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Concealed-carry reform and the post-Householder outlook

1:27pm Tuesday, July 22, 2003

The election of the speaker of the Ohio House is 17 months away, but several state legislators have already begun meeting with fellow Republican House members seeking their support for a run at the seat. Each of the potential speaker candidates who have stepped forward thus far are 2002 OFCC PAC Endorsees. Current Speaker Larry Householder cannot run for re-election next year because of the state...

Judge dismisses NAACP's gun suit

11:23am Tuesday, July 22, 2003

A federal judge threw out the NAACP's case against the gun industry yesterday, despite finding that the manufacturers have put the public at risk with careless marketing practices. Affirming a jury verdict in favor of the gun makers, U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein ruled that the NAACP failed to show, as required by law, that its members were uniquely harmed. A gun industry spokesman, Lawrence...

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Plain Dealer: Women embracing martial arts

12:51pm Saturday, July 19, 2003

07/19/03 Molly Kavanaugh Plain Dealer Reporter Oberlin- In a warm second-floor dance studio on the Oberlin College campus, Jen Resnick scampered across the floor, demonstrating how to use a knife for self-defense. About 300 women from the United States, Canada and elsewhere are attending the four-day camp, which is held at a different college each summer. The students, ranging in age from 6 to...

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Letter to the Editor: Courts have spoken - People should protect themselves

10:20am Saturday, July 19, 2003

An excellent letter to the editor has been written by a police officer with 25 years of experience, and published in the Columbus Dispatch. Mr. Joseph Wayne wrote in response to an earlier letter from the mother of a person who was injured in the CRWU shooting. Click here to read the full letter in the Columbus Dispatch, or click on the "Read More..." link below for an archived version. Saturday...

Plain Dealer editorial: Bring on the victim zones

9:28am Saturday, July 19, 2003

Check your gun at the gate 07/19/03 The Minnesota legislature recently passed a law allowing most citizens to carry concealed handguns. The law made the state the latest to approve a CCW measure - a proposal which has been unsuccessfully kicked around the Ohio legislature for eight years. Despite Minnesota's new pro-gun law, the issue appears to remain far from settled there. Last week,...

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Op Ed: Taft’s troubles aren’t unlike those faced by Gray Davis

10:41am Friday, July 18, 2003

Columbus Dispatch Friday, July 18, 2003 DARREL ROWLAND This ought to sound a wee bit familiar to anyone who has followed Ohio politics over the past year. The incumbent governor acknowledges that the state faces severe financial problems but refuses to offer even an estimate of the coming shortfall. A couple of months before November’s general election, his challenger tosses out a projected...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed carry vs. death row clemency

9:41am Friday, July 18, 2003

July 18, 2003 Akron Beacon-Journal Plan B? For so many years, we law-abiding gun lovers have begged Gov. Taft for clemency. Maybe condemned killer Richard Wade Cooey should get his lawyers to petition the commander of the Ohio Highway Patrol for it. Homer M. Long Barberton

Four for Four: Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban defeated. BUT...

9:48am Thursday, July 17, 2003

As we first told you in December , a fourth attempt to ban so-called "assault weapons" is underway in Youngstown. OFCC's Mahoning County Coordinator, Rick Kaleda, has just sent us the following update (click on the "Read More...: link below): ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Kaleda Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Youngstown AW ban DEFEATED. . . BUT . In a surprising move,...