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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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OFCC Member's Letters to Editor Published
- Published on Friday, 01 June 2007 09:05
- Written by Mike Kinsey
OFCC member John J. Myers has had his excellent Letter to the Editor published in various newspapers regarding the Virginia Tech tragedy. Further publications are still pending. The lawful gun owners of Ohio should follow Mr. Myers' example and utilize their own editorial pages. If we remain silent, only illogical anti-gun voices will be heard.
From The-Daily-Record.com:
Virginia Tech lesson
Are we ready to learn something from the Virginia Tech massacres?
If not we likely never will. What we should have learned and accepted is the answer to the question: What stops a man with a gun? ANSWER: Another man (or woman) with a gun.
This world is not perfect. There will always be emotionally unstable individuals who feel that killing innocent individuals is the only way to make their point. We can initiate all manner of safeguards to protect ourselves and our children in schools and colleges, but a dedicated assassin always manages to reach and kill his victims.
Calling 911? Calling the Police? Too little too late! Till law enforcement arrives on the scene the victims are wounded, dying or already dead. Random shootings call for an on-sight immediate and lethal response by a man or woman with a gun.
Yet the gun-control element in this country; Brady Campaign For Gun Safety, Violence Policy Center, and many other groups; plus many politicians will poo poo the idea of using a gun for protection of self and others. The zenith of this absurdity is a comment by New York Mayor Bloomberg who said that any person feeling the need for a gun for self protection apparently doesn't think very much their police department.
But "The Gun Free School Zones Act " transformed the public school landscape into a free-fire zone for whackos by removing any possibility, however small, that an armed teacher, student or private citizen might be present to intervene.
How many of those 32 unfortunate victims at Virginia Tech could have been saved had a principal, superintendent, coach, professor, possibly all of them, been armed? One of our congressman should introduce legislation to enable education officials to take the necessary training and be armed while on duty. You may be sure the parents of those 32 children wish that an educator with a gun had been present after the first shot rang out.
Luke Woodham shot up Mississippi's Pearl High School in 1997 Midway thru his spree Woodham encountered Vice Principal Joel Myrick, who had rushed to his car to retrieve a .45-caliber pistol. Myrick aimed his gun at Woodham's head, holding him until police arrived.
Like it or not, the time has come when licensed, armed school officials with proper training in the use of a weapon should be permitted to carry a concealed gun.
John J. Myers