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VICTIM ZONES: Iraq Link Focuses School Worry on 6 States

3:08pm Friday, October 08, 2004

Does anyone believe terrorists will be deterred by Federal and state-mandated school "safety" zones, which disarm teachers and parents who have concealed carry licenses? October 7, 2004 ABCNews.com Schools in six states in particular are being watched closely based on information uncovered by the U.S. military in Baghdad this summer, law enforcement and education officials told ABC News. A man...

Men armed with hammer rob ''no-guns'' gas station

4:41pm Thursday, October 07, 2004

This gas station is listed among the unsafe businesses in OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . Perhaps if they had posted a "no hammers" sign? Or better yet, a "no robberies" sign? October 6, 2004 The Times-Reporter Robbery by hammer in Uh'ville UHRICHSVILLE – Two men, one armed with a hammer, robbed the Starfire Service Station on W. McCauley Dr., Uhrichsville, early Tuesday. According...

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Newsweek columnist learns how to love handguns

7:17am Thursday, October 07, 2004

October 4, 2004 Newsweek Firing Line - Our liberal columnist learns how to stop worrying—and love handguns By Gersh Kuntzman I had just heard the news last week that the House had voted to repeal Washington, D.C.’s strict ban on handguns, so I did what any self-respecting, gun-hating liberal New York Jewish journalist would do: I went to the nearest rifle range to blast some lead. This would not...

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AP: More seniors are gun owners

7:07am Thursday, October 07, 2004

October 4, 2004 Foster's Online PLAISTOW, N.H. (AP) — Merilyn P. Senter, a selectman, is a former hunter who still has the .22-caliber rifle her father gave her on her seventh birthday. Over the years, Senter, 69, added a shotgun and a handgun to her collection. She got the handgun for personal protection after she received two threatening phone calls, including one after her efforts on behalf of...

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Attacks on Bush-Cheney HQs highlight fears of gun grabbers

8:10am Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Four recent incidents of violence directed at local Bush-Cheney offices across the nation draw attention again to the reason gun controllers oppose the rights of law-abiding citizens to bear arms for self-defense: they're afraid gun owners think like they do. Shots fired into Knoxville Bush/Cheney headquarters Shot fired at GOP Headquarters in Huntington Protestors Ransack Bush/Cheney...

LEADS ''Warrant Hit'' problem solved for Miami Valley CHL-holders

11:32pm Tuesday, October 05, 2004

On May 11, an OFCC Team Leader and Ohio CHL-holder was detained by a Kettering Police officer, who had run his license number through his Law Enforcement Automated Database (LEADS) computer, and was subsequently advised the licenseholder had an outstanding warrant. In the LEADS system, when a warrant comes up on the screen, it begins flashing and beeping to get the officers attention. After...

Court ruling shows future of gun rights hinges on Presidential election

1:49pm Tuesday, October 05, 2004

by Chad D. Baus This week, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a local California law banning gun shows on government property, such as fairgrounds. Taxpayers engaged in legal commerce can now be prohibited from doing so on the property they, in part, own and pay to maintain. Observers say the ruling is likely to lead to a host of similar ordinances across California, and beyond. If this ruling...

John Kerry's ''sensible gun control'' not working in Great Britain

8:30am Sunday, October 03, 2004

In its endorsement of John Kerry for President , the Brady bunch/Million Mom March have adopted a strategy suggested by Monster.com's Andrew McKelvey (founder of Americans For Gun Safety [AGS]) - to hide their gun control agenda in language designed to fool gun owners. McKelvey knows "gun control" doesn't sell, and thus has always tried to avoid being called that, saying it turns off a large...