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Criminal misuse of guns in Ohio – and the failure of gun control to stop it

5:05am Saturday, April 02, 2005

Gun control has failed to make our streets safe, and funding cuts are forcing police departments to downsize. It is time for a new approach to crime deterrence. Bucyrus: Bucyrus teens reportedly try to rob female classmate It wasn't a good Friday for two young wannabe robbers last week. Two Bucyrus boys, 15 and 16, tried to rob a 16-year-old classmate at gunpoint but got away, temporarily empty-...

Mark your Calendars: Join OFCC for Party in the Park II

3:31pm Friday, April 01, 2005

OFCC is happy to announce the 2nd annual Party in the Park is set to take place at Liberty Park (corner of Liberty Rd. and Home Rd.) in Powell, Delaware Co., Ohio, on July 30th from 11am to 6pm – rain or shine. Party in the Park II is a family event. All pro-concealed carry Ohio residents, friends and family will be welcomed. SPEAKER: Attorney General Jim Petro to be keynote speaker for OFCC's...

UDF bans CHL - Tri-state customers told to stay out when armed

5:10am Friday, April 01, 2005

This week, we began receiving reports of new "no-guns" signs being posted in Cincinnati-area United Dairy Farmers convenience stores. As it was the first block-posting by a business chain in close to a year (there are nearly 200 UDF stores in the Tri-state area), and as UDF is an Ohio-based business which has been doing business in other CCW states for years with no signs , Business Education...

Criminals foil background checks: Firearms stolen from home

5:05am Friday, April 01, 2005

The Lancaster Eagle Gazette is reporting that someone broke into a home in the 4600 block of Pine Grove Road, Amanda between 3 p.m. Monday and 12:30 a.m. Tuesday. Stolen items included six rifles and shotguns along with a 9 mm pistol, a holster, and 320 rounds of reloaded ammunition. The value of the loss was not estimated. It is highly typical in cases like these that the thief knows what he is...

Op-Ed: Women's self-defense class can save life

5:00am Friday, April 01, 2005

March 31, 2005 Cincinnati Enquirer Your voice: Susan Morgan I recently participated in a self-defense class for women offered by the Cincinnati police. It all started when I asked if they could recommend a course. They responded by asking if I would recruit some friends to be "guinea pigs" for a pilot program. Four course hours later I, and several of my friends, knew what to do, mentally and...

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Columbus talk-show host working as guard shoots two

7:21am Thursday, March 31, 2005

The NBC4 Columbus is reporting that Columbus radio talk-show host Cornell McCleary shot two men, seriously injuring one of them, last night while working as a security guard at an East Side apartment complex. According to the report, police questioned McCleary, 51, then released him without filing charges. From the story: The shooting happened at about 6 p.m. at an apartment complex on Vineshire...

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Toledo officials offer contradictory statements on park ban challenge

4:53pm Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Judging by recent coverage in the Toledo Blade, city officials are beginning to contradict themselves publicly as they struggle to decide how to deal with an activist who has announced he will challenge the city's ban on carrying firearms for self-defense in parks next week. Yesterday , Toledo City Councilman Wilma Brown told the newspaper she would try to stop the parks department from issuing a...

Op-Ed: Only a gun could have stopped Jeff Weise

3:27pm Wednesday, March 30, 2005

March 30, 2005 St. Paul (MN) Pioneer Press By Mark Yost In the week since teenage gunman Jeff Weise walked into Red Lake Senior High School and killed five students, a teacher and a security guard before killing himself, the usual voices from the usual precincts have been asking: What can we do to keep this from happening next time? How about arming security guards, as well as a handful of...