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Welcome to The Ohio Gun
Collectors Association home page.
OGCA is a
not-for-profit corporation that promotes friendship for
those interested
in
the collection, possession, and use
of arms by responsible persons.
-Founded
in 1937-
------- OGCA Meetings
are strictly LIMITED to members and their guests ------
March 14-15, 2020
Meeting Cancelled due to
Health Risks of the coronavirus
[Updated March 12,2020]
In recent days, concerns have rapidly mounted about the
coronavirus. Circumstances continue to change each day,
and we have received many calls from concerned members.
Due to the evolving public health risks associated with
the virus we have decided to
cancel the March 14-15 meeting/show. This has been a difficult but
necessary decision.
Today the Governor of Ohio has mandated that no
gatherings over 100 people are permitted.
Our priority is putting members and their family first. With the
many members traveling to/from Wilmington we also know that
canceling this meeting will help contain the virus for
everyone’s well-being. We appreciate your patience and
forbearance.
We have sent over 10,000 emails to members since Tuesday night,
spoken to hundreds of members via phone and have called
all tableholders with the exception of one that we have
not been able to reach. If you did not receive an email,
please email us at
ogca@ogca.com with your email address, name and
member number if you know it (if you don't know your
member number please include your address) so that we
can add you to our email list for future correspondence. If you have a
hotel reservation, be sure to cancel it.
Thank you for
your understanding and may you and your family be
healthy and safe.
The Ohio Gun Collectors Association
Spring 2020
Member's Newsletter
Upcoming Meeting Dates
CANCELLEDMarch 14-15, 2020
(Always the biggest! Reserve tables early)
CANCELLED
May 30-31, 2020 (Annual Display Show and Banquet)
July 18-19, 2020 (Featuring ROCS [Ruger Owners &
Collectors Society] and Remington
Society of America plus a free Ohio Hunter Safety
Education Class)
Sept. 12-13, 2020 (Special Guests, Winchester Arms
Collectors Assoc.)
Nov. 21-22, 2020 (Annual Meeting/Director Election)
FOR
A COMPLETE SCHEDULE, DIRECTIONS AND
HOTELS, CLICK ON
SHOWS.
New Meeting Hours:
8:30 AM - 5 PM, Saturday; 8:30 AM -
2
PM Sunday.
Important: New Tableholder
set up hours per the article on the
"NEWS" page.
Online Dues Payments Click Here
Legislative
Alert - Your Action Needed
Our lawmakers are
receiving thousands of letters, calls and emails
demanding a wide variety of gun control measures
including an outright ban, registration and confiscation
of guns. Some (a few) are calling for measures directed
at actual crime control which is something all OGCA
members can get behind assuming the law is well-written
and actually enforced. Our credo, after all, includes
“...We believe when a person convicted of a crime in
which a weapon is used, the punishment should be swift,
certain and severe.”
Mass shootings have become more and more sensationalized
and have resulted in a debate over gun violence that is
widely misrepresented by the media and certain political
groups. Anti-firearms extremists are doing a better job
than we are in getting our message across, and the
sooner we face that fact, the better. Our rights and our
grandchildren’s rights are at stake! With onerous
legislation on the docket and a crucial national
election only 13 months away we are calling on each of
our members, like-minded friends and family to contact
your legislators.
If you have never written a letter to your congressman
today is the day, and for your convenience we have
provided a sample letter on our website. You may edit
the letter according to your personal beliefs and
opinions or sign it and send it as is. If you are
reading this at www.ogca.com click
here to go directly to that generic letter
as a Word doc. See below for a pdf file format and links
to pre-addressed letters to some of our Ohio legislators
and President Trump.
(Contact us for a hard copy of the letter as needed at (330) 467-5733.)
Find your legislators using the links below.
Don’t forget your
pro-freedom legislators! A natural assumption is that we
don’t need to pressure those who already think like us
on the Second Amendment, but that couldn’t be more
wrong! They need to be able to tell the press and the
anti-gun forces that the number of contacts they are
receiving in favor of the Second Amendment are more than
those calling for ineffective and dangerous gun control
and outright bans.
Likewise, if you have never taken the time to write an
intelligent, well-reasoned and respectful blog, post or
letter-to-the-editor, now is the time. This is no false
alarm or hype. Our lawmakers, media and general public
need to hear the opinions of the 18,000 members of The
Ohio Gun Collectors Association, their friends and
family.
PDF of Generic Letter to Legislator
Sample letter to Senator Brown
Sample letter to Senator Portman
Sample letter to Ohio Governor DeWine
Sample letter to President Trump
The White House
Phone
Numbers
Comments: 202-456-1111
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
U.S. Capitol Switchboard
The U.S. Capitol
switchboard will connect you to your legislator’s
offices. Call (202)
224-3121
Take 60 seconds to call and let them know we don’t
need any new gun regs. Address crime and mental health!
FAX: 202-456-2461
Following are some helpful links to
contact your legislators:
http://www.capwiz.com/buckeyefirearms/home/
https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative
https://www.senate.gov
Click for
our 3-page Brochure on OGCA, Joining and Safety (pdf)
To review BATF Notice to
Gun Show Participants 5300.23A revised October 2016 click Here
Copies of this flier are available in the lobby at each
meeting and are posted in the hall.
The OGCA
History Book
Almost Sold
Out! Get Your Copy at the Next Meeting at the PAC table
Before they are all Gone!
Hard cover, 148 pages with over 350 photos and graphics.
Low suggested donation level of just $35. Made in
the USA!
Unloading/Set-up
for tableholders: Friday 3 PM - 9 PM;
Saturday 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM; Sunday 7:30 am - 8:30 AM
Meeting Hours:
Saturday; 8:30 AM - 5 PM
*
Sunday 8 AM - 2
PM (Don't forget
we close at
2 PM on Sunday.)
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