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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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Professional doomsayers are having something of a field day, fomenting hysteria over recent passage in Florida of a law that lets citizens defend themselves against criminal attack without first making an attempt to flee. The Sunshine State's "No Duty to Retreat," or "Stand Your Ground," law is not a novel concept, although it is hardly universal in the land of the free and home of the brave. In my home state of Washington -- where our state constitution explicitly guarantees "The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself, or the state, shall not be impaired" -- the state Supreme Court has twice affirmed in recent years that there is "no duty to retreat."
Legislation instigated by a cabal of gun-grabbing, Chicago area Democrats was recently kept from seizing the firearms owned by law-abiding citizens throughout the state. HB 2414 failed to garner popular support in the 94th General Assembly. It has been tabled, but can be recalled until 2007. The measure would have unnecessarily banned a variety of semi-automatic assault weapons and accessories. The ban is pointless because almost none of these legally-owned firearms are used in the commission of crimes in Illinois. Our legislators would be better off outlawing automobiles, fatty foods and bathtubs.
On an April afternoon seven years ago, Joseph Landers walked out of the M&M Food Shoppe on High Street with a sub sandwich in one hand, a pizza in another, and a stainless steel handgun holstered on his shoulder underneath his coat. To Landers, a then 49-year-old retired machinist, it was just a normal day in which he planned have lunch with his father at home. The gun was something he carried regularly for protection. But the trip to pick up lunch turned out to be his last as a licensed gun holder in Massachusetts. Landers' coat was not entirely zipped up that day, and when the wind blew it open, a Dedham Police officer across the street zoomed in and noticed the gun. Upon request by the officer, Landers produced a valid five-year license issued in 1995 to carry the gun. But the problem was, state law required that he keep the weapon concealed. While the officer let Landers go without an arrest, the Adams Street resident soon after received notice from Dedham Police Chief Dennis Teehan that his Class A license to carry firearms had been revoked due to the incident.
While experts debate the merits of concealed handguns, this much is known: a News & Record analysis of thousands of state records shows proponents made at least one accurate prediction -- those who receive permits follow the law. One-tenth of 1 percent of all permits issued since the law's inception have been revoked. Though the State Bureau of Investigation declined to release what led to revocations, local law enforcement officials say most weren't because of crime. And those who carry hidden handguns may surprise you. They're teachers and electricians, salon owners and factory workers, bus drivers and university accountants.
The nine-year effort to allow Nebraskans to carry concealed weapons returned to the Legislature Friday. Lawmakers began debate on a concealed-weapons measure (LB454) brought by Sen. Jeanne Combs of Friend - a card-carrying member of the National Rifle Association. She and other supporters of the idea say it is their constitutional right to carry a concealed weapon and that doing so will help thwart crime. Opponents of the measure argue that allowing concealed weapons would only lead to the potential for more violence. "I believe that it encourages what is already prevalent in our society - a more violent attitude," said Sen. DiAnna Schimek of Lincoln. "I don't think that it's healthy for our young people to grow up in an atmosphere where everybody feels like they have to have a gun in their pocket to protect themselves."