Gun advocates were up in arms this week over a proposal to forbid the sale of firearms at private residences in the township.
The three-member board of trustees voted unanimously Wednesday to continue the public hearing on the possible ban until its March 2 meeting after several opponents raised questions about the plan.
Township Police Chief Michael Mier, who was asked to appear before the zoning commission, said Copley has only “a handful” of federally licensed private dealers.
Mier said he works closely with the ATF, which notifies him when a dealer’s firearms license is up for renewal.
There haven’t been any problems with local private firearms deals, he said
"Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property. . . Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them."
- Thomas Paine
"Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem."
The courts give Zoning a lot of latitude and if this receives an up vote from the Trustees it would be both difficult and expensive to "attempt" to overturn. At this stage peer pressure may work. You better fill that public hearing with pro-gun residents and do your homework. If you have to go to court to appeal they will only consider the evidence presented at the hearing. Having a lawyer right now would be much cheaper than later. March 2nd is coming very fast.
I think it's clear they don't have the ability to regulate the sale of firearms. They are on shaky ground trying to say the sale of a firearm by an individual is a violation of any zoning law.
This is an example of what I was talking about in a different thread. The residents of this township need to do their best to not only have it voted down, but more importantly make sure the person responsible never serves another term.
ashtabula wrote:I think it's clear they don't have the ability to regulate the sale of firearms. They are on shaky ground trying to say the sale of a firearm by an individual is a violation of any zoning law.
This is an example of what I was talking about in a different thread. The residents of this township need to do their best to not only have it voted down, but more importantly make sure the person responsible never serves another term.
Yep, at least the way I read O.R.C.504.04(B) (6)
"(B) No resolution adopted pursuant to this chapter shall do any of the following: ...
(6) Establish regulations affecting hunting, trapping, fishing, or the possession, use, or sale of firearms."
A wayfarer should not walk unarmed,
But have his weapons to hand:
He knows not when he may need a spear,
Or what menace meet on the road.
AlanM
There are no dangerous weapons; there are only dangerous men. - RAH
Four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo - use in that order.
If you aren't part of the solution, then you obviously weren't properly dissolved.
"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. " - George Washington
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
And because I can not do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do.
What I can do, I should do. And what I should do, by the grace of GOD, I will do."- Edward Everett Hale (descendant of Nathan Hale)
