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SIGNS COME DOWN: Marc's discount stores pull discriminatory signs

9:39am Thursday, March 25, 2004

On Monday, March 22, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving reports that Marc's/XPECT, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, had begun posting discriminatory signs against CHL-holders . We quickly brought this matter to our members' and supporters' attention, along with information on a shopping alternative, since national competitor Walmart has indicated they will NOT...

After much thought, list of gun permit holders will not appear online

7:12am Thursday, March 25, 2004

March 24, 2004 by Linda Austin Ft Wayne News-Sentinel Thomas Jefferson once wrote differences of opinion will arise "in this happy country," but free discussion clears away the "passing clouds" and leaves "our horizon more bright and serene." If that's true, we are in for a very bright and serene future here in Fort Wayne. About 3,000 of you responded to a question we asked last week about...

Northeast Ohio Discount Drug Mart chain hangs discriminatory signs

6:02pm Wednesday, March 24, 2004

UPDATE!! Discount Drug Mart: There will be no corporate policy on signs Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Discount Drug Mart, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, has made the decision to post discriminatory signs against CHL-holders. Discount Drug Mart has over 50 stores in NE Ohio. Decisions to discriminate against law-abiding customers offer yet another...

Toledo: Safe-gun classes filling rapidly

5:55pm Wednesday, March 24, 2004

March 24, 2004 Toledo Blade West Toledo resident Barb Korn grinned yesterday as she picked up a silver Smith & Wesson revolver - holding it with both hands and aiming it. "I like this," she said, staring down the gun's sights. Ms. Korn, 60, was among nearly 25 people taking a 12-hour class at Cleland's Outdoor World on Airport Highway. The training is required in order to carry a firearm...

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Indiana newspaper hears loud voice of opposition to publishing CCW list

5:21pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004

The State of Indiana has had nearly 70 years of quiet and successful experience with a concealed carry law. Unfortunately for Hoosiers, recent battles over public records in Ohio seem to have given a few Indiana journalists bad ideas: In a recent news story , the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel raided the privacy of concealed handgun license-holders, and "outed" a few high-profile people. Most...

Toledo convenience store owners anxiously await April 8

2:49pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004

In recent months, Toledoans have endured a rash of violent and even deadly convenience store robberies: WTOL Toledo 11: Store Attack highlights result of Taft's deadly game Toledo bureaucrats' ''solutions'' not working to prevent terrible crimes Toledo: Disarmed (smoke-free) citizens, well-armed criminals Toledo's gun control problem: only the criminals have guns Toledo gun control laws amount to...

17-year old accused of robbing woman at gunpoint; burning another alive

12:53pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Only law-abiding citizens are waiting for April 8 to carry concealed firearms. As this story and the Ohio Crime Clock shows (top-right column at www.buckeyefirearms.org ), criminals are not waiting, nor will they bother with the extensive licensing process once available. Teen charged in killing also accused of robbery March 23, 2004 Columbus Dispatch First she was robbed at gunpoint outside her...

Woman kills intruder

12:13pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004

Springfield News-Sun March 23, 2004 A Springfield woman shot and killed a 21-year-old man early Sunday, reportedly after the victim and a companion broke into her Chestnut Avenue home, police said. Matthew J. Marino, 21, whose address was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center at 3:45 a.m., Springfield police Lt. Michael Hill said. Officers found Marino lying on...