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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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Victims sue businesses for lack of security
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
Ohio businesses who chose to deny CHL-holders their Constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense would do well to keep in mind the growing number of victims' families who are deciding that the responsibility for security rests on the business. If Ohio businesses won't allow Ohioans their right to defend themselves, who else but the business should be held responsible?
The family of a woman who was murdered last year at the Northgate Apartments has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the owners and operators of the North Toledo apartment complex.
Roy J. Stevenson, who as administrator of the estate of the victim, Mary Stevenson, is seeking more than $25,000 in damages. Ms. Stevenson, 49, was found March 2 on the floor of her apartment. She was strangled and her throat was slashed.
The complaint, filed in Lucas County Common Pleas Court, alleges that the owners failed to provide adequate security for Ms. Stevenson and other tenants at the apartments, 610 Stickney Ave.
A wrongful death lawsuit been filed by the parents of a Wal-Mart clerk who was abducted and killed after her shift ended.
Wal-Mart is accused of negligence in the shooting death of 19-year-old Megan LeAnn Holden.
The lawsuit suit was filed Friday in Marshall by Sheri Kay Dunlap of Henderson and James Vincent Holden of Lindale.
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Christi Gallagher declined comment.
Store surveillance video showed Holden being kidnapped from the parking lot of a Tyler Wal-Mart on January 19th.
Her body was found two days later near the West Texas town of Stanton.
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