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We warned them: Supremes nix City of Cleveland gun control laws; untold tax dollars wasted

Cleveland.com reported late last week that the Ohio Supreme Court has refused to take up the City of Cleveland's appeal of an Eighth District Court of Appeals decision which declared that a Cleveland gun offender registry and several gun regulations first proposed by Mayor Frank Jackson in 2014 , and passed by city council in 2015 are unconstitutional. A lower court had already struck down other...

Crossing the Line – Firearm Preemption Protection Under Attack

Gun control groups are fond of describing preemption as a doctrine whereby a state has stripped local governments of their power to regulate guns. In fact, under established legal principles, localities are subordinate “creatures of state law,” with no inherent rights or powers other than what a state decides to delegate to them through statutes or charters. Although some local governments may be...

In wake of surge in homicides, Akron Police Chief notes many victims were known criminals or their associates

Headlines at the close of 2017 lamented the record number of homicides committed in both Akron and Columbus, Ohio. On December 26, the Columbus Dispatch headlined their coverage: " Columbus breaks homicide record with 140 lives cut short so far this year " With just days left before 2017 wraps up, the city broke a homicide record Tuesday with 140 deaths so far this year. “We’re talking about...

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