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Given their lack of success at lobbying in the Statehouse and at the ballot box, it's easy to get the idea that the Ohio gun ban lobby has folded up shop. But as a behind-the-scenes look at some of their current activities will show, that kind of thinking can lead to a complacency that gun owners in the Buckeye State cannot afford.
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In April of 2008, Students for Concealed Carry on Campus passed what is certainly an important milestone for any political organization—it suffered its first media backlash.
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Kissing babies is out. Sending rounds downrange is in.
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Adams said he wants the public to be involved in designing and deciding on new gun and anti-gang initiatives.
One of Adams’ ideas would involve a curfew for juveniles who have violated gun laws. Another recommendation was to create new penalties for people who fail to control children’s access to firearms or fail to report a theft or loss of a firearm.
Along with those initiatives, Adams also suggested increased penalties for people who are found in possession of loaded firearms in public places. And Adams would like to exclude people who have violated gun laws from areas of the city where the use of guns is especially high. -
So far, 2010 "has been a big year for guns in political ads," says Darrell West, director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
Well, it is a scary world. And voters are looking for can-do leaders who can solve complex problems easily. But there is the question of whether a parade of politicians pictured with guns makes us feel safer, or even more frightened.
