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Join OFCC for a Party in the Park

4:36pm Friday, May 28, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce our first annual Party in the Park - scheduled for September 4th at a Central Ohio park. Although many of the details are being worked out, we plan on having a family event and will welcome all pro-concealed carry Ohio residents, friends and family from far and wide. Our website will be updated as information is available, so keep your eye out...

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Store clerk shoots robbery suspect

4:21pm Friday, May 28, 2004

May 29, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer (UPDATED STORY) ROSELAWN - The owner of a convenience store shot and killed an armed man wearing a black ski mask who authorities said was intending to rob the store, police said Friday. Abdrab "Abe" Ashishi, of West Chester, was the only employee working at the Shop Rite, in the 7900 block of Reading Road, when he shot and killed David A. Billups, 40, of Forest...

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Concealed Carry [Licenses] Coming Soon In Delaware Co.

7:37am Friday, May 28, 2004

Unlike the situation in Cuyahoga Co., when that sheriff failed to do his duty under the law, the Delaware Co. sheriff had a desire to follow the law, and was in need of the proper tools. OFCC steering committee members have been working tirelessly to get this situation resolved, and we are pleased to announce that aggressive action is now being taken to correct the situation. Special thanks go to...

FIVE: FirstMerit victim zone robbed again

4:17pm Thursday, May 27, 2004

Last week, a new policy of banning firearms in FirstMerit Bank began to be enforced. Signs were posted in several branches, with word that they will be posted in all Ohio branches. Unfortunately for residents in Pennsylvania, who have been able to bank at FirstMerit for several years without being confronted with discriminatory signs, we have learned the bank plans to post them there too. That...

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Thugs don't need licenses, don't care about gun bans, and often don't use guns

3:45pm Thursday, May 27, 2004

Akron Beacon Journal: Two residents held up within minutes of each other - Kent crime victims describe same robber Two Kent residents were robbed at gunpoint by the same person within several minutes early Wednesday, police said. The first victim, Melissa Ann Lemr, 25, told police she was getting out of her vehicle in the parking lot of the Lake Street Apartments at 12:06 a.m. when the robber...

Pizza Hut fires deliveryman for defending own life on company time

12:05pm Thursday, May 27, 2004

May 18, 2004 Indianapolis Star Deliveryman: 'It was my gun or his' Marion County prosecutors will decide if any charges will be filed against a pizza deliveryman who killed an armed man during an apparent robbery attempt Monday night on the city's Far Eastside. "I'm just satisfied it was him and not me," said Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel this morning. Click on the "Read More..." link below...

Op-Ed: Whither Gun Control?

11:53am Thursday, May 27, 2004

May 23, 2004 By John R. Lott, Jr. What is happening to the gun control movement? This month, the Million Mom March in Washington drew an anemic showing of only 2,000 people, while this year, all of the Democratic presidential candidates— however unenthusiastically— spoke of Americans’ Second Amendment right to own guns. These are just a few of the signs that the facts finally seem to be catching...

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Business' CCW bans contribute to increased potential for firearms theft

2:51pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004

May 26, 2004 NewsNet5.com Don't Park On Street In Downtown Cleveland CLEVELAND -- Car theft happens every day in America. And not too long ago it happened to Debbie Trevarthen twice. "My husband came and said, 'Where did you park the car?' and I said, 'Right on the corner.' and it was gone," she said. Thieves stole Trevarthen's 1994 Pontiac Sunbird two times in less than three months. The second...