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A Letter to Drugmart.....

7:39am Friday, March 26, 2004
UPDATE!! Discount Drug Mart: There will be no corporate policy on signs To: Discount Drugmart I shop at your store frequently in Chesterland and Mentor. If you continue to post signs turning away citizens who have had proper training and taken on the huge responsibility of carrying a concealed handgun, LEGALLY, then I will be among them!! Guess what, people who ILLEGALLY carry, will STILL wind up...

Bad times for defenseless victims in Akron

12:12pm Thursday, March 25, 2004
After devising a knee-jerk executive order banning CHL-holders from all county property and from county vehicles, OFCC can now report that Summit County officials are now reexamining the order, in light of OFCC's notification (with the assistance of Tim Dimoff, SACS Consulting and Investigative Services of Akron), that the order is a violation of Section 9 of House Bill 12. After reading these...

OFCC PAC working to investigate reports of potential delays at sheriff's offices

10:48am Thursday, March 25, 2004
In many parts of the state, sheriff's offices are handling the implementation of Ohio's new concealed handgun license (CHL) law with the utmost of professionalism. Sheriffs such as Dan Beck in Allen Co. and Gerry Billy in Licking Co. are holding clinics to inform their constituents of the procedures for county residents to obtain licenses to carry concealed weapons. Most sheriffs tell OFCC PAC...

SIGNS COME DOWN: Marc's discount stores pull discriminatory signs

9:39am Thursday, March 25, 2004
On Monday, March 22, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving reports that Marc's/XPECT, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, had begun posting discriminatory signs against CHL-holders . We quickly brought this matter to our members' and supporters' attention, along with information on a shopping alternative, since national competitor Walmart has indicated they will NOT...

After much thought, list of gun permit holders will not appear online

7:12am Thursday, March 25, 2004
March 24, 2004 by Linda Austin Ft Wayne News-Sentinel Thomas Jefferson once wrote differences of opinion will arise "in this happy country," but free discussion clears away the "passing clouds" and leaves "our horizon more bright and serene." If that's true, we are in for a very bright and serene future here in Fort Wayne. About 3,000 of you responded to a question we asked last week about...

Northeast Ohio Discount Drug Mart chain hangs discriminatory signs

6:02pm Wednesday, March 24, 2004
UPDATE!! Discount Drug Mart: There will be no corporate policy on signs Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Discount Drug Mart, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, has made the decision to post discriminatory signs against CHL-holders. Discount Drug Mart has over 50 stores in NE Ohio. Decisions to discriminate against law-abiding customers offer yet another...

Toledo: Safe-gun classes filling rapidly

5:55pm Wednesday, March 24, 2004
March 24, 2004 Toledo Blade West Toledo resident Barb Korn grinned yesterday as she picked up a silver Smith & Wesson revolver - holding it with both hands and aiming it. "I like this," she said, staring down the gun's sights. Ms. Korn, 60, was among nearly 25 people taking a 12-hour class at Cleland's Outdoor World on Airport Highway. The training is required in order to carry a firearm...

Indiana newspaper hears loud voice of opposition to publishing CCW list

5:21pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
The State of Indiana has had nearly 70 years of quiet and successful experience with a concealed carry law. Unfortunately for Hoosiers, recent battles over public records in Ohio seem to have given a few Indiana journalists bad ideas: In a recent news story , the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel raided the privacy of concealed handgun license-holders, and "outed" a few high-profile people. Most...

Toledo convenience store owners anxiously await April 8

2:49pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
In recent months, Toledoans have endured a rash of violent and even deadly convenience store robberies: WTOL Toledo 11: Store Attack highlights result of Taft's deadly game Toledo bureaucrats' ''solutions'' not working to prevent terrible crimes Toledo: Disarmed (smoke-free) citizens, well-armed criminals Toledo's gun control problem: only the criminals have guns Toledo gun control laws amount to...

17-year old accused of robbing woman at gunpoint; burning another alive

12:53pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Only law-abiding citizens are waiting for April 8 to carry concealed firearms. As this story and the Ohio Crime Clock shows (top-right column at www.buckeyefirearms.org ), criminals are not waiting, nor will they bother with the extensive licensing process once available. Teen charged in killing also accused of robbery March 23, 2004 Columbus Dispatch First she was robbed at gunpoint outside her...

