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Columbus police kill husband after he seriously wounds wife

11:58am Saturday, September 20, 2003

An East Side man late last night shot and critically wounded his wife in front of a trio of Columbus police officers before the officers turned their guns on him, killing him, police said. Columbus police said they received calls shortly after 10 p.m. that a man was chasing and shooting at a woman as the couple ran through a neighborhood just east of Hamilton Road and south of Whitehall. The...

Akron Beacon-Journal Editorial: Term limits have failed.

11:40am Saturday, September 20, 2003

September 19, 2003 Termination time. Will legislators admit what they know? Two Ohio House members have bravely stepped forward to challenge the conventional wisdom about legislative term limits, approved by the state's voters in 1992, years of frustration culminating in misguided action. For too long, the assumption has been that revisiting the issue would be futile. Tyrone Yates and Shirley...

Columbus Dispatch: 2 women injured in home invasion

11:20am Saturday, September 20, 2003

September 17, 2003 When frantic screams rippled through her quiet Pataskala home, Sharon Gibson feared her mother had fallen and hurt herself. Her concern quickly turned to horror when she found her 81-year-old mother lying on the floor, struggling with an intruder. "I went out my bedroom door and saw him dragging her by the hair," Gibson said. "When he saw me come out, he grabbed me and threw me...

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Letter to the Editor: Never been repealed

10:59am Saturday, September 20, 2003

September 10, 2003 Portsmouth Daily Times Dodge City, bloodbaths, shootouts in the streets, wild west scenarios, road rage shootouts, lower level of law enforcement safety. These are phrases that have been used many, many times in the 44 states that now have a realistic concealed carry law. These very same words are now in use in the remaining states that have not passed that realistic concealed...

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Cincinnati: Police arrest three in connection with multiple carjackings/murders

10:44am Saturday, September 20, 2003

Three men who Lincoln Heights police say killed two people IN THEIR CARS , and committed a host of other crimes, were arrested Tuesday. Their accomplice, however, is still at large. Henry Woods, 26, and brothers Jermaine Lowery, 24, and Randall Lowry, 24 were indicted on murder, robbery and arson charges. They were tracked down in Chattanooga, Tenn., because they were acting suspiciously and were...

Brady/HCI's personal destruction campaign against John Lott knows no bounds

12:44pm Friday, September 19, 2003

The irony is almost beyond words. After exhaustive but failed attempts to convince campus officials that director Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" film - which is under investigation for rules violations in association with his Academy Award entry - did not belong on campus television, the Second Amendment Club at Ohio University decided to promote an event on campus to ensure that the...

Op-Ed: Three months in Minnesota, citizens still law-abiding

10:56am Friday, September 19, 2003

.00025%. 2 out of 8000 That's how many right-to-carry permits the state of Minnesota has revolked since it began to issue them three months ago. And like most cases involving the tiny fraction of withdrawn licenses in other states, in both Minnesota cases the permit was not at issue in the matters necessitating the revolkation. For an excellent op-ed from a columnist who appears to be being...

Ohio News Network: Two Lawmakers Seek Term Limit Changes

5:17pm Thursday, September 18, 2003

Two state lawmakers say legislators barely have a chance to learn the ropes before their time is up under term limits. State Representative Shirley Smith of Cleveland wants to extend term limits for state legislators from eight to 12 years. But Representative Tyrone Yates of Cincinnati wants to do away with them entirely. Smith and Yates, both Democrats, plan to introduce their proposals when the...