July 27, 2004
Columbus Dispatch

Sen. John Kerry has portrayed himself as a hunter and advocate of Second Amendment rights in his commercials. This revelation was undoubtedly welcomed by the millions of firearms owners in the United States.

Now he is the co-sponsor of a bill that will outlaw repeating shotguns and rifles. These are used by trapshooters, skeet shooters and hunters. The repeating rifles are popular hunting and competition firearms.

Kerry has proved he is not to be trusted with our Second Amendment rights. How perfidious.

Alan D. Sells
Washington Court House

July 27, 2004
Columbus Dispatch

State Sen. Steve Stivers is moving up the chain of command of the Ohio Army National Guard and could be called to active duty before the year is over.

The Columbus Republican, assigned to the 237 th Personnel Services Battalion based at Rickenbacker Airport, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in June and now is battalion commander. He’s been in the guard 19 years.

Stivers said guard units are rotating into active service in the war against terrorism. "My unit is one of the units that might be called up," he said. If it is, "I’ll have a tough decision to make."

Stivers, 39, would have to decide whether to remain a senator during his year on active duty, or to resign his 16 th District seat. He’s running for a four-year term in November, having been appointed in January 2003.

July 26, 2004
Athens News

by Jim Phillips

In a case that is reportedly creating a buzz among local police officers and gun-rights advocates, an Athens doctor who allegedly pulled a gun during a traffic confrontation has had his concealed-carry permit temporarily suspended.

"It has been a topic of discussion in the law-enforcement community, and amongst the gun owners," confirmed Jerry Sullivan of Buchtel, who is both a county sheriff's deputy and a supporter of Ohio's new concealed-carry law.

Sullivan said the case of Dr. Jeffrey McAdoo "may set some legal precedent," as it could be the first case* in the state in which a concealed-carry permit holder has pulled a gun out and claimed he did so in self-defense.

McAdoo, an ophthalmologist who practices in Athens, has pled innocent to a charge of aggravated menacing, stemming from an incident July 9 on Shafer Street. According to police, McAdoo cut off Athens resident James Kirkendall in traffic near the West Union intersection, prompting Kirkendall to approach McAdoo's vehicle to upbraid him.

McAdoo has reportedly admitted pulling a gun on Kirkendall, but claims he did so only after Kirkendall assaulted him.

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July 27, 2004
Cleveland Plain Dealer

Don't disarm police anywhere

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro issued an opinion last week that defines the places where off-duty officers may not legally carry a concealed weapon.

The ruling is welcome only in that it clears up confusion as to whether police officers are subject to the same restrictions civilians face when it comes to carrying concealed weapons.

Petro says the same rules apply to all, which is fair, but is it wise?

The attorney general's ruling is likely to prove problematic because it strips officers of access to their firearms in places where they might be needed.

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July 27, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal

Mayor gets 3 minutes in spotlight

BOSTON - Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic will get time in the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention -- if only three minutes.

The mayor is scheduled to speak today on behalf of the National Conference of Mayors, of which he recently was named president.

"I'll get three minutes, sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.,'' he said Monday.

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FLASHBACK - January, 2004:
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic whined, "We took guns away from the Wild, Wild West more than 100 years ago,'' he said, "and we're revisiting it. I really think it's a sad day.

"It's a real indication of the wrong direction that the state of Ohio has gone with these right-wing folks down there driving the issues. I cannot believe... the typical soccer moms in suburbia who have helped put these people in office are going to feel good when they go to the nearest Wendy's... and find a bunch of people with guns strapped to their hips.''

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