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Sheriffs prepare for rush

11:21am Saturday, April 03, 2004
Columbus Dispatch April 2, 2004 Attorney General Jim Petro speculated yesterday that 100,000 Ohioans will apply for permits to carry concealed handguns in the first six months after the new law takes effect Thursday, and that 95 percent will qualify. Petro, saying he could be off by 15 percent either way, made his guess at a news conference attended by six county sheriffs among the 88 assigned to...

100,000 expected to seek [licenses]

11:17am Saturday, April 03, 2004
Sheriffs brace for gun applicants Dayton Daily News April 2, 2004 COLUMBUS | As many as 100,000 Ohioans are expected to apply for licenses to carry concealed handguns in the six months after the state's concealed-carry law takes effect next Thursday, Attorney General Jim Petro said. Petro on Thursday said he expects 95 percent of those who apply to qualify. His office prepared the pamphlet...

BSSA President: ''ALL 88 SHERIFFS WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS APRIL 8''

11:15pm Friday, April 02, 2004
Over the past two weeks, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been working tirelessly with the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association to investigate reports of sheriffs telling reporters and constituents that they would not be accepting applications on April 8. On Monday, March 29, amidst widespread reports of potential delays, OFCC publicized a statement by Buckeye State Sheriff's Association (BSSA)...

Ohio Attorney General's office emails constituents re: reported sheriffs' delays

12:53pm Thursday, April 01, 2004
Wed, 31 Mar 2004 Mark Gribben Director of Constituent Services Office of Attorney General Jim Petro Thank you for your message on the difficulty you are having with the County Sheriffs. Unfortunately, our office doesn't have the legal authority to compel the sheriffs to make the applications process easy, although we have taken all possible steps to make it as simple as possible for them. The...

DDN prints reponses to ''Mad'' Mary McCarty

12:41pm Thursday, April 01, 2004
Despite the thousands of federal and state gun control laws on the books, Charles McCoy still walked around carrying a concealed gun, shooting willy-nilly at anything that moved, immortalizing himself as the Ohio sniper suspect. Whether or not he could have gotten a concealed carry license matters none. The Ohio sniper didn't wait until April 8 to begin his sickening crime spree, and yet Dayton...

Deadly in Dayton: Gun control laws' failure displayed

11:37am Thursday, April 01, 2004
After reading these headlines from TWO DAYS in the Dayton Daily News, it appears the next Senate President, Jeff Jacobson, calls a very dangerous place home. We hope Sen. Jacobson is ready to lead the charge on making corrections to Ohio's concealed carry reform law, which was severely corrupted at the hand of Governor Taft, and a few term-limited Senators. He is expected to take the position...

Dayton VA Hospital shooting proves folly of gun prohibitions

10:02am Thursday, April 01, 2004
Federal law prohibits firearms inside federal buildings. State law prohibits this felon from being in possession of a firearm. Ohio's concealed handguns law isn't yet in effect. And yet this madman was able to victimize this nurse, before being stopped by someone with a gun (in this case, a hospital guard). This should be a lesson to the Ohio Hospital Association, which is encouraging hospitals...

Taft supports not ''stigmatizing'' ex-cons; insisted on stigmatizing CHL-holders

6:52am Thursday, April 01, 2004
Sickening. Gov. Bob Taft has no problem with making it harder for the public to obtain information on persons who have broken the laws he is sworn to protect. Yet in a last-ditch attempt to kill HB12 last November, he began insisting that law-abiding citizens who obtain concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) have their privacy violated, and their identities available to the public. No mention of a...

AGAIN: Dayton man shot while taking advice of Ohio Highway Patrol

4:05pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Dayton authorities still haven't found Tony Gordon's killer . And despite yet another attempt by the victim to follow the Ohio Highway Patrol's advice to "just drive away" when attacked, another Dayton man has been seriously injured in a carjacking strikingly similar to Gordon's. April 8 cannot come soon enough. For a look at how obstruction by the OHP and Gov. Taft has cost Ohio's defenseless...

Councilperson responds to letter to editor re: Section 9 violation

3:06pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004
March 27, 2004 New Philadelphia Times Reporter To the Editor: Recent headlines in The Times-Reporter have me very alarmed that the cities of New Philadelphia and Dover are trying to pass legislation restricting where Concealed Carry permit holders can carry their weapons. I do not live in either city, but I do often go to parks and other places in their cities. I spend a lot of money in these two...

