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Op-Ed: A tale of two cultures proves value of firearms, bankruptcy of gun bans

12:10pm Wednesday, May 19, 2004

By Dave Workman Separated by several states and an obvious cultural gap, two recent stories about crime - one from Ohio and the other from Oregon - perhaps best illustrate why a growing number of American citizens have concluded that the police can't protect us, and neither can gun control laws or anti-gun corporate policies. align="right"> Police were quick to apprehend a suspect in the May 4...

Workplace shootings took 69 lives in '03, group says

11:50am Wednesday, May 19, 2004

May 13, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer WASHINGTON - November's killings at a West Chester trucking company helped make 2003 the deadliest year for workplace shootings in the past decade, an anti-gun group said Wednesday. Sixty-nine people were killed and 46 wounded in 45 workplace shootings last year. Workplace shootings nearly doubled from 2002 to 2003, according to "Terror Nine to Five: Guns in the...

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OOPS! Brady Campaign touts study proving OUR point (again)

11:36am Wednesday, May 19, 2004

May 10, 2004 Jointogether.org Calif. Survey: One in Five Teens Live with Guns A survey by the University of California at Los Angeles finds that nearly 20 percent of 5,801 California adolescents polled live in homes were firearms are present, the Health Behavior News Service reported April 29. According to the survey, white, male Americans ages 14 to 17 living in higher-income or rural households...

Letter to the Editor: Doctor vows his office won't be a gun-free zone

11:23am Wednesday, May 19, 2004

May 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch "Dr. Johnston," a colleague asked me yesterday, "Aren’t you going to fill out the application to keep concealed weapons out of your office?" A physician wouldn’t want guns in his office, right? I walked into the hospital to see a patient yesterday, and I saw one of the placards: "No weapons of any kind are allowed inside this building." Buses have them posted. We...

Editorial Claim: “No need for fast guns”

10:42am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

May 14, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Sheriffs should take time necessary to handle concealed-carry permits Like it or not — and The Dispatch doesn’t — the legislature has given Ohioans the right to carry concealed weapons after they have been issued a permit by a county sheriff. The state’s 88 sheriffs now have the responsibility of taking applications and screening them to make sure applicants have...

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GM pays for employees 12 hr. Gun Safety class

10:38am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Stuka Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Attention everyone who is an employee of General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler: The GM Parma, OH. plant has agreed to pay for a 12 hour gun safety class for its employees. This $165 will now be covered under the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP). At the Parma plant, we have had approx. 600-800 people sign up for this class, making...

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TARTA’s illegal victim zone signs didn't stop this ''armed'' criminal

10:23am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

TARTA learns what Dairy Mart now knows...criminals don't care about weapons prohibitions. TARTA got a bonus - they learned that if all the firearms in the world magically disappeared, criminals would simply switch to items as innocent as a broomstick. May 17, 2004 Toledo Blade Man arrested in robbery of East Toledo carryout A man who, police say, menaced a carryout clerk with a broomstick during...

Minster man guilty of stalking woman

10:14am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

This woman moved, changed her phone number, and even obtained a protection order to hide from this stalker. Had she obtained a CHL, some Ohio newspapers would have aided this man with his goal of pursuing her, by publishing her name with other CHL-holders, as callously as they would publish a list of sex offenders. May 6, 2004 Dayton Daily News XENIA | A Minster man will be sentenced June 18...