WANTS ASSAULT WEAPON BAN--State Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland, gestures during a news conference concerning his proposed legislation, that would ban the sale of military-style assault weapons, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003. Fingerhut, who is running against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. George Voinovich, also urged the state's congressional delegation to renew and strengthen the national ban, which will expire on Sept. 13, 2004. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)

WANTS ASSAULT WEAPON BAN--Toby Hoover, executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, holds a plastic model of an assault weapon, during a news conference concerning proposed legislation, by Sen. Eric Fingerhut, D-Cleveland, that would ban the sale of military-style assault weapons, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2003. The national ban on such weapons will expire on Sept. 13, 2004. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)