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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Pro Gun Group Lists Stow Shops Welcoming, Opposed to Firearms

NEO Carry had held and is planning to host more open-carry gun demonstrations in Northeast Ohio.

NEO Carry, a recently established pro-gun group in Northeast Ohio, is advising members and other Ohio residents who carry guns what businesses they can and cannot carry their weapons into. The group, which recently held an open-carry demonstration in downtown Kent, has listed dozens of businesses — including many Stow shops — on its website advising which allow people to carry guns on their premises and those that prohibit firearms. Here are the Stow businesses flagged by NEO Carry as either prohibiting firearms or welcoming people who carry openly or have concealed carry weapon permits: Applebee's According to NEO Carry, businesses listed as "gun friendly" on their website were identified as such because there are no "Guns Prohibited" …

Brett Pucillo

8:32 am on Friday, January 18, 2013

I don't know if it is just me, but I honestly could not make sense of that last comment. I am still trying to figure out who he/she is talking about when they say "disregard their stupidity." I will say that indecipherable comments riddled with misspelled and misused words certainly go toward your credibility when advising others of someone's "stupidity."   more ›

Thursday, January 10, 2013

How Many People in Summit County Have a Concealed Carry License?

The answer isn’t easy to find.

Do you know how many of your neighbors have a license to carry a concealed weapon? No? That’s because Ohio keeps those records private.  The state releases a quarterly report of all the concealed carry licenses issued, renewed and suspended by county, but that’s as far as the breakdown goes. Information by city or zip code is not available.  Representatives from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Office and the Summit County Sheriff’s Office told Patch via email that the Ohio Revised Code allows journalists to view the list of license holders, but not to copy the information. The code defines the records as confidential. Journalists are the only individuals named in that portion of the law who are allowed to view the records and are defined as …

Gary Eiber

1:55 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013

I am worried about the guy with no license!! Gary   more ›

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