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Dispatch: Householder aims at run for governor down the road

5:50pm Monday, June 02, 2003

In just six years as a House member, Larry Householder has fashioned himself into perhaps the most dominating politician on Capitol Square, filling the power vacuum created by a governor who has been reluctant to lead. The speaker of the Ohio House won't run for governor in 2006, but he plans to be ready in 2010 if a Republican isn't occupying the office, or in 2014, when, at age 54, he'll still...

State budget battles and HB12

7:23am Monday, June 02, 2003

The Ohio General Assembly's struggle to cover a gap between state spending and tax revenue is nearing an end for this fiscal year. The issue worked to delay HB12 slightly in the House earlier this year, and it looks to be having a similar effect in the Senate. No meetings are scheduled on HB12 this week, as Senators and staffs are largely focused on finalizing a budget bill. UPDATE! The Senate...

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Letter to the Editor: Concealed carry can aid public safety

9:21am Friday, May 30, 2003

The Toledo Blade has printed an excellent letter to the editor addressing the exploitation of the CWRU shooting by anti-self-defense extremists . Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. 5/29/03 To the Editor: It was inevitable that insensitive anti-gunners would try to capitalize on the unfortunate shooting at Case Western Reserve University to attempt to derail Ohio’s passage of "...

Letter to Senators from pro-HB12 police officer

8:58am Friday, May 30, 2003

An Ohio police officer and former Marine has copied us on a letter he submitted to the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. In the letter, Officer Douglas debunks any notion that Ohioans may exercise their constitutional right to self-defense by carrying a firearm "openly", by informing Senators that he was trained in police academy to charge persons doing so with disorderly conduct or inciting...

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Canton Repository: Movie-goers a target for car thieves

2:50pm Thursday, May 29, 2003

Ken Samblanet took his son, Dustin, to see a movie in an attempt to cheer him up. But when “Matrix Reloaded” ended, the father and son stepped out into Tinseltown Theatre’s parking lot only to notice something was missing. Dustin’s truck. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. The Samblanets aren’t the only movie-goers finding themselves the prey of vandals and thieves, police say...

Cincy Post: Violent crime up 37.1% in Cincinnati

12:13pm Thursday, May 29, 2003

Although touting progress in certain police districts, Cincinnati city council admits that Cincinnati's violent crime rate so far this year is up 37.1 percent compared to the same period in 2000. In the first 5 months of this year, the violent crime rate has increased by about 12 percent in two of Cincinnati's five police districts: District 2, which includes Evanston, Walnut Hills and...

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FLASHBACK: Ohio can learn a lot by studying CCW successes (& mistakes) elsewhere

11:34am Thursday, May 29, 2003

As the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice enters the final stretch of discussions on potential changes to HB12, we think it is important to keep the following in mind: Tennesseans made a lot of compromises to appease anti-gun pressures when creating their law in 1994. Only now, eight years later, are many of the major problems with Tennessee's CCW law being dealt with, and anti-self-...

Oxford (OH) Press: New shooter identifies with Annie Oakley

11:04am Thursday, May 29, 2003

This column doesn't address concealed carry reform, but should serve as a reminder that we all would do well to offer non-shooters the opportunity to try it out. All too often, it's a much better "converter" than facts, figures, and anecdotal stories about crime and defenselessness. By Andrea Might OXFORD PRESS I never realized how much I have in common with Annie Oakley. A resident of nearby...