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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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Beatty Attorneys Seek Supreme Court's Reconsideration
- Published on Wednesday, 07 February 2007 01:21
- Written by Jeff Garvas
On Monday, Bruce Beatty's lawyers filed a motion for reconsideration of the courts refusal to hear an appeal in City of Toledo v. Bruce Beatty. The Beatty case began when Bruce Beatty held a party in a Toledo park to celebrate the one-year anniversary of concealed carry in Ohio. His well publicized event and subsequent misdemeanor charges, for possession of a firearm in the park, were eventually appealed to the sixth district appellate court.
The appellate court ruled against Beatty basing most of it's decision on it's own precedent in Am. Fin. Serv. Ass'n v. Toledo. Since appealing the Beatty case to the Ohio Supreme Court that court has overruled the Sixth District's decision in American Financial, pulling the rug out from beneath the decision against Beatty in the appellate court. Unfortunately, the Ohio Supreme Court refused to hear Beatty before this fact could be raised in the appeal. From the motion:
However, American Financial has since been overruled by this Court, rendering the appellate court's reliance on the decision misplaced and its final decision on the issue of whether R.C. 2923. 126(A) is a general law incorrect.Monday's appeal is likely the last chance to bring this chicken and the egg scenario before the court for due reconsideration. When the court refused to hear Beatty in January Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger dissented and said they would accept Beatty's appeal, indicating that we need to convince just two more justices for a simple majority.
Based on the nature of this request Ohioans For Concealed Carry is optimistic that the court could actually reverse itself and hear this appeal. Further, while the Ohio Supreme Court contemplates the Beatty decision we will continue to pursue Ohioans For Concealed Carry v. City of Clyde in the Sixth District and attempt to convince them to reverse themselves based on the disposition of American Financial.