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Letter to the Editor: Armed citizens are first line of defense
Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 08/16/2004 - 15:24.August 16, 2004
Toledo Blade
I recently read your article concerning possible budget cuts for the police division. I was shocked to read that on any given afternoon there are only 44 police officers in cars available to respond to a call for service. Fourty-four officers to cover a city of more than 300,000?
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This is incredible. And there are still people who wish to deny law-abiding citizens the right to protect themselves? Thank God we now have concealed-carry.
This is further proof of what CCW advocates have said for years: The police are not here to protect everyone; the first line of defense is armed, law abiding citizens.
J.J. KERSTE
Olson Street
11 yr.-old raped in ''hell''; otherwise known as a ''gun-free'' Toledo city park
Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 08/16/2004 - 10:53.August 16, 2004
NBC24.com (Toledo)
Toledo Police are searching for the man who raped an 11-year-old girl behind a South Toledo park.
The crime happened in an area her father calls "Hell". Now he wants the city to clean it up.
Click on the "Read More..." link below for more.
