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Attacked at work: Police seeking vendor's shooter

March 9, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer MONROE - Police are asking for the public's help to find clues to the shooting death of a veteran vendor at the popular Trader's World flea market. It's this city's police department's first homicide case in nearly three years. A police officer early Monday found William E. Doolittle, 41, of Findlay, dead in the back of his van in the parking lot of the Stony...

Editorial points out that ''so many nowadays carry guns'' illegally

Editors at the Cincinnati Enquirer seem to comprehend the problems facing their city. Gun control and Ohio's concealed carry ban has done nothing to deter criminals from using guns to commit crimes. We are left to wonder if the Enquirer has a plan to publish all the names of people illegally carrying concealed, since they advocated an amendment to House Bill 12 which will allow law-abiding CHL-...

Dayton: Husband attacks, wife uses firearm for self-defense

March 10, 2004 Dayton Daily News Wounded man caught, arrested SOUTH VIENNA | A Mechanicsburg man who rode away on a bicycle after being shot in the neck Tuesday with a .45-caliber revolver during a domestic argument with his wife and her brother was later arrested on violence-related charges. Eric Champlin, 22, of 8546 Brigner Road was released from Community Hospital after being treated for the...

OH businesses need to consider 'Extraordinary Liability Advisory' before banning

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is hearing from more and more businesses who are deciding AGAINST posting discriminatory signs banning CHL (concealed handgun license) -holders from their property while bearing arms for self-defense. Many of these businesses are deciding to do so after consulting with their partners, or branches, in other states which already have a concealed-carry law, and learning...

Takes one to know one? Akron Mayor calls Country Diners owner an ''idiot''

Special thanks to OFCC supporter Murray Winland for sending us this Akron "idiot" report. Upon passage of Ohio House Bill 12, Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic whined, "We took guns away from the Wild, Wild West more than 100 years ago,'' he said, "and we're revisiting it. I really think it's a sad day. "It's a real indication of the wrong direction that the state of Ohio has gone with these right-wing...

Slaby sworn in as representative

Mar. 10, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal COLUMBUS - Marilyn Slaby was sworn in Tuesday as state representative from the 41st District. Slaby, a Republican, will finish the unexpired term of Bryan Williams, who resigned after being named director of the Summit County Board of Elections. "I welcome the opportunity to serve the citizens of the 41st House District and the chance to meet the challenges...

Measure limits weapons on the job to Zanesville police

Zanesville City Council avoids Section 9 violation, but still acts to disarm employees. Earlier discussions had included possibility of a wider ban. March 9, 2004 Zanesville Times-Recorder ZANESVILLE -- Zanesville police officers will be the only city employees carrying firearms on the job, as the result of an ordinance passed Monday night by city council. The measure was required in light of the...

Seatbelts, extinguishers, and firearms

Passerby's heroics key to rescue MANSFIELD -- A passing motorist armed with a pocket knife, a fire extinguisher and a cell phone might have helped save a life Monday morning. Highway Patrol reminds motorists of importance of wearing seat belts ZANESVILLE - "We're telling people the best thing they can do when they get in a car is to buckle up," Lt. Barry Donley, Zanesville Post commander. "You...

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