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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Gun ban extremists to offer first concealed carry ''corrections'' bill?

OFCC members, training instructors, law enforcement officers and new concealed handgun licensees have already identified several problems with Ohio's concealed carry law that are in need of immediate attention. Restrictions on license-holders carrying firearms in motor vehicles which are not only unsafe (because they require too much firearms handling), but are unfairly discriminatory against...

Mall struck by 'Retail Rapist'; later posts signs disarming employees/customers

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that one of the Ohio businesses which is discriminating against concealed handgun license (CHL)-holders, and acting to render their employees defenseless has had two high-profile incidents involving armed and violent criminals in just the past few months. In January 2004, a Van Huesen store at Prime Outlet Malls at US35/I71 in Jeffersonville was robbed by a...

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