AP: State asks high court to throw out challenge to gun law

The Associated Press is reporting that Attorney General Marc Dann asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Monday to throw out the city of Clyde's challenge to Ohio's concealed handgun licensure law.

From the story:

Clyde, about 40 miles southeast of Toledo, instituted its ban on concealed weapons in its city parks before the law was passed and was challenged by Ohioans for Concealed Carry. A trial court upheld the ban, but after the new law was passed, the 6th Ohio District Court of Appeals struck the ban down, sending it to the Supreme Court.

Dann, who represents the state in the case, said Clyde's claim that the state's home-rule law gives it the right to the ban is wrong.

"The concealed carry law is a matter of statewide concern, requiring a comprehensive scheme that allows all citizens to know their rights throughout the state. It is not a matter of purely local self-government," Dann wrote in the filing. "It (the court) should reject Clyde's attempt to replace the state law with a patchwork of city-based laws around Ohio."

It is encouraging to see continuing support from Attorney General Dann, who was a 2006 Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee. Buckeye Firearms Association has always maintained that the suit by Clyde was wrong and without basis.

Buckeye Firearms Association strongly supports Ohio Attorney General Dann in his defense of our lawful gun rights.

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