The Dayton Daily News is reporting Dayton police officer Michael Blake is a suspect in the shooting death of his wife Niema at the couple's home, following a domestic dispute on Saturday.

DPD Maj. Michael Brown said the handgun used in the shooting was retrieved at the scene. He said he did not know if it was a police-issued weapon. Brown also told the paper the shooting took place on the first floor of the couple's two-story, red brick and vinyl-sided home in the University Row neighborhood, and that first emergency responders said that only Blake and his wife were home at the time.

Brown commented to the newspaper of the department's handling of the shooting, "Obviously, it's tough for us to handle."

Indeed.

According to the DDN in a Monday update, questions are now being raised over why Blake has still not been arrested.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for more.

Two Ohio newspapers seem to be finally grasping the reality that senseless violence can happen. But don't be surprised when they continue to oppose your right to defend against it…

Click on the "Read More..." link below for the complete story.

OFCC's Senate Disctrict 10 Coordinator Larry S. Moore participated in an on-camera interview with Dayton's WDTN last Friday. A short summary of the news report is available on the news channel's website.

After a violent downtown riot you saw first on 2 -- gun advocates think it's time to let RTA passengers to protect themselves.

Larry Moore, a representative for Ohioans for Concealed Carry, says gun owners should be able to carry weapons on RTA buses. He says he's prepared to take the battle to court. “Ohio law clearly provides Government buildings are posted but not public places and I believe the bus is a public place not a building. It might take a court case to prove that.”

Some people we talked to last night say allowing bus passengers to carry guns may only lead to more problems downtown.

According to Senator Randy Gardner's office, the Ohio Attorney General's office has taken a firm position when it comes to "no-guns" signs posted on busses.

In an email response to a CCW advocate in April 2004, Sen. Gardner's office said the following:

"The AG's office is under the belief that public busses are not exempted and that local ordinances can't override state law."

Related Stories:
''Near riot'' at ''no-guns'' Dayton RTA hub

Dayton RTA psgr. shoots self in leg; exposes media access loophole folly

Dayton bus stop crime highlights ongoing violations by Ohio RTAs

"Don't get a CHL. Just do what the robber says and you'll be ok..."

Those empty words of advice from some Ohio employers, bankers, and gun ban extremists ring hollow in light of a
report from a KTRK Houston (ABC 13):

A convenience store clerk in Cleveland handed over the cash, but was still shot and killed in cold blood. Now, police need your help to catch his killer.

"He acted like he was fixing to leave the store. He made a left hand turn. He pulled a semi-automatic handgun, told the clerk he wanted the money," explained Detective Kelly. "The clerk backed off. He reached over the counter and took the money from the clerk. On the way out, he shot [the clerk] twice."

The story goes on to say "the suspect would then casually walk out the store."

As OFCC has documented, criminals certainly know they can be casual on exit when businesses advertise their employees are defenseless by posting "no-guns" signs. And this story again serves notice: criminals do not need a reason to hurt or kill you or your family. So be prepared - get your Ohio CHL today.

Lesson learned in Akron: The need for self-defense can come when you least expect it:

Abduction suspect, truck described
A 21-year-old woman told police the man tried to abduct her when he stopped his vehicle, described as a black, late-model Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, as she walked on West Bergey Street shortly after 8 p.m. Monday. The man forced the woman into the vehicle and was driving north on Main Street when she struggled with him, according to police. She was able to jump from the vehicle as it moved slowly down the road, she told police.

Lesson learned in Dayton: The need for self-defense doesn’t stop at the thresh-hold of a state-mandated victim zone:

Dayton man suspect in Middletown rape
Police are seeking a Dayton man they believe raped, robbed and tied up a woman last month in the storeroom of a city bar. Antwan Hall, 24, of an unknown address, is wanted for aggravated robbery, kidnapping and two counts of rape in the Jan. 24 assault. The victim was found the next morning by two Aramark employees making a delivery to Tina's Bar and Bistro, 400 Clark St. They found her bound with electrical cords and covered with a comforter. Her boyfriend, who asked not to be identified, said she suffered a broken nose and other facial injuries.

Lesson learned in Columbus: Sometimes you don’t have to be at work to need to defend against a criminal who wants to rob your employer

Robbers’ hostage forced to help them
She never heard the crowbar against the locked back door, prying it loose.
It wasn’t until the two armed, masked men were standing in her bedroom that the woman woke up. It was 3:30 a.m. She had thought she was alone in the house. The two men handcuffed her and bound her as they waited for her husband to arrive home from his night job. About four hours later, when he walked into their S. High Street home, he found his wife tied to a chair and two men with handguns standing by her. He, too, was handcuffed and bound, Columbus police said. One of the bandits forced the woman to drive from her home to a KeyBank office on the Northwest Side, where she works as a teller. The other robber stayed with her husband. The woman had a key to the bank at 5775 Frantz Rd., but not for the vault. So they waited until a manager arrived with that key. The armed man left the bank with about $200,000 in a car driven by his partner, said the teller’s mother-inlaw, who spoke to The Dispatch on the condition of anonymity. What happened yesterday is hauntingly similar to a string of robberies of banks and check-cashing businesses in Columbus in the past two years.

Lesson EXERCISED in Seneca County: Prepare for the worst, because not all criminals who enter your house at 2:30 a.m. will be this stupid.

Burglar offers arresting performance on chief's piano
Seneca County sheriff's deputies said New Riegel's police chief Steve Swartzmiller was awakened shortly after 2:30 a.m. by the sound of someone breaking through the front door of his house on Township Road 22. Cindy Feasel, a dispatcher for the department, said Chief Swartzmiller grabbed his service firearm and headed for the living room, where he found Mr. Chadwell sitting at the piano. "He got up, and the chief told him to sit back down, and then he started playing," Ms. Feasel said, reading from an incident report. "He played beautifully, even as intoxicated as he was."

In a span of several days last week, several Ohio television outlets turned their focus of attention to the "problem" of inexpensive firearms which low-income families use to protect their homes.

Although Cleveland's WKYC admits most of the Hi-Point 9mm handguns that are used in crimes are purchased "on the street", the story goes on to blame gun shows and Ohio law for the misuse of these firearms.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for more.