Posted on 04/18/2002 1:11:04 PM PDT by Tumbleweed_Connection
Edited on 04/22/2004 12:33:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
On April 10, an Ohio appellate court unanimously ruled that Ohio's ban on carrying concealed weapons, in effect since 1974, violated the people's right to keep and bear arms.
The appellate court also upheld a lower court's dismissal of the prosecution of a pizza deliveryman who carried a handgun in his waistband for protection while making his deliveries.
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What was that. Fear of citizens exercising their RIGHTS without State supervision or approval.
Why aint I feeling afraid? And more to the point, why are the politicians?
EBUCK
Even more paradoxically, a "shall issue" law might be viewed as the prior restraint which it is and might also be found unConstitutional. An otherwise law-abiding citizen who carries a concealed weapon is not a criminal, whether the Ohio legislature likes it or not. Poll tests to prove that voters could read and understand a ballot are unConstitutional. Criminal background checks as a requirement for purchasing books would not be Constitutional, despite the mischief which a criminal might cause with greater knowledge.
The solution, assuming that compulsory education is Constitutional, is to require that every minor demonstrate firearms-handling skills as a pre-requisite to middle school graduation.
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