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JoinTogether to stop gun violence? Only if the money flows…

7:58am Saturday, May 28, 2005

Last week, after JoinTogether.org announced that it would soon cease its practice of publishing gun violence news (without explanation), OFCC offered a few tongue-in-cheek guesses as to what the reasons could have been: “Did JTO decide to stop publishing gun violence news because they: A) Finally realized publishing story after story about how criminals with guns were hurting people was actually...

Activist aims to scare officials into protecting personal data

7:56am Saturday, May 28, 2005

OFCC raised the ire of news editors when we published the home address of Cleveland Plain Dealer editor and open records extremist Doug Clifton on our website. If BJ Ostergren had been running the show, Clifton’s social security number would likely have also been part of the equation… May 24, 2005 Washington Post Betty (but call her BJ) Ostergren, a feisty 56-year-old from just north of Richmond...

Defenseless in Dayton

7:50am Saturday, May 28, 2005

Comments below provided by OFCC Senate District 14 Coordinator Larry S. Moore: Police Search for Purse Snatchers A woman, who already lost a kidney to a robber, becomes a victim again. Now, police need your help to catch three people who may be robbers and thieves. Police say the three people they are looking for victimized a woman last Saturday. Someone shot her in the stomach, then took her...

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British doctors call for KNIFE control

7:37am Saturday, May 28, 2005

May 27, 2005 New York Times Warning: Long, pointy knives may be hazardous to your health. The authors of an editorial in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal have called for knife reform. The editorial, "Reducing knife crime: We need to ban the sale of long, pointed kitchen knives," notes that the knives are being used to stab people as well as roasts and the odd tin of Spam. The...

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Op-Ed: Sarah and James Brady - The Anger From Another Time

7:32am Saturday, May 28, 2005

May 20, 2005 MensNewsDaily.com By John Longenecker Violence. Conflict. As if these were useless and undesirable societal dynamics. As a matter of fact, without them, we would be stomped by those who use coercion as an everyday tool to get their way. Perhaps that's why there's a worldwide movement to discourage resistance to issues in general. It's made its way here, and we're feeling it big time...

Perrysburg police reduce DARE, but reportedly have time to hang "no-guns" signs

9:01am Friday, May 27, 2005

The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Perrysburg Police Division is planning to reduce the number of officers it assigns to teach Drug Abuse Resistance Education in the schools, known as DARE, which has some area educators and students worried about the future of the program. From the story: Police Chief Richard Gilts said he decided to reassign Officer Don Humphrey to road patrol full-time...

OU Student Senate opposes concealed guns

8:19am Friday, May 27, 2005

The (Ohio University) Post Online recently reported that the Student Senate passed a resolution opposing a portion of a bill introduced by Rep. Tom Brinkman (R-Cincinnati), who is currently recently running for an open seat in the U.S. Congress, that would allow persons qualified for concealed handgun licenses to protect themselves on college campuses. From the story: Ohio University students...

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CHL denial appeal goes to top court

7:53am Friday, May 27, 2005

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a New Carlisle man is asking the Ohio Supreme Court to consider his challenge of the Miami County sheriff's denial of his application for a concealed handgun license. From the story: William R. Harris on Wednesday appealed to the court an April ruling from the Ohio 2nd District Court of Appeals. The appeals court upheld a Miami County judge's order...