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Letter to the Editor: There won't be any shootouts

4:49pm Friday, January 30, 2004

January 30, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal The only thing loaded about the concealed-weapon issue is the media and certain elected officials. The Jan. 9 story about the new Ohio law ("Concealed guns a loaded issue'') amazed me. Too bad I have to wait until April for the shootouts in the streets. Our elected officials and the Beacon Journal insult all Ohioans with the assumption that we can't be...

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Letters to the Editor: Toledo Blade's concealed carry law attitude patronizing

4:39pm Friday, January 30, 2004

January 30, 2004 Toledo Blade I was offended by your "we know what is really good for you attitude." You spoke harshly and inanely against the concealed-carry law just passed in Ohio. When was the last time any of you walked the mean streets of Toledo? Those of us who live and work in Toledo have been under fire from the criminals for a very long time, and it seems to be intensifying. If I, for...

Cincy Post editorial highlights failure of Ohio gun control laws

3:30pm Friday, January 30, 2004

01-28-2004 Cincinnati Post Getting weapons off the streets The value of equipping police with non-lethal weapons has been shown at least twice this month. Last week, Cincinnati police successfully used a stun gun on a suspect who was reaching for a gun as he struggled with officers who had run him down in a foot chase. It was the type of situation that could easily enough have forced officers to...

Cincinnatians ask ''why can't the police control this?''

8:45am Friday, January 30, 2004

January 28, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer WEST END - Mary Lockett's Dayton Street home in the West End has been broken into five times since Thursday. align="right"> The burglars took countless items, including jewelry, china dishes and other family heirlooms. They were even bold enough to smoke half a pack of cigarettes and devour a pot of chili that was sitting on her stove. "I want to find out...

Ohio Attorney General's office issues overview/Q & A documents on new CHL law

3:56pm Thursday, January 29, 2004

The Ohio Attorney General's office is currently in the process of preparing for the state's new concealed handgun license (CHL) law to take effect on April 7. One of the first actions by the AG have been to summarize the main provisions of the law, and to answer the most frequently asked questions about how the law will be implemented. This effort has been excellent as a means of putting to rest...

Ohio Concealed Carry Education Foundation Established

11:53pm Wednesday, January 28, 2004

CONTACT: [email protected] http://www.ohioccwtraining.org CLEVELAND, Jan 29 – Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Ohio’s largest grassroots concealed carry rights organization, announced the formation of the OFCC Education Foundation. The new organization is responsible for the state’s largest concealed carry training network. “When we started Ohioans For Concealed Carry our long term plans always...

Taft spinners trying to put a new face on years of anti-self-defense rhetoric

11:16pm Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Whether a student or not, campus journalism is always good for a read...and sometimes good for a laugh. But as we read this story from the student voice of the Ohio State University, we're not laughing at the writer. Instead, we're laughing at Bob Taft's sudden conversion into a concealed carry advocate. What to do about concealed guns Taft hopes to ease concerns The (OSU) Lantern (to read the...

Freud does journalism?

10:32pm Wednesday, January 28, 2004

Recently, asute readers have been treated to a couple of tasty freudian slips in mentions of Ms. Toby Hoover's personal anti-gun campaign, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. In a recent article, an OSU Lantern writer referred to Hoover's group as the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Control , and said Hoover "would applaud Taft's efforts on initiating background checks, only if he plans to update...