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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 Read the Full Story

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Concealed Carry Effective and Popular in Kentucky

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Published on Wednesday, 17 January 2007 11:02
Written by Mike Kinsey

A new series entitled “Under the Gun” is being published on the website for a Kentucky television station, WBKO. The first installment of this series describes our southern neighbors’ successful implementation of their concealed carry laws. The article begins generally by stating that there are nearly 192 million firearms owned in the United States and 500,000 accounts are reported each year of justified self-defense with a concealed handgun when outside the home. Obviously, that number would drastically increase if incidents inside the home were included as well as justified self-defense uses that are never reported due to de-escalation of the situation.

While these numbers speak to the effectiveness of concealed carry throughout Kentucky and the rest of the country, the article also specifically describes the popularity of Kentucky licenses since the law went into effect in Ocotober of 1996 as well as the law-abiding nature of the citizens that receive them.
"You have to be in danger of harm to yourself or others in order for you to use deadly force or meet force with force," said Deborah Williams, a concealed carry Instructor and permit holder…

"Our students are law-abiding private citizens that want to protect themselves," Williams said…

Those who apply for permits come from all walks of life ... from professionals to the working class. Currently, women make up 40 percent of those attending classes to receive their certification.

Williams said she sees a lot of women in her class that either live alone, travel a lot or have already been victims of violence…

The Kentucky State Police and Conceal Carry Group in Richmond, Kentucky, estimate that over 125,000 Kentuckians have went through the process and training to become concealed weapons carriers…
Hopefully, WBKO’s “Under the Gun” series will continue to include impartial facts regarding concealed carry and legal firearm ownership. Legislators in Ohio need to look to Kentucky for proof that several restrictions that exist here in regards to law-abiding citizens carrying firearms are completely extraneous and unnecessary. The first that comes to mind is the lack of "blood running in Kentucky streets" regarding the fact that Kentucky doesn't prohibit one's right to self-defense during a family dinner in an establishment that happens to serve alcohol.