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Workplace victim zone: Cincy Kmart shooting leaves 2 dead

3:23pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004

August 25, 2004 Associated Press Cincinnati - A man opened fire at a suburban Kmart, killing an employee and injuring a customer before fatally shooting himself, authorities said. The shootings occurred after an altercation broke out about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Kmart in Colerain Township. Hamilton County sheriff's spokesman Steve Barnett said the gunman shot the store employee, 22-year-old Paul...

OFCC Picnic Agenda Announced

12:31pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Organizers for Ohioans For Concealed Carry's 1st Annual Picnic in the Park have announced the schedule for the September 4 event, which will include messages from OFCC President Jeff Garvas and OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine. The keynote speaker is Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. A door prize drawing will also be held. The complete schedule can be viewed by click "Read More..." link below. 2004...

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Anti-gun judge illegally confiscates CHL-holder's firearm; defendant to appeal

12:00pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004

The name of the individual described below has been publicized in brief blurbs about the incident in a Cleveland Sun newspaper, but we have chosen not to repeat it here. For several weeks, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been following the case of a young CHL-holder whose has been abused not only by the terrible vehicle carry provisions in Ohio law, but by the system responsible for enforcing it...

Bureau of Workers' Comp snub: OFCC members' concerns ''overblown''

12:01pm Tuesday, August 24, 2004

August 23, 2004 Columbus Daily Reporter Bureau of Workers' Comp in concealed carry PAC's crosshairs The political action committee, Ohioans For Concealed Carry is accusing the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation of discriminating against Ohio gun-owners and spreading politically driven anti-gun rhetoric. The source of OFCC's beef is an article that ran in the Summer 2004 edition of Workers' Comp...

VICTIM ZONES: Three Columbus Fifth Thirds robbed in same day

10:23am Tuesday, August 24, 2004

This bank chain is one of several hundred unsafe businesses listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . August 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch It was a bad day for Fifth Third Bank, with three of its branches across Columbus hit by bandits yesterday, the FBI and police said. The robberies began about 9:40 a.m., when a man entered the Fifth Third at 1340 Bethel Rd., asked for coin-roll...

''No-Guns'' truck stop robbed at knife-point

3:10pm Monday, August 23, 2004

This truck stop and restaurant is one of several hundred unsafe businesses listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . August 23, 2004 Steubenville Herald Star Man is arrested in truck stop robbery STRATTON - Jefferson County Sheriff's Department had a suspect in custody Wednesday in connection with the robbery of the Stratton Truck Stop Sunday evening. Sheriff Fred Abdalla said the...

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UNsafe: OH Workers' Comp bureaucrats advise ''ban''

4:10pm Thursday, August 19, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is working to advise private businesses to post signs discrimating against concealed handgun license-holders. A Summer 2004 Issue of Worker's Comp Quarterly article, written by contributing writer Rick Burson, states as follows: "Because of the risk of injuries caused by mishandled firearms or intentional acts...

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Columbus: Parties pick candidates to run for positions on state Senate

3:04pm Thursday, August 19, 2004

August 19, 2004 Columbus Dispatch by Lee Leonard Katherine Thomsen, who lives in the Grandview Heights area and works at Ohio News Network, will carry the Democratic flag against Republican state Sen. Steve Stivers. Thomsen was selected by the Franklin County Democratic Party to replace Melissa A. Mahoney of Dublin, who withdrew from the contest. Yesterday was the final day to slate candidates...