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Council Report <br />October 17, 1995 <br />Concealed Weapons Law <br />I have received a letter from Governor Voinovich concerning the <br />proposed concealed weapons law, S.B.68, which I have proposed <br />we object to. The Governor agrees with me on this subject and <br />pointed out several reasons for the defeat of the bill. <br />A. The Ohio Task Force on Gun Violence, through research, <br />found no evidence that a concealed weapons law reduced <br />crime. They concluded there was no reason to change our <br />existing laws. <br />B. S.B. 68 would promote a feeling that Ohio is so unsafe a <br />person needs a gun. <br />C. S.B. 68 would put concealed weapons in the hands of <br />desperate, drunken, crazy and immature people. <br />D. "The idea is a definite change in the idea of standard of living <br />or quality of life. It is a big change, and 1 believe it is a <br />change for the worse. Our standard of living is lowered. Not <br />to say anything about standard of spirituality or standard of <br />human development, with a leaning toward evolving towards <br />diplomacy rather than killing." <br />E. This is contrary to the "alternative dispute resolution" program <br />currently being taught in our school. <br />Land Ownership <br />At the last Town Hall meeting a resident asked tha# the City pass <br />a law requiring that developers own the land they are developing. <br />My response was that if they do not own the land they probably <br />have an option on it. The resident stated she new this was not <br />always the case. I said I would discuss this with our Law Director. <br />In written discussions with Mr. Gareau, neither of us can <br />remember a situation where a developer did not have some legal <br />