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Headline: "Blackwell poll shows he is pick of GOP"

5:03pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004

December 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer After high-profile crusades for tax cuts and against gay marriage, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell now leads the two other Republicans who want to be Ohio's next governor, according to a poll of GOP voters commissioned by Blackwell's campaign. Of the 511 people surveyed, 36 percent supported Blackwell for the nomination, 21 percent favored Auditor Betty...

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Robbers murder clerk, chase down & kill fleeing witness

4:47pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Anti-gun police spokespersons are fond of endorsing the idea that it is better to be a good witness than to actively try to defend yourself when robbed. This theory comes to a crashing halt when a criminal decides it would be better not to leave any witnesses behind. The Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported on this tragedy Tuesday, and followed up with an in-depth report today. The story goes...

Dayton Daily News reporter's truck taken at gunpoint; used in armed robbery

2:18pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004

The Dayton Daily News reported Wednesday on yet another in a series of DDN employees being victims of crime in 2004. According to the newspaper, this latest incident occurred when a black-and-gray 1986 S10 Chevrolet pickup truck belonging to a Dayton Daily News reporter was stolen about 6 p.m. Tuesday from a downtown parking space and used in a robbery of a pizza business by two armed men. The...

''Ban the guns''? Perhaps cars and Tazers too...

1:15pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004

If the gun ban extremists truly believe banning inanimate objects can save lives, where are their calls for bans on cars? Vehicles kill more officers than guns Columbus Dispatch, December 12, 2004 The deadliest weapon law-enforcement officers face isn’t a gun. It’s a moving vehicle. In the past decade, traffic-related incidents have overtaken gunshots as the leading cause of officer deaths in the...

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More warnings from police not to leave valuables in cars

12:12pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Sec. 2923.16. (E) No person who has been issued a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly transport or have a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle unless the loaded handgun either is in a holster and in plain sight on the person's person or it is securely encased by being...

Criminals don't let background checks stop them at Cincy-area gun store

8:37am Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Armed robbers net more than 30 guns in pre-opening Targetworld raid Compiled t.v. news reports from Cincinnati's WKRC and News 5 paint an increasingly suspicious picture of a construction worker at Targetworld who says he was forced to give access to four armed, masked criminals who then stole a large number of guns. According to WKRC, a call came into 911 around 8:30 a.m. yesterday. A temporary...

Why should employees be able to CCW? Question answered...tragically.

3:32pm Tuesday, December 14, 2004

Robbery Turns To Murder Of A Single Mom 25-Year-Old Attacked As She Left Work Late Tuesday On December 1, WTOV9.com (NBC Steubenville) reported on a crime that should force businesses that actively disarm patrons and employees to consider the results of their actions. It should also force citizens who have not yet made the decision to obtain a concealed handgun license to readdress their apathy...

Woman answers knock, finds gun at her head

1:10pm Tuesday, December 14, 2004

The Mansfield News Journal has published an in-depth story about a home invasion that occurred on a quiet sleepy country road at 9:10 a.m. last Friday morning (the paper first reported on this home invasion on December 11). Quotes taken from both stories are extemely enlightening: Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. "We think a blue-and-white pickup truck was the getaway vehicle,"...