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NRA-ILA Names OFCC Volunteer Organization of the Year For 2003

August 13, 2004 NRAILA.org Each year, NRA-ILA acknowledges the outstanding efforts in defense of our freedom of a select group of individuals and an organization. The ILA volunteer award winners for the year 2003 are: NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year Award: Ohioans for Concealed Carry (Ohio). Ohioans for Concealed Carry (OFCC) were instrumental in the passage of the state`s historic...

List of cities removing illegal signs continues to grow

This past week was dominated by news that, in spite of the law, the intent of Ohio General Assembly, and statements from the Ohio Attorney General, officials in the City of Clyde had chosen to continue enforcing an illegal ordinance banning concealed firearms on public property. OFCC filed suit against the city of Clyde on behalf of its members , and just hours later, Sandusky County Common Pleas...

FLASH: Temporary Restraining Order issued against City of Clyde

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge Harry A. Sargeant, Jr. has granted our request for a temporary restraining order , which prohibits the City of Clyde from enforcing Ordinance # 2004-41 (a concealed carry ban). The City of Clyde has been ordered to remove its signs within 24 hours. Text of the order can be reviewed by clicking on the "Read More..."...

Ohioans For Concealed Carry Sues City of Clyde Over Concealed Handgun Ban

Self-Defense Advocacy Group Says City Ordinance Unconstitutional CLEVELAND - Ohioans For Concealed Carry, the state's largest grassroots organization working to reform, defend and enforce Ohio's self-defense laws, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Clyde in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas against the City of Clyde and each individual elected and appointed...

Letter from OFCC's Business Education Coordinator

Over the past several months, OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database has served as a useful resource for law-abiding CHL holders and others across Ohio. Users of the website can easily determine which businesses throughout Ohio have asked us not to visit them unless we are defenseless. These are listed as Criminal Protection Zones (CPZs) The database also lists locations that have decided...

Councilman Polensek has ''long been a leader in pushing...[Cleveland] gun laws

On August 3, businessman and Ohio CHL-holder Bill Singleton was ambushed by three robbers outside his check-cashing business. Despite being mortally wounded, Singleton was able to return fire, fatally wounding one of his attackers. Two others are still at large. In the hours that followed, friends and neighbors began weighing in on the anger and frustration they feel at begin so helpless in their...

FOP Should Now Endorse National CCW For Private Citizens, Says CCKRB

August 2, 2004 Based on the Fraternal Order of Police support for national concealed carry for working and retired police officers as "a deterrent to crime and terrorism," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today called on the FOP to support national concealed carry for armed private citizens. CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron noted, "We all know that even...

Tony Gordon Fund moved from bank on Do Not Patronize While Armed list

OFCC also announces move of corporate account to bank more friendly to self-defense rights Ohioans For Concealed Carry has announced that it is moving the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund, as well as OFCC's own corporate bank accounts, to banks which do not restrict Ohioans' constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense. At the preference of his family, the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund was created at...

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