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Letter to the Editor: The two faces of Bob Taft

9:15am Monday, July 14, 2003

July 14, 2003 Akron Beacon-Journal Gov. Bob Taft felt compelled to write a major Ohio newspaper setting the record straight as to his position on the concealed-carry issue (``Taft: Gun bill must meet test,'' Beacon Journal, June 25). A few of his statements follow: • "I have been a strong supporter of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and the rights it grants.'' Observation: Then why...

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Letter: Dispatch Editor deserves being labeled liberal

9:10am Monday, July 14, 2003

Sunday, July 13, 2003 I respond to Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett’s contention that the " ‘Liberal’ label merits respect, not obloquy" (Forum column, June 29). Hallett wrote that he’s tired "of being called a liberal idiot for opposing concealed-carry legislation and supporting a ban on assault weapons" and "of being castigated as a tax-and-spend liberal for questioning the wisdom of huge...

Letter to the Editor: Limits on concealed carry will take the teeth out of it

8:39am Monday, July 14, 2003

The Zanesville Times Recorder has published a letter to the editor about concealed carry from Dresden resident William Ripple. Below are a couple of favorite exerpts: Exerpt #1: I have gone from a middle-aged man to an old man trying to get a decent concealed carry law in Ohio. Exerpt #2: ...A copout that will allow the governor and the police to get a law that will make concealed carry so...

Toledo robberies prove again why ''victim zone'' exclusions are a very bad idea

11:52am Thursday, July 10, 2003

Toledo Blade July 10, 2003 Toledo police have a message for drivers and their passengers: Don’t leave valuables in vehicles. In the last two days, detectives received 15 reports of thefts from vehicles in West and South Toledo with items taken ranging from purses and wallets to golf clubs and computers. Even a King James Bible was snatched in the incidents, which total thousands of dollars in...

Tale of Two Cities: Two Columbus women car-jacked; Baton Rouge woman defends

10:40am Thursday, July 10, 2003

Thursday, July 10, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Two women were abducted at gunpoint and their cars stolen yesterday in what police described as a one-day crime spree by two men. Despite a daylong search and a stakeout at a North Side motel, the men were still at large last night. One of the women was sexually assaulted before being released along Rt. 161 about 5 a.m., police said. She had been...

State's largest municipalities losing residents to suburbs

9:18am Thursday, July 10, 2003

Ohio's suburban and rural communities continue to grow at the expense of the state's large urban areas, according to the latest census population estimates. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more of the story, and for the impact these changes will continue to have on gun ownership and self-defense. Of the state's five largest cities, Cincinnati shrank the most, losing 2.2 percent of its...

Dispatch: 130+ years of anti-self-defense rhetoric

8:55am Thursday, July 10, 2003

‘Dispatch’ amazingly consistent on issue Wednesday, July 09, 2003 I recently came upon a passage that appeared in the very first issue of The Dispatch on July 1, 1871, then known as The Daily Dispatch, that is astonishing: "Nothing can be more absurd than the carrying of concealed weapons in a civilized community without a special purpose, and that in times of tranquility is simply criminal. But...

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Democrats speak softly on gun control

8:27am Thursday, July 10, 2003

Gun control used to be an easy, reliable issue for Democrats. Presidential candidates could bring it up and audiences would cheer. No more. As the party's nine White House hopefuls hop from city to city in candidate forums, no one seems to want to talk guns. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. They seem frightened of the issue. They know that most Democratic urban and suburban voters...