September 22, 2004
The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA)

CHASTISING PRESIDENT BUSH for allowing the ban on assault weapons to lapse, Sen. Kerry charged in a speech on Sept. 10 that "America's streets will not be safe because of a choice George Bush is making" and that "in the al-Qaida manual on terror, they were telling people to go out and buy assault weapons, to come to America and buy assault weapons." Furthermore, "Every law-enforcement officer in America doesn't want us selling assault weapons in the streets of America," he claimed.

Strong words from the Democratic candidate. But now we read in the October issue of Outdoor Life that Mr. Kerry himself may have one of these nefarious firearms. Asked if he was a gun owner and, if so, what was his favorite gun, the man from Massachusetts said, "My favorite gun is the M-16 that saved my life and that of my crew in Vietnam. I don't own one of those now, but one of my reminders of my service is a Communist Chinese assault rifle."

An assault rifle? Egads! So what is Mr. Kerry's philosophy, exactly? Outlaw guns, so only lawmakers can have them?

A Mr. Hero restaurant in Mentor is listed among the unsafe businesses in OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database. It is not yet known if this particular Mr. Hero was posted as well.

September 25, 2004

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a man attacked a manager of a Mr. Hero restaurant from behind and robbed the business at knifepoint Thursday night.

According to the newspaper, employees at the restaurant, 484 W. Market St., told the Akron Police Department that a man came in around 9:45 p.m. and asked to use the restroom.

When the manager went to unlock the door, police said the man grabbed her from behind, showed a knife and demanded money from the cash register.

Police told the Beacon Journal the robber took cash and left on a bicycle.

September 25, 2004

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a child opened the door for two masked men who committed a home invasion Friday.

The Akron Police Department told the newspaper a child at a home in the 800 block of Fried Street opened a side door around 8 a.m. Police say two men armed with guns entered the residence and threatened a 28-year-old man and two children, 7 and 10.

According to news accounts, the men then searched the home for money and hit the adult resident in the abdomen in an attempt to force cooperation. Police told the Beacon Journal robbers took an undisclosed amount of money.

Commentary:
With all of the recent problems with home invasions in Akron, why is this woman being charged for taking a gun to her door when a stranger came knocking?