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

5:07pm Tuesday, May 04, 2004
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

3:51pm Monday, May 03, 2004
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...

SPITE: Two Ohio newspapers violate privacy of county CHL-holders

by Chad D. Baus
1:23pm Saturday, May 01, 2004
In the past two days, the Warren Tribune Chronicle (Trumbull Co.) and Elyria Chronicle-Telegram (Lorain Co.) have begun punishing the citizens of their respective counties as a means of protesting Ohio's new concealed carry law. Both news outlets published the names of every person who has been issued a CHL in the county. The Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel recently considered doing the same in Indiana,...

CAVE: Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff will take CHL appointments Monday, May 3

8:44am Saturday, May 01, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff Gerald McFaul has reversed plans to hold off acceptance of concealed handgun license applications until "the end of May", and will begin taking appointments on Monday, May 3, with the first applications being accepted on May 11. McFaul had already shown signs of weakening resolve, having announced that he would accept temporary...

Business ban hypocrite: Kroger stores in Ohio enacting concealed carry ban

7:40am Saturday, May 01, 2004
UPDATE: Kroger ''reexamining the issue'' after massive grassroots uprising Headquartered in Cincinnati, the Kroger Company has years of experience with doing business in concealed carry states. It is likely that CHL-holders have shopped at Kroger-owned companies while armed on literally millions of occasions. Several members of OFCC's steering committee were among those frequent (and armed)...

Another Detroit CHL-holder tells of self-defense shooting

4:29pm Friday, April 30, 2004
April 29, 2004 Detroit Free Press Intruder's killer: 'I had no choice' Detroit woman tells of self-defense shooting Their eyes locked. Then Barbara Holland saw the barrel of the gun. She lay on the floor in her house after an intruder had knocked her down while pushing through her side door. While on her back, she drew a 9mm handgun from a holster on her waist. Her assailant's glare suddenly...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry law can't be infringed

8:22am Friday, April 30, 2004
April 30, 2004 Toledo Blade Some weeks ago the Ford administration announced its intention to ban concealed-carry in parks, on TARTA buses, and other public places, claiming this ability under "home rule." Not only does the state constitution specifically prohibit this, so does the newly passed concealed-carry law, a recent state Supreme Court ruling, Toledo Municipal Code, and the oaths of...

Original Section 9 violator ''sees the light''

4:56pm Thursday, April 29, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has confirmed that Summit Co. Executive James McCarthy's executive order "prohibiting guns in all county buildings and vehicles and on county property" will be modified to reflect the law under Section 9 of Ohio House Bill 12. Readers of this website were first made aware of this original Section 9 violator in early February. On February 2, the Akron Beacon Journal...

10,000 felony suspects on the loose in Franklin Co.

4:26pm Thursday, April 29, 2004
...and yet the gun ban lobby claims you are "buying into a culture of fear" if you make a responsible choice to bear arms for self-defense. April 29, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Deputies going after 10,000 felony suspects Franklin County deputy sheriffs will work overtime to whittle away at a backlog of 10,000 outstanding felony warrants for crimes ranging from drug offenses to murder. The department’...

Park flasher problem highlights needs for armed self-protection in parks

12:55pm Thursday, April 29, 2004
To hear the gun ban extremists tell it, there is no need for self-defense in parks, and those who make preparations to defend themselves in case they do, are "buying into a culture of fear." Notice how this news outlet suggests that having a cell phone can make you safer, but says nothing of Ohio's new concealed handgun license law. Flasher exposes himself to young woman in North Chagrin...

Toby Hoover falsely accuses State Representative and Sheriff of law-breaking

5:23pm Wednesday, April 28, 2004
On April 16, 2004, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence (Toby Hoover) issued a statewide press release , accusing Ohio State Representative Jim Aslanides, sponsor of House Bill 12, of violating Ohio's new Concealed Handgun License law. "The Ohio gun lobby repeats the mantra, 'enforce the existing laws', and then the chief sponsor of the carrying concealed weapons law, Rep. Aslanides, breaks...

