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OSHP's car carry language contributes to increased potential for firearms theft

8:01am Friday, June 18, 2004

June 16, 2004 I guess you can mark me down as one of the first people for it to happen to. I am hanging my head in shame and embarrassment as I write this. Last Thursday evening when I got home from the store I got out of my van, hit the door lock and went into my apartment. I do not have a visible holster or a locking glove compartment so I use a GunVault Double level lock box to keep my carry...

Kroger makes it official: Ohio signs ordered down

11:01pm Thursday, June 17, 2004

An increasingly aggressive grassroots campaign, which culminated with customers mailing the Kroger Co. receipts showing thousands upon thousands of dollars in sales lost to competitors such as Super WalMart, Meijer and local mom-and-pop groceries (who do NOT post discriminatory signs), has met with resounding success. OFCC announced last week that members and supporters from the Cincinnati-Dayton...

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Tale of FOUR OH Cities: Three posted business robbed; Armed Toledo clerk defends

4:57pm Thursday, June 17, 2004

June 17, 2004 WHIOtv.com Man Robs Kroger Store, Assaults Guard DAYTON, Ohio -- Dayton police are searching for a man who allegedly shoplifted from a local grocery store and then assaulted a security officer. The incident happened at the Kroger store on Wayne Avenue on Wednesday. Officers said the man was caught stealing a lighter and then assaulted the guard as he fled the scene. Medics took the...

BSSA tells O'Leary ''county of residence'' means ''county of residence

3:49pm Thursday, June 17, 2004

June 17, 2004 Sidney Daily News Prosecutor to probe release of information Miami County official to investigate why addresses for CCW permit holders issued A special prosecutor will investigate allegations against Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary regarding information on people issued permits in Shelby County to carry concealed weapons. Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Stevenson...

''No Warnings'' for accidental felonies in Montgomery Co.

12:11pm Thursday, June 17, 2004

June 17, 2004 WHIOtv.com Deputies Arrest Alleged Concealed Carry Law Violator DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton man reportedly becomes Montgomery County's first person to violate the concealed carry law after deputies said he took a gun into a court building. Investigators said Douglas Lyons walked into the Common Pleas Courts building in downtown Dayton on Tuesday with the gun. Law enforcement officials...

Special Prosecutor Appointed to Investigate Release of Protected Records

8:30pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry Calls on Legislators to Repeal Media Access Loophole June 17, 2004, 12:01 a.m. CLEVELAND - Ohioans For Concealed Carry today announced that it is calling upon the Ohio General Assembly to remove the flawed media access loophole from the new concealed handgun license law. The move is being made following the announcement by Shelby County Prosecutor Jim Stevenson that,...

National Association of Chiefs of Police Strongly Supports CCW

2:36pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004

June 15, 2004 Insight Magazine The National Association of Chiefs of Police recently released its 16th Annual Survey of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and, according to Vice President and Public Affairs Specialist Jim Kouri, some of the survey findings are surprising and compelling. "The survey had some surprising results on topics including terrorism, gun control, homeland security, drug enforcement...

Letter to the Editor: Gun crusader fires back at critics, editorial on CCW

12:13pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004

June 16, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal Toby Hoover (executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence) has yet again proven her hypocrisy when she stated in a June 10 letter that only a fraction of Ohioans will acquire concealed handgun licenses (she incorrectly referred to them as permits). We've said for years that only a small percentage of Ohioans will acquire these licenses, yet...