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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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Kerry's Debate Comments Draw Fire
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
NEWS RELEASE
October 14, 2004
NOT TAMPER WITH 2ND AMENDMENT? 'SEN. KERRY ALREADY HAS,' SAYS CCRKBA
When Sen. John Kerry insisted during Wednesday's third and final presidential debate that "I will not tamper with the Second Amendment," he was being disingenuous, because he already has, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today.
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Once again portraying himself as a pro-gun-rights candidate, Kerry insisted, "I am a hunter. I'm a gun owner. I've been a hunter since I was a kid, 12, 13 years old. And I respect the Second Amendment and I will not tamper with the Second Amendment."
"Sorry, Senator, but that claim does not pass the smell test," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb. "One look at Mr. Kerry's record on gun control proves that actions speak louder than words. Over the years, there is not a single gun control proposal which Sen. Kerry did not support. He backed the Brady Law, part of which was found unconstitutional. He supported the Clinton semi-auto ban, an issue that cost his party control of Congress. He supported a proposal earlier this year that would have banned virtually every centerfire hunting rifle cartridge in the country. He backs legislation that would effectively ban all semi-auto shotguns, including the one he held in front of an audience in West Virginia on Labor Day.
"Senator, when you vote to restrict the right of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms," Gottlieb observed, "you are tampering with the Second Amendment. When you support bans on certain firearms because of cosmetics you don't like, you are tampering with the Second Amendment. When you proclaim that you are a hunter, believing that gives you legitimacy in the shooting community, you are demonstrating that you don't have a clue what the Second Amendment is all about.
"And when you say you respect the Second Amendment," Gottlieb added, "you conveniently don't explain whether you respect some silly notion that it allows states to establish national guard units, or that you unflinchingly believe that it guarantees not grants the right of an individual citizen to own any kind of firearm he or she wants.
"And when you said, Sen. Kerry, that you would not roll back any constitutional right, whether it's the First Amendment, the Fifth Amendment or a woman's right to choose,' you skipped over the Second Amendment," Gottlieb concluded, "because you've been trying to roll the Second Amendment right off a cliff since you were elected 20 years ago."
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation's premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the United States.