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Plan for E. Cleveland gun shop foiled by new ban
11/20/03
East Cleveland- City Council got the drop on a gun dealer this week by banning firearms stores.
Council, sparked by Ken Jackson's plans to open a gun shop at Euclid Avenue and Noble Road, voted 4-1 Tuesday for the ban.
"You don't have to make it convenient for people to walk down the street and get a gun," Councilwoman Mildred Brewer, the ban's chief sponsor, said in an interview before the meeting. "Not in a drug-infested area like East Cleveland."
Police Chief Patricia Lane lobbied for the ban. She noted that East Cleveland has had more than 80 gun-related incidents this year, including seven homicides, and that police have seized about 100 guns.
The opposition came from Councilman O. Mays, who was shot in the hand earlier this year.
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