HB272 would permit a concealed handgun licensee to carry a handgun in a building that is not a courthouse but in which a courtroom is located.
The House passed HB272 on December 6, 2023, by a vote of 57 to 29. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because this bill eases Ohio’s broad and blatantly unconstitutional restrictions on firearms, specifically in multiuse courtroom buildings—thereby helping to restore the rights of law-abiding citizens. The Second Amendment guarantees that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed,” while the Bill of Rights and the 14th Amendment prevent “any State” from depriving or denying “any person” of their “life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”