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U.S. Senate schedules Monday vote on nomination of Justice Cook to Federal bench

1:59pm Saturday, May 03, 2003

The U.S. Senate will finally vote on the nomination of Ohio Supreme Court Justice Deborah Cook to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday. Ms. Cook's approval for that post will leave vacant a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. Governor Bob Taft is constitutionally authorized to name a replacement. Will Taft use a litmus test for his nominee ? Will he dare overturn the publicly elected...

FLASHBACK: Gun Fight at the Ohio Corral

1:28pm Saturday, May 03, 2003

The scene is all too familiar: • A concealed carry reform bill with overwhelming support in the Ohio legislature. • A gaggle of law-enforcement bureaucrats who oppose Ohioans' right to self-defense. • A Republican governor who traded his support for self-defense rights in his state, to earn a police labor union's endorsement in future political aspirations. The year was 1995, and the governor was...

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Researcher: Ohio's concealed carry ban founded in racism

1:04pm Saturday, May 03, 2003

The fight to restore Ohioans' right to self-defense with a firearm has been going on longer than many realize. The following is taken from testimony offered by Clayton Cramer ( www.claytoncramer.com ) to the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee, in support of a concealed carry bill, on March 22, 1995. Mr. Cramer's research on the origins of concealed carry bans are striking, and are something that...

HB12: Senate PROPONENT hearing scheduled May 7

12:20pm Friday, May 02, 2003

House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for proponent testimony only on May 7 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room, Second Floor, Senate Building. UPDATE! Senator Austria's office has offered additional clarification on the purpose for Wednesday's 1st proponent hearing for HB12. This first proponent hearing, the Chairman is asking to hear...

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Gannett News Service: FOP police labor union speaks

5:43pm Thursday, May 01, 2003

An article covering Senate action on HB12 has been filed by Jim Siegel for the Gannett News Service today, and will be appearing in multiple central Ohio newspapers over the next 72 hours. The Ohio Chamber of Commerce (normally known as a more conservative, pro-business lobbying group) is towing a Million Mom March line by inferring that CCW at work would create an OSHA (the Occupational Safety...

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Complicit media warns: Bill would allow concealed weapons in parking lots!

3:22pm Thursday, May 01, 2003

You'd think it was another case of SARS. We've been warning for two months that anti-self-defense extremists were testing a new spin in their fight against concealed carry reform, by claiming that " companies in virtually every industry will be adversely affected if a concealed carry weapons bill passes in Ohio ". Ohio's liberally-dominated media outlets (such as the Youngstown Vindicator, the...

Concealed carry reform will save Ohio officer's lives

12:54pm Thursday, May 01, 2003

Time and again, we read quotes by Ohio Highway Patrol bureaucrats, claiming that concealed carry reform would put their officers in danger. But as this tragic shooting in Youngstown illustrates, Ohio's officers are already in danger from guns in criminal's cars. The truth is, research proves concealed carry reform laws, which puts firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens, make police safer...

Would-be Ohio victims practice self-defense; bad guys get hurt

12:27pm Thursday, May 01, 2003

Three incidents across Ohio in the past few days indicate that law-abiding citizens are beginning to fight back against the crime-wave that plagues our state. In Summit County, an off-duty deputy shot and killed an intruder when he failed to respond to an order not to enter his home. The would-be assailant turned out to be a convicted murderer. • Off-duty Summit deputy shoots intruder at his...