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Home alone and defenseless, thanks to Akron police

10:12am Saturday, August 28, 2004

August 28, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal West Akron resident charged in incident at door of her home A West Akron woman is accused of pointing a gun at a saleswoman who knocked on her door. Police say Kelly Maurer scared the solicitor, but Maurer says she wasn't threatening anyone and only took the loaded 9 mm to the door because she was afraid for her safety. Maurer was charged with misdemeanor...

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Letter to the Editor: Clyde, editors should know better

10:04am Saturday, August 28, 2004

August 27, 2004 Fremont News Messenger General laws of the state cannot be ignored The News-Messenger is making the same knee-jerk reaction that Clyde officials made when they passed their misguided prohibition of concealed handgun license holders in parks. This paper argues that because you can ban grilling and loitering, you should be able to ban guns, too. Using that logic, Clyde officials...

Letter to the Editor: Change the name of your list

9:51am Saturday, August 28, 2004

August 26, 2004 Toledo City Paper Why are you reporting who carries guns and who doesn’t? I really hope you thought it through well before you made those law-abiding citizens’ names available on your Web site ["Packing heat," TCP Aug. 12-18]. The names you should be printing are the names of criminals who are illegally toting guns around for wrongful purposes. My mother is not on the list of...

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Evaluation: First 90 days with Ohio's Concealed Carry Law

6:09pm Thursday, August 26, 2004

The Ohio Attorney General's office has released data on the first three months of concealed handgun license issuance. ----> Concealed Carry Licensure Statistics Report - 2nd Qtr 2004 (.pdf) OFCC's overall assessment: Issuance: In the first 90 days under the new law, 26,307 standard licenses, and 30 temporary emergency licenses were issued to Ohio residents. Gun ban extremists and the liberal...

Editorial: List of permit holders shouldn't be a secret

12:51pm Thursday, August 26, 2004

August 26, 2004 Toledo City Paper "Morons" was all the letter said, but we knew immediately what had made the writer so angry. The anonymous letter, actually an e-mail, was one of many angry missives directed at the City Paper after we made the list of concealed-carry permit holders in Lucas County available on our Web site. The list included permit holders’ names, dates of birth and counties of...

Plans for shooting range move ahead despite noisy minority

11:31am Thursday, August 26, 2004

August 26, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Loveland eases gun law By Sheila McLaughlin LOVELAND - Council has changed the city's gun law, opening the way for a proposed indoor target range opposed by residents who would be its neighbors. But an opponent said the fight isn't over. "There will be a referendum. Council is up there to represent the people; they are not there to exercise their own personal...

Letter to the Editor: Shooting Blanks

11:26am Thursday, August 26, 2004

August 26, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Your Aug. 9 editorial headlined "Victim of the gun lobby'' was full of opinions disguised as facts. The comment "no sport use'' is irrelevant. Where in the Constitution or case law does it state that any particular type of gun must have a sporting use? Those banned semi-automatic weapons only look like their fully automatic military counterparts. In this case...

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Fifth Third customer reveals conundrum facing defenseless victims

4:49pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004

Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:49:24 -0400 Subject: Fifth Third Bank I have been a Fifth Third banking customer for several years. Recently I went to our local drive-thru to cash a check for $1500. I was met with a sign that stated that the cashback limit at the drive-thru was $1000 and to "please visit our lobby for transactions greater than $1000 cashback." When I parked and walked to the lobby door...