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Dayton VA Hospital shooting proves folly of gun prohibitions

10:02am Thursday, April 01, 2004

Federal law prohibits firearms inside federal buildings. State law prohibits this felon from being in possession of a firearm. Ohio's concealed handguns law isn't yet in effect. And yet this madman was able to victimize this nurse, before being stopped by someone with a gun (in this case, a hospital guard). This should be a lesson to the Ohio Hospital Association, which is encouraging hospitals...

Taft supports not ''stigmatizing'' ex-cons; insisted on stigmatizing CHL-holders

6:52am Thursday, April 01, 2004

Sickening. Gov. Bob Taft has no problem with making it harder for the public to obtain information on persons who have broken the laws he is sworn to protect. Yet in a last-ditch attempt to kill HB12 last November, he began insisting that law-abiding citizens who obtain concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) have their privacy violated, and their identities available to the public. No mention of a...

AGAIN: Dayton man shot while taking advice of Ohio Highway Patrol

4:05pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Dayton authorities still haven't found Tony Gordon's killer . And despite yet another attempt by the victim to follow the Ohio Highway Patrol's advice to "just drive away" when attacked, another Dayton man has been seriously injured in a carjacking strikingly similar to Gordon's. April 8 cannot come soon enough. For a look at how obstruction by the OHP and Gov. Taft has cost Ohio's defenseless...

Councilperson responds to letter to editor re: Section 9 violation

3:06pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004

March 27, 2004 New Philadelphia Times Reporter To the Editor: Recent headlines in The Times-Reporter have me very alarmed that the cities of New Philadelphia and Dover are trying to pass legislation restricting where Concealed Carry permit holders can carry their weapons. I do not live in either city, but I do often go to parks and other places in their cities. I spend a lot of money in these two...

BSSA: Pieces in place; 88 county sheriffs MUST take applications Apr. 8

1:57pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Reports of a few sheriffs telling reporters and constituents that they would not be accepting applications on April 8 have been filtering in for weeks. As we indicated on March 25 , OFCC PAC has been on the case, working with the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association to investigate these reports, and we are making progress. Only the Ohio Attorney General had legal authority to delay implementation...

Ignoring his ''duty under the law'': Cuyahoga sheriff not ready to process apps

10:20am Wednesday, March 31, 2004

March 29, 2004 Crain's Cleveland Business If you plan to get a license to carry a concealed weapon, don't go to Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul's office. At least not right away. Although the new Ohio law goes into effect April 8, Pat Kresty, chief of staff for Sheriff McFaul, said the office won't be ready to process licenses until sometime in May. "We're going to be giving out licenses to...

Big (dangerous) Boy: Frisch's Inc. reaffirms plans to post discriminatory signs

4:57pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004

UPDATE: Frisch's Inc. signs coming down ! Ohioans For Concealed Carry first brought word of a new interstate policy discriminating against CHL-holders at Frisch's Inc. on March 1. This particular ban is one of the most baffling we've seen, since Frisch's Inc. has allowed patrons of Golden Corral, Frisch's and Big Boy in states such as Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee to bear arms for self-...

Thousands and thousands in Ohio await conceal-carry licenses

3:48pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004

Ohio's media outlets are ramping up on coverage of the impending implementation of Ohio's new concealed carry reform law. Click on the "Read More..." link below for a long list of links to Ohio media coverage. Channelcincinnati.com (Ch. 5 WLWT): Applications Available Next Week Applications will become available April 8, and if the rolls of those signed up to take classes are any indication, the...