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Tale of Two Cities: Cincinnati murders up 5th straight year, Detroit crime down

10:10pm Tuesday, December 23, 2003

Officials in Michigan are crediting a new tough-on-gun crimes policy, modeled after Project Exile in Virginia, for inspiring part of the downward trend in crimes committed with firearms in Detroit. As we recently reported , the FBI has observed a 10.5% drop in crime across the state of Michigan in the first two years since passage of a concealed carry law there. For the first time in 40 years,...

Padgett and Aslanides file for legislative positions

9:29am Tuesday, December 23, 2003

December 23, 2003 Gannett News Service One would like to be a senator and the other would like to have another two years as a state representative. Joy Padgett, executive director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia, and state Rep. Jim Aslanides were at the Muskingum County Elections Office filing their intentions to run for the respective offices Monday. Padgett, a lifelong resident of...

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OFCC PAC Endorses Jean Schmidt for Senate District 14

2:46pm Monday, December 22, 2003

Choosing among friends Two pro-concealed carry Republican candidates have announced that they will compete in the March primary for the chance to replace Senator Doug White in District 14. White is term-limited, and cannot seek re-election. Both Rep. Tom Niehaus and Rep. Jean Schmidt have good voting records for concealed carry reform in the Ohio House. Both will certainly continue that record in...

Self-defense ambassadors bring good will to Vermilion

10:03pm Saturday, December 20, 2003

by Jim Irvine, OFCC PAC Chairman December 20, 2003 Seventy people attended today’s open carry shopping day in Vermilion, Ohio including about 15 women. From noon until 2 O’clock, we shopped and committed random acts of commerce. Unlike all the other open carry walks, participants of today’s walk were there not just to send a message, or display the absurdity of current law verses HB12. Today,...

Gannett: Senate may be able to override gun bill veto

3:19pm Saturday, December 20, 2003

December 20, 2003 By JIM SIEGEL and LEO SHANE III Gannett Newspapers Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS -- Senate President Doug White continues to insist that he doesn't have the votes to override a potential veto of a bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed handguns. But others in his caucus disagree. "Based on the senators I've talked to, we would have enough votes to override the governor," said Sen...

Gardner quits quest to be next Ohio Senate leader

1:19pm Saturday, December 20, 2003

Toledo Blade December 19, 2003 By JAMES DREW BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - Randy Gardner yesterday dropped out of the race to become the next president of the Ohio Senate, paving the way for old rival Jeff Jacobson to become the chamber’s most powerful member. "I would rather be president, but there are some factors that make it more difficult to do that at this time," Mr. Gardner said...

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Comments show necessity of events like Vermilion's

9:55am Saturday, December 20, 2003

Today, December 20, from 12:00 to 2:00, there will be an Open Carry Shopping Day in the Harbour Town historic district of Vermilion, OH. The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Question of the Day for December 16 asked: What do you think of the "Vermilion Open Carry Shopping Day" event? Open Carry "Defense' Walks have always been about showing the absurdity of a state law and Supreme Court which bans...

Governor, House working on new CCW compromise

9:16pm Friday, December 19, 2003

December 18, 2003 Gongwer News Service Officials representing Governor Bob Taft and majority House Republicans are back at the negotiating table in an effort to resolve continuing differences on legislation that would allow law-abiding Ohioans to carry concealed weapons. Mr. Taft said Thursday he would like to be able to sign a measure that grants the ability to carry weapons, but said the...