BSSA: Pieces in place; 88 county sheriffs MUST take applications Apr. 8

1:57pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Reports of a few sheriffs telling reporters and constituents that they would not be accepting applications on April 8 have been filtering in for weeks. As we indicated on March 25 , OFCC PAC has been on the case, working with the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association to investigate these reports, and we are making progress. Only the Ohio Attorney General had legal authority to delay implementation...

Ignoring his ''duty under the law'': Cuyahoga sheriff not ready to process apps

10:20am Wednesday, March 31, 2004
March 29, 2004 Crain's Cleveland Business If you plan to get a license to carry a concealed weapon, don't go to Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul's office. At least not right away. Although the new Ohio law goes into effect April 8, Pat Kresty, chief of staff for Sheriff McFaul, said the office won't be ready to process licenses until sometime in May. "We're going to be giving out licenses to...

Big (dangerous) Boy: Frisch's Inc. reaffirms plans to post discriminatory signs

4:57pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004
UPDATE: Frisch's Inc. signs coming down ! Ohioans For Concealed Carry first brought word of a new interstate policy discriminating against CHL-holders at Frisch's Inc. on March 1. This particular ban is one of the most baffling we've seen, since Frisch's Inc. has allowed patrons of Golden Corral, Frisch's and Big Boy in states such as Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee to bear arms for self-...

Thousands and thousands in Ohio await conceal-carry licenses

3:48pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Ohio's media outlets are ramping up on coverage of the impending implementation of Ohio's new concealed carry reform law. Click on the "Read More..." link below for a long list of links to Ohio media coverage. Channelcincinnati.com (Ch. 5 WLWT): Applications Available Next Week Applications will become available April 8, and if the rolls of those signed up to take classes are any indication, the...

BIG MISUNDERSTANDING: Henry Bierce Co. pulls ''no guns'' signs

2:45pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry is happy to report that the Henry Bierce Company has removed their "no guns" signs, just two days after we first reported on the signs' existence. According to a store representative, the whole thing was based on a big misunderstanding. Representatives from the Henry Bierce Co. recently attended an informational meeting held by the Tallmadge Chamber of Commerce. At...

Crain's Cleveland Business publishes anti-self-defense editorial as ''news''

11:52am Tuesday, March 30, 2004
On March 24, 2003 Crain's Cleveland Business published an editorial opposing the reformation of concealed carry laws in Ohio. This editorial bore striking similarity to a letter printed in multiple Ohio papers , written by Lori O'Neill, president of the "Million" Mom March chapter of greater Cleveland. In that 2003 editorial, Crain's editors admitted that they were "a bit far afield" when they...

To apply, prepare to spill the beans

11:19am Tuesday, March 30, 2004
March 28, 2004 Youngstown Vindicator by Patricia Meade YOUNGSTOWN — Let's say you're in your 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, whatever, and moved a lot over the years — can you list each and every address going back to age 18? Well, Ohio's application for a license to carry a concealed handgun requires such a list. The three-page application is now available online at the Ohio attorney general's Web site, www...

OFCC puts Section 9 violators on notice

7:01pm Monday, March 29, 2004
From the moment the first reports of counties or municipalities passing concealed carry bans on public property broke, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been informing our website readers that these laws were a violation of Section 9 of House Bill 12. As of this week, the violators are also being put on notice. Below is a copy of a letter served to the City of Chardon, Ohio. Similar letters are...

BSSA Exec. Dir.: Sheriffs have ''duty under law'' to accept apps April 8

11:36am Monday, March 29, 2004
In recent days, there have been more and more reports of Ohio sheriffs who claim to be having problems meeting the April 8 start-date for Ohio's new concealed handgun licensure law. The Cuyahoga Co. sheriff's office is telling citizens they won't take applications until their new office space is prepared, perhaps around the end of May. In Shelby Co., the sheriff is attempting to add an additional...

Lesson: Train before you pack a gun

10:28am Monday, March 29, 2004
Across Ohio, thousands of men and women are eager to be armed Youngstown Vindicator March 28, 2004 by Patricia Meade BOARDMAN — "Hold up your trigger finger, look at it and tell yourself: This is my gun's safety." Firearms instructor Bob Magnuson's words echoed in my head as I stood in front of the bedroom mirror and practiced drawing my .357-caliber Magnum Ruger from its brand-new holster. The...

