Disarmed at home: when landlords get political

June 19, 2004
Dayton Daily News

Man shot, robbed in parking lot

HARRISON TWP., Montgomery County — Montgomery County sheriff's deputies are looking for a man who robbed and shot a Piqua-area man outside an apartment complex Friday.

The victim, 33, was with a female relative at Northland Village Apartments, 5216 Embassy Place. He was standing in the parking lot with another woman when a male assailant took his wallet and shot him through the legs, piercing at least one artery, sheriff's Sgt. Glen McIntosh said.

The victim drove himself about three-quarters of a mile to the parking lot of Sharkey's Lounge on North Dixie Drive. He was taken to an area hospital.

Anyone who has information about the assault should call the sheriff's office at 225-4357, McIntosh said.

Commentary:
It can be certain that fighters for civil liberties would be all over Ohio if tenants were being told they could no longer keep pornography/a copy of Mein Kampf/ John Kerry campaign literature/ etc. in their apartments. Yet when another constitutional right is violated - when they are told they may not keep a firearm in their home for self-defense - these so called civil-liberties fighters are silent.

Research is ongoing, and it is not yet known if this apartment complex is one of several in Dayton that have disarmed residents in their personal living space. But this incident highlights the fact that owners of apartment complexes, trailor parks, etc. are endangering those who live and visit in those places when they enforce prohibitions on their property.

The following locations are enforcing CHL bans in their tenants' personal living space: