Gun news in Ohio and beyond: Top 10 stories of 2025

Stories

Defenseless mall shopping can be deadly

10:00pm Friday, June 04, 2004

Illinois has no concealed carry law. Cook County officials and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley have a habit of penalizing the victim who defends herself with a firearm more harshly than the criminal who perpetrated his crime. So is it any wonder that a crazed man with a knife was able to stab five people and kill a 1-year old baby girl before anyone could stop him? Had this man attacked in an Ohio...

Read more about Defenseless mall shopping can be deadly
1205 reads

Store owner cleared in robber's death

8:35am Friday, June 04, 2004

Compiled from news reports by Cincinnati Enquirer , WCPO.com , and the Ohio News Network . June 4, 2004 Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen will not seek criminal charges against a Roselawn convenience-store owner who fatally shot an armed man intending to rob the store May 27. Abdrab "Abe" Ashishi, of West Chester was defending himself when he killed David Billups, 40, of Forest Park, Allen...

Read more about Store owner cleared in robber's death
1402 reads

Man protests denial of concealed carry license

8:33am Friday, June 04, 2004

June 4, 2004 Zanesville Times Recorder ZANESVILLE -- Harold E. Newell Jr. stole five cases of beer in 1966, and that youthful indescretion has prevented him from getting his concealed-carry weapon license 38 years later. "I have nothing to hide," said Newell, 56, of Zanesville. "I was a kid; I made a mistake. We confessed to it all, paid the fines and were given probation. But my constitutional...

Read more about Man protests denial of concealed carry license
3119 reads

Ohio Attorney General: Social Security Number on CHL application ''voluntary''

5:32pm Thursday, June 03, 2004

Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro has issued an opinion over recent questions concerning the legality of mandating that concealed handgun license applicants provide their social security numbers on the application. The opinion was posted on the AG's website without fanfare, and no press release was issued. This opinion confirms the position OFCC has taken on this issue for years: It is a violation...

OFCC PAC announces first round of 2004 Endorsements

2:51pm Thursday, June 03, 2004

The fight to restore Ohioans' right to self-defense was not an easy one, and passage of House Bill 12 came at a great price. While Ohio's new concealed carry law is already saving lives, many important provisions were left out, and many more harmful provisions were inserted, in order to get a law. Calls for making legislative improvements to this law started almost the day it was passed. But know...

Read more about OFCC PAC announces first round of 2004 Endorsements
1416 reads

AGAIN: Dayton Daily News employee robbed

9:37am Thursday, June 03, 2004

The irony would be humorous if it wasn't so deadly serious. This man's employer, the Dayton Daily News, has worked for years to prevent the restoration of his Constitutional right to defend himself, and they continue to rail against it on editorial pages today. Shame on employers like the DDN & Pizza Hut who would send their defenseless employees to places their corporate lawyers would never...

Read more about AGAIN: Dayton Daily News employee robbed
1879 reads

Hey Mr./Ms. Media...it's a LICENSE

5:25pm Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Although we've tangled a bit with certain journalists from time to time, our experience is that most in the profession strive for accuracy. So is it just us, or does the sloppy use of the word "permit" and "weapon" by Ohio's media to describe an Ohio Concealed Handgun License make them appear more than a little ignorant? In many recent articles, journalists have referred to a license issued under...

Read more about Hey Mr./Ms. Media...it's a LICENSE
2304 reads

Some public defenders in Stark County get gun permits

4:58pm Wednesday, June 02, 2004

Canton Repository CANTON — Public defender Richard Drake has a new reason to brag around the Stark County Courthouse. It’s not a recent acquittal or a high-profile client. It’s a small laminated card — similar to a driver’s license — that allows him to now carry a concealed handgun. Since he received the permit May 7, Drake has shown it proudly, claiming it is the first license issued in the...