Letter to the Editor: Selective concern for wasted tax dollars
July 10, 2004
Lorain Morning Journal
To the Editor:
In reference to your July 3 "Frowns" editorial about the lawsuit filed against the state regarding the "plain view" car provision of the concealed carry law:
I agree the state should not have to spend money hearing this lawsuit. Using the court to change and-or create laws is normally a popular liberal tactic; utilizing a loophole to our legislative process. The courts are meant to enforce the laws, not create them. This issue should be handled in the state legislature.
I only hope you feel as strongly about Elyria wasting local taxpayer money when they have to defend a new law they passed which prohibits concealed carry in public parks.
Not only did Elyria fail to research the fact that 45 other states have never had a problem with legal/licensed concealed carry in their public parks, they passed a law that has been prohibited by the state legislature in Section 9 of HB12, which states, in part, "No municipal corporation may adopt or continue in existence any ordinance ... or resolution that attempts to restrict the places where a person possessing a valid license to carry a concealed handgun may carry a handgun concealed."
Again, I hope The Morning Journal feels the taxpayers' pain when Elyria's tax dollars are eventually used to pay for a defense of their city's direct violation of state law in Ohio's court system.
Jason Muhich
Sheffield Township
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