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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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CHL Reform Still on Agenda
- Published on Tuesday, 07 November 2006 01:00
- Written by Daniel White
While it comes too late for preventing accidental violations of Ohio's "Open Carry in a Motor Vehicle" provision of the Concealed Handgun License Law (by accidentally concealing due to bulky winter coats and the fact that a new law would take 90 days to go into effect) there is still hope for CHL reform in Ohio this year.
In an opinion piece in the Canton Rep, Senate President Bill Harris, (R-Ashland) said that CHL reform is still on his mind.
Passing the reform bill is important, but for very different political reasons depending on the outcome of today's Gubernatorial election.
If Republican Ken Blackwell wins, he has stated he will sign a reform bill. By passing it before he takes office and having it go into effect during Taft's term, he can still take credit for progress by citing party involvement and his work behind the scenes. He can then focus on further reform in the future without the passage of the bill being used against him by anti-gun groups.
If Democrat Ted Strickland wins, he has also stated he would sign a reform bill. Delaying passage until after he takes office would allow the Democrats to steal thunder from the Republicans (traditionally seen as the pro-gun party) and help to split the vote further in the next election. Harris is unlikely to allow a Democrat Governor to feather his cap and get off to such a strong start with gun owners, who are more powerful than their anti-gun counterparts in the state.
Either way, it bodes well for Ohio gun owners that reform will be passed sooner rather than later, and gives leverage to the NRA and Ohioans For Concealed Carry to improve the legislation before passage by removing some of the negative changes HB347 would bring about (new felonies, for example).
Senator Harris also admitted that HB9 is still on the agenda for action as well. HB9 is a public records reform bill that was amended to close the Media Access Loophole.
Removing the car carry provision, creating statewide preemption for all gun laws, closing the Media Access Loophole, and other fixes to Ohio law would go a long way towards bringing Ohio in line with the rest of the country. And that's a good thing regardless of what political party you support.