Another day, another advocation of law-breaking by gun ban extremists

9:45am Monday, March 29, 2004
For 150 years, Ohio law has disarmed defenseless citizens and protected criminals from the possibility of encountering an armed victim. During that time, pro-gun groups never advocated breaking the law. Rather, Ohioans For Concealed Carry, the Second Amendment Foundation, The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms, and the National Rifle Association fought for reform - in the Ohio...

Letter to OFCC: ''Do not patronize Super America''

7:44am Monday, March 29, 2004
The following was submitted to www.ohioccw.org by an Ohio law enforcement officer and OFCC supporter. Super America gas station 5984 Sawmill Rd in Columbus has posted a sign prohibiting firearms. Below is my letter to the store manager.... Store Manager Super America 5984 Sawmill Rd. Columbus, OH 43017 I am a regular patron of your store, buying gasoline there at least once a week. When I entered...

Akron newsies at it again: Why can't they save it for the editorial page?

7:15am Monday, March 29, 2004
From the headline to the last line, there is no doubt that the Akron Beacon-Journal has used more "news" space to foster their anti-gun editorial opinion. Surely journalists at this newspaper were taught to get quotes from BOTH sides in preparing a story, or to make sure the "expert" doesn't have a strong bias. This writer did neither. Please note that this news writer was unable to find a single...

Tallmadge businesses advised to post discriminatory signs

12:01pm Saturday, March 27, 2004
The following was submitted to www.ohioccw.org by an OFCC supporter. I was at Henry Bierce Co. in Tallmadge - they are a building supply store. I noticed they had a ''NO GUNS'' sign. I had some ''No GUNS-No MONEY'' cards in my wallet, so I gave one to the very nice lady in the office. She indicated that some organization in Tallmadge has told merchants that they ''should'' post the signs. She...

Florida: $5 million fine proposed for listing of gun owners

10:46am Saturday, March 27, 2004
Floridians have more than 17 years of successful experience with their concealed carry law. Looks as though they've figured out that it is law-abiding license-holders who deserve to be protected - something we must not allow the Ohio media to take 17 years to discover for themselves. March 25, 2004 Palm Beach Post TALLAHASSEE -- Squeezed between the cop on the beat and the powerful National Rifle...

Interest in gun permits soaring

7:40am Saturday, March 27, 2004
What is it about journalists that insist on using phrases like "pack heat" in writing their stories? Few if any persons who apply for licenses would ever be caught referring to this serious responsibility so flippantly. March 27. 2004 Cincinnati Post A lot of people in Hamilton County apparently want to pack heat. Even though a new law that allows Ohioans to carry concealed weapons doesn't go...

Discount Drug Mart: There will be no corporate policy on signs

3:18pm Friday, March 26, 2004
On Tuesday, March 23, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving reports that Discount Drug Mart, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, had begun posting discriminatory signs against CHL-holders . As will be our policy for all future sightings, we quickly brought this matter to our members' and supporters' attention, along with information on a shopping alternative, since...

Handgun trainers have their hands full

8:19am Friday, March 26, 2004
March 26, 2004 Tiffin Advertiser-Tribune Northwest Ohio gun dealers have been flooded with customers interested in training classes required to get a concealed-carry permit. Permit applications will be available at the Seneca County Sheriff's office beginning April 8. Applicants must complete the 12-hour class and pass a background check to get a permit. Seneca County Sheriff Thomas Steyer said...

Armed and ready -- Sheriff prepares for concealed carry law

8:06am Friday, March 26, 2004
March 26, 2004 New Philadelphia Times-Reporter It’ll be close, but the Tuscarawas County Sheriff Department should have all the necessary tools to process permit applications for the concealed carry weapons law that goes into effect April 8. The applications were received and are available in the lobby at the sheriff’s office from 8 to 4 Monday through Friday, Sheriff Walt Wilson said Thursday...

Ohio Newspaper Association advising members to compile lists of CHL applicants

8:01am Friday, March 26, 2004
UPDATE: See below for an attorney's analysis of this latest move by the Ohio Newspaper Association. The Ohio Newspaper Association is continuing it's war against some of their most responsible readers. Apparently, this organization hasn't even a shred of the concern expressed by this Ft. Wayne, IN newspaper , which changed it's mind about intentions to publish lists after hearing from over 3000...

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