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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED <br />RESOLUTION NO. 99-58 <br />By: Mayor Norman Musial and the Entire Council <br />A RESOLUTION URGING THE OHIO LEGISLATURE TO <br />REJECT HOUSE BILLS 165 AND 23, WHICH BILLS, IF <br />ADOPTED, WOULD GREATLY RELAX THE PRESENT <br />PROHIBITION AGAINST CITIZENS CARRYING CONCEALED <br />WEAPONS ON THEIR PERSONS. <br />WHEREAS, in Resolution No. 95-142, passed on November 8, 1995, this Council <br />expressed its opposition to House Bill 68, which would have, if adopted, relalced the present <br />prohibition against citizens carrying concealed weapons; and <br />WHEREAS, this Council believed then, and continues to believe now, that members of <br />the general citizenry carrying concealed weapons on their person pose a significant threat to the <br />safety of the police forces of the State of Ohio, County of Cuyahoga and City of North Olmsted <br />as well as to the general public; and <br />WHEREAS, the present pending House Bills 165 and 23, like the Legislature's 1995 <br />House Bill 68, will relax the prohibition against carrying concealed weapons in Ohio and will <br />greatly increase the number of handguns on the streets, in our places of recreation, in our <br />workplaces and in our schools; and <br />WHEREAS, should it be the desire of the General Assembly to move forward with these <br />new bills be adopted despite the protests of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, this Council, and other <br />local government bodies throughout the State of Ohio, this Council would prefer that the bill be <br />amended to mandate that proper firearms training, the type of which is presently available through <br />the National Rifle Association in every area of Ohio, be required of any person who would be <br />permitted, as a result of the passage of these bills, to carry a concealed weapon in public; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH <br />OLMSTED, COUNTY OF CUYAHOGA AND STATE OF OHIO: <br />SECTION l: That the City of North Olmsted urges rejection of House Bills 165 and 23, <br />and reiterates its objection to any changes in the present State criminal code which would relax <br />the prohibitions against citizenry carrying concealed weapons in the State of Ohio. <br />. ... .. ....... ... .. . .... x.ms...ei,?.a-t. -rv.r ?e--:.n.,. ...,... . ,...... d, ni?3aV^li o.,.Arrrv... ?„i..a+W?tM"C'?y x. .ry,,;.a. ..,.. . . ....,