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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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Cleveland Resident Kills Burglary Suspect - Cleared Of Criminal Charges

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Published on Tuesday, 23 September 2008 06:14
Written by Jeff Garvas

Plain Dealer Columnist Phillip Morris has done his usual eloquent analysis of this unfortunately use of force.

UPDATE: WTAM 1100 and the Cleveland Plain Dealer are reporting that the City Prosecutor has ruled the shooting justifiable self-defense and the victim of the robbery attempt will not be charged.  Update #2:  We learned today that home owner may have detained two or three other burglary suspects at gun point in the past.

Although initial news media reports are commonly misleading it appears that a resident of Cleveland's east side was involved in what may be deemed a justified use of deadly force.

According to published reports the homeowner woke up to discover his house being burglarized.  He picked up his firearm and investigated, only to find the burglar stuck in his fenced-in backyard, turn, and rush the armed homeowner. 

A confrontation that isn't entirely clear ensued, but the Plain Dealer is indicating that the shooter warned the advancing attacker that he was armed multiple times, and that he told police he was in fear of his life. Police did not arrest the man, but his firearm was confiscated.

Ohio's "Castle Doctrine" law went into effect less than a month ago on September 9th and this may very well be the first use of deadly force to be tested by those changes in Ohio law.