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What was the top OhioCCW story for 2004?

Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 12/20/2004 - 23:07.

Gun Rights Groups

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is interested in learning what you consider to have been the top story concerning concealed carry in Ohio this past year.

Please take time to participate on the online survey, located at the upper-right of OFCC homepage (www.ohioccw.org).

Newspaper carrier raped on the job; her employer bans self-defense

Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 12/20/2004 - 19:53.

Gun Grabbers

The Toledo Blade reported today that one of its delivery personnel was raped early yesterday morning by a man who forced himself into her car on Tremainsville Road in the northwest part of Toledo.

Toledo police Sgt. Paul Hickey told the newspaper the suspect assaulted the woman at 5:30 a.m. in the 2800 block of Tremainsville. The Blade said he declined to release further details of the attack.

The suspect was described as a black male, 5 feet, 8 inches, about 170 pounds, with corn row-style hair. He was wearing a black, silky stocking cap underneath a blue baseball cap and a dark-colored coat.

John Fortner, circulation director for The Blade, was quoted as saying the victim was a contract employee of the newspaper.

Everyone who follows this issue is acutely aware of the Toledo Blade's editorial stance against self-defense. So it will likely come as no surprise that an OFCC source confirmed today that the Blade enforces a ban against concealed carry on all of its employees, including newspaper carriers who travel into dangerous areas at odd hours of the night.

Our source also states that two of the Blade's night employees were robbed in the Blade parking lot just a few months
ago, within view of the "No Guns" signs on all of the doors of the Blade
building in downtown Toledo.

It is incumbent upon incoming the 126th General Assembly (2005-2006) to remove civil liability immunity from businesses which act to render employees and/or customers defenseless.

Another DDN employee victimized in a gun crime

Findlay police investigate paper carrier assaults

AGAIN: Dayton Daily News employee robbed

74 year-old newspaper carrier shot in carjacking

Cincy police officer's firearm stolen from parking lot outside ''no-guns'' biz

Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 12/20/2004 - 19:18.

Gun Grabbers

December 19, 2004
WKRC.com (Ch. 12 Cincinnati)

Off-Duty Police Officer's Car & Weapons Stolen

An off-duty police officer's personal car, containing his service weapon was
stolen from a mall parking lot Saturday afternoon.

Police said the Sergeant, who works with the Cincinnati Police Department, was
shopping at Northgate Mall today, when he noticed his car keys were missing.
The officer kept his 9 mm handgun, a taser, baton and police identification in
the car. The car is a 1995 Lexus ES 300. It is maroon with Ohio license plate
number BHU2997.

Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call CrimeStoppers at
352-3040.

Commentary:
Another gun is now in the hands of a criminal, and there is no one to blame but the criminal... or is there?

Northgate Mall has posted signs which ban concealed carry. When a CHL-holder needs to enter a "no-guns" victim zone, Ohio law currently requires that they leave their firearm in a locked case in "plain sight" in their motor vehicle, or in a locked glove box.

Ohio's new concealed cary law was written so that off-duty police officers (when not acting within the scope of their duties), must obey the same rules as license-holders do (see: Petro: Off-duty officers must obey ''plain sight'' requirements; certain others).

When considering HB12, state senators on the Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice ignored May 2003 testimony from police officers like Gahanna Police Chief Dennis Murphy, who voiced opposition to the creation of "victim" zones, where people would be required to leave their firearm in their car. Murphy testified that such a law would lead to more gun thefts. Yet again, it is painfully obvious that Chief Murphy was right when he testified before Senators that the safest place for a CHL-holder's firearm is on the hip of it's owner.

Gun ban extremists have been attempting to scare businesses into posting "no-guns" signs, and in at least two cases, have even attempted to profit from marketing such baseless fears (See: Trudeau and O'Neill).

We warned Senators about this, and on something like this, we don't like being right.

It is incumbent upon the incoming 126th General Assembly (2005-2006) to fix Ohio's concealed-carry law by removing the dangerous 'plain sight' provisions and by removing liability immunities for businesses which act to render customers defenseless.

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