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When Justice fails to protect

5:00am Sunday, May 15, 2005

12 offenders from Geauga are among those to get new parole hearings A class-action suit filed in Franklin County could mean that 12 convicted felons, most of them sexual offenders, may be back walking the streets of Geauga County sooner than expected. The Ohio Parole Board released a list of 2,700 criminals across Ohio who will be receiving new parole hearings after Franklin County courts...

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Ohio tourist trap: Doctor from PA shot, killed in attack on turnpike

4:09pm Saturday, May 14, 2005

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Pennsylvania doctor was shot to death along the Ohio Turnpike in Broadview Heights Friday night. From the story: Dr. Gulam Moonda, 65, was shot once in the head during a robbery about 6:30 p.m., said Lt. Rick Zwayer, a patrol spokesman. Moonda, his wife and another relative, who were on their way to Toledo, had pulled their 2000 Jaguar to the side of...

Op-Ed: (Canadian) Gun control myths just won't die

5:00am Saturday, May 14, 2005

By Lorne Gunter National Post I have never owned a firearm. Heck, I've never even held a real gun, much less fired one. Still, there are few federal programs that irk me more than Ottawa's gun registry. It's not just the waste, although that's atrocious -- nearly $2-billion for a dysfunctional pile of uselessness. And it's not just the uselessness. The registry is also one of those truisms for...

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CCW News from across the nation

4:55am Saturday, May 14, 2005

AK: Alaska Preemption Bill Update! NRA supported House Bill 184 passed out of the Alaska Legislature on Saturday, May 7. HB184 is now waiting transmittal to Governor Frank H. Murkowski’s desk for signature. This important legislation will prevent local gun control laws and eliminate the potential for an unfair and inconsistent patchwork of local firearm ordinances across Alaska, while protecting...

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Poll: Taft approval rating at 19%; 74% disapprove

5:15am Friday, May 13, 2005

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a new national poll has determined Gov. Bob Taft has the lowest approval rating of any governor in the nation. According to the Dispatch, New Jersey-based SurveyUSA, an independent firm that does polling primarily for television stations, found that the Republican had an approval rating of 19 percent. From the story: Analysts said Taft is being blamed for...

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LTE: Plain (Dealer) Hypocrisy

5:10am Friday, May 13, 2005

May 12, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer editorializes (May 7) that "Congress must give consumers the ability to protect their personal information, no matter who happens to possess it." Yet this newspaper has on several occasions used the media access loophole to disseminate information about law-abiding Ohioans who happen to exercise their right to protect themselves through the...

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Condoleeza Rice: Gun Rights Important As Free Speech

5:00am Friday, May 13, 2005

The Associated Press is reporting that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, recalling how her father took up arms to defend fellow blacks from racist whites in the segregated South, said Wednesday the constitutional right of Americans to own guns is as important as their rights to free speech and religion. From the story: In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rice said she came to that view...

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AGAIN: Trouble finds off-duty cops unprepared to help

4:06pm Thursday, May 12, 2005

Columbus' NBC4i.com is reporting that two off-duty and unarmed officers were "going out for an evening" when they came across an armed robery in progress. As Ohio's defenseless citizens are all too familiar with after having suffered a 150-year ban on bearing arms for self-defense, the cops quickly became targets themselves when they tried to assist. From the story: Police were searching for a...