You can have it, but you can't hide it...
Three minutes into
this Statehouse News Bureau report, Eric Fingerhut (a concealed carry opponent) said "We respond to crime in our society by making sure that we have adequate police, tougher criminal laws, and the ability to capture and punish criminals. We don't respond to crime by turning to vigilante justice."
This is begging the question. He asserts that concealed carry equates to vigilante justice.
He also appeals to the notion "our society" just doesn't see the need for concealed carry. Apparently Ohioans aren’t a part of the society he mentions. In poll after poll Ohioans have come out for CCW. Furthermore, the votes of our state representatives on the recent CCW bill echo the desire for Ohioans to protect themselves.
The rest of the US can’t be lumped in with his society either, since the actions of the nation as a whole speak loudly on the issue.
Our society (nationally) responds to crime by allowing our citizens to protect themselves from violent criminals. 48 states allow concealed carry in some form, and only 5 do not.
The "justices" would like to have us believe that open carry is fine - but that only a criminal would need to conceal a weapon. Criminals already do, and if I carry for my protection I shouldn't have to advertise that fact.
In Ohio it is legal to carry openly, but eventually some handwringer *will* call the cops and the person with the weapon *will* be arrested (according to law enforcement testimony earlier in this lawsuit).
I wonder what it is about residents of the 10% of states that ban concealed carry that prevents them from being trusted with their own safety and protection.
Dissenting Justice Maureen O'Connor pointed out, the law today "is as offensive as a statute allowing the arrest of anyone who speaks in public, but permitting the speaker to prove at trial that the speech was constitutionally protected".
Next up, water into wine?
Apparently some people have figured out a way to turn stuff into
Oil - supposedly similar to home heating oil.
