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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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Plain Dealer understands one lesson but fails the class

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Published on Tuesday, 02 August 2011 02:09
Written by Daniel White

The Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial board has determined, as has the rest of the country, that the event captured on tape in Canton depict an out-of-control police officer. However, they still find the time to reiterate their opposition to "the unaccountable drive in the Ohio General Assembly to enact Wild West concealed-carry laws" with the same tired rhetoric.

The claim the video "underscores the difficulty and potential dangers for police officers in traffic stops involving CCW permits," yet the only danger shown in the video was to the licensee being threatened with incarceration and death. The police officers were never in any danger and Ohio's requirement to notify concealed carry status only inflamed the situation. They say that "police need to know if a person is concealing a weapon," yet fail to explain how this knowledge helped the situation. Had there been no notification requirement, as in the case in the vast majority of states, the "fishing expedition" for evidence would still have turned up nothing and William Bartlett would have gone on his way unmolested.

The editors suggest that concealed carry status should be noted with a special license plate, such as the ones issued to repeat drunk drivers. A person who has a concealed handgun license already has that status show up when their license plates are run, but that failed to have any effect. And, of course, would be even more useless if the person with the CHL isn't driving the car registered to them.

The fact of the matter is, notification serves no positive purpose. A person intending to shoot a police officer is not going to inform them ahead of time and a person who has no such inclination is no danger to begin with. Notification is an uneeded burden that only serves to exacerbate an already tense situation for all involved.