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COLUMBUS, OH - Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is pleased to announced that the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) has certified the Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) as a valid NICS-compliant background check for firearm purchases. Click here to see the letter from the BATFE.
NOTE: Only Concealed Handgun Licenses issued on or after March 23, 2015 are NICS-compliant. For those issued before that date, license holders must wait until they renew their CHL for their license to be recognized as NICS-compliant.
To me not a big deal, the last time I bought a gun the background check was done by the time I finished poking around the holster and ammo selection. I still have a couple of years on my license and won't renew early to qualify.
But every little bit helps. Especially if it pisses off the anti-self defense crowd.
...even before I read MHI, my response to seeing a poster for the stars of the latest Twilight movies was "I see 2 targets and a collaborator".
Alaska's permit started out that way, and then the state troopers started marking them "not nics exempt" upon renewal. They were basically extorting more money from renewal applicants.... It took an act of the state legislature to finally put an end to it. Mostly. They screwed up on the initial issuance of AlaskaTRX's permit and marked it as being non nics exempt.
Cognosce teipsum et disce pati
"People come and go in our lives, especially the online ones. Some leave a fond memory, and some a bad taste." -Aesop
Alabama just went that way, if you have a valid CCW, you still have to fill out the 4473, but you don't have to mess with the NICS approval. My local enabler charges $25 for a FFL transfer, but only $10 if you have a valid license.
And ours are good for up to five years ($20/year), which is another nice change!
But there ain't many troubles that a man caint fix, with seven hundred dollars and a thirty ought six." Lindy Cooper Wisdom
