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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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One Cop's View on School Shootings
- Published on Wednesday, 17 January 2007 01:00
- Written by Daniel White
Ohio police officer Paul Markel knows it takes more than feel-good-do-nothing anti-gun legislation and "no guns allowed" signs to stop criminal violence.
As he explained in a recent article for PoliceOne.com:
Society's well meaning, but totally deluded sheep, are obsessed with their little white signs and placards declaring this building or that to be a "No Gun Zone" or "No Weapons Permitted".
Shiny placards, clever little signs, and policy papers don't stop crime. They might give the prosecutor one more charge to hang on the guy if he's ever brought to trial, but they don't stop crime. You can't sterilize the world.
One of the largest grassroots efforts undertaken by OFCC members has been to educate businesses who have erected "No Guns Allowed" signs. Largely, these efforts have been successful when it is pointed out that a criminal determined to break the law by harming innocents is not going to mind violating store policy prohibiting guns on premises.
Officer Markel's position is that school policies banning armed security guards or armed teachers/administrators are equally as ineffective.
...psychopaths and deviant sickos aren't dissuaded by shiny signs or placards. They can't be stopped by surveillance cameras. Any determined person can get into a public building if they try hard enough.
So, how do you stop an armed sociopath? Perhaps you stop them with a gun, wielded by a well-trained and competent good guy? Nope. Can't do that. Guns are inherently evil and any person, though well-intentioned, with a gun cannot be trusted. We can't turn our schools into armed camps. Just think of the psychological harm the children would endure being in the presence of an armed police officer.
Fully trained and armed school administrators or teachers can be just as effective at stopping a marauding madman as an armed police officer. Plus, they have the added advantage of already being there; so, for smaller communities that cannot afford to assign a police officer to the school, there is no additional expense.
As Markel points out, "shouldn't schools be guarded better than a Brink's truck?" If a police officer cannot be assigned to the school, train a few teachers or administrators. Require them to keep their firearm concealed on their person or securely locked up at all times. Even having a few trained armed parents volunteering at the school is better than allowing the violence to occur unabated. It has worked in other countries (where often even school bus drivers are armed against terrorism), it can work here. After all, if it saves the life of just one child, it is worth it.
Click here to read Officer Markel's entire article.