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Dayton pizza delivery driver wounded; Cleveland good samaritan killed

Ohio's sheriffs say they'll be ready to accept applications on April 8. The Attorney General's office has still not confirmed that they'll provide the materials needed by that date. Defenseless Ohioans cannot afford further delay. Dayton pizza delivery driver wounded Cleveland good samaritan killed Cincinnati man killed in ambush; girlfriend, son taken in carjacking

Sheriff's office looking at CHL list inaccuracies

IMPORTANT NOTE: The following parody was adapted from a recently-published Ohio news story about reports of significant errors in the Attorney General's new sex offender database (the original story may be accessed by clicking here ). Very few words were changed. Since some liberal newspaper editors are promising to publish the lists of law-abiding citizens who choose to bear arms for self-...

New law spurs sales, queries at gun show

February 08, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Story edited for space - click here for the entire story (subscription site - paid access only) Jamie Shepard picked up the sleek, silver handgun and tested the weight of it in her palm, grabbed it by the grip as if to shoot and excitedly called her husband to the table. "It's the perfect size for me. It's easy to conceal," said the petite 27-year- old mother...

Background checks for CHL applicants, but not for felons employed at schools!

Gun control is all about protecting the children, right? So why is it that the people with most direct access to children aren't being put through the rigorous, invasive, privacy-destroying investigations that law-abiding citizens who wish to exercise a Constitutional right are put through? Parents outraged at ex-cons working in schools February 06, 2004 WYKC Channel 3 Cleveland CLEVELAND -- A...

Crain's Cleveland Business prints OFCC response to business-scare op-ed

In late January, we told you that Crain's Cleveland Business had published an opinion editorial attempting to scare Ohio businesses about Ohio's new self-protection/defense law. The op-ed was written by the president of the "Million" Mom March chapter of greater Cleveland. In their February 9, 2004 edition, Crain's published the official OFCC response, as submitted by OFCC's northwest Ohio...

Tale of Two Cities: Toledo couple dead; Sacramento woman shoots intruder

February 11, 2004 Toledo Blade Man, wife found dead in home in N. Toledo Police probe deaths as possible slayings A man and his wife were found dead last night in their house at 1405 North Erie St. in North Toledo, and police were investigating their deaths as possible homicides. Police declined to release the names of the victims. However, neighbors identified them as Anthony and Tammy Griffin...

Ohio doctor registered as sex offender permitted to continue practice

Editor's Note: Judging from their new concealed carry website , even the Ohio Hospital Association won't speak up about this absurdity - as long as his patients don't try and exercise their right to self-defense at his office. February 6, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - With four doctors serving 15,000 people in Monroe County, a judge said she had no other choice but to allow a doctor registered as a...

Letters to the Editor: More Toledoans respond to ''Miss-Led''

On January 13 and 18th, the Toledo Blade published two anti-concealed carry editorials - Legally armed and dangerous and Ohioans held hostage by the Republicans . The responses are STILL coming in from angry readers. February 10, 2004 Toledo Blade Concealed-carry: Some predictions A Jan. 13 editorial proclaimed that passage of Ohio's new concealed carry law will "make the dangerous business of...

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