Title: CWRU Signature
One of my law school's Criminal Defense clinic students is working on a
case involving an individual charged with illegal possession of a
firearm under Ohio's firearm disability statute, which prohibits
possession of a firearm by anyone convicted of a drug offense. This
How long ago? What is his record since?
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Professor Joseph Olson, J.D., LL.M.o- 651-523-2142
Hamline University School of Law (MS-D2037) f- 651-523-2236
St. Paul, MN 55113-1235
My law review article, Public Safety or
Bills of Attainder?, has been used in pre-Heller cases. In it I
argue that legislative disabilities of the RKBA are constitutional
prohibited bills of attainder. It is not enough that due process be
done in the original trial if the disablement is not
An interesting subject, and not one I usually expect from my learned
colleagues of the Bar. But, if Professor V allows it, excellent,
because I think I know more about handling guns than handling legal
treatises on constitutional law.
I see that the consensus seems to be that handguns are
