The Gonger News Service is reporting that, almost four months after the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a challenge to a law that prohibits carrying concealed weapons, justices took the unusual - but not unprecedented step - Thursday of allowing the record to be supplemented with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on the same subject.

More information will be published when available.

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Wisconsin Supremes: Concealed arms ban OK

From the article: We cannot count soley on judges to fix this problem and protect the defenseless citizens of Ohio. The Senate leadership has a responsibility to appoint a conference committee for HB12, regardless of Bob Taft's opposition to the right of self-defense.

More information is now available concerning the tragic shooting of James Anthony ("Tony") Gordon in a Dayton carjacking Tuesday.

(For background on this story, see: "Blood on their hands?: Dayton man dies in apparent carjacking")

James Anthony Gordon, 27, of 309 E. Fairview Ave., was shot about 11:08 p.m. as his 13-year-old nephew, a passenger in the T-bird, watched. The car was stopped for a red light on North Main Street at Fairview Avenue when a gunman approached the driver's side, Lt. John Huber said.

"It's an innocent motorist who was robbed," Huber said. "The owner of the car, Mr. Gordon, tried to drive away and was shot for it."

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August 6, 2003
Akron NewsChannel5

AKRON, Ohio -- It's bad enough that someone would steal your car, but imagine a car thief driving off with part of you still in the vehicle.

Jessie Mooneyham's physical bruises will heal, but it's the emotional scars that will last.

"My hand's all messed up, my arm," she said. "I can't sleep at night."

Mooneyham wanted a pop when she stopped off at an area gas station. Instead, she came face to face with a carjacker who sped off in her car with her hand stuck in the door. One witness described the scene to a 911 operator.

"I saw him dragging her across the parking lot," the witness said. "She was hanging in the window."

"I got enough strength, reached up and put my legs around here and then I started punching him," Mooneyham said. "I don't know how I did it. I opened the door and flew this way and this way."

Mooneyham said the ordeal made her life flash before her eyes.

Akron police Capt. Daniel Zampelli said there are ways people can protect themselves if they are trapped in a similar situation. [Just last week, Zampanelli was quoted in the Akron Beacon-Journal telling readers that people who fight back are "putting themselves in harm's way".]

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