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House Bill 12 receives fourth hearing in Senate committee

5:44pm Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's fourth hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. A summary of the hearing may be accessed by clicking on the "Read More..." link below. Today's testimony was originally scheduled to be a continuation of invited witnesses, with the Fraternal Order of Police labor...

Columbus Dispatch: Crime in the country

4:45pm Sunday, May 18, 2003

Galvanized by a modest crime wave too close to home, 40 residents, including some victims, turned out for a recent community meeting in search of reassurance from Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen. To residents’ way of thinking, crime is to be found on the mean streets of Columbus, not here — not among the pleasant cul-de-sacs of tended lawns, roomy two-story houses and late-model minivans and...

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Press conference or not, we still get the nasty headline

3:16pm Sunday, May 18, 2003

Despite the fact that it was the Million Mom March who held a tasteless press conference before the victim of the Case Western shooting was even laid to rest, the headline on this Sunday's Letters to the Editor page in the Cleveland Plain Dealer shouted: "Gun backers are quick to spin every tragedy" Under the twisted headline, they published four letters on the CWRU shooting. Only one was...

Lawmakers from the Miami Valley among those eyeing speaker seat

1:12pm Saturday, May 17, 2003

Lawmakers from the Miami Valley could be in the running for the state’s top two legislative posts — House speaker and Senate president — when those jobs open up at the end of next year. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the entire story, and OFCC PAC commentary. Republican state Reps. Jon Husted of Kettering, Kevin DeWine of Fairborn, Tom Raga of Mason and Keith Faber of Celina are all...

Letter to the Editor: McKinney acted in others' defense

12:09pm Saturday, May 17, 2003

A well-written letter to the editor has been printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer, taking that paper to task for their characterization of Harold McKinney as "taking the law into his own hands." Since the Enquirer's editorial, McKinney has been cleared of all charges, after a Hamilton County grand jury failed to return an indictment. Click on the "Read More..." link below to read the letter. May 17...

Michigan: Crime Fighter Mom Fights Crime

9:27am Saturday, May 17, 2003

The woman who organizes Michigan's Amber Alert program had to protect her own family this week. She's a nationally recognized crime fighting mom and proved why when she says she was attacked in her own home. The Tuesday morning wake-up call for Robin Trumbull was her for sale SUV on fire. "I heard a sound," says Robin. "I stepped out on the deck, looked over and saw my Tahoe on fire." Then Robin...

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Cincinnati Post: Jury clears bar 'hero'

7:11am Saturday, May 17, 2003

A Hamilton County grand jury Friday refused to indict a Northside man who last week shot and wounded an armed robber inside a neighborhood bar. The alleged robbers, however, are facing a total of 19 felony charges stemming from the May 8 incident. Grand jurors ignored charges of carrying a gun into a liquor establishment and felonious assault that prosecutors had filed against Harold "Hal"...

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Letter to the Editor: Statistics don’t support Highway Patrol’s fear of CCW

7:06am Saturday, May 17, 2003

An excellent letter to the editor by OFCC supporter Brendan Walker has been published in the Canton Repository, responding to claims made by Col. Paul D. McClellan, superintendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol, that law-abiding citizens carrying concealed firearms for self-defense in their personal vehicle present an officer safety issue. "In an e-mail dated May 5, Col. Paul D. McClellan,...