April 12, 2004 03:50 PM US Eastern Timezone
Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Files Complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court to Stop Concealed Weapon Permits
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004--
Complaint Alleges Statute Unconstitutional and Public Safety Provisions Not Enforced
The Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence filed a complaint on Friday, April 9, 2004, asking the Ohio Supreme Court to order local sheriffs to cease issuing carrying concealed weapons (CCW) permits. The Ohio Coalition complaint listed numerous problems with the new CCW law including inadequate procedures, funds and resources to properly enforce safety provisions in the CCW law, all of which make the statute unconstitutional, according to the Coalition.
"The carrying concealed weapons law is not being implemented with the public safety provisions mandated in the legislation," says Toby Hoover, executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. "If we can't implement and enforce important safety provisions such as conducting thorough mental capacity checks, and keeping concealed weapons out of the hands of those with mental illness, Ohio should stop issuing CCW permits immediately."
According to the Coalition, Ohio's CCW law does not provide adequate resources for proper screening or record checks on applicants with a history of mental illness. The law also does not adequately fund sheriffs to pay for the actual costs to process carrying concealed weapons applications. Such gaping holes in the implementation of Ohio's concealed weapons law puts Ohio's families and communities at greater risk of gun violence and guns getting into the wrong hands.
The Ohio Coalition is educating local businesses and organizations about their right to prohibit concealed weapons being carried inside businesses and onto private property by posting signs and declaring areas "weapons free zones." Additionally, the new law leaves business owners vulnerable and may remove the ability of your own community to keep concealed weapons out of places such as public parks
Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Files Complaint with the Ohio Supreme Court to Stop Concealed Weapon Permits
COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 12, 2004--
Complaint Alleges Statute Unconstitutional and Public Safety Provisions Not Enforced
The Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence filed a complaint on Friday, April 9, 2004, asking the Ohio Supreme Court to order local sheriffs to cease issuing carrying concealed weapons (CCW) permits. The Ohio Coalition complaint listed numerous problems with the new CCW law including inadequate procedures, funds and resources to properly enforce safety provisions in the CCW law, all of which make the statute unconstitutional, according to the Coalition.
"The carrying concealed weapons law is not being implemented with the public safety provisions mandated in the legislation," says Toby Hoover, executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. "If we can't implement and enforce important safety provisions such as conducting thorough mental capacity checks, and keeping concealed weapons out of the hands of those with mental illness, Ohio should stop issuing CCW permits immediately."
According to the Coalition, Ohio's CCW law does not provide adequate resources for proper screening or record checks on applicants with a history of mental illness. The law also does not adequately fund sheriffs to pay for the actual costs to process carrying concealed weapons applications. Such gaping holes in the implementation of Ohio's concealed weapons law puts Ohio's families and communities at greater risk of gun violence and guns getting into the wrong hands.
The Ohio Coalition is educating local businesses and organizations about their right to prohibit concealed weapons being carried inside businesses and onto private property by posting signs and declaring areas "weapons free zones." Additionally, the new law leaves business owners vulnerable and may remove the ability of your own community to keep concealed weapons out of places such as public parks