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Women should worry about protecting themselves

10:24am Thursday, July 03, 2003

The following was submitted by an OFCC supporter: WBNS in Columbus today is running an article about a flasher they haven't yet caught who is increasingly outgoing: Police warn women about flasher Members of the Columbus Police sex abuse squad are warning women about a flasher striking around town. They say the extent of his attacks and the degree of violating his victims is escalating, and women...

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Police stop Levant (ME) man with toy gun on I-95

10:18am Thursday, July 03, 2003

This article illustrates why having guns on our front car seats, as required by amended substitute H.B. 12, is a bad idea. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the full story. Tuesday, July 1, 2003 Police stop Levant man with toy gun on I-95 WATERVILLE — A 20-year-old Levant man was ordered from his car on Interstate 95 at gun point Sunday by a trooper of the Maine State Police after other...

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Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry bill makes parents targets

9:30am Thursday, July 03, 2003

More for the "What Bob Taft refuses to understand" file - this mom doesn't like the idea of having a bulls-eye painted on her car to appease the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Columbus Dispatch July 3, 2003 I completely concur with Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett's stance on the concealed-carry issue, as stated in his June 22 column. Hallett is correct that substitute House Bill 12, as written,...

Abject failure: Ohio's CCW Ban not working to deter crime

8:56am Thursday, July 03, 2003

YOUNGSTOWN - Greg White looks at the bar graph and just shakes his head. He is appalled at what he sees: the number of homicides in Mahoning County that involve guns, mostly in Youngstown, is staggering. That's why White, the new U.S. attorney for Ohio's Northern district, today announced a concerted effort to get guns and their users off the street. "I have every confidence we can change this...

Preach It, Pastor!

5:08pm Wednesday, July 02, 2003

Thomas Brouwer, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, in Middletown, wrote a reply to an anti-self-defense letter published by the mother of a CWRU shoting victim. His letter to the editor published in the Middletown Journal. Click the "Read More..." link below for an archived copy of the letter, and a link to the newspaper. Letters to the Editor, 07.02.03 For The Middletown Journal...

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Online Poll on Gov. Taft's Performance

4:59pm Wednesday, July 02, 2003

The Middletown Journal has an online poll on Taft's performance as Gov. Go HERE to vote. Current results at 05:54 p.m. on Wed. Excellent 1% Good 0% Fair 0% Poor 24% Ready for Recall 75%

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Mansfield: Vandals harass woman for her religion

2:39pm Wednesday, July 02, 2003

Are the efforts of Bob Taft and the Ohio Highway Patrol putting this victim of hate at further risk? Concrete wrapped in swastika thrown through window MANSFIELD - Helen Avenue resident Ruth Schwan is considering investing in bulletproof glass. Thursday night, just minutes before midnight, someone threw a piece of cement through her dining-room window. Wrapped around it was a piece of white paper...

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Senator Lynn Wachtmann: Portrait of a Senate Leader

3:52pm Tuesday, July 01, 2003

In one sense, politicians' jobs are not unlike waiters, bellhops, or any other service-related occupation. They rarely hear a peep from their customers unless the service is bad. Senator Lynn Wachtmann deserves to hear from you, because his service has been so good . Click on the "Read More..." link below. align="right"> Sen. Lynn Wachtmann, a Napoleon Republican, says that throughout his...