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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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Judge dismisses NAACP's gun suit
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
A federal judge threw out the NAACP's case against the gun industry yesterday, despite finding that the manufacturers have put the public at risk with careless marketing practices.
Affirming a jury verdict in favor of the gun makers, U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein ruled that the NAACP failed to show, as required by law, that its members were uniquely harmed.
A gun industry spokesman, Lawrence Keane, welcomed the outcome.
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"It's regrettable that the industry ever had to defend itself against such a frivolous lawsuit," said Keane, general counsel of the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
He estimated that the manufacturers spent $10 million on their defense.
NAACP lawyer Elisa Barnes called the decision a "moral victory" that could open the way for the city or state to pursue similar lawsuits demanding reforms by firearms manufacturers.
John Renzulli, a lawyer for Browning Arms Co., predicted the ruling would discourage further litigation.
The NAACP "failed twice - once before a jury that said it didn't have a case and once with a judge who said the same thing," Renzulli said.
The NAACP sued Browning Arms, Smith & Wesson, Glock and other major gun makers in 1999, saying they knew corrupt dealers were supplying products to criminals in black and Hispanic neighborhoods and did nothing to stop it. Rather than asking for monetary damages, the NAACP sought sweeping restrictions on buyers and sellers of handguns.Weinstein's decision follows a two-month trial that concluded in May with an advisory jury ruling that cleared 45 gun manufacturers and distributors of negligence.
Click here to read the entire story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer.