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Dayton students carjacked on their way to school

3:23pm Friday, November 19, 2004

November 17, 2004 WDTN Dayton (NBC Ch. 2) (click for complete story) Two Colonel White students were carjacked while stopped at a local store to buy drinks. Police say they stopped at the AM PM Market on Salem Avenue to buy sodas. The owner and driver of the car went in to by the sodas and his cousin stayed in the car. That is when the suspect came up, opened the driver’s door and got inside to...

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Party swap: Pro-CCW representative feels more at home in among GOP Caucus

3:22pm Friday, November 19, 2004

November 18, 2004 Columbus Dispatch A western Ohio Democrat who garnered national attention in 2000 when he became the youngest House member in state history at age 18 says he is joining the Republican caucus. Rep. Derrick Seaver of Minster in Auglaize County, now 22, said he plans to make the switch official at a news conference today with Ohio GOP leaders. Seaver declined to discuss his reasons...

Media coverage of Supreme Court ruling uniform: A WIN for CCW

3:17pm Friday, November 19, 2004

No matter what Ohio media citizens are exposed to today, the verdict is clear: Ohio CCW won a huge victory in the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday. The most comprehensive story was prepared by T.C. Brown of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. We have prepared a commentary to accompany the story, which is provided in below. Links to other stories are also provided. Top court widens gun-license path in urgent...

President Bush pardons Ohio man convicted in a 1976 case

12:36pm Friday, November 19, 2004

Federal record barred hunting trip November 18, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Most people don't need a presidential pardon to go hunting. But an Ohio man did. On Wednesday, Fred Pitzer of Xenia got it. The 51-year-old machinist got word that President Bush pardoned his nearly 30-year-old federal conviction, clearing the way for Pitzer to obtain a weapons permit. "I was jumping up and down," his...

Ohio Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms OFCC Position on TELs

1:56pm Wednesday, November 17, 2004

Court says statement of imminent danger sufficient when applying for temporary emergency concealed handgun license (The following press release has been circulated to media via US Newswire ) Cleveland - November 17th, 2004 - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today ( Lee v. Karnes, Sheriff - 2004-Ohio-5718 [.pdf]) that an applicant for a temporary emergency license (TEL) to carry a concealed firearm...

Another police officer's gun stolen from car

10:56am Wednesday, November 17, 2004

It was little more than a week ago that the Dayton SWAT team announced several firearms had been stolen from an officer's vehicle . And now this: Thief steals undercover officer’s gun November 17, 2004, Columbus Dispatch A veteran Columbus police detective will be investigated after losing his service pistol to a thief on the East Side yesterday. The thief was at large and likely armed with the...

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Victim Zone State of Mind

10:38am Wednesday, November 17, 2004

From the anti-gun state of California comes a story of a (defenseless) woman chased through a parking lot by two kidnappers, while (defenseless) onlookers watch helplessly: Kidnapping Caught on Tape First Coast News (NBC 12) CORONA, CA -- A security camera recorded the scene as the woman walked from a parking lot to the sidewalk outside the mall entrance. When a black car pulled up sharply, the...

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Paper: ''Gun control a loser in election''

10:25am Wednesday, November 17, 2004

This must be a result of that "lack of mandate" the Brady Campaign is talking about... November 15, 2004 Connecticut Post Online Assault weapons ban renewal unlikely in Congress Gun-control advocates lost ground in the 2004 elections, ending any shot that Congress will renew a federal ban on assault weapons in the next two years. "My general reading is that neither side wants it to come up," said...