Gun banners' list of recent Ohio gun incidents speaks volumes
5:05am Friday, February 25, 2005
Gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, sent an email this week listing some of the recent incidents of gun violence around Ohio, and then went on to call for passage of an assault weapons ban in the City of Columbus.
As voluntary partners in the OCAGV's ''Changing the Culture of Fear'' push, we thought it would be interesting to note some of the many gun control laws that failed to stop these crimes from occurring (the list of gun control laws broken is by NO means exhaustive):
Toby's list of "OHIO recent gun incidents":
- It is a felony to carry a firearm in a business with a Class D liquor permit that serves liquor by the drink. Additional penalties apply to crimes committed in such establishments when a firearm is used. Signs warning of a mandatory two years in prison for violation of these laws are posted in every Class D location, but did nothing to deter these criminals.
- Actually, according to the Columbus Dispatch, another child did not find the gun, but did discover his classmate had it and notified the bus driver. Federal and state law prohibited this child from bringing a firearm within the vicinity of the school. Carrying a concealed firearm without a license is a felony. Persons under 21 are prohibited from obtaining a concealed handgun license. "No-guns" signs are posted on the school building. This child could not legally purchase, own or possess this firearm.
- These children could not legally purchase, own or possess this firearm. Gun banners opposed passage of a law in Ohio which funds a comprehensive safety program for children in case they ever find a gun, simply because the program is offered by the NRA.
- The man in question was a felon. It is against the law for felons to own or possess firearms. He fatally shot himself, but not before shooting at a sheriff's deputy, another act that is prohibited by law.
- These children could not legally purchase, own or possess these firearms. Carrying a concealed firearm without a license is a felony. Persons under 21 are prohibited from obtaining a concealed handgun license. Chasing and shooting at a fleeing criminal is, in nearly all cases, not going to be recognized by law enforcement as an act of self-defense. Discharge of a firearm in city limits is against the law.
- This child could not legally purchase, own or possess this firearm. Carrying a concealed firearm without a license is a felony. Persons under 21 are prohibited from obtaining a concealed handgun license. Discharge of a firearm in city limits is against the law.
- Actually, according to the Columbus Dispatch on Feb. 18, police have not even confirmed that an AK-47 was found. When reading the details of this story, one cannot help but wonder if this 23-year-old is one of the "children" gun banners use to inflate gun death statistics, while omitting their age, or the fact that they were killed in gang/drug related activites. Discharge of a firearm in city limits, murder, etc. is against the law.
- Well, actually, the man was imprisoned because as a convicted felon, he was not permitted to possess or own a firearm. But then Toby never did let the facts get in her way...
Now really - just what exactly does Toby Hoover believe passage of MORE gun control laws will solve, anyways?
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