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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Friday, 04 May 2007 00:35 |
Opponents of Concealed Carry always argue that licensees want nothing more than to 'take the law' into their own hands. In a recent debate I had with an anti-gun representative it was regularly said that he didn't want to live in a society where everyone had a gun.
Damon Wells basically lived in that society until two kids, who we now know were taller than him him, decided he would be their next victim. In the end a fifteen year old street thug was killed, but Damon, like virtually anyone who has had to take a life in self-defense, feels horrible.
Taking the law into his own hands was the last thing on his mind. Going home alive in a dangerous community where "everyone has a gun" seemed to be a top priority for Wells. Like most self-defense shootings, Well's actions were those of a last resort.
The Plain Dealer's Regina Brett, who has done quite a bit of non-biased reporting on self-defense shootings since the Wells shooting hit the news, had the chance to interview Damon Wells recently and the story is enlightening.
You can read that article in Today's Plain Dealer, or online: Tell his family I'm sorry,' Wells pleads
We now know that Wells tried to get away towards his house, but one of the two kids stopped him. We now know that he fired three shots in self-defense, and we know that he promptly called 911. Most instructors will tell you that we fall back on our training in self-defense situations, and from the sounds of it Wells did just that.
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Written by Daniel White
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 08:04 |
Saturday, April 28th, 2007 dawned under threatening skies as more than 70 gun rights supporters gathered for the 3rd annual OFCC-PAC Fun 'n Gun fundraiser.
As the shots rang out, the clouds parted and sunshine broke across the grounds of the Rochester Rod and Gun club, giving way to a beautiful spring day.
Men and women alike joined with OFCC staffers, Rochester club members, and Single Action Shooting Society volunteers to a day of fun and comraderie. Proceeds from the event will be used throughout the state to help keep pro-gun candidates in office and continue OFCC's success in strengthening gun rights in Ohio. |
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Friday, 27 April 2007 16:42 |
Shortly after the tragic events at the Virginia Tech University Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving invitations to public debates and to provide speakers to large groups.
The Youngstown State University College Republicans have invited Ohioans For Concealed Carry to debate the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence on Tuesday, May 1st. (This coming Tuesday night) at 7:00pm.
OFCC will be represented by President Jeff Garvas, and OCAGV will be represented by Jeremy Burnside.
We strongly encourage our members and supporters to attend this debate. The issue of "gun control" is huge in the media and congress due to the Virginia Tech shooting by a mentally disturbed individual, as is the discussion of removing restrictions on guns on campus statewide.
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Friday, 27 April 2007 14:58 |
It happened again. It might even be the third self-defense shooting in less than seven days in the City of Cleveland.
Channel 19 in Cleveland is reporting that a 80-year old woman awoke to breaking glass overnight and moments later heard someone running up her stairs. The woman lives alone and promptly drew a concealed .38 revolver from beneath her pillow and found herself trading shots with a burglar.
The gun was thirty years old.
Thankfully the woman wasn't hit and the suspect fled the scene with a scream indicating he may have been hit. Cleveland Police investigated, and unlike the Wells shooting, the woman's gun was handed back to her on the spot.
Channel 19's report can be seen on their website. |
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Friday, 27 April 2007 05:14 |
Various television stations and the Columbus Dispatch are publishing reports from the Ohio Attorney General's office because AG Marc Dann announced today that the State of Ohio has failed to conduct background checks extensively.
Four people who shouldn't have had licenses were identified, two who still had a license, or what equates to two hundred thousandths of a percent of the overall licensed population in Ohio. Marc Dann said that his office won't allow the process to work on sheer luck.
Jim Petro, who was AG when the concealed carry law went into effect, was contacted by Marc Dann and stated he was unaware of the situation. Background investigations that should include "adjudicated mentally incompetent" court decisions are performed by Ohio's Bureau of Criminal Identification. The Ohio BCI works under the Attorney General's office.
The fact remains that despite the system finding four people who shouldn't have been given a license by law these individuals passed every other single test. None of them were drug addicts, none had ever been convicted of possession, none of them had any convictions for crimes of violence, none of them were felons, and all of them took the mandatory twelve-hour course to carry a firearm in Ohio.
If these people were able to pass all of those hurdles and sit through a twelve-hour course without setting off any alarms one has to wonder just how dangerous to society they were. However, we applaud Attorney General Marc dann in his efforts to do the right thing and for coming out with the unfortunate news so promptly.
Fixing this and revealing that even under his watch the state had been doing the wrong thing for the past few months proves that Marc Dann is serious about his claims to end corruption in statewide politics.
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