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SHAKE-UP: Jacobson drops bid for Senate Presidency

7:46am Friday, July 02, 2004

July 02, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer (story edited for space) Columbus - Sen. Jeff Jacobson ended his quest to become Senate president Thursday after information surfaced that he had concealed his ties to an anti-tax group that assisted his efforts to win the top leadership post. "In seeking the Senate presidency, I allowed myself to become associated with persons whose practices were...

TEN: Another national chain removes discriminatory signs

7:29pm Thursday, July 01, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce that The Carter Lumber Co. has made a decision to open its doors to Ohio concealed handgun license-holders, just as the company has done for customers in eight other concealed carry states for years. In an email to OFCC, Carter Lumber's V.P. of Marketing, David McCafferty, stated as follows, and in part: "The signage that was recently hung in our...

Ohio CHL Reciprocity Update

11:15am Thursday, July 01, 2004

Beginning last week, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began learning that a number of states have announced that reciprocity agreements have been reached with Ohio regarding the recognition of concealed handgun licenses. While encouraged by the news, we have chosen not to publicize this information, because no official announcement has yet come from the Ohio Attorney General's office. Until it comes,...

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Gun-rights advocate sues over weapons law

8:06am Thursday, July 01, 2004

July 1, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Lawyer contends language inconsistent Parts of the state's new concealed-weapons law are unconstitutional and were written by "idiots," contends a gun-rights advocate who sued the state Wednesday. Stephen Miller, a lawyer and handgun instructor from Independence, sued in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court, asking a judge to strike down the law's language...

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Toby Hoover congratulates newspaper under investigation for law-breaking

7:47am Thursday, July 01, 2004

For at least the fourth time since passage of Ohio's concealed handgun license law, one of Ohio's few remaining gun control extremists has praised law-breaking as a means of opposing Ohio's new concealed carry law. In a letter to Sidney Daily News editor Jeff Billiel, published June 30, Toby Hoover offers "congratulations" to the newspaper , which recently published the addresses of citizens who...

Op-Ed: Add Gun Control To Litany Of Misbegotten Gov't Plans

6:57am Thursday, July 01, 2004

June 29, 2004 Investor's Business Daily By John R. Lott Jr. and Eli Lehrer The gun -control movement is in trouble internationally. From Britain to Australia to Canada, promises of lower crime rates from gun control have turned into historic increases in crime. While the normal knee-jerk solutions are to press for even more controls, once guns are banned the explanation that the laws failed...

Vermont ladies ''Taking aim''

6:53am Thursday, July 01, 2004

June 28, 2004 Bennington Banner SHAFTSBURY -- "Most people don't think of women wanting guns, but we do," says Bennington resident Jane Moffitt. Moffitt, who hasn't used a gun in more than 20 years, wants to protect herself now that her husband has died. She decided to attend a free National Rifle Association-funded program just for women Sunday morning called "Women on Target." Moffitt, along...

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Signs Down & Safe Alternative lists continue to grow

9:59pm Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Joe Eaton, OFCC's Business Education Task Force Coordinator, has received the following notification from First Clermont Bank: Dear Joe, We have removed our "no guns" signs from all First Clermont Bank locations. We gave the issue considerable thought before we added the signs in the first place, and went through a similar process before taking them down. Your letter was helpful, as were the...