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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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Letter to the Editor: Shooting Blanks
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
August 26, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal
Your Aug. 9 editorial headlined "Victim of the gun lobby'' was full of opinions disguised as facts. The comment "no sport use'' is irrelevant. Where in the Constitution or case law does it state that any particular type of gun must have a sporting use? Those banned semi-automatic weapons only look like their fully automatic military counterparts. In this case, they may look like a duck, but they don't quack like one. (By the way, no AK-47 or Uzi "needs'' a huge ammunition clip.)
You were correct in stating that "manufacturers skirt the ban by making minor modifications on some guns.'' This just goes to prove that the law is full of silly and misleading definitions of an assault rifle, a pistol grip, a bayonet lug. When was the last time you heard of anyone being threatened with a bayoneted rifle? When was the last time you heard of a crime being committed with an "assault rifle''?
You argued that law-enforcement statistics "suggest'' that the ban has cut down crime committed with assault weapons. Statistics should not suggest something, they should prove something. This same kind of argument could be used to suggest that the use of baby food for infants could be the cause of drug use in some adults.
You stated that the National Rifle Association gave senators marching orders to defeat a bill by a 90-8 vote. If the NRA has that much influence on Congress, how did the assault bill pass in the first place? Could it be the anti-gun arguments were not believable?President Bush has better things to do than to press for legislation that has done nothing to make the homeland safer for "weapons of mass destruction.'' After assault weapons were confiscated in Iraq, many were returned because the unarmed Iraqis were being slaughtered. I guess you think it's OK for Iraqis to protect themselves, but not American citizens.
Sorry, Beacon Journal, but your anti-gun agenda is showing.
Roland Paolucci
Cuyahoga Falls
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