Concealed carry reform will save Ohio officer's lives

Time and again, we read quotes by Ohio Highway Patrol bureaucrats, claiming that concealed carry reform would put their officers in danger. But as this tragic shooting in Youngstown illustrates, Ohio's officers are already in danger from guns in criminal's cars.

The truth is, research proves concealed carry reform laws, which puts firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens, make police safer.

Prof. David Mustard of the University of Georgia's Terry College of Business found that right-to-carry laws reduced the rate that officers were killed by about 2 percent per year for each additional year the laws were in effect.

If Ohio's law enforcement bureaucrats & Bob Taft truly cared about promoting front-line officer safety, they would drop their silly opposition to this legislation, and stand up to tell the truth: Ohio's rank-and-file cops support, and truly need, this life-saving legislation.