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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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Florida Becoming National Model for Gun Rights
- Published on Wednesday, 30 November -0001 00:00
- Written by Daniel White
Lead submitted by Tom McNaughton
One night a few years ago, Ginny Brown-Waite pulled into a parking lot in Chiefland around midnight to rest her drowsy eyes before continuing her drive to a state legislative session in Tallahassee.
She says she awoke to four or five young men rocking her car and demanding she open up.
"I said, 'No, I've got a gun in the glove compartment,'" recalled Brown-Waite, 62, who was then a state senator and now is a member of Congress. "'You'd better leave.'"
She was bluffing, but the men fled. And Brown-Waite later got a concealed weapon permit after training on a .357 magnum.
So begins an article from the Sarasota, FL Herald Tribune.
Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite publically acknowledges she was her ccw license, and has been part of a strong voice for gun rights coming out of Florida recently.
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Brown-Waite is a strong proponent of the "Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act." According to the Herald Tribune, "After the vote, she lashed out at what she said was an 'out-of-touch and dwindling minority of Congress' that opposes gun ownership."
The original house version of the bill was written by another Floridian, Republican Rep. Cliff Stearns.
All of this, of course, follows on the heels of the legislation currently being considered in Florida which would prohibit businesses from abnning legal firearms from being stored in vehicles in their parking lots.
Before that, the big news was the law overwhelmingly passed in Florida which removed the requirement to try to flee when a person becomes the victim of a felonious criminal attack, whether inside or outside the home.
Not to mention the fact that Florida was the first state to pass a "shall issue" law, requiring that a concealed carry license be issued to any person who meets certain legal requirements. The Florida non-resident license has become on of the most sought after in the country due to the numerous reciprocity agreements that a licensee can benefit from.
Anti-gun groups across the country are lamenting Florida's strong gun rights stance, and fear it represents a national opinion swing.
Peter Hamm, spokesman for the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence, said Florida's political makeup -- largely pro-gun -- reflects the national climate on this issue.
"Right now, you have a microcosm of exactly where the issue is on a national basis," Hamm said of Florida. "In that sense, it's currently mirroring the national debate over these issues."
Slowly but surely, the gun control experiment has demonstrated it's failure, and citizens across the nation are taking back their rights, following the common sense leadership of individuals such as are found in the Florida legislature. This country will be better and safer because of it.