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Op-Ed: Risk or Fear?

1:08pm Monday, July 26, 2004

July 26, 2004 Crain's Cleveland Business Ohio's concealed carry firearms law is now three months old. Crain's has published several articles and editorials urging businesses to ban firearms. Let's sort out fact from fiction. Toby Hoover and OCAGV filed suit to stop sheriffs from issuing licenses. She is represented by James Kline, of Ulmer & Berne LLP, the same firm of Stephanie Trudeau, who...

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Dairy Queen employee stabbed

4:39pm Sunday, July 25, 2004

July 25, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Newark woman stabbed during robbery HEATH, Ohio — A Newark man is charged with stabbing one of two female employees abducted at knifepoint during a restaurant robbery Friday night. Charles W. McCoy, 32, of 249 W. Church St., was jailed on charges of attempted murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Heath police said one employee was emptying trash outside Dairy...

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Victim zone prohibitions fail to stop Ohio shootings

9:45pm Saturday, July 24, 2004

Wherever guns are banned, it can be assured that only criminals intent on harming others will possess guns. Should your right to self-defense stop at the door of a business that sells alcohol? Gun prohibitions in liquor establishments did NOTHING to help these victims: Columbus, July 24, 2004: Accidental bump led to gunshots, victim says When he thinks about what happened as he left a bar early...

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Road rage against Ohio CHL-holder under investigation

8:20am Saturday, July 24, 2004

July 22, 2004 Athens News Road rage incident witnesses sought Athens police are looking for witnesses to come forward in a road rage incident earlier this month at the intersection of Shafer and West Union Street. Police officer James Michael said that, so far, the department has only one impartial witness to a July 9 incident in which Dr. Jeffrey McAdoo pulled a revolver on James Kirkendall. As...

Attacked in workplace parking lot

8:04am Saturday, July 24, 2004

Senators on the Committee which considered the bill, which was chaired by Sen. Steve Austria, saw fit to remove a parking lot exemption at the request of the cash-rich Ohio Chamber of Commerce. There is no place which can guarantee Ohioans their safety if their right of self-defense has been removed. July 24, 2004 Dayton Daily News Man's nose severed, woman stabbed after leaving packing area...

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Another ''no-guns'' First Merit robbery; Branch once held OFCC's accounts

10:41pm Thursday, July 22, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Garfield Heights branch of First Merit bank was robbed on Wednesday, July 21. According to sources, the perpetrator walked right past "no-guns" sign on the outer door, made his way to the counter, and presented a demand note. First Merit has posted "no-guns" signs at its branches throughout Ohio for just eight weeks, and OFCC has documented at...

Ashland's Harris expected to become Ohio Senate president

7:45am Thursday, July 22, 2004

July 21, 2004 Gannett News COLUMBUS — Sen. Bill Harris, R-Ashland, is expected to take over as president of the Ohio Senate in 2005, after his primary rival dropped out of the race today and endorsed him. Harris, 69, a former U.S. Marine, auto dealership owner and state lawmaker for nearly 10 years, is expected to take over for Senate President Doug White, who is term-limited at the end of the...

Police fight for exception to gun limits off duty

7:31am Thursday, July 22, 2004

July 22, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus - Restrictions on the right of off-duty police officers to carry concealed weapons could create headaches, Bob Beck, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association, said Wednesday. Beck reacted to an opinion released Monday by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro that said off-duty officers can carry concealed weapons at any time in any...