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Letter to the Editor: Gun lobby has been shameless in efforts to villify OSHP

12:45pm Thursday, September 25, 2003

09/25/03 Athens News ( news@athensnews.com ) Gun lobby has been shameless in efforts to villify State Highway Patrol It's mid September and the General Assembly is back in session. How did pro-gun legislators and the gun lobby spend their summer vacations? Hurling insults at the Ohio State Highway Patrol and its 1,493 troopers because the OSHP wants to protect its patrol officers and Ohio's...

Media Agrees: All Eyes on Senate President Doug White

6:42am Thursday, September 25, 2003

It is clear from reading media fallout from the ruling - all eyes are now intensely focused on Sen. Pres. Doug White and his continued obstruction of Am. Sub. HB12. Akron Beacon Journal: Drive to lift state gun ban returns to legislature House Speaker Larry Householder, R-Glenford, said in a statement Wednesday that he wants the Senate to join the House to work out differences. Senate President...

Self-Defense Advocates Call on Legislature to Act in Wake of Ohio Supreme Court Ruling

5:55pm Wednesday, September 24, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 24, 2003 Group says majority opinion reads like “Jim Crow” Self-defense Advocates Plan “Visual Display” of Supreme Court Ruling Sunday CLEVELAND - The Ohio Supreme Court’s split-decision to overturn rulings from two lower courts, which unanimously agreed that Ohio’s ban on carrying a concealed firearm is unconstitutional, highlights the necessity for legislative...

Ohio Supreme Court ruling overturns two unanimous lower courts in split decision

11:49am Wednesday, September 24, 2003

11:30 a.m. Statement from Ohioans For Concealed Carry: We are disappointed that the Ohio Supreme Court has failed on this issue and abridged this fundamental right of Ohioans for a third time in this state's history. The court has contradicted itself by saying that citizens may exercise this fundamental right by carrying openly without concerns for public safety, but that wearing a concealed...

Ohio State Highway Patrol Bureaucrat: Can You Hear Me Now?

8:03am Wednesday, September 24, 2003

In February, Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul McClellan published a letter opposing concealed carry legislation on it's face. In it, he made some outrageous and easily disprovable statements, such as "There is no statistical or anecdotal evidence which supports that concealment and transportation of a weapon in a motor vehicle is effective or safe as a defensive or deterrent measure...

Gongwer: Delay in Enacting CCW Bill Allows Crime To Flourish, Report Says

4:45pm Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Gongwer News Service September 22, 2003 Hundreds of Ohioans who have been victims of violent criminal actions would not have suffered those attacks had the General Assembly enacted a law allowing people to carry concealed weapons, according to a report released Monday by backers of House-passed legislation that calls for an Ohio concealed-carry law. The report, written for Ohioans For Concealed...

Under new (MO) law, no permit will be needed to hide pistols in cars, group says

2:55pm Tuesday, September 23, 2003

This Thursday, Ohio's two major law enforcement groups, the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association and the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police, will try to convince the Ohio State Highway Patrol that the language they encouraged the Senate to adopt in Am. Sub. HB12 is regarding carrying firearms in vehicles is UNSAFE. This story from Missouri highlights just how ridiculous are the concerns of the OSHP. In...

False sense of security: ''More finding comfort in dorms at OSU''

2:38pm Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Safety, studies spur move back to campus September 22, 2003 Demand for university housing at Ohio State — on the rise for years — has hit a new high. Yesterday, 9,258 students moved into dormitories, a 31 percent increase from 1995. New dorms with 500 new beds — the first student housing built in 34 years — are filling up with their first residents. Safety concerns, a big freshman class,...