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Article: Brady Center Hails Ohio Supreme Court's Upholding Ban on Concealed Weapons
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- U.S. Newswire
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- September 24, 2003
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Brady Center to
Prevent Gun Violence hailed the 5-2 decision by the Supreme Court of
Ohio's ruling in Klein v. Leis, upholding the constitutionality of
Ohio's longstanding law prohibiting the carrying of concealed
weapons. The Brady Center's Legal Action Project, along with the
office of the City Solicitor, represented the City of Cincinnati, a
primary defendant, throughout the case. The Ohio Association of
Chiefs of Police and Fraternal Order of Police of Ohio also submitted
an amicus curaie brief.
"As the Court noted, for over 100 years the Ohio General Assembly
has recognized that 'prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons
helps ...