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Letter to the editor: Stanford University professor skews gun-crime data

5:33am Sunday, June 15, 2003

On June 10, we published a Capital University professor David Mayer's response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor from anti-gun extremist John J. Donohue III, and wondered aloud of the Dispatch would have the courage to print it. They did. The Dispatch printed Dr. Mayer's letter in the Friday, June 13 edition. Click here to read the letter in the Columbus Dispatch (subscription site -...

Toledo Blade: Ohio ranks 6th in nation for bank robberies

12:26pm Saturday, June 14, 2003

Banks still a target June 14, 2003 FBI crime statistics for 2002 show Ohio sixth highest in the nation, for the number of robberies of its financial institutions. The state ranked third in 2001. Toledo, with 41 holdups last year, was second only to Cincinnati among major Ohio cities, with 44. Cleveland had 35, Dayton, 27, and Columbus, 25. Already this year another 19 holdups have occurred in...

Cincy Post: ''Guns kill 1, hurt 1 in West End''

11:14am Saturday, June 14, 2003

Two Friday the 13th shootings two blocks apart in the West End left one person dead and one person wounded. The fatal shooting occurred at the Parktown Café at 1726 Linn. The other shooting occurred less than six hours earlier and two blocks to the south. There are several points to raise from this article in Saturday's Cincinnati Post . 1) Just from reading the headline, "Guns kill 1, hurt 1 in...

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HB12: 7th Senate hearing on HB12 scheduled for June 17

4:41pm Friday, June 13, 2003

House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for invited testimony, possible amendments, and a possible vote out of committee on Tuesday, June 17 at 11:00 a.m. in Room 110, Second Floor, Senate Building. If necessary, the hearing may continue after session in the Senate Finance Hearing Room. The purpose for Tuesday's hearing for HB12 is, essentially...

Letter to the Editor: 'Million' Mom's claims ''dishonesty born of desperation"

4:04pm Friday, June 13, 2003

The Cleveland Free Times recently printed an anti-self-defense op-ed from Lori O'Neill, president of the "Million" Mom March's Cleveland chapter. Unfortunately, the op-ed is not available on the Free Times' website (though we've probably heard it all before). Click on the "Read More..." link below to view a response, written by pro-CCW supporter Chris Morton. We hope the Free Times has the...

Meigs Co. Sheriff will go it alone starting Saturday

3:23pm Friday, June 13, 2003

Consider the first two paragraphs of this Columbus Dispatch article, and ask yourself why this newspaper's editorial board continues to advocate a ban on a practical self-defense law for Ohioans. Thursday, June 12, 2003 "If there’s big trouble during the wee hours of the night, Meigs County Sheriff Ralph Trussell warns it may require a few rings to rouse him from bed and a minute or so for him to...

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Letter to the Editor: Protect right of self-defense

12:44pm Friday, June 13, 2003

June 13, 2003 To the editor of the Mansfield News Journal: Regarding the May 26 article, "Bill limits backyard guns," which refers to House Bill 180. If you are a law-abiding gun owner, you need to call your state representatives and tell them to vote this bill down. This bill would do more damage to your gun rights than the Clinton Gun Ban and the Brady Bill. House Bill 180 would allow township...

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Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban gets first public hearing

10:47am Friday, June 13, 2003

Wednesday's public hearing in city council chambers on a proposed ban on possession or sale of assault firearms brought out raw emotion on both sides. More than four dozen people attended the unusual pair of hearings, arranged by Artis Gillam Sr., D-1st, council's safety committee chairman. Massive feedback on the proposed law led him to set aside two hours in the afternoon and two hours in the...