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Concealed weapons: Why do people want to carry?

5:27pm Thursday, January 22, 2004

January 22, 2004 Newark Advocate HEBRON -- A retired police officer, a Zanesville bar owner and a construction worker who spends a lot of time on the road have this in common: They each plan to get a concealed gun permit and say the number one reason they will start carrying a weapon is for personal protection. "I do a lot of time on the road. You never know where you might end up," said Dave...

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Letter to the Editor: Ohio’s gun-death data questionable, at best

11:08am Thursday, January 22, 2004

January 22, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Why would The Dispatch publish the Jan. 9 article with the headline "Ohio fares poorly on firearms safety"? This headline would have summarized the article much better: "Groups that wish to ban private firearms ownership unhappy with Ohioans exercising constitutionally protected rights." Between 2000, when Ohio had a C rating, and 2004, when Ohio received a D,...

Skeptic Gives Guns a Shot

7:42am Thursday, January 22, 2004

The firearms issue looks a little different from behind the trigger. COMMENTARY By Diana Wagman Guns are bad. All my life, it's been that simple. At my son's preschool, if a child pointed a banana and said "bang," he was admonished to "use the banana in a happier way." As far as I was concerned, the 2nd Amendment gave us the right to protect ourselves against invading armies, not the right to buy...

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Letter to the Editor: Scream their rage

7:43am Wednesday, January 21, 2004

January 21, 2004 Middletown Journal ‘Scream their rage’ Newspapers across the state have used their editorial page to scream their rage at passage of Ohio’s new concealed carry law. Many predict blood in the streets, shoot-outs among family members, increased accidents, etc. Proponents of these crime-deterrent laws have pointed to other states (as examples of how this doesn’t happen) until they...

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Guest Op-Ed: Concealed Carry – As Good As It Gets

7:11am Wednesday, January 21, 2004

2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Jean Schmidt (currently a state representative), is running to replace Senator Doug White in District 14. Guest Column By State Representative Jean Schmidt January 12, 2004 Do you remember the movie As Good as it Gets ? The message of the film was that we seldom get what we want and usually settle for a lot less due to circumstances we cannot control. The same could be said...

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Letter to the Editor: Gun rules make people unsafe

6:49am Wednesday, January 21, 2004

01.20.2004 Lima News Once again, the powers that be in Ohio -- the governor and the highway patrol -- have missed the mark. It's about time for us to enjoy our constitutional right to bear arms in this state. My comments are directed primarily toward the concealed carrying of a firearm in a vehicle. I am led to believe the proposed idea by law enforcement is to allow a firearm to be carried...

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Gun law stirs interest

6:43am Wednesday, January 21, 2004

January 20, 2004 Marietta Times Washington County Sheriff's Office deputies are making preparations for Ohio's new concealed weapons law, which takes effect in April. Under the new law, citizens who apply for and are granted a special permit are allowed to carry concealed handguns in Ohio. The issue of concealed carry was an ongoing debate that took several drafts and several years before finally...

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Wolf in sheep's clothing releases study on Ohio

7:31am Tuesday, January 20, 2004

January 13, 2004 Dayton Daily News Six Ohio gun dealers named to national list Six Ohio gun dealers made it onto a list of the nation's top 120 stores who sold guns later used in a crime, according to a study released Monday by Americans for Gun Safety. Two of the six were two in the Cleveland area, two in Columbus, one in Akron and one in Gallipolis. At least two of them are no longer in...