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FLASH: AG Cordray files motion for stay pending appeal of 8th Circuit ruling on Cleveland preemption challenge

Submitted by cbaus on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 14:44.

Attorney General Richard Cordray has asked for the Cleveland Appellate Court to stay their order finding R.C. 9.68 unconstitutional.

A stay means that the Appellate Court's decision will not be in force while the Supreme Court considers the case and issues their decision.

AG Cordray is representing the state of Ohio in this case against the City of Cleveland. A stay, which should be granted, will protect gun owners until a final decision is reached.

It is our expectation that the OSC will reverse the Cleveland Appellate Court's decision.

Click here to download the motion. (.pdf)

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Will Ted Strickland chose Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsee as 2010 running mate?

Submitted by cbaus on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 01:10.

By Chad D. Baus

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting on a list of potential running mates for Governor Ted Strickland in his 2010 re-election bid.

While Strickland has lived up to his billing as a staunch pro-gun Democrat during his first term in office, the same could never have been said of Lt. Gov Lee Fisher, who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate.

Strickland's choice of Fisher, a former Handgun Control Inc. board member who lost a bid for Attorney General in 1994 after saying "I never met a gun control bill I didn't like," caused alot of concern among pro-gun voters in 2006. Fortunately for the former Congressman, however, losses among wary gun voters weren't enough to overcome a wave of disappointment with more than a decade and a half of Republican rule in the Buckeye State.

If early polling is to be believed, however, Strickland may not be able to cede the number of votes another anti-gun pick would cost him.

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No-guns signs not working: Columbus city bus passengers now asked to submit to "voluntary" searches

Submitted by cbaus on Fri, 11/20/2009 - 01:05.

By Gerard Valentino

10TV in Columbus reported recently that the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), which illegally posts its buses with "no-guns signs", is still finding it necessary to increase security on city busses (see "Argument on COTA bus leads to teen's shooting" for an example of why).

Their latest plan includes asking people to submit to searches of their bags and person. In other words, under the guise of security and safety, the city is asking people to succumb to searches like common criminals.

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