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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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''Good News'' statistics that won't make national headlines
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
According to statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics, covering annual numbers and rates of death due to accidents and other reasons from 1981 through 1999, the annual number of deaths involving firearms has decreased very year since 1993, and firearm accident deaths have decreased almost every year for decades.
Of course, during this same period of time, the number of Right-to-Carry states has risen steadily and are now higher than ever. Hundreds of thousands of additional firearms are in the hands of law-abiding citizens daily across the nation, and accident rates continue to decline.
Sen. Steve Austria, who chaired the committee which rammed Bob Taft's lock-box, or "Carjacker protection" loophole, into Am. Sub. HB12, testified on the floor that the language was necessary to protect children from accidents.
"...Of all the changes made by the Senate, as a father, I am most proud of the work we did to ensure the safety of Ohio children under this bill."
Senate President Doug White said "the bill as passed by the Senate gives law-abiding citizens the opportunity to protect themselves by carrying a concealed weapon, while protecting the best interests and safety of all Ohioans."
Yet not one other right-to-carry state has a provision restricting licenseholders' access to their firearms if children are in their vehicles, and accidents continue to decrease.
Whatever is the real intention for the Senate's insertion of this UNsafe language, it won't be to reduce accidents. Perhaps quite the contrary:
As we reported in an exclusive story last week, the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association and Fraternal Order of Police agree that this provision may well lead to an increasing number of accidents, if citizens were forced to repeatedly handle, holster and unholster a loaded firearm. These unsafe practices would be mandated as a result of Taft-sponsored Senate amendments.
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