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Ohio Court Overturns Ban on Cities Setting Their Own Gun Control Laws
12 November 2009
Cleveland Plain Dealer (Ohio) / AP
CLEVELAND, Ohio — The 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals has sided with Cleveland in the city's fight to enforce its local gun ordinances.
In a ruling Thursday, the three-judge panel declared that a 2007 state law unconstitutionally restricted the city's powers to regulate firearms. The judges reversed a lower court's decision to uphold the law, which says that only federal and state codes can limit the right to bear arms.
The ruling, if it stands, would be a... (GunPolicy.org)