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Mary, Mary, quite contrary, where did your intelligence go?

3:31pm Sunday, February 01, 2004

The following is the just latest sour grapes liberal media rant against Ohio's new concealed carry law, as published in the Dayton Daily News. Gun law conceals its danger By Mary McCarty Dayton Daily News January 31, 2004 I already felt worried enough about what's going to happen come April 8, when just about anybody you meet in Ohio could be carrying a concealed weapon. Think about it. That isn'...

It's election time in Ohio again, and the OFCC PAC needs your help!

1:44pm Saturday, January 31, 2004

For those of you who are new to this website, a brief Election Season history is in order: A little over one year ago, several OFCC members formed the OFCC Political Action Committee ( www.buckeyefirearms.org ). Time was critical - there were only 60 days before the November 2002 elections. We told potential supporters that the time was ripe to make a difference, and to reinforce the General...

U.S. Senator: Prosecute crime — not guns

1:05pm Saturday, January 31, 2004

January 29, 2004 Deseret News WASHINGTON — Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch says new Justice Department figures support longtime GOP claims that the best way to fight violence with guns is not to outlaw the guns, but to prosecute criminals. Data released Wednesday showed that as federal prosecution of gun crimes increased 68 percent from three years ago under the Bush...

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Op-Ed: If the media is watching Big Brother, who is watching them?

5:50pm Friday, January 30, 2004

January 30, 2004 by Gerard Valentino The recent debate over public records provisions in Ohio's concealed carry law sent the media into full blown fits about infringing freedom of the press and their self-proclaimed position as protectors of the common person from abuses by Big Brother. Hearing them describe their defense of the commoner conjures up images of valiant crusades headed by knights in...

Letter to the Editor: There won't be any shootouts

4:49pm Friday, January 30, 2004

January 30, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal The only thing loaded about the concealed-weapon issue is the media and certain elected officials. The Jan. 9 story about the new Ohio law ("Concealed guns a loaded issue'') amazed me. Too bad I have to wait until April for the shootouts in the streets. Our elected officials and the Beacon Journal insult all Ohioans with the assumption that we can't be...

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Letters to the Editor: Toledo Blade's concealed carry law attitude patronizing

4:39pm Friday, January 30, 2004

January 30, 2004 Toledo Blade I was offended by your "we know what is really good for you attitude." You spoke harshly and inanely against the concealed-carry law just passed in Ohio. When was the last time any of you walked the mean streets of Toledo? Those of us who live and work in Toledo have been under fire from the criminals for a very long time, and it seems to be intensifying. If I, for...

Cincy Post editorial highlights failure of Ohio gun control laws

3:30pm Friday, January 30, 2004

01-28-2004 Cincinnati Post Getting weapons off the streets The value of equipping police with non-lethal weapons has been shown at least twice this month. Last week, Cincinnati police successfully used a stun gun on a suspect who was reaching for a gun as he struggled with officers who had run him down in a foot chase. It was the type of situation that could easily enough have forced officers to...

Cincinnatians ask ''why can't the police control this?''

8:45am Friday, January 30, 2004

January 28, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer WEST END - Mary Lockett's Dayton Street home in the West End has been broken into five times since Thursday. align="right"> The burglars took countless items, including jewelry, china dishes and other family heirlooms. They were even bold enough to smoke half a pack of cigarettes and devour a pot of chili that was sitting on her stove. "I want to find out...