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Throats Slashed At Ohio Barbershop

4:16pm Saturday, November 20, 2004

November 18, 2004 NBC4.com Columbus Two people were slashed across the throat in an incident Thursday night at a local barbershop, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. The slashings happened at about 7 p.m. at the First Clips at the corner of College and Livingston avenues. One man, believed to be a barber, was found inside the shop. His throat had been slashed with a razor from ear to ear. The 28-...

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Dr. Condoleeza Rice speaks out on gun control

10:43pm Friday, November 19, 2004

In a November 17, 2004 story published in her home state of Alabama , Dr. Condoleeza Rice, current National Security Advisor and recently-nominated Secretary of State, spoke out on how growing up in a segregated South formed her views on many issues, including gun control: Rice, 50, head of the National Security Council, was raised in Birmingham by parents who believed strongly in religion and...

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Sheriff Karnes STILL doesn't understand the law on TELs?

4:46pm Friday, November 19, 2004

The Ohio Supreme Court could not have been more clear. The Court was so clear even the anti-CCW media reported it correctly: FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF JIM KARNES WAS WRONG TO DEMAND "PROOF OF NEED" FOR A T.E.L. APPLICATION. Apparently there is one person left in the state who still doesn't get it: Nov. 18, 2004, Columbus Dispatch : [Karnes] has issued three emergency permits, but all three have...

Op-Ed: How I learned to love firearms

4:00pm Friday, November 19, 2004

November 18, 2004 Slate.com Guinea Get Your Gun By Emily Yoffe I pressed the Beretta AL391 Urika deep into my shoulder and against my cheek, as if gripping a shotgun stock were as natural as holding the strap of my purse. I said, "Pull," in a firm yet casual way, to convey that, sure I drove here in a Volvo, and the radio in the Volvo is tuned to NPR, but I'm actually the kind of woman who loves...

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Who's responsible for Spada's anti-self-defense hit piece? The Blame Game begins

3:24pm Friday, November 19, 2004

November 19, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Matius: Spada's gun barrel ad loaded with misinformation by Julie Carr Smyth Columbus - Some Cuyahoga County voters found themselves looking down the barrel of a gun a couple of days before the Nov. 2 election. In the form of a glossy campaign flier, that is. The startling gun barrel ad, distributed by the Ohio Republican Party for State Sen. Bob Spada,...

Dayton students carjacked on their way to school

3:23pm Friday, November 19, 2004

November 17, 2004 WDTN Dayton (NBC Ch. 2) (click for complete story) Two Colonel White students were carjacked while stopped at a local store to buy drinks. Police say they stopped at the AM PM Market on Salem Avenue to buy sodas. The owner and driver of the car went in to by the sodas and his cousin stayed in the car. That is when the suspect came up, opened the driver’s door and got inside to...

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Party swap: Pro-CCW representative feels more at home in among GOP Caucus

3:22pm Friday, November 19, 2004

November 18, 2004 Columbus Dispatch A western Ohio Democrat who garnered national attention in 2000 when he became the youngest House member in state history at age 18 says he is joining the Republican caucus. Rep. Derrick Seaver of Minster in Auglaize County, now 22, said he plans to make the switch official at a news conference today with Ohio GOP leaders. Seaver declined to discuss his reasons...

Media coverage of Supreme Court ruling uniform: A WIN for CCW

3:17pm Friday, November 19, 2004

No matter what Ohio media citizens are exposed to today, the verdict is clear: Ohio CCW won a huge victory in the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday. The most comprehensive story was prepared by T.C. Brown of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. We have prepared a commentary to accompany the story, which is provided in below. Links to other stories are also provided. Top court widens gun-license path in urgent...