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Three teens arrested in ''Parking Lot Predator'' case

11:05am Tuesday, February 22, 2005

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that three teens suspected in at least 12 armed robberies in Trotwood area apartment complexes have been arrested by police. Trotwood police said the boys were arrested after a police dog tracked them to an apartment unit moments after an attempted robbery. Using a search warrant, Sgt. David Kopf told the newspaper police found guns and jewelry reported stolen...

Does this man’s employer ban CCW?

11:04am Tuesday, February 22, 2005

The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a cabdriver was robbed and his vehicle was stolen early Wednesday at Chalker and Dalton streets in North Akron. According to the story, the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. The Yellow Cab Co. driver told police he picked up a man in the 700 block of Carlysle Street. The man asked the driver to take him to Chalker Street. When they reached their...

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Dayton cop suspected in wife's shooting

4:27pm Monday, February 21, 2005

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...

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Senseless violence stirs two Ohio newspapers from pacifist dreamland

4:22pm Monday, February 21, 2005

By Chad D. Baus 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… An op-ed from the Akron Beacon Journal's David Giffels has been published, exploring the writer's feelings as he watches a horrifying video of a man and woman violently attacking a person in line at a...

WDTN: "Gun Advocates Wish to Carry Weapons on RTA Buses"

4:13pm Monday, February 21, 2005

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...

TX convenience store killer caught on surveillance video

4:10pm Monday, February 21, 2005

"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...

Lessons learned the hard way: Only you can protect you

4:08pm Monday, February 21, 2005

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...

Media questions affordable firearm made in Ohio

4:04pm Monday, February 21, 2005

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...