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Criminal victimization at lowest level in 30 years

9:34am Thursday, August 28, 2003

The 2003 National Crime Victimization Survey, which is released by the Dept. of Justice, reveals long-term declines in victimization are at the lowest per capita rates in nearly 30 years. Highlights: * Overall violent victimization and property crime rates in 2002 are the lowest recorded since the inception of the NCVS in 1973.***Footnote 1: Based on adjustments to pre-1992 estimates to account...

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AARP supports keeping seniors defenseless

8:55am Thursday, August 28, 2003

The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) admits that criminal gun violence is making many of it's urban members "prisoners in their own homes". Their answer to members who would wish to carry a concealed firearm for self-defense? While they offer a lot of Clintonian (or should we say Taftonian?) rhetoric about supporting citizens' right to own firearms, their legislative answer is to...

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Scholars debate numbers of 'defensive gun uses' in U.S.

11:27am Wednesday, August 27, 2003

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Tom Beiting was heading for work one day when, realizing he had left something at home, he returned to his apartment and found a stranger walking out. The man held a portable television in one arm and a case of beer in the other. The intruder dropped the items and reached for a knife tucked in his pants pocket. Beiting, a criminal-defense lawyer, also packed a weapon - a .380-...

Toledo: Disarmed (smoke-free) citizens, well-armed criminals

10:17am Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Toledo, Ohio is one of the most difficult places in the state to own a firearm. At least, for law-abiding citizens... The following headlines all appeared in the August 27 issue of the Toledo Blade: 2 holdups reported at convenience stores Two convenience stores in northwest Toledo were robbed late Monday, and the culprits fled with an undisclosed amount of money in both cases. Gunman wearing wig...

Columbus' deadly violence continues: Three killed in six hours over weekend

9:54am Wednesday, August 27, 2003

Three more dead, two more who were shot in their car, and could not "drive off" when attacked, as OSHP Capt. John Born suggests citizens should do in lieu of the right to bear ares for self-defense in a personal vehicle. Columbus homicides far out-pacing last year. August 24, 2003 Columbus Dispatch Hilltop stabbing, 2 shootings on North and Far East sides raise homicide tally to 77 At midday...

Pilots eager for gun training

9:17am Wednesday, August 27, 2003

August 26, 2003 Cincinnati Post Frustrated pilots are calling today for a speedup in training and screening so they can take guns into the cockpits. Two pilot groups were scheduled to hold a press conference today at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in conjunction with similar conferences at five other U.S. airports. They will call for the acceleration of the Federal Flight Deck...

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OFCC learns of behind-the-scenes progress on HB12

1:35pm Monday, August 25, 2003

EXCLUSIVE: Must credit www.OhioCCW.org Ohioans For Concealed Carry (OFCC) has learned that, due to Senate amendments to HB12 dealing with how one should carry a firearm, law enforcement agencies in Ohio are not in agreement on Am. Sub. HB12. The Buckeye State Sheriff Association (BSSA) and the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) believe that making someone repeatedly handle, holster and unholster a...

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AP: Woman STABBED THROUGH CAR WINDOW after refusing to give beggar money

10:16am Friday, August 22, 2003

The Associated Press 8/22/03 9:11 AM SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) -- A panhandler chased a woman who refused to give him money and stabbed her six times in a supermarket parking lot before a driver used his vehicle to knock the man off a bicycle as he tried to leave, police said. Mark Adrian Tyler, 26, of Springfield, asked the woman for $5 while she sat in her car outside the supermarket Thursday,...