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Cleveland Fights Ohio State for Its Gun Control Laws Before Top Court
12 October 2010
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio)
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Cleveland's ongoing quest to enforce tougher gun control rules than state law requires reached Ohio's top court on Tuesday.
The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments in a case pitting the city against the state. The city is fighting to govern its residents with its own set of rules rather than those imposed by an Ohio statute.
Ohio's constitution allows cities to exercise "home rule" to enforce policing ordinances as long as those local rules do not... (GunPolicy.org)