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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Wednesday, 30 August 2006 19:58 |
Bicycling enthusiasts have something to celebrate when changes to Ohio law will make cycling laws conform more with those that apply to motor vehicles this September.
Supporters call it the best solution to a crazy quilt of laws that exist across the State of Ohio that nobody can easily comply with while traveling between local jurisdictions. The Plain Dealer calls it a hodgepodge from community to community in a story written Wednesday titled Cyclists: Soon, uniform rules to rule the roadways in Ohio.
Sound familiar?
Some localities mandate that bicyclists must ride on the sidewalk, a law clearly aimed at children and not the more seasoned and faster bicyclist who should approach an intersection from the roadway, not the sidewalk. The argument to pass statewide pre-emption for bicyclists is just as sound and almost taken right out of the playbook of gun owners seeking the same reprieve.
"The big thing is that it makes for uniformity throughout the state," said Chuck Smith, president of the Ohio Bicycle Federation, which pushed for the revisions. "With the uniformity, you know what to expect. It really only makes sense."
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Sunday, 27 August 2006 18:08 |
Last week Miami Township Trustee Ken Tracy made a few foolish statements in an Enquirer op-ed asking the rhetorical question "Do guns belong in Parks?" and played the "For the Children" card in a single editorial more times than most cards appear in a single deck.
Sunday the Enquirer printed numerous responses from insulted gun owners and a single anti-gun complaint. Some of the choice responses include:
"While Tracy may not as of yet heard from the gun-owning residents of Miami Township, I believe he will, and the question will not be "Can I keep my gun?" but rather "Can I have my vote back?" Now that's obvious"
"All I can say to the writer is that guns don't belong in parks anymore than baseball bats do. Both are inanimate objects, with no free will, which can do nothing until acted upon by an individual. Both can be used to inflict serious bodily injury. Both can be used for self-defense. It all depends on the person who is using them."
Will Ken Tracy repent, stand behind his statements, or imply he meant something other than what he wrote?
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Written by Mike Kinsey
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Thursday, 24 August 2006 17:47 |
While waiting patiently for the Ohio Senate to act on the necessary legislation that is House Bill 347, this OFCC member decided to look at one of the more asinine restrictions that will be made null and void when those elected to serve their constituency find time to do so.
I have been aware of the Columbus Assault Weapon Ban (AWB) since its inception and understood its implications, but have never dug into the actual legal code that defines it. If ever one sought a perfect example of an ineffectual law passed by politicians and anti-gun advocates in order to stir up a lot of unnecessary hand-wringing with well-meaning, but misled, citizens... this would be it.
Just hearing the phrase assault weapon makes us shiver from images of ski-masked gangs beating down our doors after spraying thousands of rounds a minute from speeding, shiny-rimmed Impalas. As is often the case, the truth is far less dramatic. |
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Thursday, 24 August 2006 20:24 |
A long over due opinion editorial was printed in The Seattle Times Thursday, penned by a Korean blogger named James Na. Na's well thought out reaction to the recent Seattle shooting can be found on the Seattle Times website, his Guns And Butter blog, or you can read a sniplet here:
Predictably, there will be cries to restrict the instruments of Naveed Afzal Haq's actions firearms as a means to control violence of this sort in the future. Coming on the heels of another shooting spree in March of this year on Capitol Hill, there will be much political temptation to be seen to be "doing something."
And legislating more restrictions on the right to keep and bear firearms is often viewed as an emotionally satisfying and politically convenient way to meet that psychological need to do something anything in the aftermath of a tragedy like this.
But that inclination is misguided on two points, one based on principle and the other on practicality
The Seattle Times also ran an anti-gun piece too. |
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Tuesday, 22 August 2006 08:26 |
OFCC Member Mike Kinsey, who also writes for the organization's website, recently received positive responses to an opinion piece he wrote on the website a little over a week ago, Criminals Never Rest. Among those who contacted Kinsey was a suggestion that he submit it to newspapers as a letter to the editor.
Today, the Cincinnati Enquirer picked up a letter to the editor penned by Kinsey and based on that story from our website. You can read it on their website and in today's Enquirer print edition.
Congrats to Mike for getting this issue into the mainstream media from the perspective of the average gun owner and self-defense advocate!
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