Letter to the Editor: Breaking the law of concealed carry
June 20, 2004
Toledo Blade
I read with interest stories about bureaucrats in Toledo, Clyde, Arcanum, and other cities passing ordinances or rules banning concealed carry, in spite of a firm statement by the Ohio attorney general that their acts are illegal under Section 9 of House Bill 12.
Had the law-abiding citizens of Ohio acted as these city officials are, they would have begun to carry concealed firearms when HB12, HB274, or even earlier bills were introduced, instead of waiting until they were passed into law.
Furthermore, these bureaucrats constantly whine about being underfunded, yet seem quite willing to throw away taxpayers' dollars on certain legal expenses when they get sued.
This behavior is disgraceful.
CHAD D. BAUS
Archbold, Ohio
Although not specifically addressing CCW, two other recent letter writers highlight problems that effect CHL-holders. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more.
June 21, 2004
Cleveland Plain Dealer
On June 11, while riding my bike near the Martin Luther King Drive bike path, I was "ambushed" by a pack of wild dogs. The pack attempted to surround me. I literally was afraid for my life. My screams got the attention of a driver in a car, who pulled over to help me, and then the dogs backed off. The driver stayed with me until I was able to ride to the Bratenahl area.
The MLK bike path and the signed bikeway along the lake are assets to the city that are appreciated and used by many people, but these packs of wild dogs are ruining it. Why is the city of Cleveland not capturing and destroying these animals? Do we have to wait for someone to be maimed or killed?
Kathleen A. Heydorn
Willoughby
June 21, 2004
Columbus Dispatch
Public records can reveal too much info
As a public employee, I read with great interest the extensive expose on "Your Right to Know" (Dispatch, June 13).
I agree with the overall premise demanding the right to have access to public records. I also believe that there is a vast difference between personnel records and personal records. Personnel records speak to where I work, what I make, my general area of residence, my credentials and whatever information available related to my job, and how I got it.
In this age of identity theft, fraud and unlawful use of information, I am quite disturbed that anyone can have "access to virtually any record kept by a public office, whether it’s paper, computer file, film or any other form." This type of information is contained in my personnel file.
Theoretically and practically, this means that anyone has the right to view my Social Security number and any other information, often used by the more unscrupulous among us, to capture my identity and to use the information illegally.
Likewise, as a correctional official, I am more than a little disturbed about anyone having access to my home address and telephone number, for obvious reasons.
How, on the one hand, can we justify cautioning people to be protective of their identities, yet on the other, make it possible for anyone to gain access to our personal identities, by law?
TALMADGE OWENS JR.
Gahanna
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