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Letter to the Editor: Signs barring guns invite criminals inside

8:17am Monday, April 12, 2004

April 11, 2004 Columbus Dispatch It is alarming that Sunday’s Business section article "Armed and ready?" ignored one crucial question on the possible consequences of Ohio businesses prohibiting legally concealed weapons from their premises. The article highlights the potential financial backlash of the signs in lost business. No doubt that is a serious concern for a business owner. But surely...

Firearms trainer arrested for falsification

8:11am Monday, April 12, 2004

We've long maintained that instructors and students under Ohio's new concealed handgun license law have an important responsiblity to act as ambassadors for ALL law-abiding gun owners. If guilty of the charges against him, this guy was clearly interested in representing only one person: himself. April 9, 2004 Hamilton News Journal MONROE — As scores of Butler County residents lined up to apply...

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Ohio FOP back in action, encouraging businesses to ban guns

7:40am Monday, April 12, 2004

The Ohio Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) lobbied the Senate to have some of the more offensive amendments inserted in HB12. OFCC fought them every step of the way, but liberal Republican Senators bowed under pressure, fearing a Taft veto would damage "party solidarity". Many concealed handgun license applicants are now coming to grips with just how invasive that FOP effort was. In 2003, the FOP...

DESPERATE: Gun ban lobby heralds law-breaking by government officials

6:45am Monday, April 12, 2004

As more and more city bureaucrats "wake up" to the fact that Section 9 prohibits them from creating new victim zones, and preempts the existence of old ones, what was once a whine has grown into a full-blown howl. In what has become an all too common tactic, the gun ban lobby is once again encouraging law-breaking when their efforts to pass gun control laws or prevent self-defense laws fail. By...

Franklin Co. resident files suit against Sheriff Jim Karnes

2:54pm Sunday, April 11, 2004

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, contact Attorney Ken Hanson WRIT OF MANDAMUS SOUGHT AGAINST FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFF KARNES On Friday April 9, 2004, Franklin County resident Josephine Lee filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court of Ohio against Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes. The lawsuit centers around Josephine's application with Sheriff Karnes for a Temporary Emergency License to...

LexisNexis Anderson Publishing website corrected

7:00pm Saturday, April 10, 2004

On Wednesday, April 7, an OFCC exclusive broke the story that LexisNexis Anderson Publishing was displaying the wrong Ohio CHL law on it's website . This website resource is THE location where government officials go to access Ohio Revised Code. Although the company was notified about the error on Wednesday, it took them two days to respond. The email below refers to this as "immediate action."...

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URGENT: Gun Control Extremists Follow OFCC; File Court Papers

2:11am Saturday, April 10, 2004

* OFCC NEEDS YOUR IMMEDIATE HELP! * You don't depend on others to defend your life, don't depend on others to defend your rights. Donate today. Ohioans for Concealed Carry has learned that Toby Hoover and her anti-gun group the Ohio Coalition "Against Gun Violence" has filed a Writ of Mandamus to bar Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes from issuing any concealed handgun license. If successful,...

Jim Irvine's Writ Of Mandamus Court Documents

2:02am Saturday, April 10, 2004

We told you on Thursday that Jim Irvine filed suit in the Ohio Supreme Court seeking a Writ of Mandamus against Cuyahoga County Sheriff McFaul. Ohio's new concealed carry law provides for Temporary Emergency Licenses , or a TEL. However, you can only obtain a TEL from your county Sheriff, not adjacent county Sheriffs. With the loss of Ohio's affirmative defenses and no method to obtain a TEL,...