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The easiest way to find the closest group to you is to put your zip code in the Tea Party finder on the front page of the website.

Let me know if that helps. If not, we will help you get hooked in with a group closest to you.

Ralph

As the gun control battle is alive in the U.S. Senate, more and more Sheriffs across the country have stated they will refuse to enforce any Unconstitutional gun laws. Along with these Sheriffs, many states are also taking action to protect the 2nd Amendment rights for the residents of their states as well.

In Ohio, there has been two pieces of legislation introduced in the Ohio Senate. As introduced by Senator Shirley Smith (D), one version (SB 18), in attempts to infringe on our "right to keep and bear arms," will create a state-wide database of gun and ammunition purchases and will ban the ownership or use of any assault weapon.

Under SB 18, the state-wide data base of gun and ammunition purchases will be maintained by the Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation and any firearm capable of holding 10 rounds or more will be classified as an assault weapon.
S.B. 18 - Senator Shirley Smith (D)

To amend section 109.52 and to enact sections 109.5731 and 2923.171 of the Revised Code to prohibit a person from knowingly acquiring, possessing, carrying, or using an assault weapon and to require the Attorney General to prepare for the establishment of a firearm and ammunition transactions database. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=130_SB_18
In contrast, and in a manner respecting and protecting our Constitutionally protected right to "keep and bear arms," S.B. 36, was introduced by State Senator Kris Jordan (R) and Co-sponsored by Senator Tim Schaffer (R).

If passed, Senate Bill 36 will prohibit the establishment of any firearm registry in Ohio and will prohibit law enforcement agencies and/or international agents from enforcing any firearm registration or firearm ban. Furthermore, SB 36 will protect the immediate rights of citizens lawfully in possession or control of a firearm.
S.B. 36 - Senator Kris Jordan (R)

To enact sections 5502.23 and 5502.231 of the Revised Code to prohibit any agency and its employees and agents from seizing or authorizing the seizure of any firearm from any person lawfully in possession or control of the firearm except when a law enforcement officer reasonably believes the immediate seizure of the firearm is necessary for the safety of the officer or another person or to preserve the firearm as evidence, to prohibit the establishment of a firearm registry, and to prohibit law enforcement officers and international agents from enforcing a firearms registration requirement or firearm ban. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=130_SB_36

Whereas SB 36 will protect and reaffirm our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, SB 18 will not only infringe upon our 2nd Amendment rights by allowing for the actions of law abiding gun owners to be continually monitored by law enforcement agencies, SB 18 will also allow for the indiscriminate banning of certain currently lawful firearms.

To protect and reaffirm our Second Amendment rights we must embrace Senator Jordan's SB 36 and work to immediately stop Senator Smith's full frontal assault on our Second Amendment rights by defeating SB 18.

Currently SB 36 is in the Senate Pubic Safety, Local Government & Veteran Affairs Committee and SB 18 is in the Senate Criminal Justice Committee. Please look below to find how you can help and contact information.

Passion to Action

SB 36 --

Contact the below members of the Senate Pubic Safety, Local Government & Veteran Affairs Committee and urge them to immediately hold the required hearings and support the passage of SB 36 out of Committee.

Senate Public Safety, Local Government Committee

Chairman
Senator Frank LaRose (R)
PH #: (614)466-4823
Email; http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/larose/contact

Vice-Chair
Senator Jim Hughes (R)
PH #: (614)466-5981
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/hughes/contact

Ranking Minority Member
Senator Michael Skindell (D)
PH #: (614)466-5123
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/skindell/contact

Senator Kevin Bacon (R)
PH #: (614)466-8064
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/bacon/contact

Senator Edna Brown (D)
PH #: (614)466-5204
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/brown/contact

Senator Kris Jordan (R) / Sponsor
PH #: (614)466-8086
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/jordan/contact

Senator Tom Patton (R)
PH #: (614)466-8056
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/patton/contact

Senator Tim Schaffer (R) / Co-Sponsor
PH #: (614)466-5838
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/schaffer/contact

Senator Charleta Tavares (D)
PH #: (614)466-5131
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/tavares/contact

Senator Joe Uecker (R)
PH #: (614)466-8082
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/uecker/contact

SB 18 --

To STOP SB 18 and the creation of a Gun Registry and an indiscriminate banning of legal firearms, please contact the Criminal Justice Committee Chairman & Vice-Chairman and inform them that no hearings should be given to SB 18 as it is a clear infringement on our Second Amendment rights.

Senate Criminal Justice Committee

Chairman
Senator John Eklund (R)
PH # (614)644-7718
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/eklund/contact

Vice-Chair
Senator Bill Seitz (R)
PH #: (614)466-8068
Email: http://www.ohiosenate.gov/senate/seitz/contact

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We hold our meetings once a month and list the date, time and locations on here regularly. We also have an email we send out weekly to our members to keep them up to date with general info and any special action alerts.

Governor Kasich's is expected to release his budget on February 4th. Besides outlining a new way to fund schools in Ohio, facing unrelenting pressure from the left, many signs are pointing to the possibility that Governor Kasich may expand Medicaid/Medicare in Ohio as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

The Greater Cleveland Congregations recently held a rally with over 1,000 attendees in support of expanding Medicaid coverage in Ohio. The Greater Cleveland Congregations is led by Ari Lipman, an award- winning, left wing radical and supporter of Obamacare.

Along with being the brain trust of the Greater Cleveland Congregations, Lipman is also the Executive Director of Ohio Industrial Areas Foundation, a left-wing radical group founded by Saul Alinsky and registered affiliate of the Greater Cleveland Congregations.

This link (Click Here) will give you a greater understanding of all the left wing groups pushing for the expansion of Medicaid in Ohio and will hopefully show why it is so important that you contact Governor Kasich's office immediately to counter their effort.

Take Action

Call, email & write Governor Kasich's Office and urge them not to expand Medicaid Coverage under Obamacare.
Governor Kasich

PH #- (614) 466-3555
Email - Click Here http://www.governor.ohio.gov/Contact/ContacttheGovernor.aspx
Snail mail address - Riffe Center, 30th Floor
77 South High St.
Columbus, OH 43215-6117

Here is a sample you can use to mail a quick postcard to Governor Kasich--

Sample #1--

I am sending this postcard to express my opposition to Medicaid expansion. The belief that states will benefit from the Medicaid expansion assumes the federal government will provide a 100%, then 90% match for the Medicaid expansion populations. Considering the deep financial issues of the federal government, it is likely this federal contribution to Medicaid will be unfulfilled, and is nothing more than a lure to get states to buy into the Medicaid expansion. Once they do, they can expect that the federal match rate will fall. It's a false lure that will cost states a bundle, especially with the looming immigration reform.

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This will be a very important meeting and we will cover many important topics leading into 2013.

In the upcoming year, we will concentrate heavily on local […]

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To fight this at a local level, click the link below and see if your Mayor is one of the over 800 Mayor's that has signed up with this anti-gun group. If your Mayor has joined this anti-gun group, please let us know what course of action you will take so we can help support your efforts.

http://mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/html/home/home.shtml

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