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Section 9 Op-Ed: Concealed guns could be trouble in city parks

4:05pm Thursday, April 22, 2004

The following editorial is being published in several Gannett News Service papers : April 21, 2004 Among the uncertainties surrounding the state's new concealed carry law is whether cities and other political subdivisions can prohibit weapons in public parks. City officials across the state say they would like to prohibit firearms in public areas for as far as the law will allow. "It's just...

Retired woman gets county's first license to carry a concealed gun

1:20pm Thursday, April 22, 2004

The Clark Co. Sheriff is one of many that have begun issuing licenses to qualified applicants. Note to the few hold-out Sheriffs refusing to perform their duty under the law - Sheriff Kelley and the many others sheriffs who are issuing CCW permits in accordance with the law are displaying the professionalism that you lack. Note to the gun ban lobby - it's not just middle-aged white males who...

Police: Woman Raped In Downtown Parking Garage

12:36pm Thursday, April 22, 2004

April 22, 2004 NewsNet5.com (Cleveland) CLEVELAND -- Security has been increased in the parking lot of a downtown building after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted Tuesday evening in the parking garage of her office building, reported NewsChannel5. Huntington Building officials said they have informed all tenants about the incident and have increased security staff, who will escort female...

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AGAIN: Franklin Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR''

2:58pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004

First in Athens Co., and now in Franklin Co., two of Ohio's sheriffs seem to being having trouble with the definition of the word "or"... April 21, 2004 The (Ohio State University) Lantern Suits file in concerning new carry law By Trevor Knoblich Three lawsuits related to the new concealed carry law were filed at the Ohio Supreme Court in the law's first two days of existence. One lawsuit, filed...

Record number of Ohio convicts released in 2003

1:01pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004

According to the Columbus Dispatch article RELEASE Re-entry REHABILITATION , a record 27,721 inmates — 90 percent of them men — released from Ohio prisons last year. The number was triggered by an overhaul of criminal-sentencing laws, more-lenient parole policies and increased diversions to community corrections programs. More than 9,100 former inmates — one out of three released last year — are...

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Letter to the Editor: Legal license-holders not danger in parks

12:26pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004

April 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I was disturbed to hear Mayor Michael B. Coleman rail against the new concealed-carry legislation (Dispatch article, April 9). This piece of legislation has had more attention from Columbus residents and the local media than any other news item except the war in Iraq, and he just now found out about it? If he wants to protect the people who use the parks, he...

Mother: restraining order, cameras & pepper spray didn't save my daughter

12:01pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004

April 21, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Mother relives fatal shooting of daughter HAMILTON - Janie Turley took extraordinary steps to protect her daughter from an ex-boyfriend. Turley let her daughter move in with her; they shared a small one-bedroom apartment. She installed a surveillance camera in the building's hallway and watched parking-lot arrivals from a monitor in her living room. align="right...

Gun Grabbers Posting Signs Without Permission

10:19am Wednesday, April 21, 2004

In recent days, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been receiving a number of reports of subversive activities by gun ban extremists. Most of the reports involve a group calling itself the "Concealed Carry Law Task Force" which has been visiting stores in northeast Ohio, and "ordering" them to post "no-guns" signs, which they provide at no charge. In other cases, stores are finding out they're "...