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More on Obama and Guns

November 17, 2008

Interesting post over at ABC News about a question on the Obama Transition Team questionaire.  The question reads:
Do you or any members of your immediate family own a gun?  If so, provide complete ownership and registration information.  Has the registration ever lapsed?  Please also describe how and by whom it is used and whether it [...]

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Gun Company President Forced to Resign Over Obama Support

November 3, 2008

I, for one, don't think an Obama administration would be that much different than a McCain administration on gun-control issues.  Both candidates have come out in support of closing the gun-show loophole in the Brady Law background-check requirement.  McCain is against assault-weapons regulation, but most people know that the 1994-2004 assault-weapons ban didn't do much [...]

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Brady Campaign Endorses Obama

October 13, 2008

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence has this morning endorsed Senator Barack Obama in the presidential race.  Perhaps not a surprise, though I wonder whether it helps Obama or hurts him.  The Brady Campaign says in its press release that "The difference between the two tickets is clearest with regard to assault weapons," pointing [...]

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Presidential Candidates and Gun Control

October 6, 2008

Interesting story over at MSNBC today:  "Shooting for the sweet spot:  How McCain, Obama say they'll balance crime and the Second Amendment."  It compares the presidential candidates' positions on 2nd Amendment and gun control/gun rights issues.  We already know what the National Rifle Association thinks:  it is planning to spend $40 million this year opposing [...]

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Interesting "Open Carry" Handgun Case in Cleveland

September 29, 2008

While one must have a license to carry a concealed handgun in Ohio, it is currently legal to carry the same handgun openly in most places.  The Plain Dealer has an interesting story this morning about a person arrested last month, apparantly while carrying openly.  The twist is that police charged him with concealed carrying [...]

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Incorporation of the 2nd Amendment

September 21, 2008

"Incorporation" is the legal term for finding that parts of the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution) apply to limit the power of state governments.  The Bill of Rights as originally adopted only applied to limit federal power, but the Supreme Court has since held that the Due Process Clause [...]

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Ohio Supreme Court: Guns OK in Public Parks

September 18, 2008

News today of the Ohio Supreme Court's decision in Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v. Clyde.  In the eagerly awaited decision, the Court rejected the city of Clyde's attempt to ban guns in a local park.  The Court held that the state concealed carry statute preempts local bans of this type, despite the "home rule" [...]

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More Post-Heller Wrangling in D.C.

September 15, 2008

Interesting article in the Washington Post this weekend reporting on two separate efforts to modify the D.C. firearms rules put into place following the D.C. v. Heller ruling earlier this year.  The D.C. Council is proposing to ease certain restrictions, while the U.S. Congress is considering a bill that would "virtually end local handgun control" [...]

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Changes in Ohio Gun Laws Take Effect Today

September 8, 2008

Senate Bill 184, signed by Governor Strickland in June, takes effect today.  Among other things, the new law provides "tweaks" to the concealed carry law, to make it easier for concealed carry holders to comply with its provisions.  For example, under the new law a concealed-carry license holder  in a car may carry a concealed [...]

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A School that Allows Guns

August 29, 2008

Here's an interesting article about a small Texas school district that has voted to allow concealed-carry by teachers in the local school.  Small town, not much crime, but the nearest law enforcement is 17 miles away.

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Gun Rights Spreading Like Wild Fire?

August 20, 2008

(Sorry.)  We are going to have a lot to talk about in my Firearms Regulation class at Akron Law this fall.  Since the U.S. Supreme Court's momentous decision in D.C. v. Heller in June, more and more gun rights issues are in the news.  Two interesting articles yesterday talk about concealed carry rights in the [...]

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Who shouldn't be allowed to carry a concealed handgun?

August 11, 2008

A friend of mine was just denied when he tried to renew his Ohio license to carry a concealed handgun.  The letter from the Summit County Sheriff's Office identified the reason for denial as the presence on his record of two minor misdemeanor marijuana possession convictions from 1996 and 1997, when my friend was 19 [...]

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