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Gannett news reporter sees faux CHL tie-in with arrest

11:49am Wednesday, July 07, 2004

In a July 7, 2004 Chillicothe Gazette story , Gannett News reporter Lisa Roberson tries her best to find a connection between a young woman who illegally carried a firearm into a restaurant and Ohio's new concealed handgun license law. Reporter Lisa Roberson's story starts as follows: An 18-year-old woman is facing a third-degree felony charge after she allegedly carried a loaded 9mm handgun into...

2004 amendments to Ohio concealed handgun license law ''unlikely''

10:18pm Tuesday, July 06, 2004

July 6, 2004 Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state's concealed weapons law has not produced the number of applications that backers envisioned, but it's too soon be tinkering with it, the bill's sponsor said Tuesday. Ohio's 88 county sheriffs, who issue the permits, have given out about 22,000 applications since the law took effect on April 8, said Robert Cornwell, executive director...

Op-Ed: Our northern neighbors may try to cut gun freedoms here

9:42pm Tuesday, July 06, 2004

Nationalreview.com Blame Canada By Eli Lehrer Canada's two major parties — the long-ruling Liberals and the new Conservative Party of Canada — remained deadlocked after the polls closed last night. In all likelihood, that's bad news for gun ownership and public safety up north. The Liberals, who have gone from a 168-seat majority in the 308-seat House of Commons to a plurality of about 135 seats...

Retail rapist strikes again - some at-risk businesses still disarm employees

7:43am Tuesday, July 06, 2004

July 2, 2004 Dayton Daily News Clerks working alone targeted The FBI has linked a March 5 rape and robbery at Southtown Shopping Center in Miami Twp. through forensic evidence to five of nine similar cases in Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. Officials believe the same suspect is attacking female clerks working in businesses at shopping centers near interstates. Another Miami Valley attack — at a...

Lorain newspaper continues to rage against self-defense

7:10am Tuesday, July 06, 2004

July 3, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal This is an occasional offering of short editorials on a variety of topics, some that deserve flowers and some that draw frowns. Send your comments to Letters, The Morning Journal, 1657 Broadway, Lorain, OH 44052, or e-mail to [email protected] . align="right"> FROWNS: Here's a new way to waste our tax money; the state has to defend itself in a...

Will OFCC PAC endorsee replace Speaker Householder in House District 91?

7:00am Tuesday, July 06, 2004

On July 5, 2004, the Newark Advocate published an excellent story, written by Jim Siegel, about 2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Rob Hood. In the article, Siegel wrote that Hood "shocked" some local Republican leaders when he won the March primary in the 91st House district, earning a chance at the seat that has been held by Speaker Larry Householder, who is term-limited. Hood beat out three challengers,...

PATRIOTS: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

7:50am Sunday, July 04, 2004

(Originally posted by the Cincinnati Enquirer and on this website July 25, 2003) Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one...

If ever there was a time for Eddie Eagle...

4:34pm Saturday, July 03, 2004

July 1, 2004 Dayton Daily News Story edited for space Boy accidentally shot by neighbor, 5 DAYTON | A 7-year-old boy was accidentally shot Wednesday by his 5-year-old neighbor who was playing with a loaded .22 revolver the older boy found in an alley, police said. Shaquonne McCarty was in good condition at Children's Medical Center, suffering from a gunshot wound to his left wrist, Sgt. Kelly...