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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
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Surprise connection: OH's ''affirmative defense'' law and the Gray Davis recall
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
Adrian (MI) arrest haunts California congressman
By Dennis Pelham -- Adrian Daily Telegram Staff Writer
Groups opposing the Gray Davis recall effort in California recently unearthed references to a firearm arrest in U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa's background. It turned out to have occurred the night of Dec. 1, 1972, while Issa was driving with a woman student in Lenawee Co., MI.
Issa explained to the arresting officer, he was carrying the handgun because it was legal in his home state of Ohio, where he said anyone could carry a concealed handgun if there was a justifiable reason.
"His justifiable reason was for his car's protection and his," Officer Donald Payne wrote in the report 30 years ago.
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Issa pleaded not guilty to the concealed weapon charge, according to police records. On Jan. 16, 1973, he pleaded guilty to a reduced count of possession of an unregistered handgun. He was sentenced to three months probation and assessed a $100 fine and $107 court costs.
The charge was dismissed altogether in 1974 on a motion by the Lenawee County prosecutor's office.
After completing college and serving in the U.S. Army, Issa went on to make a fortune in the car alarm business, founding Directed Electronics in Vista, Calif., near San Diego. He is currently serving his second term in Congress.
Issa has declared his intention to be a candidate for governor on a recall ballot that California officials may order if recently submitted recall petitions survive challenges.
He told reporters in California that the issue of his gun conviction was irrelevant in the Davis recall campaign.
"I remember plenty of the details, but I don't think 30-year-old misdemeanors are fair play here," Issa said, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. "Look, I graduated from college, but my grades are nobody's business 30 years later, and I think we need to start looking in those terms. If you are looking at 30-year-old misdemeanors, I think you are missing the point. It's the felonies of Gray Davis that are on trial here today. What the governor has done to California is a felony."
Issa has spent a reported $1.5 million of his own money to help with the petition drive that gathered 1.6 million signatures, nearly double the required number.
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While we're on the subject of gubernatorial recalls...
Click here to read the entire story in the Adrian Daily Telegram.
Click here to read the entire story in the San Francisco Chronicle.