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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...

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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...

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...

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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...

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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...