Given their weekly calls to repeal Ohio's concealed handgun permitting law, the Cleveland Plain Dealer has made it no secret that they are rabidly anti-gun. After losing the fight to quash Ohio's concealed handgun bill, they announced they would publicize information about permit holders in hopes of discouraging people from applying. Now they are crying about a so-called "loophole" in the law, that permits someone to carry (gasp) more than one gun.

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's office confirmed what will no doubt worry almost everyone: Nowhere in the legislation's 99 pages is there any language limiting the amount of heat a citizen can pack.

Two guns, four guns, six guns, a dozen all legal. Really, the only thing limiting the number of guns you can carry is how many you can carry, physically, until you topple over from the weight of the lead.

The loophole, whether an oversight or intentional, is one of the many flaws of the legislation, says Seven Hills lawyer Stephen C. Miller, who teaches the concealed-carry law's required safety course at Stonewall Ltd., a Broadview Heights gun store and range. [...]

By allowing people to carry more than one gun, the state's lawmakers have put police officers, who usually carry only one weapon, at a firepower disadvantage, Miller says.

The presumption is that guns corrupt otherwise law abiding citizens, and that people who are legally licensed to carry handguns will be running around shooting at police. The gun fearing wussies also appear to be stupid enough to believe that a goblin who would go around shooting at cops would not only license his handgun, but obey a law that limits him to carrying a single sidearm.

Of course, they aren't really stupid enough to believe that, they're just hoping that the you are. If they can convice the voting public that a cop-killer will be swayed by tougher concealed handgun legislation, they can advance their gun grabbing agenda. Perhaps some inane comic book metaphor would help.

The character in these illustrations, whom Miller calls "Captain Ohio," is weighed down with 12 hidden guns that could carry a total of more than 100 rounds. That's quite a portable arsenal, fully legal under state law.

It's only legal if Captain Ohio takes a safety course, passes a police background check, and spends the cash it takes to get licensed. Considering he and his guns are fictional, it's pretty unlikely he'll be granted a license.