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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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First and Ten and the Governor has the ball
- Published on Wednesday, 06 December 2006 01:03
- Written by Jeff Garvas
December 5th marked Day 1 after Governor Bob Taft officially "received" House Bill 347. Despite intense news coverage an immediate veto didn't happen. He now has ten days, not including Sunday, to make a decision or the Act will pass without his signature.
The Ohio Constitution gives the Governor three options including signing the Act into law, vetoing it and sending it back to the Ohio House, or he can do nothing through December 15th when it will pass without his signature. The law would go into effect ninety days later in March.
Should the Governor Veto the bill, which is expected at this point, the House would need sixty votes (3/5ths) to override that veto. With 74 original yes votes and others who were absent we believe the House has the votes to override Governor Taft. We can not become complacent and we must continue to call our Representatives.
The Ohio Senate needs twenty votes to do the same. They passed HB347 by a 19-10 vote with four people absent, two of which we believe would have voted for HB347. Our biggest concerns are in the Ohio Senate. Please focus your phone calls asking for HB347 support to every Senator and the Governor Phone numbers for every Senator can be found in this story
When calling the Governor's office we want to stress support for the bill and ask him to let it become law without his signature or veto it promptly. The more time we have to get the necessary votes to override the better and session ends the week after the 15th. (we'll have three days)
When you're done calling, please get everyone you know who is remotely interested in this issue to call members of the Ohio Senate and then the Governor's office. Get your friends and family to help us get our point across to the legislature that all we want for Christmas is statewide preemption!