Imagine a world where every town had completely different traffic laws. Drive into Parma and suddenly you're required to drive on the left side of the road. Enter Lakewood, and a red light means to go and a green light means stop. Head into Westlake and get arrested because white cars are illegal. That is the scenario facing gun owners if Cleveland wins its bid to overturn statewide preemption in Ohio.

When concealed carry first passed in Ohio back in 2004, there was a provision in the bill numbered "Section 9" that stated the intent of the legislature was for the gun laws enacted to be uniform throughout the state. This was to prevent a patchwork quilt of local gun laws where a constitutionally protected right, enumerated in both the U.S. and Ohio constitutions, was at the mercy the local politicians. With the stroke of a pen your gun rights could be invalidated.

Several Ohio cities, including the City Cleveland, flaunted that attempt so House Bill 347 was passed which enacted Ohio Revised Code 9.68, which reads...