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Toledo's NBC24 goes against wishes of 88% of viewers, publishes CHL list

by Chad D. Baus

10:33am Monday, September 13, 2004

On Thursday, September 9, NBC24 (WNWO Toledo) republished a list of Lucas County CHL-holders on its website. The list had previously been published by the Toledo City Paper. In a statement published with the list of 650 names , the television station openly admits to violating the will of the Ohio General Assembly: "...the law says those permits are not public record. Only the media and law...

Secretary of State Blackwell Addresses Group

10:32am Monday, September 13, 2004

The following story, authored by Larry S. Moore, was published Friday, September 10, 2004 in the Greene County Dailies (Xenia Gazette, Fairborn Daily Herald, Beavercreek News). Republished with permission of the author. POWELL, OH - Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell was the keynote speaker for the Ohioans For Concealed Carry 'Party In The Park' over the Labor Day Weekend. Blackwell...

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SAF condemns ABCNews fraud in report on AWB sunset

8:43am Monday, September 13, 2004

September 9, 2004 - The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today called on ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and correspondent Bill Redeker to admit the network distorted fact during a report on the end of the so-called "assault weapons" ban that aired Wednesday evening, Sept. 8. During that segment, video footage from the North Hollywood bank robbery shootout in March 1997 showed the robbers firing...

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DDN: Woman uses BB gun to scare off intruders

5:02pm Sunday, September 12, 2004

The Dayton Daily News is reporting today that a 23-year-old woman used a BB gun to scare would-be burglars away from her Bath Twp. farm house last Thursday. The newspaper states that "Jessica Shafford said she was reading poetry at 2:30 p.m....when two men pulled up to the property. One of the men went to the rear of the house and began to remove a screen window." Shafford told the DDN she got...

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Editorial: Elyria winged by its wild shot at keeping guns out of city parks

3:59pm Sunday, September 12, 2004

September 10, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal The decision by Elyria City Council to specifically ban concealed handguns from the city's parks carries no penalties. That makes it unenforceable, and Police Chief Mike Medders says it won't be enforced. Even if it's a symbolic statement against guns, as Mayor Bill Grace suggested, it's a bad move. Unenforced and unenforceable laws only breed contempt...

Letter to the Editor: Law-abiding Ohioans have right to carry guns

2:35pm Thursday, September 09, 2004

September 9, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald Regarding your editorial "Cities should have right to ban guns in parks," I believe you have missed several important points. Gun laws, like many other laws, need to be consistent across the state. That is why speed limits and traffic laws operate within certain guidelines across the state. Seatbelt laws designed to make us safer are consistent across...

Gun rights could play a significant role in battleground states

12:29pm Thursday, September 09, 2004

September 9, 2004 Springfield News Sun WASHINGTON — Large populations of hunters and gun owners in Ohio and other battleground states could provide critical support in the close presidential election, the National Rifle Association's chief executive said Wednesday. Candidates' stances on protecting gun rights could help attract enough voters to sway the election, NRA chief executive Wayne...

NRA-ILA: ONE MORE PUSH TO END THE CLINTON GUN BAN

9:40am Thursday, September 09, 2004

September 9, 2004 With only five days to go before the September 13th expiration of the 1994 Clinton gun ban, anti-gun activists across the nation are making a last stand to re-enact this ineffective legislation. But now time is running out. Congress is only in session three more days before the sunset, and because time is short, anti-gunners will be redoubling their efforts to extend the ban...