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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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Maryland first lady regrets ''shoot Britney'' remark
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
October 9, 2003
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (Reuters) -- Maryland's first lady was only joking when she said she would like to shoot pop star Britney Spears, but it is no longer a laughing matter.
Kendel Ehrlich, wife of the state's Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich, was criticizing what she views as the entertainment industry's negative influence on youth, during a domestic violence prevention conference last week in the city of Frederick.
"Really, if I had an opportunity to shoot Britney Spears, I think I would," Ehrlich laughingly told the audience, accusing the 21-year-old Grammy Award-nominated singer of exaggerating the importance of sex for young girls.
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A Frederick radio station discovered Ehrlich's remark while reviewing a conference tape-recording and ran a news story about it Monday.
On Tuesday, Ehrlich spokeswoman Meghann Siwinski said: "As a working mother raising a 4-year-old son, the first lady has concerns about the negative influences that the entertainment industry can have on young children and teenagers. During a public appearance, she inadvertently used a figure of speech to express those concerns."
Publicists for Spears were not immediately available for comment. Ehrlich's husband is a first-term governor who launched a failed bid this year to strengthen Maryland's penalties for gun-related crimes.
Commentary:
The ironies in this story are rich and numerous:
The First Lady was speaking at a domestic violence prevention conference when she made her "shoot Britney" remark.
Maryland has some of the most restrictive gun control laws in our nation. Gun control advocates point to that state as a model for what they want to impose on the rest of us.
Maryland residents will likely never forget the difficulty then-Governor Parris Glendening had trying to remove a trigger lock at a press conference intended to tout the benefits of safe storage legislation, and to dispute those who said it would render people defenseless.
Despite all the gun control in Maryland, even residents there have a legal mechanism for concealing a firearm for self-defense.
So the First Lady says she wishes she could shoot Britney, because she's a negative influence. But her violent comment was just a figure of speech. Hmmm... anyone beginning to wonder who is the WORSE negative influence on teens?
This isn't the first time a public figure has advocated using a gun to commit violence against an opponent. In a June 4, 2003 Washington Times article discussing the notion that gun-control has become a loosing argument for Democrat politicians, a leading anti-self-defense extremist had this to say about the Democrat's unwillingness to focus on passing more gun control laws:
"Whoever is advising [the Democrats] on gun control should be shot." -- Blaine Rummel, spokesman for the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence
Click here to read the story from Reuters.
Gun control extremist: Shoot the messenger