Ashtabula - No signs?

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rDigital
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Ashtabula - No signs?

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Here's an interesting ordinance:

549.11 WEAPON DISPLAY PROHIBITED.
No person shall exhibit for sale in show windows any pistols, daggers or stilettos, or display any signs, posters, cartoons or cards suggesting the sale of any such weapons.
(1980 Code 114.09; Ord. 6172)
It would be interesting if this was interpreted to ban the posting of Gun Buster signs....

or how it interacts with this part of 9.68
(2) A zoning ordinance that specifies the hours of operation or the geographic areas where the commercial sale of firearms, firearm components, or ammunition for firearms may occur, provided that the zoning ordinance is consistent with zoning ordinances for other retail establishments in the same geographic area and does not result in a de facto prohibition of the commercial sale of firearms, firearm components, or ammunition for firearms in areas zoned for commercial, retail, or industrial uses.
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Re: Ashtabula - No signs?

Post by MyWifeSaidYes »

Ashtabula-

549.07 is a copy of R.C. 2923.211, but it contains an extra section (section "d") which makes the ordinance invalid.

549.10 does not restrict itself to "concealed" weapons and may violate the Ohio Constitution (Article I, Section 4).

549.11 is a restriction on the sale of firearms (if advertising is part of selling), making the ordinance invalid.

549.12 is a copy of R.C. 2923.201, but it is missing an exception contained in 2923.201, making the ordinance invalid.


Chapter 749 "Shooting Galleries and Private Ranges" may have some invalid items, but it may require an actual lawyer to review it.
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