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Many more Ohio businesses remove discriminatory signs

10:05am Monday, May 17, 2004

In the wake of nationwide attention on Ohioans For Concealed Carry's effort to inform CHL-holders of where their business is not wanted, Ohio's media is giving significant attention to a FEW businesses on the "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list who are refusing to reconsider their discriminatory policies. Very few reporters have mentioned, let alone called to interview, the many businesses (...

Op-Ed: Group carries cause to an extreme

1:29pm Saturday, May 15, 2004

May 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer by Sam Fulwood III Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC is an organization of gun-toting activists who believe that well-dressed citizens should accessorize their wardrobes with loaded weapons. A 9 mm pistol goes beautifully with camouflage fatigues, which are the rage nowadays. But what do you carry when you're strolling the boulevard or just having a bite at that...

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Concealed weapon applicants hurry, wait

8:14am Friday, May 14, 2004

May 14, 2004 Toledo Blade Paperwork delaying approval of permits Five weeks after Ohio gave its residents the right to carry concealed weapons, Lucas County residents are still waiting for their permits. More than 350 have applied for their permits in Lucas County but still await their cards because the paperwork process is so time-consuming, according to sheriff's Lt. Greg Wojciechowski. "We're...

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Letter to the Editor: CCW lament focused on the wrong people

7:38am Friday, May 14, 2004

May 13, 2004 Toledo Blade I read with amusement Toby Hoover's hand-wringing lament in Readers' Forum on Ohio's new concealed-carry law. A culture of fear? You bet. But she's focused on the wrong group of people. The "fearful" ones are now the perpetrators and criminals who reside in this state. They now know that they are very likely to make a serious and perhaps terminal mistake in their victim...

Fearforprofit Inc.

3:44pm Thursday, May 13, 2004

May 13, 2004 The (Cleveland) Sun Press "No guns allowed" signs popped up at local municipal buildings and schools laws month when Ohio's new concealed carry weapons law took effect. (Accompanying photo contains the following caption: "Signs such as this one outside the Chagrin Falls library will soon be as common everywhere as no smoking signs.") Enter gun safety advocate Lori O'Neill and her...

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Ohio newspaper editor arrested, charged with kidnapping

10:35am Thursday, May 13, 2004

The Ohio Newspaper Association is encouraging it's members to publish every name of citizens who choose to obtain a concealed handgun license. They say it's in the "public interest". We are beginning to wonder if it is in the public interest to publish the home addresses of every Ohio newspaper editor. After all, they can be quite dangerous... May 13, 2004 Springfield News-Sun WILMINGTON, Ohio —...

Raging Against Self-Defense: Anti-gunners react to Do Not Patronize list news...

8:15am Thursday, May 13, 2004

As news of OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed list was reported across the state and even across the nation (including USA TODAY ) this week, we have received an increasing amount of emails from people who seem to need a few anger-management classes. The following person didn't have the courage to leave his real name or email address: How pathetic are you people? Let me guess- you are so bitter...

Concealed-carry process goes smoothly in Athens County

7:52am Thursday, May 13, 2004

After initial holdups over a misunderstanding about what was necessary to complete mental health records check (see Athens Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR'' , things seem to be moving right along now in Athens Co. May 12, 2004 Athens Messenger Sheriffs' offices throughout Ohio are being accused of approving concealed carry licenses too slowly, but not in Athens County. Ohioans...