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Last September, Ohioans for Concealed Carry celebrated a victory in the City of Cleveland Heights when we forced the city to repeal their unlawful gun registration program, remove illegal “no guns” signage from their parks, and eliminate other ordinances that violated state law and placed an untoward burden on gun owners.
OFCC’s lawsuit was filed only after the city had for years ignored OFCC’s letters, emails and phone calls, as we reported here and here.
After the city complied with the demands of OFCC’s lawsuit, a trial was scheduled to determine who must pay OFCC’s legal bills.
On Feb. 23, OFCC marked its second victory in the Cleveland Heights project: In a settlement reached shortly before the trial was to commence in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, the City of Cleveland Heights agreed to pay $7,000 to OFCC to address the organization’s legal expenses.
The city admitted no fault in their $7,000 settlement, and, because the case was settled before trial, there is no official “winner.” Cleveland Heights already had fully complied with the demands of OFCC’s September lawsuit by repealing all ordinances in conflict ORC 9.68 and by removing the “no guns” signs from their parks.
“It is very unfortunate that all of our efforts to encourage Cleveland Heights to follow the law over the course of many years fell on stubborn and deaf ears,” said OFCC President Jeff Garvas. “Had city officials taken us seriously and treated us with professionalism and respect, we’d have never taken them to court in the first place.”
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Philip Mulivor is a coordinator for Ohioans for Concealed Carry and author of Proclaiming Liberty: What Patriots and Heroes Really Said about the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.
from Home http://bit.ly/xH6Em2
The Trucker’s Friend looks more like it should be named the Zombie’s Enemy… Billed as an all-purpose all-in-one tool it mashes an axe, hammer, nail puller, spanner, try bar, and tire chain hook into one 12-inch tool.
I wonder how long it will take till we see the Trucker’s Friend make an appearance in a Zombie flick?
from In The Rabbit Hole http://bit.ly/xhivXU
Link what you have with what you want and BarterQuest will help you find someone to trade with.
Most people have now heard of this site, which means there are tons of listings for all sorts of things. Buy and sell pretty much anything, including professional services.
A site where you can buy, sell, and trade clothing, movies, sporting goods, and more.
Trade away the stuff that you don;t use anymore for some stuff that you will use. Earn credits when someone wants something you have and then use your credits to buy something else that someone else has listed.
NeighborGoods allows you to share stuff with your neighbors. From Tools to musical instruments, you can borrow what you need and lend others what they need.
Trade your clothing, accessories, books, and more with others online. This site allows you to join groups where you can also socialize and get fashion, book and green living tips.
A network of sites all around the country where you can find people nearby who want to give stuff away, instead of throwing it away.
Still in its BETA phase, this site lets you lend and borrow stuff with your Facebook friends.
Swap, sell, trade of buy. You can find everything from products to car pooling offers.
A free online swap meet where you can even create a wish list of the things you are looking for and then get notified when any of those items become available for swapping.
SwapTreasures
Works on a point system, where you give away what you don;t need and use your points to buy the stuff you do need.
Create an ad for the item you wish to get rid of and then wait for someone to reply. Offers to buy and sell items are based off the actual values for items.
A very good site where you can list what you have to offer as well as what you’d like in return. You can localize your search and find people willing to barter services such as haircuts, etc.
White Willy allows you to barter your stuff, in the spirit of white elephant sales. As of March, 2012 this site was still in BETA stage.
Rent anything. From cars to tools to vacation homes, this is a great way to rent what you need instead of having to drop a bundle to own it.
