On June 10, 2026, Representative Jennifer Gross offered a clean, in-order amendment in the to advance the Freedom to Carry Act. Enough House Republicans joined every Democrat to table it. The Democrats stood and cheered.
That amendment would have taken suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns out of Ohio’s “dangerous ordnance” classification and ended the state-law trap that still requires federal NFA registration for legal possession and carry in Ohio.
But, the Senate can still finish the job.
Senator Al Cutrona’s Freedom to Carry Act, SB 392, is the live vehicle. It is sitting in the Senate. A Republican supermajority can pass it without a single Democrat vote.
Do not accept a substitute. Senate Bill 214 covers suppressors only. That leaves short-barreled rifle and short-barreled shotgun owners exposed to continued felony risk under Ohio law. The recent federal court ruling in Texas made the urgency obvious. Other Republican-controlled states are already moving. Ohio does not have to lag behind.
The Senate has session days in September and early October. After that, the next scheduled session is after the November 3 election. If SB 392 is not on the floor now, gun voters will notice.
Email your state senator right now. Tell them to pass the full Freedom to Carry Act, SB 392, before November 3. Tell Senate President Rob McColley to put it on the floor for a vote.
Gun voters are watching.