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CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE TO OHIO'S BAN AGAINST CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS TO BE HEARD BY HIGH COURT

The Ohio Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments April 15th in a lawsuit from Hamilton County seeking to overturn as unconstitutional a state law which prohibits the carrying of concealed weapons. Justices included the case (02-0585) on their most recent oral argument calendar covering the period through June 3, 2003.

Source: Gonger News Service - 2/14/03

Any stay of a local ruling that Ohio's law against carrying a concealed weapon is unconstitutional now will have to be determined by a higher court.

Friday afternoon Seneca County Common Pleas Judge Michael P. Kelbley, a Democrat, denied a motion filed by County Prosecutor Ken Egbert Jr. for an emergency stay of the decision in the case of a Fostoria woman who was charged with one count of carrying a concealed weapon. Kelbley said he didn't have the authority to do so.

A motion for a stay, as well as an appeal of the decision, was filed locally for the Third District Court of Appeals in Lima later in the afternoon.

Click here for the full story in the Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune.

Click here for the full story in the Toledo Blade.

A press release issued by Ohioans For Concealed Carry can be seen on Yahoo.com or the Crain's Cleveland website.

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