The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a robbery suspect was shot in the arm Friday by the manager of the Subway restaurant he is accused of trying to rob in the 2800 block of East Third Street.

The newspaper reports the suspect, whose name was not released, was taken to a local hospital to be treated for the non-life-threatening wound after police caught up with him at his sister's house in the 1-99 block of Philadelphia Street shortly after 1 p.m.

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It's been yet another dangerous week for customers of "no-guns" businesses in Ohio.

Criminals just don't seem to be able to grasp the idea that guns aren't allowed in places like the (Wisconsin-owned, northwest Ohio-based) Sterling Food Stores chain...

· Findlay Sterling Food Stores Robbery
The Findlay/Hancock County Crime Stoppers program is seeking help in finding a man who robbed a Sterling Store here last month. A man wearing a dark mask and claiming to have a gun entered the store at 1058 Fostoria Ave. about 9:30 p.m. Dec. 24 and demanded money. He fled on foot after obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, police told the Toledo Blade.

Just weeks after a CHL-holder stopped an attack in the parking garage of ''no-guns'' hospital, a different hospital garage was the scene of a robbery:

· Robber in "no-guns" garage at St. Vincent's Hospital takes elderly woman's car
Toledo police are seeking information through the Crime Stopper program about a man who robbed an elderly woman in the parking garage at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center. The man approached the woman about 3 p.m. on Dec. 31 in a garage near Cherry Street. He ordered her out of her car, then fled in the vehicle. According to the Toledo Blade, he left the car in a nearby neighborhood but took the victim's wallet.

For contact information for this and other dangerous locations, visit OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database.

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The January 11, 2005 Columbus Dispatch reported that a second accomplice in the robbery and murder of gun store owner and OFCC supporter Zane Wilson has been given the maximum sentence allowable for his crime.

The story says that upon learning that Clifford Morefield told a probation officer that he "didn’t deserve the time," the judge "saw red". Common Pleas Judge Beverly Y. Pfeiffer, dismayed by what she had read in a the probation officer’s statement, sentenced Morefield to prison for 27 years to life for participating in a robbery and murder at a Clintonville gun store in February, the newspaper reported.

Morefield, 19, pleaded guilty to reduced charges of murder and aggravated robbery on Nov. 17 to avoid the death penalty. He and three others were charged in the shooting death of Zane Wilson, the 78-year-old owner of Zane's Gun Rack at 4167 N. High St.

Wilson, a World War II veteran who saw combat in the South Pacific, was bound with duct tape and robbed, then shot while his store was looted of weapons, authorities have said. Before he died, Wilson freed himself and fired his gun, striking Morefield in the shoulder.

Zane's son, Roc, and his wife, Judy Wilson, have been to every sentencing.

...[Judge] Pfeiffer told the court she saw no remorse from Morefield for being involved in a crime that led to someone’s death. "I don’t think Mr. Morefield has learned his lesson," she is quoted as saying.

Robert A. Oliver, 18, already is serving 18 years in prison in connection with the robbery and slaying. Authorities said he drove the getaway car.

Jamel Curtis, 22, is expected to stand trial in February on aggravated murder charges in Wilson’s death. And Jason Hayes, 22, is awaiting a trial date on charges of murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping.

Commentary:
Mr. Wilson's March 2004 obituary asked that donations in his memory be made to Ohioans For Concealed Carry. At his funeral, Zane's family handed out pre-addressed envelopes for donations to be made directly to OFCC. His love of the Second Amendment and of his country was respected by those who loved him, and they gave generously.

May Zane Wilson's memory live in the free exercise of the rights he took up arms to protect no less than TWO times in his life.

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January 14, 2005
Huntington (WV) Herald Dispatch

HUNTINGTON -- Can restraining orders really protect you?

The question takes on tragic relevance in the wake of the shooting of a
Ceredo woman Wednesday. The man sought in her death had reportedly violated
such an order by showing up at her home the night before.

Cabell County Magistrate Michael J. Woelfel begins his answer by defining
some terms. He says "restraining orders," which are handled in Circuit
Court, can be against anyone who has harmed you or is threatening to.

The document you need when the person is a past or present relative is a "domestic violence protective order," which starts in Magistrate Court and progresses to Family Court.

The process begins when a magistrate hears a complainant’s request for help.

The magistrate decides whether to issue the order. Then the case is referred to Family Court, where a family court judge hears it within eight to 12 days and decides whether a "final protective order" is warranted. If the judge rules that it is, he or she can make that order effective for either 90 or 180 days.

If a DVP order is issued, the respondent -- the person accused of doing the abuse -- will be ordered to stop abusing, harassing, stalking, threatening and intimidating the complainant and will be prohibited from possessing or using any firearm or other weapon. Such possession while an order is in effect is a federal offense that could bring a 10-year prison term.

That’s the law -- but does the law work?

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The newspaper tries to go on to make the case that, "when enforced right", it does. But real life suggests otherwise:

Despite restraining order, man shoots ex-wife in head

''Paper Protection'' fails another battered wife

Mother: restraining order, cameras & pepper spray didn't save my daughter

Restraining nothing

Multiple restraining orders fail to restrain; Hamilton County woman dies

Right to self-defense coming too late for some domestic violence victims

Akron: Yet another attack after ''restraining'' order fails to restrain

Battered North Carolina wife refuses to be a victim

This probably wasn't what they were hoping for.

A group of gun ban extremists by the name of "Women Against Gun Violence" have posted a web poll asking visitors "Should civilians be allowed to carry concealed weapons?"

The website promotes its guiding principles to be:

1. We have the right to be free from gun violence in our homes, streets, schools, places of work and communities.

2. The presence and availability of firearms pose a significant threat to the safety of our communities.
3. Gun violence is a critical public health, safety, social and economic issue costing thousands of lives and billions of dollars every year.
4. To prevent gun violence, access to and availability of handguns, assault weapons and ammunition must be reduced.
5. Safety mechanisms must be maximized on guns that are produced and sold and consumer product safety laws must apply equally to firearms.

Is their message getting out? Must we reduce the availablity of guns to law-abiding citzens? Must we try to circumvent to Constitution by classifying gun violence as a public health issue, thereby allowing unelected, anti-gun CDC bureaucrats to endorce gun control policies on America? Is the presence of guns what is threatening our communities? Can we ever be "gun free"?

The WAGs' own readers don't think so:

Poll Results
Question: Should civilians be allowed to carry concealed weapons?

Yes - 97%
No - 2%
I don't know - 1%

The poll can be found by clicking here and scrolling to bottom right of the WAGs page.

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