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Criminals use Plain Dealer to pre-plan armed robbery

1:02pm Monday, December 27, 2004

This wasn't supposed to happen. Time and again, when told that publishing lists of gun owners (CHL-holders) would provide criminals lists of homes from which to steal guns, the media (led in many ways by Cleveland Plain Dealer editor Doug Clifton) responded by saying that criminals just weren't smart enough to utilize the newspaper to premeditate their crimes or select their targets. The Akron...

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Victim zone robbery: Another Family Dollar gets hit

11:56am Monday, December 27, 2004

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a Family Dollar discount store was robbed Thursday night after a man posing as a customer said he had a gun and demanded cash, police said. The holdup occurred at the Family Dollar store in the Wooster-Hawkins Shopping Plaza in West Akron. A clerk reported that a man entered shortly after 9:30 p.m. and approached the counter as if he were going to buy a...

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Letter to the Editor: Columnist had biased gun information

11:44am Monday, December 27, 2004

December 27, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer In regard to the "Your voice" column "Let's make peace one of our 'values,'" (Dec. 20): The Brady organization is probably the most untruthful anti-gun outfit extant. According to the U.S. government and the National Safety Council (which, by the way, closely monitors such things and keeps records), the rate of accidental deaths among children under 14 is the...

Letter to the Editor: Push to ban guns puts citizens, city at risk

10:11am Monday, December 27, 2004

December 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch According to The Dispatch, motor vehicles kill more law-enforcement officers than guns (Dispatch article, Dec. 12). According to recent testimony by Columbus Police Lt. Stephen Schwab at a Columbus City Council hearing, the 9 mm handgun is the preferred weapon of criminals in Columbus. So what type of gun does Columbus City Councilman Michael Mentel want to ban...

Ohio Concealed Carry ranked as top state-wide story of 2004

7:49am Sunday, December 26, 2004

It got beat out by two national stories in the overall ranking (the Presidential election took two slots and the capture of Columbus "sniper" Charles McCoy Jr. in Las Vegas took third), but passage of Ohio Concealed Carry was the top Ohio-only story in 2004, and ranked an impressive fourth on the list of the 10 most memorable stories of the year. The stories were ranked by Ohio Associated Press...

What a difference a year makes! Merry Christmas from OFCC

9:26am Friday, December 24, 2004

It seems difficult to believe that one year ago this week, Ohio was still suffering under a 150-year old ban on armed self-defense, and the final open carry 'Defense Walk' had just ended with much success in Vermilion, Ohio. Christmas 2003: Self-defense ambassadors bring good will to Vermilion Thanks for helping make 2004 a very Happy New Year... Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at...

Another man with a gun in ''no-guns'' Holland Oil station

9:12am Friday, December 24, 2004

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that an employee at a Copley Road gas station ran and locked herself in a back room during a holdup attempt Wednesday, causing the would-be robber to flee with nothing. The incident occurred about 8 p.m. at the Holland Oil in the 1200 block of Copley. The newpaper reports that a man entered the station and passed a note stating he had a gun and ordering the...

Only YOU can protect you: Brown Co. sheriff patrol will be down to 1 cruiser

9:04am Friday, December 24, 2004

"You don't need a gun - let the police protect you", right? The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that residents throughout Brown County won't see as many sheriff's deputies on patrol and will have to go to the sheriff's office to report non-emergency crimes beginning Jan. 2. Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger told the Enquirer his office will lay off 10 employees from its 42-member staff and will not fill...