City of Cincinnati v. Baskin

{¶ 27} Appellant, the city of Cincinnati, has asked this court to determine whether Cincinnati Municipal Code 708-37, which prohibits possession of any semiautomatic rifle with a magazine capacity of more than ten rounds, conflicts with R.C. 2923.17(A) for purposes of Section 3, Article XVIII of the Ohio Constitution, otherwise known as the Home Rule Amendment. I conclude that the ordinance and the statute do not conflict, and therefore I concur in the judgment of the majority.

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{¶ 28} I agree with the majority that we should focus on R.C. 2923.17(A) when determining whether…