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Victim zone prohibitions fail to stop Ohio shootings

9:45pm Saturday, July 24, 2004

Wherever guns are banned, it can be assured that only criminals intent on harming others will possess guns. Should your right to self-defense stop at the door of a business that sells alcohol? Gun prohibitions in liquor establishments did NOTHING to help these victims: Columbus, July 24, 2004: Accidental bump led to gunshots, victim says When he thinks about what happened as he left a bar early...

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Road rage against Ohio CHL-holder under investigation

8:20am Saturday, July 24, 2004

July 22, 2004 Athens News Road rage incident witnesses sought Athens police are looking for witnesses to come forward in a road rage incident earlier this month at the intersection of Shafer and West Union Street. Police officer James Michael said that, so far, the department has only one impartial witness to a July 9 incident in which Dr. Jeffrey McAdoo pulled a revolver on James Kirkendall. As...

Attacked in workplace parking lot

8:04am Saturday, July 24, 2004

Senators on the Committee which considered the bill, which was chaired by Sen. Steve Austria, saw fit to remove a parking lot exemption at the request of the cash-rich Ohio Chamber of Commerce. There is no place which can guarantee Ohioans their safety if their right of self-defense has been removed. July 24, 2004 Dayton Daily News Man's nose severed, woman stabbed after leaving packing area...

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Another ''no-guns'' First Merit robbery; Branch once held OFCC's accounts

10:41pm Thursday, July 22, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Garfield Heights branch of First Merit bank was robbed on Wednesday, July 21. According to sources, the perpetrator walked right past "no-guns" sign on the outer door, made his way to the counter, and presented a demand note. First Merit has posted "no-guns" signs at its branches throughout Ohio for just eight weeks, and OFCC has documented at...

Ashland's Harris expected to become Ohio Senate president

7:45am Thursday, July 22, 2004

July 21, 2004 Gannett News COLUMBUS — Sen. Bill Harris, R-Ashland, is expected to take over as president of the Ohio Senate in 2005, after his primary rival dropped out of the race today and endorsed him. Harris, 69, a former U.S. Marine, auto dealership owner and state lawmaker for nearly 10 years, is expected to take over for Senate President Doug White, who is term-limited at the end of the...

Police fight for exception to gun limits off duty

7:31am Thursday, July 22, 2004

July 22, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus - Restrictions on the right of off-duty police officers to carry concealed weapons could create headaches, Bob Beck, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association, said Wednesday. Beck reacted to an opinion released Monday by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro that said off-duty officers can carry concealed weapons at any time in any...

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Workplace Violence: What No-Guns Signs or Policies Will NEVER Prevent

11:03pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004

July 16, 2004 USA TODAY In an average week in U.S. workplaces, one employee is killed and at least 25 are seriously injured in violent assaults by current or former co-workers. Many of those attacks might have been prevented. In nearly eight of 10 cases, killers left behind clear warning signs --sometimes showing guns to co-workers, threatening their bosses or talking about attacking. But in the...

Virginia Open Carry Still Making Waves

9:37pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004

Where were these elite media-handwringers when thousands of openly carrying Ohioans took to the streets in a mass action to protest a ban on their self-defense rights? Oh yeah, they, and even some Ohio media outlets, were avoiding the subject, lest they reveal just how much public outrage there was at Ohio's 150 year-old concealed carry ban. July 16, 2004 Washington Post Gun-Toting in Va...