On May 11, an OFCC Team Leader and Ohio CHL-holder was detained by a Kettering Police officer, who had run his license number through his Law Enforcement Automated Database (LEADS) computer, and was subsequently advised the licenseholder had an outstanding warrant.

In the LEADS system, when a warrant comes up on the screen, it begins flashing and beeping to get the officers attention.

After discovering that the "Warrant Hit" was actually only indicating a Concealed Handgun License, the officer apologized for the inconvenience and left.

Since that time, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving and tracking additional reports of licensees being stopped by local law enforcement investigating a "Warrant Hit" when they ran a random check of the licenseholders' plate. Most reports seemed to have been originating from the Montgomery County area, surrounding Dayton.

We are now pleased to report that the situation has been remedied.

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by Chad D. Baus

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a local California law banning gun shows on government property, such as fairgrounds. Taxpayers engaged in legal commerce can now be prohibited from doing so on the property they, in part, own and pay to maintain. Observers say the ruling is likely to lead to a host of similar ordinances across California, and beyond.

If this ruling concerns you, consider this: the next President will choose two, and perhaps three, Supreme Court justices.

For gun owners, this begs a question: Can John Kerry be expected to appoint justices who would support our individual Second Amendment rights, or will he find activist judges who would agree with his supporters - that the Second Amendment does not recognize an individual right to bear arms?

Radical anti-gun and anti-hunting groups know the answer, and have endorsed Mr. Kerry. Yet polls suggest some gun owners may not yet be as certain, suggesting that the Kerry campaign's attempts to hide a 20-year record of opposing gun rights by painting the Senator as a hunter and Second Amendment supporter have worked.

Then again, it appears the masquerade may have worked too well: in recent weeks, trailing in the polls, Kerry has had to spend greater amounts of time attempting to reassure his base on a multitude of issues, including gun control. As such, Americans are now getting a glimpse of the horror behind Kerry's pro-gun mask.

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