Car dealers differ on concealed carry signs; perhaps the reason is obvious

3:25pm Wednesday, April 28, 2004
OFCC volunteers have scored several victories in the effort to inform businesses about Ohio's new concealed carry law, and get them to remove discriminatory signs that had been posted. Deacon's Chrysler in Mayfield Village told customers that the signs had been sent out by the Cleveland Auto Dealers' Association, and that an employee had just assumed they were supposed to go up. King's Toyota ,...

Op. Ed: Will Ohio’s gun law survive?

2:18pm Wednesday, April 28, 2004
04.28.04 Middletown Journal By Sim Evans For The Journal “Remember the first rule of gunfighting: ‘Have a gun.”’ — Jeff Cooper Ohio’s concealed carry is now in effect. It is, as the old folks used to say, the law of the land, but the controversy still rages. Libraries that, only a few months ago, were begging the taxpayers for money, have now posted signs prohibiting firearms. They don’t want “...

Armed citizen apprehends rapist after he victimizes 84-year old woman

12:23pm Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Gun ban extremists want us to believe that crimes are never thwarted; that the presence of firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens will make bad situations worse; that vigilante justice will be meeted out if a criminal is ever apprehended by an armed citizen in an emotionally charged situation. Why should their lies continue to be put in print or taken into account? April 27, 2004 WKYC.com...

Kmart security wrestles thief who carried gun in store

12:00pm Wednesday, April 28, 2004
This guy didn't need a concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry out his crimes, and would have ignored a sign banning him from this store, just as he ignored all the laws he broke. April 27, 2004 Dayton Daily News Trotwood police shoot theft suspect Ignored orders to drop gun, officials say TROTWOOD | Trotwood police shot and wounded a shoplifting suspect Monday in the parking lot of Target at...

Portage couple among region's first to secure concealed-carry permits

7:53am Wednesday, April 28, 2004
April 28, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer At 72, stroke victim Ben Doepel, a well-known outdoorsman, figures he needs the protection of a gun. He and his wife once were frightened by three suspicious men in a parking lot as she helped him climb out of his wheelchair. "I never felt so helpless in my life," said Doepel, former president of the Goodyear Hunting and Fishing Club. "I sure don't want to...

AP: State adopts language on incompetence

10:16pm Tuesday, April 27, 2004
An impressive display of media bias: Associated Press bothers only to call an authoritarian gun banner for comment on new rules implemented for Ohio's concealed handgun license law... April 27, 2004 Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - The state on Monday adopted instructions that courts must follow in reporting cases of involuntary hospitalization of people with mental illnesses to ensure they...

Ohio Attorney General's office answers Sen. Randy Gardner on Section 9 violators

by Chad D. Baus
5:44pm Tuesday, April 27, 2004
According to Senator Randy Gardner's office, the Ohio Attorney General's office has taken a firm position when it comes to Section 9 violators. In an email response to CCW-advocate Bruce Beatty, who is waging a fight against multiple Section 9 violations by the Toledo Mayor and City Law Director, Sen. Gardner's office said the following: "The AG's office is under the belief that public busses are...

First Ohio CHL-holder detainment after ''man-with-a-gun'' call

11:16pm Monday, April 26, 2004
One of the most egregious problems with the law created by Amended Substitute House Bill 12 is the compromise language on carrying in a motor vehicle. In order to appease the Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucrats, who seem to have a very unhealthy fear of the people they are paid "to serve and protect", the Ohio Senate inserted language which makes carrying a firearm for self-defense in a motor...

Say it Ain't So! Lima News, longtime proponent of CCW, posts No-Guns signs

5:10pm Monday, April 26, 2004
A quick search of the words "Lima News" on this website's search engine will reveal that the Lima News has been one of the few Ohio media outlets with an editorial board that takes a friendly outlook on your personal right to self-defense. So imagine our surprise when we began receiving emails from concerned customers, reporting that they had seen "No-CCW" signs on the front door of the very same...

