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More counties now taking CHL applications

12:35pm Thursday, April 15, 2004

Although originally claiming not to be prepared to fulfill their duty under the law on April 8, more counties are now accepting CHL applications, albeit, in most cases, on a grossly limited basis. Licking County: Concealed weapon applicants still plentiful There's been no letup in the number of people submitting applications to get a concealed carry gun permit, said Licking County Sheriff's...

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Tale of Two Cities: Detroit woman kills attacker; Akron home invasion spree

4:33pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004

April 14, 2004 Detroit Free Press A woman shot an armed man to death Tuesday after he attacked her as she was entering her east-side Detroit home, police said. The woman, who owns a car dealership, was at the side door of her home in the 15200 block of Troester at 7:45 p.m. when a man ran up behind her brandishing a nickel-plated handgun, Officer Derek Jones said. "He said, 'I got you,"' Jones...

Union Hospital ER shooting...when CCW was illegal

4:11pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004

For weeks now, the Ohio Hospital Association has been advocating a victim zone mentality on its website . Hospital administrators have blindly followed, to the point that we have stopped attempting to list each one indiviually on the "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list. To be sure, many hospital decision-makers are just inexperienced with this issue, and have decided just to rely on OHA advice...

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Woman Reports Rape At I-77 Rest Stop

1:07pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004

April 14, 2004 Compiled from press reports by NewsNet5.com , WKYC.com , and the Akron Beacon Journal . BATH TOWNSHIP -- A 27-year-old woman told police that she was attacked and raped at a rest stop along I-77 early Tuesday morning. The rest area off I-77 northbound in Bath Township near Ghent Road reopened after officials collected evidence. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the alleged assault...

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Section 9 update: OFCC successful in deterring several city ordinances

12:16pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry's legal representation continues to contact city law directors in each and every instance of a potential Section 9 violation we are made aware of. We are being met, in many cases, with success. The cities of Salem , Dover and Warren , and the County of Clinton, have backed down from plans to pass new bans, after receiving notice from our attorney. Officials in Dover...

The Truth Is Out There

11:37pm Tuesday, April 13, 2004

by Chad D. Baus As I stood in the lobby at the Sheriff's office, waiting for my photograph to be taken, my attention was drawn to a large rack of informational brochures. There, among the advice about not driving drunk, just saying no to drugs, and gun safety pamphlets, was an interesting little tri-fold from the Ohio Attorney General, entitled "Shedding Light on Rural Crime". It starts like this...

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Unfunded mandate claims ring hollow in Clermont County

4:22pm Tuesday, April 13, 2004

April 12, 2004 WCPO.com 300 In Clermont County Want Concealed Carry Permits The response to Ohio's new concealed carry law has been overwhelming. Clermont County reports 300 people have applied for concealed carry permits. But Sheriff Rodenburg said no permits have been issued yet. He said the state computer the department uses to do criminal background checks has been down possibly because it is...

Gun ban lobby seeks to block Ohio Right to Carry in court

8:09am Tuesday, April 13, 2004

The Ohio media has finally caught up with what readers of this website have known since early Saturday - gun ban lobby are now trying to do in court what they could not do in the legislature - subvert the Ohio Constitution and the Will of the People (as expressed by the Ohio General Assembly) on the right to bear arms for self-defense. While the media treated the law-breaking by Cuyahoga Co...