-gun-bill.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

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Things appeared on track in mid-March, when Bubp's House Bill 45, which also loosens restrictions on how concealed-carry permit holders carry guns in vehicles, passed out of committee by a 12-10 vote.

Then progress stopped.

"My understanding is there are some in my caucus who are not going to vote for it," said Bubp, R-West Union. "We've talked to some of them, and I'm disappointed to say the least."

On Wednesday, the Senate passed and sent to the House essentially the same bill, Senate Bill 17, by a 25-7 vote. Asked about it later that day, Speaker William G. Batchelder, R-Medina, said he didn't think there were enough votes to pass it. He said some lawmakers were concerned about opposition from the Ohio Restaurant Association.

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[Botany]

1. Danny Bubp is a mouth breather

n/t

[Search4Justice]

2. Guns... drunks.... what possibly could go wrong?

Do I really need to put that sarcasm thing here?

[safeinOhio]

3. Not much

http://www.toledoblade.com/Courts/2011/04/14/Toledo-man-gets-9-years-in-prison-for-killing-wife.html

Christopher Gould, 52, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter with a gun specification. Per the negotiated plea, murder charges were dismissed and Judge Frederick McDonald sentenced Gould to nine years in prison.
Brenda Gould, 46, was killed Dec. 16 as a result of a fatal gunshot to the face. The apartment at 6215 Jackman Rd. that the couple shared was in complete disarray when police arrived.

Mr. Lingo said that the death was the result of a fight between the spouses that “escalated to where weapons were introduced into the matter.” The investigation showed that both husband and wife had guns and that both were drinking heavily, he said.