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Officials stick to their ... er, guns

9:53am Monday, August 02, 2004

July 31, 2004 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — City officials aren’t ready to give up the fight to ban guns in city parks despite threats by a gun advocacy group to file a lawsuit to force it to drop the ban. But a change is needed, according to Law Director Terry “Pete” Shilling, to limit the scope of the ban. Shilling said he will recommend amending the ordinance approved earlier this year...

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Attorney: Witnesses located in road-rage case

9:30am Monday, August 02, 2004

July 29, 2004 Athens News The attorney for an Athens physician charged with having pulled a gun on another man in a traffic confrontation said Tuesday that police have reportedly found a number of independent witnesses of the incident. Attorney Herman Carson, who represents ophthalmologist Jeffrey McAdoo, said that from what he has heard of the new witness reports, they appear to be "excellent"...

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One more down: Arcanum's gun ban changed after scrutiny

8:19am Friday, July 30, 2004

July 30, 2004 Dayton Daily News Challengers argued it violated state law ARCANUM | Village officials have modified an ordinance that had banned the carrying of concealed handguns into village lands and parks after gun advocates challenged that Arcanum was violating state and federal law. The village council in May passed the ordinance despite Ohio's new concealed carry handgun law that permits a...

Clifton: Why we printed the list

8:13am Friday, July 30, 2004

OFCC responses in blue : July 30, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer The media are the public's only access to concealed-carry permit records In the past two days, The Plain Dealer ran a list of the Northeast Ohioans who applied for and got a license to carry a concealed weapon. We were able to do so because the state legislature, bowing to Gov. Bob Taft's threat to veto a bill with no public access...

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PD Editor: Calls to my home ''tapering off''

5:34pm Thursday, July 29, 2004

July 28, 2004 Editor & Publisher Doug Clifton Defends His Paper's Action on Guns on NRA Radio Program by Joe Strupp NEW YORK Editor Doug Clifton of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, who drew attacks from a gun rights group after publishing lists of local residents who carry concealed weapons permits, defended his position Thursday during an appearance on a National Rifle Association radio...

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Cleveland Editor Takes Heat for Publishing Gun List

8:09am Thursday, July 29, 2004

July 28, 2004 Editor & Publisher NEW YORK When Ohio legislators approved a new law allowing residents to carry concealed weapons, but allowed only the media to find out the names of those obtaining such permits, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland decided to let the public know which of their neighbors were on the list. Starting Wednesday, the paper began publishing the names, ages and home...

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Tony Gordon Fund moved from bank on Do Not Patronize While Armed list

4:00pm Wednesday, July 28, 2004

OFCC also announces move of corporate account to bank more friendly to self-defense rights Ohioans For Concealed Carry has announced that it is moving the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund, as well as OFCC's own corporate bank accounts, to banks which do not restrict Ohioans' constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense. At the preference of his family, the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund was created at...

Cleveland Plain Dealer fulfills promise to violate privacy of CHL-holders

12:18pm Wednesday, July 28, 2004

On January 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton stated the following in his very first weblog: "The "how to reach us" box on 2A lists e-mail addresses and phone numbers for senior editors and similar information appears at the bottom of every staff produced story. Those devices make the communication more personal and more immediate. Some times it's so personal and so immediate you...