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LTE: Avoiding unsafe businesses

6:57am Tuesday, May 03, 2005

April 28th, 2005 The (Cleveland) Sun Messenger As a long-time resident of South Euclid, it saddens me to see the notices posted at many South Euclid businesses that prohibit concealed firearms on their premises. It has been over one year since Ohio's state senators and congress people passed Ohio House Bill 12, which was signed into law by Governor Taft. Many people thought that with the new law...

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Attorney General Jim Petro Defends Concealed Carry Law

8:46am Monday, May 02, 2005

Monday, May 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Attorney General’s Office COLUMBUS - Attorney General Jim Petro today defended the constitutionality of Ohio's concealed carry law against a challenge by the City of Clyde in Sandusky County. Petro intervened in the case, Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v City of Clyde , in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas, arguing Ohio's concealed...

House Passes ''Amy's Law''

8:32am Monday, May 02, 2005

WCPO.com reported Friday that lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives have passed House Bill 29, named for a local survivor of domestic abuse. "Amy's Law" will make it tougher for first-time domestic violence offenders to get out on bond. The measure is named for Amy Rezos, a Liberty Township woman whose husband tried to kill her three times. The bill now goes before the Senate. The...

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Dayton Daily News: Fight rages on gun disclosure

8:35am Sunday, May 01, 2005

As a set-up for a roundtable forum the Dayton Daily News is sponsoring this Thursday, May 5, the newspaper has published a story which attempts to examine both sides of the debate. As most readers have come to expect from the DDN, however, their story leans heavily towards the position the writers and editors themselves hold personally. From the story: Kettering resident Patt Duffy figures she...

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Suit seeks the beginning of the end for local gun ordinances

1:07pm Saturday, April 30, 2005

"The (Clyde) case is clearly the legal precipice for licensed concealed carry in Ohio. From this point forward either persons with a concealed carry license will be able to rely upon their status under state law without regard to the politics of local governments, or they will be facing unknowing criminal prosecution every time they pass over a municipal incorporation boundary limit. License...

Poll's negative view of press finds example close to home

12:40pm Saturday, April 30, 2005

According to a recent report in the Washington Times, most Americans think press coverage is biased and negative. From the story: A national survey conducted by the Missouri School of Journalism's Center for Advanced Social Research found that 62 percent consider journalism credible, and more than half rated newspapers and television news as trustworthy. But 85 percent say they detect a bias in...

Education Guide Lesson #9: Post office CCW may lead to rude awakening

10:10am Saturday, April 30, 2005

Yet another eye-opening study course has been added to the PAC Education Guide . By Ken Hanson, Esq. Litigation Chair, Office of General Counsel Ohioans For Concealed Carry There is considerable confusion over whether an Ohio Concealed Handgun Licensee (CHL) can carry a concealed firearm at the post office. This confusion mostly centers around the wording on the signs posted at the post office...

Time to Level Playing Field for Gun Makers

10:07am Saturday, April 30, 2005

April 26, 2005 Investors' Business Daily By John R. Lott Jr. Every product has illegitimate uses and undesirable consequences, but even lawsuits have had their limits. In 2002 in the U.S., car accidents killed 45,380 people and injured another 3 million, 838 children under the age of 15 drowned, 474 children died from residential fires, and 130 children died in bicycle accidents. Fortunately,...