Woman kills intruder

12:13pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Springfield News-Sun March 23, 2004 A Springfield woman shot and killed a 21-year-old man early Sunday, reportedly after the victim and a companion broke into her Chestnut Avenue home, police said. Matthew J. Marino, 21, whose address was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center at 3:45 a.m., Springfield police Lt. Michael Hill said. Officers found Marino lying on...

Counties prepare handgun warnings

11:47am Tuesday, March 23, 2004
UPDATE: The Associated Press has picked this story up - it will likely be published in news outlets across the state. Please forward reports of any potentially illegal bans to [email protected] . Officials debate details of keeping guns out of government buildings March 23, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Central Ohio counties are scrambling to prepare and post signs reminding conceal-carry permit...

Police investigating shooting inside Toledo restaurant

7:15pm Monday, March 22, 2004
March 22, 2004 13abc.com - WTVG Toledo Robbery suspect shot several rounds into ceiling before getting away with woman's purse Quite a scare for people at a West Toledo restaurant Sunday night. Toledo police say just before 8 p.m., an armed gunman walked into Jalapeno's at 519 N. Reynolds, shot a couple rounds in the ceiling and ordered everyone to the floor. Police tell us the gunman got away...

Op-Ed: Shootings add new dimension to issue of privacy vs. gun rights

6:39pm Monday, March 22, 2004
Aside from the fact that the "fix" proposed by Toby Hoover and the Brady Bunch (reporting mental records from Ohio courts to the federal government) would not have prevented the Ohio sniper from purchasing his firearms, Leonard's piece gives the most objective look of this issue you'll read in the Ohio media. Whether or not he could have gotten a concealed carry license matters none. The Ohio...

Rotten Apples continue swipes at concealed carry (and own credibility)

4:33pm Monday, March 22, 2004
Journalists at Ohio's liberal newspapers often attempt to maintain the notion that they are impartial when it comes to reporting on firearms and self-protection rights. These ongoing editorial page rants betray the folly of their efforts to claim neutrality. Cleveland Plain Dealer: First things first "'My Second Amendment rights are just as important as your precious First Amendment.' I've lost...

Is this DDN writer on the list of people who have lost their marbles?

3:22pm Monday, March 22, 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 Mary...

Northeast Ohio Marc's discount chain hangs discriminatory signs

1:00pm Monday, March 22, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Marc's, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, has made the decision to post discriminatory signs against CHL-holders. Marc's has 51 stores in NE Ohio (some branded as XPECT stores), located in Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark and Summit counties. Decisions to discriminate...

Michigan woman's gun may have saved her life

11:19am Monday, March 22, 2004
Yet another story of a licensed CHL-holder using their firearm to defend their life. This woman was on her way to work - no doubt to an employer with the good sense not to prevent her the ability to defend herself. Even the head of Michigan's Police Chief's assocation who was (formerly) opposed to CCW admits that this woman's life was saved because she was armed. March 20, 2004 Daily Oakland...

Ban on concealed weapons in park may not pass muster

4:42pm Thursday, March 18, 2004
Lisbon Journal News 3/18/2004 (Story edited for space) SALEM — Like any new law, Ohio’s concealed-carry handgun law remains open to interpretation, and one of the gray areas in House Bill 12 may be the ability of cities to prevent permit holders from carrying weapons in parks and similar areas. However, for now it appears the Salem Parks Department will not be able to ban handgun carriers from...

Attorney General's Office assures OFCC of on-time implementation

3:36pm Thursday, March 18, 2004
Upon discovery of the following Mt. Vernon News story, Ohioans For Concealed Carry leadership immediately consulted with the Ohio Attorney General's office about it's accuracy. As of 2:00 p.m., March 18, 2004, the OAG's office has assured OFCC that they have provided everything they are required to provide to the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association, which represents Ohio's 88 sheriffs, and that...

Ohio sniper: Time for a new approach to prevention

11:34am Wednesday, March 17, 2004
by Chad D. Baus The Ohio sniper suspect has been in custody for less than 24 hours, but the cacophony from gun controllers is already hitting a fever pitch. "Why can the mentally ill buy guns?" "Shouldn't there be waiting periods for making gun purchases in Ohio?" "What about enacting a one-gun-per-month rule?" "Why did Ohio just enact a concealed-carry law? Doesn't this prove such laws are...

