Section 9 violators starting to get the message

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. Last week, OFCC acted to put the violators on notice . We are now pleased to report the first signs that city officials beginning to follow their...

HIPAA-proof: Attorney General confirms legality of mental health check rules

In the past few weeks, opponents of Ohio's new concealed handgun licensure law have been attempting to claim that a year-old Federal privacy law governing medical records (HIPAA) made it impossible to complete the background checks prescribed in House Bill 12 for CHL applicants. We told you weeks ago , and now the Ohio Attorney General has now confirmed it: they've been making much ado about...

New reality for nay-sayers: Their predictions will not come to pass; ours will

Ohio's news media have begun to struggle with reality: the general public is about to learn what proponents of this legislation have long known. Issuing concealed handgun licenses (CHL's) is not going to change daily living in Ohio. There will be no shoot-outs at fender-benders, or normal domestic arguments turned homicide. What is the anti-gun media doing to prepare for their readers to learn...

Police departments across state preparing for April 8

We've been giving Ohio's highest law-enforcement body in the land (our 88 county sheriffs) quite a bit of attention of late, but what about the lower, local law enforcement departments? For most, April 8 is being viewed as it should be - just another day on the job. "For so many years we’ve been trained to approach people as if they have a weapon," said Sgt. Kelly Hamilton of the Columbus Police...

So much for ''very little interest'' in concealed carry among Ohioans...

Ohio's media outlets are continuing to provide extensive coverage of the pending implementation of Ohio's new concealed carry reform law. As you read about the many thousands of applicants, keep in mind all the old claims from the gun control lobby that there was very little interest among Ohioans for concealed carry. Click on the "Read More..." link below for a long list of links to Ohio media...

Sheriffs prepare for rush

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]

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...

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