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Ohio Auto Dealers Association BOD Chairman removes signs from his dealerships

5:46pm Friday, July 16, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is please to announce that another group of Ohio businesses has removed discriminatory signs barring concealed handgun license-holders from their business. The following email is from Andy Glockner, owner of several car & truck sales-related businesses in the Portsmouth area, to OFCC Senate District 14 Coordinator. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew M...

Ohio Democrats backing College Rapist and Carjacker Protection bills

3:53pm Friday, July 16, 2004

After years of spewing anti-gun rhetoric in efforts to oppose concealed carry reform in Ohio, the state's most liberal Democrats are suddenly very interested in backing concealed carry legislation at the Statehouse. In early May, we revealed that Sen. Ray Miller (D-15) had begun shopping for co-sponsors for a bill that seeks to repeal Section 9 of House Bill 12 from the books and expand the ban...

Prime Outlets Malls: Shopping for Defenseless Victims

5:22pm Thursday, July 15, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry first notified supporters about Prime Outlets mall's discriminatory signs on May 3. The Jeffersonville mall holds a dubious distinction on the Do Not Patronize While Armed list, as the only retailer which has had employees victimized by the Ohio "Retail Rapist" . Prime Outlets has placed "NO WEAPONS" signs at the EDGE of their property lines. This means that when you...

Op-Ed: Term limits are the debasing poison in Ohio politics

7:22am Thursday, July 15, 2004

by Thomas Suddes, Cleveland Plain Dealer The one sure way to drain the Statehouse consulting- and-collecting cesspool would be to repeal General Assembly term limits. Otherwise, nothing will change in Columbus, not even if a clutch of Republicans ends up in the hoosegow. Term limits, which voters imposed in 1992, forbid state representatives and senators to serve more than eight consecutive years...

Letter to the Editor: ''No gun'' signs give wrong message

2:39pm Wednesday, July 14, 2004

July 14, 2004 Sidney Daily News To the editor: I read Toby Hoover's letter congratulating your newspaper for illegally publishing the names and addresses of the CCW holders in Shelby County. Why would someone give congratulations on a criminal act? Her letter is typical of the anti-gun movement. They rely on fear mongering to scare people. Ms. Hoover stated that the new law increased the safety...

Section 9: Clyde officials squirm; Cleveland, Willougby & Hamilton back down

2:31pm Wednesday, July 14, 2004

July 14, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Clyde faces gun fight Group threatens suit if city doesn't rescind weapons ban in parks CLYDE -- City officials continue to receive outside pressure to rescind an ordinance enacted by city council last month banning weapons from city parks. The most recent threat has come from Ohioans for Concealed Carry, a Second Amendment advocacy group, which, in a letter...

CASE DISMISSED: Unanimous Supreme Court sends Toby Hoover packing

11:50am Wednesday, July 14, 2004

UPDATE! July 14, 2004, 5:25 p.m. ET Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's three-month-old concealed weapons law passed its first test on Wednesday when a unanimous Ohio Supreme Court threw out a lawsuit that claimed county sheriffs do not have the resources to conduct thorough background checks of permit applicants. The court, without comment, dismissed the lawsuit filed by the Ohio...

Homicidal home invaders: ''I come to rob you''

10:27pm Tuesday, July 13, 2004

July 13, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Masked gunmen kill two at home One man was dead and another in custody as authorities early this morning closed in on two suspects from a triple-shooting in a Franklin Township home early yesterday. Franklin County deputies called for Columbus police dogs and a helicopter after the men were cornered along Hall Road near Hilltonia Drive about 12:15 this morning. One...