WRONG: ''Expert'' advises city it can ban firearms in parks

11:31am Tuesday, March 16, 2004
As soon as we became aware of this incident, OFCC contacted both the Salem Parks Director Steve Faber, and SACS CEO/President Tim Dimoff. Mr. Faber indicated that in a subsequent meeting with a representative from the Attorney General's office, the Salem Parks Commission was informed of Section 9, and will not attempt to enact a ban on park property. We have also spoken with Mr. Dimoff, who...

Newspaper continues campaign to highlight victim zones

10:26am Tuesday, March 16, 2004
The ink was barely dry on HB12 before Ohio newspapers, including the New Philadelphia Times-Reporter , began running stories encouraging businesses to ban CHL-holders. The Times Recorder is continuing their victim zone campaign, with the following: March 14, 2004 New Philadelphia Times-Reporter Law won’t allow guns everywhere Ohioans with valid licenses to carry concealed handguns won’t be...

People lining up for concealed carry licenses

9:47am Tuesday, March 16, 2004
March 14, 2004 Willoughby News Herald Lynn Whipple believes the bumper sticker on his 1986 Toyota pickup truck says it all: "If guns kill people, then spoons make Rosie O'Donnell fat." Whipple, an 81-year-old Painesville man who wears a yellow ribbon on his sweater vest to support the troops overseas, said the concealed-weapons law that will go into effect April 8 in Ohio is a long time coming...

Former LEO from CCW state writes ''Ohio CCW will work!''

7:46am Tuesday, March 16, 2004
03/15/04 By: David Shull - OFCC supporter The City of Stow kicked off its Neighborhood Watch program tonight (03/15/04). A special guest speaker from the City’s law department gave an overview of the new CCW law. Four Stow police officers were in attendance along with around 30 citizens. The speaker stuck to the facts available, giving a fair and balanced presentation. The citizens had numerous...

After 70 peaceful years, Ft. Wayne media declares war on CHL-holders

8:17pm Monday, March 15, 2004
Mar. 15, 2004 By Mike Dooley Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel Nearly 14,000 Allen County residents had permits for handguns as of last year. You might be surprised at who's licensed to pack heat in Allen County. Late last year, at least 13,972 county residents -- including four times as many men as women -- had permits to carry handguns. While fairly consistent with previous years, the number of permits...

State sold Ohioans’ driving records to Florida database

7:13pm Monday, March 15, 2004
The ACLU rightly objects to this as a right to privacy issue, but was strangely silent when Bob Taft raised the spectre of making law-abiding CHL-holders subject to media scrutiny. March 14, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Story edited for space - click here to read the entire story. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles has sold Ohioans’ driving records to a Florida company that is building a federal law-...

Akron Beacon Journal whines they don't get enough back-pats from gunnies

2:47pm Monday, March 15, 2004
Mar. 14, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal By Mike Needs, Public Editor They call me Mr. Negative. At least a few newsroom colleagues do because of my daily reports on reader comments. They see them as being too negative too often. In this space on Sundays, you've seen phrases like "chorus of complaints'' and "firestorm of feedback'' to reflect how some of you have reacted to Beacon Journal efforts...

Missouri man repels 3 robbers by firing hidden pistol

12:33pm Monday, March 15, 2004
03/11/2004 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Robbers pointed a gun at Bryan Rutherford and demanded that he hand over valuables from his pickup Tuesday evening in Lemay. Rutherford didn't pull out cash or jewelry. He pulled out a .22-caliber pistol hidden in his vehicle and opened fire in what authorities believe is the first instance of self-defense with a concealed firearm since the Missouri Legislature...

City to arm itself against the new carry-concealed laws

11:55am Monday, March 15, 2004
At the recent Canfield City Council meeting, city manager Chuck Tieche reported on the new conceal-carry laws that will go into effect next month.He said there are several issues that need to be addressed as far as the city is concerned. One issue involves municipal buildings. Tieche said the citywill soon be posting a no firearms notice at the entrance. A person entering the building with a...

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