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HB12 Sponsor Jim Aslanides publishes revealing op-ed

9:46am Tuesday, July 01, 2003

Rep. Jim Aslanides has published an excellent opinion editorial that addresses the current status of House Bill 12, and reveals the underhanded practices which the Governor and Ohio State Highway Patrol have resorted to in order to try and deny your right to self-defense. One of his most interesting revelations is that "the Governor's office at no time provided direct input on the course of the...

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Insisting on 'Carjacker Protection': What does Bob Taft have against children?

5:53pm Monday, June 30, 2003

A bill recognizing Ohioans' right to self-defense is on hold (again), due to the actions of Gov. Bob Taft, a few bureaucrats in the Ohio State Highway Patrol, and a few enablers in the Senate. One of the main issues preventing a compromise is Taft/OSHP-sponsored language that would require people in vehicles with minor occupants to lock up their firearms. This Senate amendment has quickly become...

A public service ad you can't ignore

10:23am Monday, June 30, 2003

The Other Paper in Columbus this week ran this rather one-sided article... ============ Without warning, begins the radio commercial, I can strike, shattering bone, tearing flesh. Crippling, disfiguring and paralyzing my victims. I don't discriminate. I don't care what color, creed, religion, shape, size, or even age a person is. I could get your sister when she's sitting on your porch. Think you...

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Columbus robber shot by clerk during robbery

10:19am Monday, June 30, 2003

From WBNS in Columbus : One man is in the hospital, another in jail, and a third on the loose after they tried to rob a Columbus drive-thru carryout. The three men walked into the Lockbourne Express Drive-Thru wearing masks just after midnight, and attempted to rob the store. But two clerks were prepared for the attempt and pulled a gun out from behind the counter. One of the robbers was shot by...

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Letters to the Editor: What Bob Taft refuses to understand Pt. II

3:21pm Sunday, June 29, 2003

Leaders in the Senate and representatives of the dominant political party in Ohio, take note: Ohio's self defense rights activists, who are indeed some of the most active and numerous grassroots volunteers in Ohio politics, are speaking loudly and clearly in the days since HB12 was stalled. They have had it with the anti-self-defense actions of Bob Taft, and they are ready to take action against...

Buzz-word: ''Diversity'' definitely present among self-defense rights activists

12:03pm Saturday, June 28, 2003

As we continue to examine the fall-out from two intense weeks of activity in Columbus on HB12, one thing has become readily apparent: No Supreme Court ruling is necessary to enforce diversity among supporters of concealed carry reform. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. Ambush When the news broke of the Senate/Taft plan to severly amend HB12 and pass it out of the Senate in less...

Enquirer: Police, politics and pistols part of the CCW controversy

9:35am Saturday, June 28, 2003

By Jim Siegel Gannett Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers once again failed to agree on a way to permit people to carry hidden weapons. Here is an attempt to explain what's going on. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. How long have state lawmakers been trying to pass a gun bill? Since 1996. It gets reintroduced with each new General Assembly. Why can't lawmakers get it passed...

Editorial: Liberals should stop opposing concealed handguns and start defending

9:24am Saturday, June 28, 2003

Columbus Alive June 26, 2003 Fired Up by J. Caleb Mozzocco It's only a matter of time, so maybe you should start getting used to the idea now: Eventually, it will be completely legal to carry a concealed handgun in the state of Ohio, just as the founding fathers envisioned when they wrote the Second Amendment. Or as the National Rifle Association intended when they started lobbying legislators...