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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Tuesday, 11 September 2007 07:16 |
A slightly different version of this article appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on September 22nd as a guest editorial in the Metro section. You can also find it online here:
Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson's proposed gun law won't stop the killings
A definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
On Monday, September 10th, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson was flanked by Cleveland area Democrats from the Ohio House and Senate and announced the City's intention to submit legislation in the Ohio House to enact new statewide gun control as a solution to Cleveland's shooting epidemic. Anyone living in the Cleveland media market knows that Cleveland has suffered a rash of shootings over the past few weeks, many resulting in innocent people dying.
Pressured by community out cry and activists to do something, Mayor Jackson proudly announced to at a press conference that any child, 14 or 15, could walk down an Ohio street "waving" an assault rifle around and there is nothing the city could do about it. This of course was quickly disputed by Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association President Steve Loomis, who told the Plain Dealer that such an act could potentially warrant arrest for inducing panic. We feel it might also warrant disorderly conduct charges too -- waving a gun around in a threatening manner is potentially menacing, too. In other words, it might not be a "gun" crime, but the act described is not technically lawful.
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Written by Mike Kinsey
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Friday, 20 July 2007 00:31 |
Picnic Rescheduled - More HERE
When: Saturday September, 29th 2007 (rescheduled)
11am to 6pm
Where: Liberty Park
Due to the rescheduling any tickets already purchased can still be used, or if you wish, we will refund tickets for those who can't make the new date on September 29th.
(corner of Liberty Rd. and Home Rd.)
in Powell, Delaware Co., Ohio
Click here for a map
Join us for the fourth annual OFCC Party In The Park family picnic!
Click here to order tickets today!
All members and supporters are invited to attend. Enjoy the food, listen to the speakers, and hang out with hundreds of your closest friends and the most dedicated self-defense advocates in the state!
Tickets are only $14/person or $25/couple and are available for sale on our website, www.OhioCCW.org. With every paid adult, up to two children eat free!
Confirmed speakers include Ohio Representative Michael DeBose (D-Cleveland), that was formerly an opponent of concealed carry until he underwent an armed mugging attempt that convinced him to obtain a CHL, John Benner, founder of Tactical Defense Institute, one of the leading firearms and tactical training facilities in the country, and Brian Patrick, from the University of Toledo. Professor Patrick has presented at numerous events, including the 2006 Firearms Law and Second Amendment Symposium held at the George Mason School of Law in Arlington, VA. |
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Written by Mike Kinsey
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Tuesday, 26 June 2007 02:21 |
More advertisers added at 10:45PM on Wednesday, June 27
As you have read elsewhere on this website and in our popular discussion forums, OFCC is organizing an effort to contact businesses that advertise in The Sandusky Register to ask for their support in demanding that the paper remove its blanket list of law-abiding CHL holders' personal information, apologize for their dangerous actions, and terminate the employment of Managing Editor Matt Westerhold.
Please contact the advertisers listed below with emails, letters, and phone calls. You may use the sample letter given below. Be sure to include your contact information and request that the advertiser reply so that you may let the OFCC community know about their intentions in this dedicated forum thread. OFCC assumes that no action taken on their part means that they support the Register's actions.
We must remember that polite and professional contact is the only way for us to make progress. Many people feel that anti-gun zealots like the Managing Editor of the Register purposely make their contact info available waiting for just one "bad apple" to contact them in a negative way so that they can paint the entire CHL community as irresponsible.
SAMPLE LETTER/EMAIL:
Dear Sir/Madam:
I am contacting you today as a concerned consumer. As you may or may not know, The Sandusky Register, of which your business supports with advertising, has committed a grievous and dangerous attack on thousands of citizens in Northwest Ohio. On June 26, Managing Editor Matt Westerhold and The Register decided to publish the personal information of every law-abiding citizen that has received a Concealed Handgun License. These licensed citizens have undergone state-mandated training, passed a rigorous background check, been fingerprinted, and have been studied in the legal responsibilities of carrying a handgun solely for the defense of themselves and their families.
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Written by Tom McNaughton
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Thursday, 28 June 2007 01:42 |
Matt Westerhold, the Managing Editor of the Sandusky Register, printed a response on Wednesday attempting to explain his dangerous and reckless decision to publish the personal information of people that have merely chosen to exercise their rights guaranteed under the U.S. and Ohio Constitutions.
Below, you can read his weak attempt at justification, as well as my in-line rebuttals that are bolded for emphasis.
WESTERHOLD: It's about the secrets, not about the gun owners
No, sorry Mr. Westerhold, but its about the guns. You have made your anti-gun stance very clear, time and time again not least of all by your actions at your previous paper. It is rather that you published this list of gun-owners as a self-serving political statement.
This is a battle the Register never sought, but would have been irresponsible to have ducked.
Granted this is a battle the Register would never have sought. It likely never occurred to you that law-abiding citizens would and could fight back against your improper and ill-conceived actions.
Your irresponsibility came in publishing a list of the law-abiding citizens in order to make a political statement that otherwise has no legitimate journalistic purpose.
Now, the National Rifle Association and the Ohio Concealed Carry group
That would be the Ohioans for Concealed Carry, thank you very much. We manage to get your name straight, perhaps you could manage to get ours right -- though facts have never been your strong suit.
have begun an organized campaign to harass the newspapers advertisers
No, sorry, wrong again. We have encouraged folks to let your advertisers know the sort of biased political bile you have been serving up -- and that your advertisers have been supporting. That is not called harassment; it's called the reasonable response of concerned citizens. |
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