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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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Toledo Blade: Showdown looms for gun bill
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
House, Senate preparing for vote as early as today
By Jim Provance, Blade Columbus Bureau
December 10, 2003
COLUMBUS - Legislative leaders will try to strike a compromise today with Gov. Bob Taft in a last-ditch effort to pass a highly controversial bill allowing qualifying Ohioans to carry concealed handguns.
A joint House-Senate conference committee, charged with the task of working out differences between differing House and Senate versions of the bill, has scheduled a meeting today for a possible vote.
That could set up a final vote in both chambers before the General Assembly wraps up business for the year as planned by tomorrow.
Mr. Taft has threatened to veto the bill if the list of those receiving permits to carry concealed handguns is not considered public record.
"That defeats the purpose of concealed carry," said House Speaker Larry Householder (R., Glenford). "Concealed carry is about people not knowing who the permit holders are."
Mr. Householder said a counteroffer calls for the list as a whole to remain private, but would allow reporters, using specific names of individuals, to receive information piecemeal.
The governor had yet to commit to anything last night.
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"There are ongoing conversations," said Taft spokesman Orest Holubec. "The phone lines remain open."
The conference committee also plans to deal with the contentious issue of how a gun should be stored in a motor vehicle, particularly during traffic stops by police. The Ohio Highway Patrol has insisted that the gun be kept "in plain sight."
The committee plans to consider an amendment that would allow the gun to be locked in the glove compartment, locked in a secure box, or holstered by the permit-holder.
The committee also must deal with the issue of affirmative defense, which, under the House-passed version, would allow those found to be carrying concealed handguns without permits to avoid prosecution by proving they would have qualified if theyd applied.
The Senate-passed bill removes affirmative defense in cases where drivers are found to be carrying guns in their vehicles without a permit.
Jim Irvine, spokesman for Ohioans for Concealed Carry, said the organization remains opposed to any provision making the names of permit-holders public.
"We dont like the fact that the list exists and we dont believe it should be public," he said. "In other states, people are dying because of these lists and no one has offered any benefit to making the list public."
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