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Toledo's rage against self-defense takes a TARTA bus ride

11:33am Thursday, February 19, 2004

by Chad D. Baus The City of Toledo has quite a history of discrimination against Second Amendment rights, especially when lower income residents try to exercise their rights. According to the Toledo Blade, Toledo's controversial ban on inexpensive firearms (which was renewed in 2002 after a tie-breaking vote from Mayor Jack Ford ), has been used for just one conviction since 2000 . The ban has...

Youngstown: Some hail, others fear concealed-carry law

5:33pm Wednesday, February 18, 2004

One local gun shop has had a large increase in business in recent weeks February 18, 2004 Youngstown Vindicator Diane Demetrios remembers well the intruder who once entered her Boardman candy shop and robbed a teenage worker at knife-point. Standing in her business, where shiny, decorative hearts dangle over a tempting array of treats, Demetrios cited the episode in explaining why she backs the...

Op-Ed: Ohio sniper and disarmed populace

2:25pm Wednesday, February 18, 2004

February 18, 2004 Joseph Farah WorldNetDaily.com The case of the Ohio sniper is a perfect illustration of the dangers of disarming the public – and leaving crime-prevention and deterrence to the government. The sniper has been shooting at people and cars since November of last year. He is linked to at least 24 shootings, including one murder. Last weekend, he took a potshot at a Chevrolet...

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Reminder: Ted Nugent at Ohio University Thursday!

5:31pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Press Release - February 12, 2004 Oxford, OH - Today, the Miami University College Republicans announced that the keynote speaker for the annual club sponsored Conservative Week will be Second Amendment activist and author of the New York Times Bestseller God, Guns, and Rock-n-Roll , Ted Nugent. Conservative Week is an annual celebration of conservative thought at Miami University sponsored by...

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Extremists raging against self-defense. But will they post at their own homes?

5:15pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

We've been warning for months that the gun ban extremists' would resort to even more irrational scare tactics (mainly targeted at businesses) than already known for, after Ohio legislature finally passed a concealed carry law. On August 29, 2003, we published a story about how a man in Minnesota was actually working to put people in a great deal of danger, by offering "Carries No Gun" t-shirts...

AP: Glitch identifies Amazon reviewers

1:04pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

February 14, 2004 The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Many sign their names. Many don't. They're the book reviewers on Amazon.com who use such words as "masterful," "page-turner" and "tear-jerker." But the ones who sign their critiques only as "a reader from (fill in the city)" lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian Web site. Among those named...

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Port Clinton rapist prompts ''Safety Awareness Rally''

9:45pm Monday, February 16, 2004

February 16, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald (click for the full story) PORT CLINTON -- Many women across the city are worried and fearful of the unidentified Port Clinton rapist, who has broken into homes and attacked victims twice over the past month. In response, organizers are planning a "Safety Awareness Rally" Tuesday night with local law enforcement officials to try to empower the public...

Ohio gun banners advocating prank ''man-with-a-gun'' calls

4:45pm Monday, February 16, 2004

As if Ohio law enforcement doesn't have enough to do, Toby Hoover's Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is now advocating a course of action that will waste even more of cops' precious time, and perhaps endanger CHL-holders: In a February 13, 2004 OCAGV media release , Hoover states as follows: "If you see someone with a gun, continue to assume their activity is suspicious. There is no way for...