Columbus SWAT waits outside during robbery/ shooting

3:43pm Monday, April 26, 2004
This website has often shared stories which make the point how police officers are typically unable to prevent violent crimes, and are instead often relegated to showing up later for mop-up duty. But in this case, after receiving a tip, the Columbus SWAT team watched as two armed, masked robbers entered this restaurant (a MANDATED victim zone because they serve alcohol - not that the criminals...

Lucas County Sheriff's office moves to NO appointments

3:31pm Monday, April 26, 2004
In what is a very positive sign, Lucas Co. Sheriff James A. Telb's office has moved to taking CHL applications without appointments. This is the first of the offices to scrap temporary appointments after the initial surge of applicants. Telb's office tells OFCC PAC that applicants who had previously been forced to schedule appointments into June (!!) do NOT have to wait to submit their...

Heads in the sand: Gun ban extremists pretend this doesn't happen

2:22pm Monday, April 26, 2004
To hear the gun ban extremists tell it, these things don't happen (especially not in small towns), and those who make preparations to defend themselves in case they do, are "buying into a culture of fear." Concealed handgun licenses are only now starting to be issued in the counties where these crimes occurred. Of course, the criminals that perpetrated them didn't worry about getting licenses...

Source: Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police tells off-duty cops to observe bans

11:57am Monday, April 26, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) may be interpreting the new Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) law to mean that off-duty police officers may not carry in businesses which have posted discriminatory signs banning concealed carry. Although the OACP position is flawed (click on the "Read More..." link below for commentary by a Cleveland...

Blade reporter takes CHL class: impressed with thoroughness

11:12am Monday, April 26, 2004
Another reporter shops a concealed-carry class, another excellent story on the professionalism and thoroughness of Ohio CCW training. April 25, 2004 Toledo Blade Pulling trigger: a chilling moment of truth "Classes miss no targets in training applicant to qualify to obtain a concealed weapons permit" Sobering. Reality check. Practice! I wrote those words in capital letters among many pages of...

Widow had good reason to apply for [carry license]

8:27am Sunday, April 25, 2004
For the most intelligent of citizens, it does not take being made a victim yourself to know it can happen to you. Mr. & Mrs. Krause took precautions, and it saved their lives in 1998. Read this article, and consider buying yourself some "self-defense insurance." April 25, 2004 Toledo Blade Mary Lou Krause, a 73-year-old widow who lives in Swanton Township, is among recent graduates of...

''Retail Rapist'' sought in greater Cincinnati

8:05am Sunday, April 25, 2004
Just what are businesses that choose to deny their employees and customers their right to self-defense trying to protect them from? Note that this violent criminal ignored the 150-year-old concealed carry ban while commiting his horrible acts. Of course, his defenseless victims were dutifully obeying the law. April 23, 2004 Cincinnati Post Search is on for rapist Piercing blue eyes. Disarming...

OFCC obtains Div. of Liquor Control letter to Ohio Class D licensees

2:16pm Saturday, April 24, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry & the OFCC PAC have confirmed our suspicions that a large number of the retailers currently listed on the "Do Not Patronize While Armed list" are likely operating under the misunderstanding that they are required to post signs barring CHL-holders from their stores. The following Ohio Division of Liquor Control letter has been sent to all Class D liquor permit-...

Signs come down at former hypocritical Business Banners

12:47pm Saturday, April 24, 2004
Three more stores from the list of "business ban hypocrites" have removed their discriminatory signs. They originally earned their place on this list by attempting to ban CHL-holders from their Ohio stores, while having a long history of NOT doing the same to CHL-holders in other states. Original Mattress Factory in Fairfield has removed signs ordering customers who were CHL-holders to shop...

Northwest Ohio Legislators To Host Concealed Carry Forums

3:29pm Friday, April 23, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE State Representative Steve Buehrer (R-Delta) announced today that he and State Senator Lynn Wachtmann (R-Napoleon) will host a series of educational forums on Ohio’s new concealed carry law. The educational forums will be held April 29th in Defiance, May 5th in Findlay and May 6th in Ottawa. All meetings will start at 7 p.m. “The goal of these forums is to educate the public...

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