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Op-Ed: Group carries cause to an extreme

1:29pm Saturday, May 15, 2004
May 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer by Sam Fulwood III Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC is an organization of gun-toting activists who believe that well-dressed citizens should accessorize their wardrobes with loaded weapons. A 9 mm pistol goes beautifully with camouflage fatigues, which are the rage nowadays. But what do you carry when you're strolling the boulevard or just having a bite at that...

Concealed weapon applicants hurry, wait

8:14am Friday, May 14, 2004
May 14, 2004 Toledo Blade Paperwork delaying approval of permits Five weeks after Ohio gave its residents the right to carry concealed weapons, Lucas County residents are still waiting for their permits. More than 350 have applied for their permits in Lucas County but still await their cards because the paperwork process is so time-consuming, according to sheriff's Lt. Greg Wojciechowski. "We're...

Letter to the Editor: CCW lament focused on the wrong people

7:38am Friday, May 14, 2004
May 13, 2004 Toledo Blade I read with amusement Toby Hoover's hand-wringing lament in Readers' Forum on Ohio's new concealed-carry law. A culture of fear? You bet. But she's focused on the wrong group of people. The "fearful" ones are now the perpetrators and criminals who reside in this state. They now know that they are very likely to make a serious and perhaps terminal mistake in their victim...

Fearforprofit Inc.

3:44pm Thursday, May 13, 2004
May 13, 2004 The (Cleveland) Sun Press "No guns allowed" signs popped up at local municipal buildings and schools laws month when Ohio's new concealed carry weapons law took effect. (Accompanying photo contains the following caption: "Signs such as this one outside the Chagrin Falls library will soon be as common everywhere as no smoking signs.") Enter gun safety advocate Lori O'Neill and her...

Ohio newspaper editor arrested, charged with kidnapping

10:35am Thursday, May 13, 2004
The Ohio Newspaper Association is encouraging it's members to publish every name of citizens who choose to obtain a concealed handgun license. They say it's in the "public interest". We are beginning to wonder if it is in the public interest to publish the home addresses of every Ohio newspaper editor. After all, they can be quite dangerous... May 13, 2004 Springfield News-Sun WILMINGTON, Ohio —...

Raging Against Self-Defense: Anti-gunners react to Do Not Patronize list news...

8:15am Thursday, May 13, 2004
As news of OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed list was reported across the state and even across the nation (including USA TODAY ) this week, we have received an increasing amount of emails from people who seem to need a few anger-management classes. The following person didn't have the courage to leave his real name or email address: How pathetic are you people? Let me guess- you are so bitter...

Concealed-carry process goes smoothly in Athens County

7:52am Thursday, May 13, 2004
After initial holdups over a misunderstanding about what was necessary to complete mental health records check (see Athens Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR'' , things seem to be moving right along now in Athens Co. May 12, 2004 Athens Messenger Sheriffs' offices throughout Ohio are being accused of approving concealed carry licenses too slowly, but not in Athens County. Ohioans...

States careful about permits, UT researcher says

5:24pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004
May 7, 2004 Toledo Blade All of the states that allow citizens to carry concealed handguns have been careful about issuing permits, Brian Patrick, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Toledo, said during a taping of The Editors television program. Ohio on April 7 became the 46th state with some form of concealed-carry law. No state has issued permits to just anyone, Dr...

Gunman holds up over half dozen businesses in Warren

5:08pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004
May 11, 2004 WFMJ NBC Ch. 21 Youngstown Employees are in fear after a gunman held up at least a half dozen businesses in Warren. We talked with one woman who quit her job after the confrontation. Employees at The Wet Spot Bar in Warren are in fear that the robber will strike again. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. A woman we'll call "Gloria" was tending bar when the gunman,...

Dam breaks in Columbiana County; Fingerprinting begins

3:32pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004
May 12, 2004 (Lisbon) Morning Journal News Fingerprinting of concealed carry applicants to begin LISBON —The first applicants for concealed weapons permits will be getting fingerprinted Thursday, beginning the final step in the process before permits can be issued. County Sheriff David Smith said they’ve begun scheduling applicants to be fingerprinted because the fingerprint scanning equipment is...

Conceal & carry: One month later

7:15am Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Three cheers for a journalist who actually publishes the truth about crime rates and concealed carry reform! May 11, 2004 The Marion Star by Jillian Daley The concealed carry law most likely won't mean the return of twitchy-fingered gunslingers yelling "draw!" at high noon. In fact, crime could get wounded with the adoption of the concealed-carry law in the old Midwest. Ohio legislators passed...

