After years of spewing anti-gun rhetoric in efforts to oppose concealed carry reform in Ohio, the state’s most liberal Democrats are suddenly very interested in backing concealed carry legislation at the Statehouse….
Prime Outlets Malls: Shopping for Defenseless Victims
Ohioans For Concealed Carry first notified supporters about Prime Outlets mall’s discriminatory signs on May 3. The Jeffersonville mall holds a dubious distinction on the Do Not Patronize While Armed list, as…
Op-Ed: Term limits are the debasing poison in Ohio politics
by Thomas Suddes, Cleveland Plain Dealer The one sure way to drain the Statehouse consulting- and-collecting cesspool would be to repeal General Assembly term limits. Otherwise, nothing will change in Columbus, not…
Letter to the Editor: ”No gun” signs give wrong message
July 14, 2004 Sidney Daily News To the editor: I read Toby Hoover’s letter congratulating your newspaper for illegally publishing the names and addresses of the CCW holders in Shelby County. Why…
Section 9: Clyde officials squirm; Cleveland, Willougby & Hamilton back down
July 14, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Clyde faces gun fight Group threatens suit if city doesn’t rescind weapons ban in parks CLYDE — City officials continue to receive outside pressure to rescind…
CASE DISMISSED: Unanimous Supreme Court sends Toby Hoover packing
UPDATE! July 14, 2004, 5:25 p.m. ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state’s three-month-old concealed weapons law passed its first test on Wednesday when a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court threw…
Homicidal home invaders: ”I come to rob you”
July 13, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Masked gunmen kill two at home One man was dead and another in custody as authorities early this morning closed in on two suspects from a triple-shooting…
Ottawa County reviews its staff CCW policy
July 13, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald PORT CLINTON — Ohio’s concealed-carry law, which took affect in April, has county officials trying to determine a new policy to outline when and where…
Double jeopardy: Bank robber passes TWO companies’ ”No-Guns” signs
This bank robber walked past “no-guns” signs as he entered one of the few remaining ‘posted’ Kroger stores, and walked past another set of “no-guns” signs as he entered the Fifth Third…
Have you driven a Mike Pruitt Ford lately?
Although OFCC volunteers have been successful at getting many dealerships to remove their discriminatory signs, others have resisted initial education efforts. Following is a response received by an OFCC supporter from Mike…