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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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Supreme Court Denies Beatty Again
- Published on Wednesday, 28 March 2007 10:20
- Written by Jeff Garvas
By a repeat vote of 5-2 the Ohio Supreme Court today denied Bruce Beatty's motion for reconsideration. The Toledo Blade had this to say:
The court refused a second time by a vote of 5-2 to hear an appeal sought by Bruce Beatty after he was convicted of carrying a holstered and loaded 45-caliber handgun into West Toledos Ottawa Park in open defiance of the city ordinance.This virtually concludes the Bruce Beatty challenge in Toledo Parks and he'll more than likely be required to pay the fine for his charges if he hasn't already done so. Unfortunately, and despite notice to the court or prevailing precedent they just set themselves in the American Financial case, this specific case is effectively moot in Ohio.
The larger issue may have been rendered moot earlier this month when a new state law went into effect to prohibit local governments from enforcing gun laws considered stricter than federal or state law. Ohios concealed carry law does not include public parks among the locations where guns are prohibited.
However, Ohioans For Concealed Carry v. City of Clyde remains in the Sixth District Court of Appeals, and in addition to being advised of the American Financial decision OFCC lawyers have also recently advised the court of prevailing precedent created by the enactment of Ohio House Bill 347 and statewide preemption. It is our hope that the Sixth District will return our case to the lower court to render a decision based on these facts and potentially set the ground work for legal precedent on statewide preemption.
The Toledo Blade went on to say:
Justices Judith Lanzinger, of Toledo, and Evelyn Lundberg Stratton, of Worthington, were the two dissenting justices who wanted to hear Mr. Beattys appeal.