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Editorial: Time to start teaching gun safety in schools

9:28am Thursday, September 09, 2004

September 7, 2004 St. Paul Pioneer Press by Mark Yost As the rest of Minnesota's kids head back to school today, they'll participate in a wide-ranging curriculum that will readily teach them how to swim, how to drive, how to safely handle potent chemicals, how to balance their checkbook, even how to conjugate verbs in a dead language. What it won't teach them is what to do if they ever come...

Facts on guns and crime reduction in Israel ''surprise'' Michael Moore

9:12am Thursday, September 09, 2004

Despite being an "expert" on guns and crime, Michael Moore now says he learned the facts about arming citizens and crime reduction only after he made his anti-gun movie: "After I made Bowling for Columbine, I discovered that Israel has one of the lowest levels of violence -- I mean, besides the conflict with the Palestinians -- even though there are so many guns around." (Admissions like this...

Akron police seek gunman who entered home

12:08pm Wednesday, September 08, 2004

September 8, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal AKRON: Police are investigating a home invasion in the 400 block of Perkins Street. A woman at the house told police a man with a gun broke into the apartment about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. The gunman ordered her to lie on the floor. An upstairs tenant heard the commotion and rushed to the woman's aid, causing the gunman to cut his robbery short, police said. As...

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Guns banned in Elyria parks, but there's no penalty

9:36am Wednesday, September 08, 2004

September 8, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal ELYRIA -- City Council voted to ban concealed handguns in the city's parks, despite objections raised by a councilman and although the ordinance doesn't call for any penalties. Council voted 10-1 to ban concealed weapons in all city buildings and city-owned parks, amending a previous ordinance that banned concealed handguns on all city-owned land,...

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President of Remington Arms Co. advises Kerry on firearms safety

9:01am Wednesday, September 08, 2004

September 8, 2004 PRNewswire At a Labor Day campaign rally yesterday, Sen. John Kerry accepted an ironic gift from a labor union representative. The gift, a Remington model 11-87 shotgun commonly used in hunting and recreational shooting enjoyed by millions of Americans, would be banned as an "assault weapon" under a bill that Kerry is co-sponsoring. align="right"> "The semi-automatic shotgun...

Gun control's complete and utter failure on display in Ohio town

8:13am Wednesday, September 08, 2004

Compiled from reports by the Associated Press and the Cleveland Plain Dealer . September 8, 2004 Gunman dead after injuring three GENEVA, Ohio - A woman grazed by a bullet dived into a parked car after hearing what she initially thought was firecrackers, while the gunman who opened fire on the town's main thoroughfair wounded two others before reportedly shooting himself. "I felt something hit my...

Another DDN employee victimized in a gun crime

10:57pm Tuesday, September 07, 2004

September 6, 2004 Dayton Daily News Senseless shootings kill 2 bystanders DAYTON | — Derek Ali, a well-known community figure and Dayton Daily News reporter, was killed Sunday morning pushing a woman away from gunfire at a Lakeridge Court party. Mr. Ali, 47, had been working as a disc jockey at the private party and was moving his DJ equipment to his car at about 1 a.m. A group of men denied...

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Armed robbery in ''gun free'' credit union

10:16pm Tuesday, September 07, 2004

All Ohio Universal 1 Credit Unions are listed among the unsafe businesses in OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . September 7, 2004 Dayton Daily News Man robs credit union, lingers DAYTON | An armed robber grabbed cash Tuesday at the Universal One Credit Union on Harshman Road. He then stayed in the branch for while, fleeing only after a teller asked him if he needed anything else. The...