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SPITE: Two Ohio newspapers violate privacy of county CHL-holders

by Chad D. Baus

1:23pm Saturday, May 01, 2004

In the past two days, the Warren Tribune Chronicle (Trumbull Co.) and Elyria Chronicle-Telegram (Lorain Co.) have begun punishing the citizens of their respective counties as a means of protesting Ohio's new concealed carry law. Both news outlets published the names of every person who has been issued a CHL in the county. The Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel recently considered doing the same in Indiana,...

CAVE: Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff will take CHL appointments Monday, May 3

8:44am Saturday, May 01, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff Gerald McFaul has reversed plans to hold off acceptance of concealed handgun license applications until "the end of May", and will begin taking appointments on Monday, May 3, with the first applications being accepted on May 11. McFaul had already shown signs of weakening resolve, having announced that he would accept temporary...

Business ban hypocrite: Kroger stores in Ohio enacting concealed carry ban

7:40am Saturday, May 01, 2004

UPDATE: Kroger ''reexamining the issue'' after massive grassroots uprising Headquartered in Cincinnati, the Kroger Company has years of experience with doing business in concealed carry states. It is likely that CHL-holders have shopped at Kroger-owned companies while armed on literally millions of occasions. Several members of OFCC's steering committee were among those frequent (and armed)...

Another Detroit CHL-holder tells of self-defense shooting

4:29pm Friday, April 30, 2004

April 29, 2004 Detroit Free Press Intruder's killer: 'I had no choice' Detroit woman tells of self-defense shooting Their eyes locked. Then Barbara Holland saw the barrel of the gun. She lay on the floor in her house after an intruder had knocked her down while pushing through her side door. While on her back, she drew a 9mm handgun from a holster on her waist. Her assailant's glare suddenly...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry law can't be infringed

8:22am Friday, April 30, 2004

April 30, 2004 Toledo Blade Some weeks ago the Ford administration announced its intention to ban concealed-carry in parks, on TARTA buses, and other public places, claiming this ability under "home rule." Not only does the state constitution specifically prohibit this, so does the newly passed concealed-carry law, a recent state Supreme Court ruling, Toledo Municipal Code, and the oaths of...

Original Section 9 violator ''sees the light''

4:56pm Thursday, April 29, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has confirmed that Summit Co. Executive James McCarthy's executive order "prohibiting guns in all county buildings and vehicles and on county property" will be modified to reflect the law under Section 9 of Ohio House Bill 12. Readers of this website were first made aware of this original Section 9 violator in early February. On February 2, the Akron Beacon Journal...

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10,000 felony suspects on the loose in Franklin Co.

4:26pm Thursday, April 29, 2004

...and yet the gun ban lobby claims you are "buying into a culture of fear" if you make a responsible choice to bear arms for self-defense. April 29, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Deputies going after 10,000 felony suspects Franklin County deputy sheriffs will work overtime to whittle away at a backlog of 10,000 outstanding felony warrants for crimes ranging from drug offenses to murder. The department’...

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Park flasher problem highlights needs for armed self-protection in parks

12:55pm Thursday, April 29, 2004

To hear the gun ban extremists tell it, there is no need for self-defense in parks, and those who make preparations to defend themselves in case they do, are "buying into a culture of fear." Notice how this news outlet suggests that having a cell phone can make you safer, but says nothing of Ohio's new concealed handgun license law. Flasher exposes himself to young woman in North Chagrin...