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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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Kidnapped at gunpoint from ''no-guns'' bowling alley, shot
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Jeff Garvas
Editor's Note: The person who submitted this story, who is in a position to know, informed OFCC that the husband was using an "illegally obtained 22.cal" pistol, and that his body was found last week with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
WTOV9.com (NBC Ch. 9 Steubenville) is reporting that a Jefferson County woman who was shot and survived talked to News 9 about her dramatic experience.
According to reports, Sean Kmatz abducted his wife at gunpoint last Tuesday. Brenda was at a state-mandated "no-guns" bowling alley in Amsterdam, Ohio when she says her estranged husband Sean showed up with a gun.
From the story:
- Brenda tells News 9, "my girlfriend said Brenda and I turned around and there he (Sean) was. He said I need to talk to you and I walked over and he pulled a gun out and threw me outside on the cement and told me to get in the van. He had the gun to my head and told me to get in the van." From the bowling alley Brenda says Sean drove to a nearby field in Carroll County, "we drove about 90 miles an hour up through the back road and drove us over the hill, threw the field and over the hill." Brenda says she could not leave because he had a gun with him at all times which she says he used to shoot her in the back of the head. She also says when he went to reload she found her chance to escape, "I climbed through the window and ran about four miles up a hill through a field to these older couple's house and called 9-1-1 and stayed in their basement until they came.
Elsewhere in another state-mandated "gun-free" victim zones last week:
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Kidnapped from a state-mandated victim zone