May. 05, 2004 Akron Beacon-Journal Dairy Mart clerk injured in holdup Robber strikes worker on head with pistol before fleeing with cash A robber entered a busy West Market Street convenience store…
Cuyahoga Sheriff can’t avoid duty under law; settles concealed carry lawsuit
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 5, 2004 Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce that OFCC member and Cuyahoga Co. resident Jim Irvine has been completely successful in his lawsuit to force…
Ft. Knox Ntl. Bank removes signs; Customer robbed at Fifth-Third
by Chad D. Baus Activists throughout Ohio are continue to make OFCC aware of successes in educating business-owners about why making their stores criminal protection zones is a very bad idea. We…
Kroger ”reexamining the issue” after massive grassroots uprising
UPDATE: Kroger digs in for a fight. Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been informed by Kroger Customer Relations that the company is reexamining its decision to post signs barring concealed handgun license-holders…
Store owner doesn’t conceal his stand on firearms
Businesses continue to get the message! The Ft. Knox Bank, Home Depot Springfield, Roman Cycle and the New Philadelphia Walmart are all businesses which briefly posted signs, only to take them down…
Gun ban extremists to offer first concealed carry ”corrections” bill?
OFCC members, training instructors, law enforcement officers and new concealed handgun licensees have already identified several problems with Ohio’s concealed carry law that are in need of immediate attention. Restrictions on license-holders…
Mall struck by ‘Retail Rapist’; later posts signs disarming employees/customers
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that one of the Ohio businesses which is discriminating against concealed handgun license (CHL)-holders, and acting to render their employees defenseless has had two high-profile incidents…
SPITE: Two Ohio newspapers violate privacy of county CHL-holders
In the past two days, the Warren Tribune Chronicle (Trumbull Co.) and Elyria Chronicle-Telegram (Lorain Co.) have begun punishing the citizens of their respective counties as a means of protesting Ohio's new…
CAVE: Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff will take CHL appointments Monday, May 3
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff Gerald McFaul has reversed plans to hold off acceptance of concealed handgun license applications until “the end of May”, and will begin…
Business ban hypocrite: Kroger stores in Ohio enacting concealed carry ban
UPDATE: Kroger ”reexamining the issue” after massive grassroots uprising Headquartered in Cincinnati, the Kroger Company has years of experience with doing business in concealed carry states. It is likely that CHL-holders have…