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Editorial: Summer project for legislators

9:59am Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Cleveland Plain Dealer 07/29/03 Ohio's House and Senate spent the summer stalling like a teenager avoiding as signed reading, but they finally seem to have succumbed to reality. Both chambers are to act next month on a measure that missed resolution before lawmakers scattered last month at the end of their regular session... OFCC PAC Commentary: Just when you thought they were going to do their...

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New York Post quotes OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine

9:12am Tuesday, July 29, 2003

OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine, who is a major airline pilot, was quoted for a story concerning New York Mayor Bloomberg's comments that the NY City Hall shooter slipped past security the same way pilots and "stewardesses" do at airports. The only disappointment in this very short story is how much of Irvine's comments were not printed. In the interview, he explained that these types of shootings...

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Akron paper: Attempted abduction proves that no place is totally free of worry

3:12pm Monday, July 28, 2003

At the request of Bob Taft, the Ohio Senate added restrictions to House Bill 12 that would prevent parents from protecting their children while in a motor vehicle. Had the bad guy in this Six Flags Wyandot Lake camp ground been armed, the unintended result of Taft's "car-jacker/ kidnapper protection" provision might well have been fully displayed. "It happened so quickly, it took me by surprise...

Learning from experience: N.Y. and D.C. gun follies

2:40pm Monday, July 28, 2003

The anti-self-defense extremists want to make sure we don't look at other states' experience when considering passage of a concealed carry reform law here in Ohio. They have a bit of trouble making their blood-in-the-streets, crime-will-go-up, shoot-outs-at-fender-benders predictions in light of these state's experience. Would they be any more interested in looking at states which have laws more...

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Letter to the Editor: Critics pick selectively at gun studies

2:11pm Monday, July 28, 2003

Since they can't argue with basic observations of successes of concealed carry reform legislation in 35 shall-issue states, anti-self-defense extremists have resorted to personal attacks on the academics who first observed these successes. After several recent discussions about John Lott's credibility on the opinion pages of the Columbus Dispatch, Dr. Lott himself has responded. Click on the "...

IRONY: Gov't says ''Citizens key to homeland security program''

1:23pm Friday, July 25, 2003

State hopes to train thousands of people to watch for signs of terrorist activity Friday, July 25, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH State officials want to train Ohioans to help seek out terrorists through a program unveiled yesterday. The theory is that the average citizen knows his neighborhood better than the average police officer, so it’s a good bet he’ll notice suspicious activity, said Domingo...

Dispatch: Pit bull attacks woman in wheelchair

11:38am Friday, July 25, 2003

White dog with black spots still at large after biting woman in University District Friday, July 25, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A woman in a wheelchair was attacked by a pit-bull terrier this week, leaving her with bites on her arms and legs. Authorities still are trying to find the dog and who owns it, Columbus police said. Debra Ballin, 50, said she usually keeps an eye out for the many pit...

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Dispatch: Crime rate around Ohio State scares students, parents

9:33am Friday, July 25, 2003

Every chance they get, the editors at the Columbus Dispatch publish commentary opposing legal self-defense in the state of Ohio. Judging by the state of affairs in Columbus and around the OSU campus, the Dispatch prefers that only the bad guys be armed. The crime wave around campus has gotten so bad, Columbus police have even told volunteers at the Community Crime Patrol to stay out of the area...