Another OFCC Section 9 victory – Lorain gun ban proposal killed in committee

5:28pm Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry membership coordinator Dan White attended the Lorain City Council committee meeting Monday, and has reported that a proposed ordinance to ban firearms on all city-owned property is effectively dead. After a reading of the proposed amendment, the microphone was turned over to Lorain law director Mark Provenza. Mr. Provenza read the relevant sections of the ORC,...

Ohio CHL-holder stops robbery; defends lives

5:27pm Tuesday, May 11, 2004
May 11, 2004 Toledo Blade 2 charged in carryout heist foiled by armed store clerk Two men were charged yesterday in the robbery of a West Toledo carryout during which one of them was shot twice by a store employee. Detectives said they issued a warrant charging Jose J. Custodia-Mota, 22, with aggravated robbery. He was taken to Toledo Hospital after being shot once in the leg and once in the...

Dispatch: Banning guns may be bad for business

7:56am Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Aside from the fact that this organization has NEVER used the word boycott to describe our efforts to inform CHL-holders that they are not welcome in stores listed on our Do Not Patronize While Armed database, and aside from the fact that this reporter was so informed, we are pleased to see this issue getting the attention it deserves. A shorter version of this story has been picked up by the...

Armed citizens protect lives and property in Ohio

5:17pm Monday, May 10, 2004
May 6, 2004 - Akron Man foils business robbery An Akron man picking up scrap metal foiled a robbery attempt in a Norton Avenue bowling alley. Gary Parsons, 52, said he was talking to an employee about hauling away scrap when he saw a man walk into Brunswick Charger Lanes around 10 p.m April 26 and put a gun to the head of a female employee. "He said, 'You've got five seconds,' '' Parsons said. "...

Crain's Cleveland Business publishes OFCC response to ''business scare'' letter

3:07pm Monday, May 10, 2004
The following letter was published in response to yet another letter to the Crain's editor from Cleveland Brady Bunch/"Million" Mommer Lori O'Neill. To those who read her letter, it must be obvious why she has much better success at getting letters printed in Crain's than she does with lobbying efforts in Columbus - the majority of legislators know better. May 10, 2004 Crain's Cleveland Business...

Gun Control March Lacked Numbers and Impact, Critic Says

2:27pm Monday, May 10, 2004
May 10, 2004 CNSNews.com (CNSNews.com) - It wasn't a "Million Mom March" -- it was a "thousand gang limp," said one Second Amendment supporter, describing Sunday's anti-gun march in Washington. The Washington Post, which ran the story on page B-1, said "thousands" of people, mostly women, marched to "end gun violence" on Sunday. The newspaper described the rally as "the largest gun-control...

Cincy Biggs mega-grocery removes signs; great shopping alternative to Kroger!

1:07pm Monday, May 10, 2004
For those former Kroger customers in Cincinnati who are searching for a new place to purchase food for your family, Biggs Eastgate has removed signs barring CHL-holders, and has thus been removed for the "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list. They now join Walmart SuperCenters, Meijer's and a long list of other Cincinnati-area grocers that do not discriminate against people who choose to bear arms...

Concealed carry licensees from area are pleased with newfound freedom

1:22pm Saturday, May 08, 2004
May 6, 2004 Zanesville Times Recorder ZANESVILLE -- More than a hundred residents in Muskingum, Morgan, Licking and Guernsey counties have received their concealed carry weapons licenses, and applications keep coming. Major Bryan Hoover of the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office couldn't determine who the first person to receive the license was, but 116 have been issued to applicants from those...

Advocates of the conceal/carry gun law say system is moving too slowly

8:02am Saturday, May 08, 2004
This story has been picked up by the Associated Press and is being printed in newspapers across the state . Permit process takes time May 08, 2004 Columbus Dispatch More than 450 conceal/carry licenses have been issued in central Ohio since a new state law took effect one month ago today, but proponents say sheriffs still must do more to ease the application process. In Franklin County, where 246...

Applications steady for concealed-carry

7:40am Saturday, May 08, 2004
May 8, 2004 Dayton Daily News The April 8 start of the new concealed-carry law was expected to generate a rush of gun permit applicants, but officials in Montgomery, Miami, Greene and Warren counties say the process is steady and manageable. "The first day, the computer was overwhelmed, but that was fixed and since then we haven't had any problems," Montgomery County Sgt. Larry Schroeder said. "...

Dear Kroger...

5:10pm Friday, May 07, 2004
May 7, 2004 I have been a Kroger customer all my adult life. The reason I'm writing today is to ask you if you wish to continue to earn my business. I've learned that you are enabling criminals and discriminating against my fellow American's civil rights in your Cincinnati-area stores by prohibiting their right to protect themselves. Specifically, you don't want armed customers in your stores...

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...

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...

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