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Woman carjacked while on her way to help church friends

3:20pm Wednesday, March 02, 2005

WDTN.com (Dayton’s NBC affiliate) is reporting that a woman was on her way to take some church friends to dinner when she was carjacked at gunpoint. The carjacker put a gun to her head in an alley near Grand Avenue as Joan Franks was taking dinner to her friends. Franks told WDTN it's one of the most frightening things that ever happened to her. "I asked him, please just take my car, and my purse...

45,497 Issued: Ohio sheriffs report NO problems with Ohio CCW

7:52am Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Toledo Blade Columbus Bureau Chief James Drew has filed a report on the Ohio Attorney General's release of data on the success of the concealed handgun license program in 2004. As noted in the story, Attorney General Jim Petro said the measure had a "smooth rollout.'' From the story: Of Ohio's 88 counties, Lucas ranked 13th in the number of licenses issued, with 882. "I have not heard of or...

Evaluation: First 270 days with Ohio's Concealed Handgun License Law

3:27pm Tuesday, March 01, 2005

The Ohio Attorney General's office has issued its annual report on concealed handgun license issuance for 2004 (April – December). This is the report which is required by Ohio law. ----> Concealed Carry Licensure Statistics Annual Report – 2004 (.pdf) OFCC's overall assessment: Despite unnecessary restrictions, OhioCCW is a success! OFCC has already documented several licensed citizens who...

Study: “No-guns” signs cause negative reactions, and not just among CHL-holders

7:07pm Monday, February 28, 2005

According to a new academic study, and as reported in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, ‘no-guns’ signs have a negative emotional effect on whomever passes by -- employees and customers alike. Stephen Morgan, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology at Concordia University-St. Paul, told the newspaper he felt "weird and ill at ease" whenever he passed one of those signs. So he decided...

Dear Toby: The answer to the question

6:59pm Monday, February 28, 2005

Last week, OFCC PAC reported that gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, had sent an email listing some of the recent incidents of gun violence around Ohio. And as we have done in the past, OFCC PAC set about to reveal the truth between the li(n)es in Hoover’s missive. We pointed out just some of the many gun...

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Wayne Co. Sheriff’s Capt: “No-guns” signs do nothing to deter criminals

3:52pm Monday, February 28, 2005

The Wooster Daily Record is reporting that neither Wayne or Holmes County sheriffs have experienced problems relating to the new law. “From time to time, an officer will have the opportunity to engage in a traffic stop with a CCW [license] holder, but we’ve had no negative consequences as a result of that, and they all have been in compliance with the CCW law at the time of the stop,” Wayne...

Editorial: When private guns save lives

3:41pm Monday, February 28, 2005

February 27, 2005 Henderson (NC) Daily Dispatch Much is written about gun violence in America, and many sets of teeth are gnashed over prevalence of firearms in society. Then we see how guns in private hands can save human lives. During an incident in Charlotte Friday, an unnamed shoe store clerk fought off a group of would-be armed-robbers, killing at least one of the thugs in the process...

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Kidnapped at gunpoint from ''no-guns'' bowling alley, shot

3:12pm Monday, February 28, 2005

Editor's Note: The person who submitted this story, who is in a position to know, informed OFCC that the husband was using an "illegally obtained 22.cal" pistol, and that his body was found last week with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. WTOV9.com (NBC Ch. 9 Steubenville) is reporting that a Jefferson County woman who was shot and survived talked to News 9 about her dramatic experience. According...