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OFCC Member Denied CHL Making Progress PDF Print E-mail
Written by Daniel White   
Wednesday, 22 March 2006
As many of you will remember, OFCC member Mike Daniels was denied a concealed handgun license due to a 25-year-old conviction for possession of 6 prescription pills that was expunged from his record.

OFCC agreed with the judge that granted the expungement and felt that Daniels should have been granted his license and intervened on his behalf in a subsequent lawsuit.

With the help of OFCC attorney Don Gallick, Daniels filed motions in Medina, Cuyahoga, and Lorain counties in an attempt to resolve the situation.

Cuyahoga county re-affirmed their position that Daniels' firearms rights had been restored by the expungement. The Lorain County courts ruled that Daniels did meet all statutory requirements under ORC 2923.14 and that his firearms rights were fully restored under the law. Medina County, which initially denied Daniels' license, has failed to respond.

Daniels is now planning to re-apply in Lorain County and hopefully he will be granted his license.

It will then be up to the Lorain County Sheriff (who has thus far been extremely receptive to the CHL law) as to whether or not Daniels will finally receive his CHL. It is worth noting that Daniels has been granted a CHL in both Florida and Virginia. Both of those states agree with the Cuyahoga county judge that granted Daniels his second chance and restored his rights after keeping his record spotless subsequent to his youthful indiscretion.


Under the CHL Reform Bill, sub HB 347, this would not even have been an issue as it specifically spells out that Sheriff's have the discretion to ignore expunged records as the law intends.

OFCC will continue to work with Daniels to see this through to the end.