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MicroCenter signs come down; Kroger digs in for a fight

4:45pm Friday, May 07, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce that MicroCenter has made a corporate decision to treat their Ohio customers exactly as they've been treating customers across the country for years. Discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders in Ohio stores are coming down, effective today. ----- Original Message ----- From: Customer Relations Sent: 5/7/2004 1:18:45 PM Subject: New policy Dear Mrs...

Court asked to void suit aiming to bar gun permits

3:09pm Friday, May 07, 2004

You heard it here first.... May 07, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus- Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to stop sheriffs from issuing applications for concealed-handgun permits. The Toledo-based Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence filed the suit just a week after the new concealed-handgun law went into effect April 8. The...

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FLASH: Ohio Attorney General files Motion to Dismiss anti-CCW lawsuit

7:19am Thursday, May 06, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's office has filed a Motion to Dismiss a lawsuit filed by gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, which takes the strange approach of asking the Supreme Court to order sheriffs not to perform their duty under the law. In the Motion, Petro argues that Hoover and her anti-gun attorneys (the Relators) "lack proper standing" before...

Store on Do Not Patronize While Armed list robbed, clerk pistol-whipped

2:50pm Wednesday, May 05, 2004

May. 05, 2004 Akron Beacon-Journal Dairy Mart clerk injured in holdup Robber strikes worker on head with pistol before fleeing with cash A robber entered a busy West Market Street convenience store Tuesday and struck a clerk in the head with a gun before fleeing with the store's cash. The holdup occurred about 10:50 a.m. at the Dairy Mart at West Market and Rhodes Avenue, just east of the...

Cuyahoga Sheriff can't avoid duty under law; settles concealed carry lawsuit

12:59pm Wednesday, May 05, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2004 Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce that OFCC member and Cuyahoga Co. resident Jim Irvine has been completely successful in his lawsuit to force Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul to comply with his duty under the law. After having told the media that he would not accept CHL applications until "the end of May" or "the beginning of June", and...

Ft. Knox Ntl. Bank removes signs; Customer robbed at Fifth-Third

12:51pm Wednesday, May 05, 2004

by Chad D. Baus Activists throughout Ohio are continue to make OFCC aware of successes in educating business-owners about why making their stores criminal protection zones is a very bad idea. We can't publish every story, but the following emails detail how just one persistent customer can make a difference: April 23 : Just left my bank, First Knox National, Centerburg office - they are banning...

Kroger ''reexamining the issue'' after massive grassroots uprising

11:30am Wednesday, May 05, 2004

UPDATE: Kroger digs in for a fight . Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been informed by Kroger Customer Relations that the company is reexamining its decision to post signs barring concealed handgun license-holders from its Cincinnati-Dayton area stores. One of the most offensive parts of the decision by Kroger's Cincinnati region risk management division is that although that department controls...

Store owner doesn't conceal his stand on firearms

5:38pm Tuesday, May 04, 2004

Businesses continue to get the message! The Ft. Knox Bank, Home Depot Springfield, Roman Cycle and the New Philadelphia Walmart are all businesses which briefly posted signs, only to take them down again after hearing from customers. There are also businesses like Todd Whitacre's (see story), which are not only support by NOT posting signs, but are showing support by posting pro-CCW signs. The...