Ohio Assault Weapons Ban
Columbus City officials are pushing for a ban on guns that look like assault weapons:
Columbus City Council is considering a third try at an assault weapons ban for the city. Courts have overruled two previous bans as too vague. Community groups and Councilman Michael Mentel say they’re looking to a California law as a model because it has a specific definition of the semiautomatic or pump-action rifles to be outlawed.
The nearby suburb of Dublin has a ban on making, buying or selling the weapons but not on possessing them. Many big cities across the nation have assault weapons bans, including Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton and Toledo. A federal ban expired in September. The council is holding a hearing on the issue tonight but no ordinance has been written.
March 4th, 2005 at 11:16 am
“Community groups and Councilman Michael Mentel say they’re looking to a California law as a model because it has a specific definition of the semiautomatic or pump-action rifles to be outlawed.”
But the California law does NOT ban any pump-action rifles, just semiautos. Most gun control advocates DENY wanting to ban any pump-action rifles, as has been done in Britain and Australia.
Is this the first admission that they DO intend to ban pump-action rifles here?