Toledo gun control laws provide criminals a target-rich environment
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a North Toledo man was arrested yesterday less than 12 hours after police said he forced a South Toledo woman into his car and sexually assaulted her in his home, then dropped her off on the south side.
From the story:
- Lee Arthur Bean, 49, of 233 Palmer St. was charged with one count each of rape and kidnapping. He was booked into the Lucas County jail pending arraignment today in Toledo Municipal Court.
The 22-year-old woman was walking home at 2:30 a.m. from a 7-Eleven store in the Western Avenue-Hawley Street area. A man pulled up in his car, asked for directions, grabbed the woman by her hair, and pulled her into his car, Detective Paul Tetuan said.
The man drove her to his home and sexually assaulted her multiple times. About 5 a.m., he drove her to the Anthony Wayne Trail-City Park Avenue area and released her. She was treated at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, police said.
The newspaper goes on to report that after the victim showed investigators where the assault occurred, detectives obtained information about the homeowner, and the victim positively identified Bean as her assailant. Police later reportedly saw Bean driving the car used in the assault in the Maple-Streicher streets area and stopped it in the early afternoon yesterday.
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The City of Toledo is one of the most gun control-laden cities in the state. Was this victim prevented from taking measures to defens herself by Toledo's ban on small, concealable firearms, which is particularly discriminatory against lower-income families? Did she fear a city law which bans possession of firearms in public places?
Had she read the advice of Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarre, given to store owners inquiring about how to protect themselves after a rash of violent robberies? Navarre "teaches small business owners not to have a gun," and says he "wants owners to comply with criminals because anytime you have more guns in a tense situation, the better the chance of people getting shot and it's just not worth it."
Toledo's gun control laws have failed to stop crime, and have instead created a target-rich environment for criminals in search of defenseless victims.
Contact Toledo City Council by email, or by calling 419-245-1050.
Mayor Jack Ford can be reached by email, or by calling 419-936-2020.
Chief Mike Navarre can be reached by email, or by calling 419-245-3200.
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