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OFCC PAC announces more 2004 primary election endorsements

3:48pm Friday, February 06, 2004

The OFCC PAC is proud to announce endorsements in several more primary contests across the state. In the Republican party primaries, our latest endorsements include Sen. Louis Blessing (House 29), Rep. Earl Martin (House 57), Rep. David Evans (House 71), Rep. Chris Widener (House 84), and Ron Hood (House 94). Our first endorsements in the Democrat party primaries are for Mickey Mottl (House 15)...

''Sheriffs in jam over gun law''(??) Only in gun banners' imaginations...

11:19pm Wednesday, February 04, 2004

February 4, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Add one more question to the list of unknowns about Ohio's new concealed-carry gun law: Can Ohio's sheriffs get mental-health records for people hoping to legally carry a handgun? Ohio law says people who have been committed to a mental-health facility should not be permitted to carry a concealed weapon. But a federal law called the Health Insurance...

CHL-holder moves in - 70 neighbors voice concerns

12:24pm Wednesday, February 04, 2004

IMPORTANT NOTE: The following parody was adapted from a recently-published Ohio news story about the newly-created sex offenders registry, and reaction from neighbors to the knowledge of their presence (the original story may be accessed by clicking here ). Very few words were changed. Since some rotten apples among liberal news editors are promising to public the lists of CHL-holders, and since...

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Sexual predators abound

9:52am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

February 2, 2004 Mansfield News Journal MANSFIELD -- Connie Hostettler is well aware of Richland County's dubious distinction as the sex-offender capital of Ohio. Now she is trying to determine why. Hostettler, records supervisor for the Richland County Sheriff's Department, has been in charge of the sheriff's sex-offender notification and registration program since Megan's Law went into effect...

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Political donors go wild in Ohio

9:22am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

January 31, 2004 Associated Press GOP has $3.6 million to spend on elections; Democrats far behind COLUMBUS - The Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee raised an off-year record $3.6 million in 2003 for this year's elections, led by a $510,000 donation from Rep. Jon Husted's campaign, reports filed Friday with the secretary of state's office showed. Just six campaign committees were...

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Letter to the Editor: Armed citizens are happy, free people

8:01am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

February 4, 2004 Toledo Blade Drivers never expect to need the air bags in their car, but we are grateful for them when the unexpected happens. No one wakes up thinking, "today I will be robbed, beaten, raped, or murdered." But when the unthinkable occurs, a concealed firearm is often the best - and only - insurance that person has to survive a violent encounter. Marilou Johanek claims the 145-...

What is the MATRIX? A privacy advocate's worst nightmare

7:37am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Ohio joins multistate antiterror database Police can search billions of records; privacy invasion, some say Dayton Daily News February 04, 2004 COLUMBUS -- Despite privacy concerns, Ohio is one of six states signed up to use powerful computer technology that will allow police to search billions of records to root out criminal and terrorist suspects with lightning speed. MATRIX — Multistate Anti-...

Wisconsin gun banners show just how extreme they are

3:17pm Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Having already seen his veto on concealed carry legislation overridden in the Wisconsin Senate, Democrat Governor Jim Doyle is holding out hope today that he can avoid being overridden in the Assembly - perhaps for the same reason Taft avoided the same in Ohio - some pro-CCW legislators may care more for party politics than defenseless citizens. ( UPDATE: Wisconsin Assembly falls one vote short...