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Counties prepare handgun warnings

11:47am Tuesday, March 23, 2004

UPDATE: The Associated Press has picked this story up - it will likely be published in news outlets across the state. Please forward reports of any potentially illegal bans to [email protected] . Officials debate details of keeping guns out of government buildings March 23, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Central Ohio counties are scrambling to prepare and post signs reminding conceal-carry permit...

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Police investigating shooting inside Toledo restaurant

7:15pm Monday, March 22, 2004

March 22, 2004 13abc.com - WTVG Toledo Robbery suspect shot several rounds into ceiling before getting away with woman's purse Quite a scare for people at a West Toledo restaurant Sunday night. Toledo police say just before 8 p.m., an armed gunman walked into Jalapeno's at 519 N. Reynolds, shot a couple rounds in the ceiling and ordered everyone to the floor. Police tell us the gunman got away...

Op-Ed: Shootings add new dimension to issue of privacy vs. gun rights

6:39pm Monday, March 22, 2004

Aside from the fact that the "fix" proposed by Toby Hoover and the Brady Bunch (reporting mental records from Ohio courts to the federal government) would not have prevented the Ohio sniper from purchasing his firearms, Leonard's piece gives the most objective look of this issue you'll read in the Ohio media. Whether or not he could have gotten a concealed carry license matters none. The Ohio...

Rotten Apples continue swipes at concealed carry (and own credibility)

4:33pm Monday, March 22, 2004

Journalists at Ohio's liberal newspapers often attempt to maintain the notion that they are impartial when it comes to reporting on firearms and self-protection rights. These ongoing editorial page rants betray the folly of their efforts to claim neutrality. Cleveland Plain Dealer: First things first "'My Second Amendment rights are just as important as your precious First Amendment.' I've lost...

Is this DDN writer on the list of people who have lost their marbles?

3:22pm Monday, March 22, 2004

Despite the thousands of federal and state gun control laws on the books, Charles McCoy still walked around carrying a concealed gun, shooting willy-nilly at anything that moved, immortalizing himself as the Ohio sniper suspect. Whether or not he could have gotten a concealed carry license matters none. The Ohio sniper didn't wait until April 8 to begin his sickening crime spree, and yet Mary...

Northeast Ohio Marc's discount chain hangs discriminatory signs

1:00pm Monday, March 22, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Marc's, an Ohio-owned and operated discount chain in northeast Ohio, has made the decision to post discriminatory signs against CHL-holders. Marc's has 51 stores in NE Ohio (some branded as XPECT stores), located in Columbiana, Cuyahoga, Franklin, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark and Summit counties. Decisions to discriminate...

Michigan woman's gun may have saved her life

11:19am Monday, March 22, 2004

Yet another story of a licensed CHL-holder using their firearm to defend their life. This woman was on her way to work - no doubt to an employer with the good sense not to prevent her the ability to defend herself. Even the head of Michigan's Police Chief's assocation who was (formerly) opposed to CCW admits that this woman's life was saved because she was armed. March 20, 2004 Daily Oakland...

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Ban on concealed weapons in park may not pass muster

4:42pm Thursday, March 18, 2004

Lisbon Journal News 3/18/2004 (Story edited for space) SALEM — Like any new law, Ohio’s concealed-carry handgun law remains open to interpretation, and one of the gray areas in House Bill 12 may be the ability of cities to prevent permit holders from carrying weapons in parks and similar areas. However, for now it appears the Salem Parks Department will not be able to ban handgun carriers from...