KLEIN v. LEIS

Nos. C-020012, C-020013, C-020015 and C-020021.

146 Ohio App.3d 526 (2002)

2002-Ohio-1634

KLEIN et al., Appellees, v. LEIS, Sheriff, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Ohio, First District, Hamilton County.

Decided April 10, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General, Darrell M. Pierre, Jr., and David S. Timms, Assistant Attorneys General, for the state of Ohio appellants.

Michael K. Allen, Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney, John J. Arnold and David Stevenson, Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, for the county, township, and municipal appellants.

Fay D. Dupuis, Cincinnati City Solicitor, Richard Ganulin, Assistant City Solicitor, and Jonathan E. Lowy, Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence Legal Action Project, for the city of Cincinnati and all city appellants.

William M. Gustavson and Timothy A. Smith, for appellees.

Johnson & Moran Co., Michael R. Moran and Eric A. Johnson, urging affirmance for amicus curiae Ohio Association of Security & Investigation Service.


MARK P. PAINTER, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This court cannot rule on the propriety or efficacy of citizens carrying concealed weapons. In our tripartite government, the legislature makes the statutory laws. But those laws must comport with the United States and Ohio Constitutions. The court's role is limited to determining the constitutionality of the laws that the legislature enacts.

{¶ 2} The General Assembly has enacted laws dealing with concealed...

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