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AGAIN: Associated Press awards Cleveland Plain Dealer for anti-CCW reporting

8:55am Tuesday, May 17, 2005

by Chad D. Baus For the second time in as many months, a liberal national media entity has patted the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the back for its anti-concealed carry coverage in Ohio. In April, ultra-liberal Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for commentary that, among other things, bashed Ohio CHL-holders in 2004 as "Dirty Harry wannabe's". Yesterday,...

No longer the ''Best'' Buy in the Buckeye State for gun owners

8:33am Tuesday, May 17, 2005

Several weeks ago, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving reports of new “no-guns” signs appearing at Best Buy locations in Ohio. Initially, it appeared this may have been a result of store managers having been mislead by out-of-state companies who are peddling “compliance kits” that contain “no-guns” signs, and falsely claiming that state law requires them to be posted. In fact, in at least...

Tight budgets causing police departments to shrink

8:15am Tuesday, May 17, 2005

The Ironton Tribune is reporting that funding problems are prompting a reduction of law enforcement officers in Lawrence County. From the story: Lawrence County law enforcement officers may not be extinct yet, but they might be considered an endangered species. The ranks of law enforcement officers in Lawrence County these days are thinning. The entire police department in Athalia was disbanded...

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Mansfield police train for school crisis

8:09am Tuesday, May 17, 2005

The Mansfield News Journal is reporting that law enforcement officers recently engaged in a mock assault on a local high school in a drill designed to help prepare for the eventuality of a school shooting. From the story: Police Officers Brian Evans, Doug Noblet, Ken Carroll and Perry Wheeler stalked down a Mansfield Senior High School hallway, brandishing guns and crouching low, waiting for an...

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Letters to Dayton Daily News Editor favor privacy

7:45am Monday, May 16, 2005

In the wake of a Round Table discussion of whether or not CHL-holders' records should be kept private, Dayton Daily News readers were just as overwhelmingly supportive of privacy in their letters to the editor as they were at the forum. But are news editors listening? More importantly, are legislators? May 13, 2005 Dayton Daily News Publishing names just a childish act In following the debate on...

Headline: Conceal/carry signs going, going, gone

7:03am Monday, May 16, 2005

The Wilmington News Journal is reporting . From the story: Gun-banning signs at the entrances to J.W. Denver Williams Jr. Memorial Park have been pulled. Similar signs posted at the entrances to the Clinton County Fairground are expected to soon come down, too. A formal, written opinion recently issued by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro says signs cannot ban guns from city parkland. Rather, guns...

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''No-guns'' UDF robberies continue

6:53am Monday, May 16, 2005

They don’t always make the headlines, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t still happening… Case # 050395302 Title: Robbery Location: 327 E Hudson St. City: Columbus; Zone: 4 Precinct: 4; District: 43 Occurred: 5/11/2005 10:33:00 PM Reported By: Officer Hogan, Badge 2177 Report Narrative: REPORTING PERSON STATES THE SUSPECTS CAME IN TO THE LISTED UNITED DAIRY FARMERS. SUSPECT #1 PULLED A BLACK...

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Editorial (?): One year later: Concealed Carry law's impact

6:48am Monday, May 16, 2005

We’re not sure whether it’s a news story or an op-ed, but since Medina County Gazette reporter “Gladden” ends this story by expressing his personal opinion and referring to himself in the first person, we’ll take a gamble this was published as an editorial, even though it is not so delineated on the newspapers’ website. OFCC PAC Commentary provided in blue : Remember all the hype when concealed-...