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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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Real Solutions For Tough Issue
- Published on Tuesday, 30 November 1999 00:00
- Written by Mike Kinsey
Many people will say that these shootings are proof that we need "more common sense gun control laws." What specific laws would have stopped this deranged killer? We must consider the fact that current laws prohibit anyone under 21 from acquiring a handgun, prohibit guns on school grounds, prohibit carrying guns without a license, prohibit firing guns in city limits, and last but certainly not least... we have laws that prohibit murder. What magical new law will stop future school shootings and keep our children safe?
Psychotic criminals seek soft targets where they can inflict the most damage. Please close your eyes and think of every mass shooting that has occurred over the past few years: Columbine, an Amish school in Pennsylvania, Virginia Tech, and now SuccessTech in Cleveland. Next, recall how many mass shootings have occurred in police stations or NRA conventions. Is that a coincidence? "No Guns Zones" in schools and elsewhere attract mass shootings. They obviously do not prevent them.
Real solutions do exist if we are strong enough to seek them. Israel was plagued with school violence from terrorists in the 1970's until they trained responsible school officials to be armed. Those attacks stopped as terrorists sought easier targets.
In 1997, Vice Principal Joel Myrick of Pearl, Mississippi saved countless lives by retrieving a legally owned handgun from his truck in the school parking lot and confronting a shooter in his school. Mr. Myrick never fired a shot and safely held the shooter until police arrived.
We must follow this historical proof and allow trained, licensed, responsible adults to have the means to meet force with force anywhere. Feel-good legislation that criminals will continue to ignore is not the answer. Our children deserve real solutions.