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Letter to the Editor: Carjacker protection ranks kids as less important

3:30pm Wednesday, September 10, 2003

September 10, 2003 Newark Advocate Here is another reason a large group of Ohio citizens are fed up with Taft. The Ohio Legislature has not passed a realistic concealed-carry law. How many more people will be robbed, raped, physically battered, stabbed, shot or even killed simply because they were law-abiding citizens of Ohio? The passage of HB12 would have been the answer in assisting in the...

College Student Takes OSHP Spt. Paul McClellan to School

12:51pm Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Letter writers began copying us on advice they've sent to Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul McClellan immediately following our first report that the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association and Ohio Fraternal Order of Police were calling for a meeting with the OSHP to address the unsafe language which the patrol bureaucracy is endorsing in HB12. They've all been excellent, well-thought out...

Marion (IN) Chronicle Tribune: ''Number of permits to carry gun rises''

12:15pm Tuesday, September 09, 2003

County on pace to hit six-year high If the number of permits issued in the second half of this year keeps pace with the first half, the Grant County, IN will hit a six-year high for permits issued. "I'm not sure why, all of the sudden, there's a jump. Maybe people need some security because of the economy and the way things are in the world today," said Marion Police detective Sgt. Stephen Dorsey...

Port Huron (MI) Times-Herald: ''2,581 gun permits, zero trouble''

12:03pm Tuesday, September 09, 2003

Two years after new law, still no 'Wild West' Murder rates, shootings and crimes expected by some to rise once Michigan liberalized its concealed weapons law two years ago haven't happened. Since the state began to allow more people to carry concealed firearms, only two St. Clair County residents have had their permits revoked for violations, officials said. The state won't release its 2002-03...

Minnesota school board: School employees may keep guns in cars

11:56am Tuesday, September 09, 2003

The Winona school board will allow district employees to have guns on school property in accordance with Minnesota's revised "conceal and carry" law. The board's 5-1 vote on Thursday concluded a discussion that has lasted much of the summer concerning how to adapt Winona Area Public Schools' weapons policy to the law approved by the state during the last Legislative session, which allows...

Missouri legislators gear up for veto session

11:28am Tuesday, September 09, 2003

Legislative leaders willing to convene to consider a veto DO exist - in Missouri. The Missouri House will convene on Wednesday, Sept. 10th at 10:00 a.m. They will vote to override their Gov. The Senate will vote sometime between 10 and 4 the following day, with the outcome in that body a bit more in question. To override a governor's veto, a bill needs 23 votes in the Senate. On the concealed-...

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John Lott to speak at Ohio University

10:13am Tuesday, September 09, 2003

The Ohio University Second Amendment Club and Ohioans For Concealed Carry are pleased to announce that John Lott, economist and author, will be speaking on that university campus this month, in an event that is open to the public. align="right"> Lott's appearance is part of the OU Second Amendment Club's effort to raise awareness about the falsehoods and misrepresentations associated with...

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DDN: Man fatally shot in Five Oaks - in his car

5:18pm Friday, September 05, 2003

September 4, 2003 DAYTON | Police had no suspects in the Tuesday night slaying of a man who was sitting in a car with his girlfriend. Montgomery County Coroner’s officials identified the man as Terry Beasley, 23, of Fairborn. Police were called at 9:54 p.m. to Five Oaks Avenue, where they found a man unconscious in a car. Neighbors said the victim was dropping off his girlfriend when he was shot...