from The Prep Room’s Official Blog http://bit.ly/ybQJZH
- A bottle of rubbing alcohol
- A bottle of hydrogen peroxide
- A box of bandaids (assorted sizes)
- A thermometer
- A bottle of Tylenol
- A bottle of baby aspirin
- A bottle of motrin
- Sudafed tablets
- Antiseptic wipes
- Antibiotic ointment
- Antibiotic powder
- Needles
- Thread
- Safety pins
- Tweezers
- Non-latex gloves
- A blood pressure cuff
- A stethoscope
- Scissors
- Sterile gauze pads (assorted sizes)
- Sterile rolled gauze
- Sterile wound dressing tape
- Hydrocortizone cream
- Benadryl tablets
- Acidophilous
- Instant cold packs
- Instant heat packs
- A small flashlight
- Space blankets
- Ace bandages (the elastic-roll type for setting sprains)
- Cotton balls
- Cotton swabs
- Instant hand sanitizer
- Suction bulb (the kind for babies noses)
- First aid manual
- Eye goggles
- Face masks
- Duct tape
- Sterile eye wash
- Triangular bandages
- Butterfly bandages
- Soap
- Sterile towels
- Ziploc bags
- Large, heavy duty plastic trash bags
- Burn cream
- Activated charcoal
- Imodium
- Vitamin C
- First aid manual
- Extra supply of prescription meds
- Epi-pen
- Nitroglycerin tablets
- Prescription pain killer tablets
- Prescription antibiotic tablets
- Blood sugar test kit
- A check off sheet of the contents of your first aid kit (review at least every six months)
- Sugar pills or paste
- Oral rehydration salts
- Amonia inhalent
- Antacid tablets
- Splints (assorted sizes)
- C-collar
- AED (if someone in the household has a history of heart problems)
- Adult diapers
- Suction syringe
- Super glue
- Moleskin
- Forceps
- Scalpel/extra blades
- Petroleum jelly
- Iodine (liquid)
- Iodine pills (for disinfecting water)
- Calamine lotion
- Aloe vera gel
- Eye drops
- Mineral oil
- Snake bite kit
- Oil of clove/dental kit
- Pregnancy test kit
- Yeast infection medication
- Tampons/feminine pads
- Tourniquet
- Advanced first aid equipment that you have been trained to use (ET kit, bone gun, quick clot, injectible medicines, needles and syringes, IV bags, etc)
- Pen and paper
- Urine test strips
- Magnifying glass
- Tea tree oil
- Herbs that you have been trained to use (chamomile, lavender, fox glove, etc)
- Plastic food wrap
- Sun block cream
- DEET bug repellent
- Standard disposable razor
- Large bandanna (for making a sling)
- Sterile water pouches
- Matches/lighter
- Small dental mirror
- Dental probe
- Teething gel
- A comprehensive first aid class (obviously this doesn’t go in the kit but the materials from the class can)
from Code Name Insight http://bit.ly/zBTZCO
by Chad D. Baus
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a 78 year-old man was forced to shoot a 17 year-old male who to broke into the house he was sleeping in.
From the article:
“Police told me if I hadn’t dropped him with that that first one, he would have got me,” [Ted] Ziolkowski said in a telephone interview.
The youth remained in Metrohealth Medical Center under police guard. His mother said late Friday afternoon that “he’s fighting for his life.”
She said her son had been in trouble with the law before. She also said he’d been shot before, when he was 14 and he caught a stray bullet in the leg during a gang shootout in which he was not involved.
This time he was armed, according to police. They did not identify the weapon, but Ziolkowski said investigators told him it was an ancient chrome-plated .32 cal. Smith & Wesson semi-automatic.
The article goes on to say that Ziolkowski, who now lives on a farm in Ashtabula County, was sleeping on a couch in the kitchen when the attack began. He had been making repairs to the house where his late mother used to live. The house currently contains two rental units.
He heard the youth trying to break in, and saw the beam of a flashlight through a crack in the kitchen door.
The youth “had a screwdriver and popped out the lock. When he pushed open the door I fired one shot,” Ziolkowski. The intruder slumped against the door, and the old man couldn’t open it so he called 911.
The 11 p.m. break-in was the second one of the day, he said. That morning someone had broken into the upstairs apartment “and the carpet had been cut out.”
Between the two burglaries, intruders “busted out three of my doors, the back door, one to the downstairs apartment and one to the upstairs. They’re the old type and you can’t buy them anymore. So I’ll get steel ones and steel jambs. They want a fortune for those.”
Ziolkowski used a .32 cal. Beretta pistol. “I never shot anybody before, not outside of a deer,” he said. “It was dark there and he looked awful big to me.”
The shooting will be reviewed by the city prosecutor, police said. Ziolkowski said he would drop off his weapon at the 4th District Police Station for ballistics tests as police requested. They promised to return it to him.
Under Ohio’s Castle Doctrine law, if someone unlawfully enters or attempts to enter an occupied home or temporary habitation, or occupied car, citizens have an initial presumption that they may act in self defense, and will not be second-guessed by the State.
A complete list of known incidents involving Ohio CHL-holders defending themselves is available here.
from Buckeye Firearms Association http://bit.ly/wFRg8Y
