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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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Employee for ''no-guns'' newspaper carjacked outside work
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
The Mansfield News Journal is reporting that one of its ad sales people was carjacked by a 15 year-old boy who put a gun to his head in the News Journal parking lot at 70 W. Fourth St. in broad daylight.
The News Journal offers no explanation for why the employee, who was inside his truck with the engine running when confronted, didn't "just drive away", as Ohio State Highway Patrol Captain John Born once suggested as an sufficient self-defense alternative in the event of an attack.
Nor does the employer inform readers whether they feel at all responsible for a policy which disallows this man his right to choose to bear arms for self-defense.
Fortunately for the News Journal employee, the carjacker waited until police began their high-speed chase to start firing his gun.
The employee told the newspaper that when he returns to work, he is "going to try to be more aware of my surroundings. I'm sure I'll be a little bit more wary."
Not that he'll be able to do anything about it if he sees the criminal coming next time.
This man was extremely lucky. As the following two stories prove, criminals don't always let you go:
Toledo: Central-city man shot 3 times by masked men
Dayton: Apartment maintenance man wounded; shooting linked to other robberies
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