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First Ohio CHL-holder detainment after ''man-with-a-gun'' call

11:16pm Monday, April 26, 2004

One of the most egregious problems with the law created by Amended Substitute House Bill 12 is the compromise language on carrying in a motor vehicle. In order to appease the Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucrats, who seem to have a very unhealthy fear of the people they are paid "to serve and protect", the Ohio Senate inserted language which makes carrying a firearm for self-defense in a motor...

Say it Ain't So! Lima News, longtime proponent of CCW, posts No-Guns signs

5:10pm Monday, April 26, 2004

A quick search of the words "Lima News" on this website's search engine will reveal that the Lima News has been one of the few Ohio media outlets with an editorial board that takes a friendly outlook on your personal right to self-defense. So imagine our surprise when we began receiving emails from concerned customers, reporting that they had seen "No-CCW" signs on the front door of the very same...

Columbus SWAT waits outside during robbery/ shooting

3:43pm Monday, April 26, 2004

This website has often shared stories which make the point how police officers are typically unable to prevent violent crimes, and are instead often relegated to showing up later for mop-up duty. But in this case, after receiving a tip, the Columbus SWAT team watched as two armed, masked robbers entered this restaurant (a MANDATED victim zone because they serve alcohol - not that the criminals...

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Lucas County Sheriff's office moves to NO appointments

3:31pm Monday, April 26, 2004

In what is a very positive sign, Lucas Co. Sheriff James A. Telb's office has moved to taking CHL applications without appointments. This is the first of the offices to scrap temporary appointments after the initial surge of applicants. Telb's office tells OFCC PAC that applicants who had previously been forced to schedule appointments into June (!!) do NOT have to wait to submit their...

Heads in the sand: Gun ban extremists pretend this doesn't happen

2:22pm Monday, April 26, 2004

To hear the gun ban extremists tell it, these things don't happen (especially not in small towns), and those who make preparations to defend themselves in case they do, are "buying into a culture of fear." Concealed handgun licenses are only now starting to be issued in the counties where these crimes occurred. Of course, the criminals that perpetrated them didn't worry about getting licenses...

Source: Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police tells off-duty cops to observe bans

11:57am Monday, April 26, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) may be interpreting the new Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL) law to mean that off-duty police officers may not carry in businesses which have posted discriminatory signs banning concealed carry. Although the OACP position is flawed (click on the "Read More..." link below for commentary by a Cleveland...

Blade reporter takes CHL class: impressed with thoroughness

11:12am Monday, April 26, 2004

Another reporter shops a concealed-carry class, another excellent story on the professionalism and thoroughness of Ohio CCW training. April 25, 2004 Toledo Blade Pulling trigger: a chilling moment of truth "Classes miss no targets in training applicant to qualify to obtain a concealed weapons permit" Sobering. Reality check. Practice! I wrote those words in capital letters among many pages of...

Widow had good reason to apply for [carry license]

8:27am Sunday, April 25, 2004

For the most intelligent of citizens, it does not take being made a victim yourself to know it can happen to you. Mr. & Mrs. Krause took precautions, and it saved their lives in 1998. Read this article, and consider buying yourself some "self-defense insurance." April 25, 2004 Toledo Blade Mary Lou Krause, a 73-year-old widow who lives in Swanton Township, is among recent graduates of...