Safer parks in Clyde: Order that bars gun ban is extended indefinitely

September 2, 2004
Fremont News-Messenger

Unless the City of Clyde requests a hearing, a temporary court restraining order barring enforcement of a ban on legally concealed weapons from public parks will continue indefinitely.

According to records from Sandusky County Common Pleas Court, Clyde City Solicitor Barry Bova consented in a phone conversation to the extension of the original temporary restraining order imposed by Common Pleas Judge Harry A. Sargeant, Jr. on Aug. 12.

A court hearing is not required "until and unless one or more of the defendants file a written demand for a hearing," records show.

Sargeant's action was in response to a motion filed on behalf of Ohioans for Concealed Carry Inc., a Second Amendment advocacy group based in Delaware, Ohio. Such a court action was anticipated since city officials said they would not repeal the ban despite pressure from the advocacy group.

The Ohio concealed carry law lists places, including public buildings, where concealed weapons may be banned. The law, which came into effect this year, does not list public parks among those places.

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