Henry Bowman
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Friday, October 28, 2005
Schmidt obtains gun permit
She's cleared to conceal
By Malia Rulon
Enquirer Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Watch out Cincinnati, U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt may be armed.
Schmidt and her stockbroker husband, Peter, took a 12-hour concealed-carry class at a private hunting and shooting lodge this month and passed written and target-range tests to get concealed handgun licenses.
"It was kind of like getting a driver's license," Schmidt said, adding that she plans to pick up the actual license at the Clermont County Sheriff's Office this weekend.
Schmidt, R-Miami Township, was a co-sponsor of a bill that passed the Ohio Legislature in January 2004, giving Ohioans the right to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense purposes.
"When people talk about gun laws and what we passed, I want to be able to talk about what needs to be tweaked based on personal experience," Schmidt said.
Her instructor, Collin Rink, is a volunteer with the Buckeye Firearms Association and an active member of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, which had pushed for the new law. He praised Schmidt for getting the license.
"It shows that she not only talks the talk, she walks the walk," Risk said, adding that the congresswoman had the "absolute best stance in the class."
Schmidt scored among the top three in her 20-person class on the written test, said Rink, a real estate agent who runs Fenton-Rink Security Training with John Fenton, a Cincinnati lawyer.
Schmidt had to bring her own gun to a class - a new .380 ACP Bersa semiautomatic handgun that was a Sweetest Day gift from her husband, who used a rifle in the class. [A rifle??????]
Schmidt's class - which ran from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. and was made up of 10 hours of written instruction and two hours of target practice - included others in politics: Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Alex Triantafilou and Jake Fashner, a campaign strategist for Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell.
But Schmidt is probably the only U.S. lawmaker in the area to have a license.
Ohio Sens. Mike DeWine and George Voinovich, as well as Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, told The Enquirer on Thursday that they don't have a concealed handgun license and don't plan to get one.
Schmidt was endorsed in her recent 2nd District special election by the National Rifle Association, although her Democratic opponent, Paul Hackett, already had a concealed handgun license.
But Schmidt said she won't bring her handgun to work with her in Washington, where it's illegal to carry a concealed firearm.
She declined to say when she'd carry it in Ohio, however. "You never know whether Schmidt's carrying or not," she said with a chuckle.
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Other emphasis mine. Link:http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051028/NEWS01/510280423
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Friday, October 28, 2005
Schmidt obtains gun permit
She's cleared to conceal
By Malia Rulon
Enquirer Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - Watch out Cincinnati, U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt may be armed.
Schmidt and her stockbroker husband, Peter, took a 12-hour concealed-carry class at a private hunting and shooting lodge this month and passed written and target-range tests to get concealed handgun licenses.
"It was kind of like getting a driver's license," Schmidt said, adding that she plans to pick up the actual license at the Clermont County Sheriff's Office this weekend.
Schmidt, R-Miami Township, was a co-sponsor of a bill that passed the Ohio Legislature in January 2004, giving Ohioans the right to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense purposes.
"When people talk about gun laws and what we passed, I want to be able to talk about what needs to be tweaked based on personal experience," Schmidt said.
Her instructor, Collin Rink, is a volunteer with the Buckeye Firearms Association and an active member of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, which had pushed for the new law. He praised Schmidt for getting the license.
"It shows that she not only talks the talk, she walks the walk," Risk said, adding that the congresswoman had the "absolute best stance in the class."
Schmidt scored among the top three in her 20-person class on the written test, said Rink, a real estate agent who runs Fenton-Rink Security Training with John Fenton, a Cincinnati lawyer.
Schmidt had to bring her own gun to a class - a new .380 ACP Bersa semiautomatic handgun that was a Sweetest Day gift from her husband, who used a rifle in the class. [A rifle??????]
Schmidt's class - which ran from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. and was made up of 10 hours of written instruction and two hours of target practice - included others in politics: Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Alex Triantafilou and Jake Fashner, a campaign strategist for Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell.
But Schmidt is probably the only U.S. lawmaker in the area to have a license.
Ohio Sens. Mike DeWine and George Voinovich, as well as Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Westwood, told The Enquirer on Thursday that they don't have a concealed handgun license and don't plan to get one.
Schmidt was endorsed in her recent 2nd District special election by the National Rifle Association, although her Democratic opponent, Paul Hackett, already had a concealed handgun license.
But Schmidt said she won't bring her handgun to work with her in Washington, where it's illegal to carry a concealed firearm.
She declined to say when she'd carry it in Ohio, however. "You never know whether Schmidt's carrying or not," she said with a chuckle.
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