0A335 - F63 IN THE TENTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEALS FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO Ohioans for Concealed Carry, etal., : Case No. 18-AP-00605 Plaintiffs/Appellees/ : On appeal from the Franklin Cross-Appellants, : County Court of Common Pleas. Vv. : Trial Case No. 18 CV 005216 (Judge Cain) City of Columbus, ef al., REGULAR CALENDAR Defendants/Appellants/ Cross-Appellees, (PROPOSED) BRIEF OF STATE OF OHIO AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF APPELLEES OHIOANS FOR CONCEALED CARRY, et al. MICHAEL DEWINE (0009181) ATTORNEY GENERAL STEVEN T. VOIGT (0092879) Principal Assistant Attorney General Constitutional Offices Section 30 E. Broad Street, 16th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tel: 614-466-2872 | Fax: 614-728-7592 steven. voigt@ohioattorneygeneral.gov Franklin County Ohio Court of Appeals Clerk of Courts- 2018 Oct 22 3:04 PM-18AP0006050A335 - F64 Franklin County Ohio Court of Appeals Clerk of Courts- 2018 Oct 22 3:04 PM-18AP000605 JONATHAN R. FULKERSON (0068360) Deputy Chief Counsel FREDERICK D. NELSON (0027977) Senior Advisor 30 E. Broad Street, 17th Floor Columbus, Ohio 43215 Tel: 614-466-4320 | Fax: 614-466-5087 frederick.nelson@ohioattorneygeneral.gov jonathan. fulkerson@ohioattorneygeneral.gov Counsel for Amicus Curiae State of Ohio0A335 - F65 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS... TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ... INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF AMICUS INTEREST LAW AND ARGUMENT ....... I R.C. 9.68 is “part of a comprehensive enactment concerning firearms”: it “displaces municipal firearm ordinances and does not unconstitutionally infringe on municipal home rule authority.” City of Cleveland v. State, 128 Ohio St. 3d at 139, 142-43, 2010-Ohio-6318 at § 35... II. Municipal regulation cannot circumvent the state law by branding designated gun stocks as “accessories” and then asserting that such parts or components semantically fall outside the State’s establishment of uniform laws for firearms and firearm parts, components, and ammunition..............00.0c0e 14 A. However labeled, bump stocks are firearm parts or components. .. eld: B. The Ordinance by its own terms and in conflict with R.C 9.68 purports to ban “any part” or “component” “that is designed or functions to accelerate the rate of fire of a semiautomatic firearm.” .........0.ccccesceecsseessteeeeeesseesssesenteseenee 26 ce 29 CONCLUSION ... Franklin County Ohio Court of Appeals Clerk of Courts- 2018 Oct 22 3:04 PM-18AP000605 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 1