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OFCC Sues City of Cleveland Heights, Ohio The sign you see here is posted in Cleveland Heights Parks implying possession of a firearm is a crime. On Friday August 12th, 2011 Ohioans For Concealed Carry Filed a lawsuit against the City the City of Cleveland Heights. The litigation comes after many attempts to resolve concerns over laws that Cleveland Heights not only allowed to remain on their books, but also posted signs at their parks that continue to imply it is illegal to be armed. The City of Cleveland Heights has chosen to ignore our attempts at civil discourse. When individuals have contacted them representing themselves as residents of the City of Cleveland Heights their concerns apparently fell on deaf ears. When representatives of the organization have formally contacted the city's legal representation they've been laughed at and hung up on by the Law Director. It is this arrogance and refusal to work with Ohioans For Concealed Carry that has forced us to seek a remedy through the courts.
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Canton PD Event Leads to New OFCC Legislation When officer Harless of the Canton, Ohio police department came upon a vehicle stopped in the roadway most of us were focused on getting restaurant carry legislation signed into law. What took place that evening has become an international viral video, calls for the resignation of the City Council president, and criminal charges against a man who is clearly heard trying to state that he has a license. Ohioans For Concealed Carry has not just raised thousands of dollars in a legal defense fund, but we've written legislation to resolve this matter that Representative Danny Bubp has stated he's going to introduce this fall Read the Full Story

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Colorado CCW records public?

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Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
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I hope this law does not happen here in Ohio if we get CCW law: Boulder News (From Colorado). Note: I think Rocket meant to say he hopes the law would pass. CCW reform legislation in Ohio, much like previous legislation, should remove records of qualified permit holders from the public record status. Lawful Ohioans should not be publically "registered" as gun owners to have their names printed in newspapers run by anti-gun editors. The secretive nature of concealed carry legislation is paramount to it's success. Imagine if criminals could look up the permit status of a victim prior to raping, robbing, or killing them?

At the time of her death, Tara Coakley had every legal right to know the name and address of each Boulder County resident who held a permit to carry a concealed firearm. Had she exercised that right, she would have learned that her next-door neighbor held such a permit. It probably wouldn't have changed anything. She still had a right to know. State Rep. Don Lee and Sen. Ken Chlouber don't think the state should guarantee that right. They say that in most cases, it's none of your business who holds concealed-weapons permits. For the second time, they're trying to pass a law to this effect. But this is no private affair. It's the people's business: Such permits are granted by public officials with public money, in a matter of public safety. Tara Coakley's death is a dreadful reminder of this. One Saturday evening in 1996, Coakley's neighbor, fully licensed to carry a gun, accidentally sent a .45-caliber slug through her wall and into her brain. If they were to prevail, Lee and Chlouber would ensure that no resident may count on knowing who holds a permit to pack a gun. This is an issue because the Fort Collins Coloradoan published a list of 600 concealed-weapons permit-holders in Larimer County. Lee was in Fort Collins at the time. "I thought that was way overboard," Lee said Monday, recalling his reason for sponsoring the two bills. Last year, a bill sponsored by Lee and Chlouber would have kept such lists secret from everyone except the police. Such information would be released only if a person were convicted of a gun-related offense. In his inimitable fashion, Chlouber said people are "foolish" to fear those who carry concealed weapons. "That's just cornbread country nonsense." Chlouber said some folks "want everybody who carries a gun to have a red light over their head." He called opponents of last year's bill "wet-diaper liberals." Gov. Bill Owens, a Republican who vetoed last year's bill, is neither progressive nor regressive. Further, Owens does not want to brand gun owners with scarlet lights. He simply knows that public information is integral to democracy, that last year's measure violated "the spirit of an open and accountable government." The new bill, introduced by Lee and Chlouber, is similarly offensive. House Bill 1190 would keep lists of concealed-weapons permit-holders secret under most circumstances. Technically, the new law would give a county sheriff the "discretion" to release the name of a permit-holder. But before releasing such information, the sheriff would have to notify the permit-holder via registered mail and then wait 10 days. So suppose some permit-holder smashes his fist into somebody's face and is convicted of third-degree assault. Under the Lee-Chlouber bill, the sheriff would have to invoke a cumbersome process to reveal that a violent man packed heat. The people would be guaranteedaccess to such data only if a suspect is convicted of a violent offense involving a gun. Rep. Lee says the new bill is a "good compromise." But what problem does he hope to fix? Lee cites only the newspaper that "stigmatized law-abiding citizens." Gee, as long as we're censoring public records to prevent potential "stigma," let's expurgate voting rolls and property records. Chlouber knows his new bill will probably not make it as far as the governor's desk. A companion bill concerning the granting of concealed-weapons permits, also sponsored by Chlouber and Lee, died on Monday. "I think I'm gonna get my cowboy tail kicked on this." No offense, partner, but sometimes the tail-kickers are right.