CHL denial appeal goes to top court

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a New Carlisle man is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to consider his challenge of the Miami County sheriff's denial of his application for a concealed handgun license.

From the story:

    William R. Harris on Wednesday appealed to the court an April ruling from the Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals. The appeals court upheld a Miami County judge's order upholding Sheriff Charles Cox's denial of Harris' permit request in May 2004. Cox denied the application after a background check showed Harris was the subject of a five-year civil protection order issued in Greene County in December 2000.

Although a civil protection order is one of the legal reasons to deny a CHL, the order against Harris was dismissed in late 2000 in favor of a consent decree that did not specifically prohibit Harris from possessing a weapon. So far two judges have agreed that Harris, who has a top security clearance and has worked at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base for 35 years, remains subject to the Greene County civil protection order.

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