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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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Ohio Senate Changes Journalist Access
- Published on Wednesday, 13 December 2006 23:43
- Written by Jeff Garvas
On Wednesday, the Ohio Senate took up Substitute House Bill 9 after the Senate Judiciary-Criminal Justice Committee. As many of you may recall, Representative Brinkman amended HB9 (an open records bill) on the House floor to create a provision for Concealed Handgun License holders to opt-out of the release of their private information to the media. That amendment, and the entire bill, passed with overwhelming bi-partisan support in the Ohio House.
The Senate committee changed that opt-out provision to a system that OFCC feels is an acceptable compromise. As you will read, that compromise is not what was originally proposed. However, it makes it nearly impossible to continue the abuse that some Ohio media outlets have pursued. While certain information is still available to the media, they are only granted the right to view that information at a Sheriff's office. They may not write it down, copy it, or record it. Most importantly, they can not go to the Sheriff and request a written or electronic copy of the personal information about every single licensee. This will eliminate the means that have produced the dangerous blanket lists that some media outlets have been publishing.
Printing an entire list, or regular updates to those lists, that are dangerously given by The Cleveland Plain Dealer will become unrealistic... if not impossible. Newspapers will no longer be able to intimidate the law-abiding gun owner. The best part of this compromise is that the media can not complain that they lost access to the information they originally claimed to care about. The original intent was to ensure that Concealed Handgun Licenses were going to the right people and were not falling into the hands of criminals. If a journalist wants to find out if the perpetrator of a crime has a license to carry a concealed handgun, he or she can visit the appropriate Sheriff and answer that specific question.
Today, the Ohio Senate voted 31-1 to pass HB9 as described above. This occured after tabling a floor amendment proposed by Senator Fingerhut. The vote for that ill-conceived amendment was 19-13. Fingerhut sought to eliminate the five lines of text from HB9 that would solve the unnecessary abuses that Ohioans For Concealed Carry has rallied against. The bill now goes back to the Ohio House of Representatives for a concurrence vote and the risk of a veto by Governor Bob Taft. Stay tuned to this website for updates.