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TAFT CONCEALED CARRY PLAN DEEMS CHILDREN UNWORTHY OF SELF DEFENSE

6:19am Wednesday, June 18, 2003

CLEVELAND, June 18, 2003 /PRNewswire/ -- Ohioans For Concealed Carry has informed the Senate of its formal opposition to amended HB12, as passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee for Criminal Justice. In it’s current form, the bill is no longer recognizable as concealed carry reform legislation. HB12 as passed by the Senate Criminal Justice Committee makes Ohio law worse than it is today, by...

Senate Committee passes Amended HB12 in surprise move

12:59pm Tuesday, June 17, 2003

In a surprise move, the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice today passed an amended House Bill 12 today on a 8-1 vote (vehemently anti-CCW Senator Goodman, was the lone dissenter) Initially, it was reported that the Ohio Senate planned to follow up with an almost immediate floor vote today. That appears now not to be the case. The amended bill is, in almost all respects, identical...

Ohio cities experience violent crime increase

9:48am Tuesday, June 17, 2003

There are two trends in this nation which Ohio is not following, and they are related. First, 35 states now have shall-issue right to carry laws, and another 9 have may-issue laws. Trend #1 is for states to liberalize their laws to make it easier for more law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms for self-defense, and as a crime deterrent. Ohio, under Gov. Taft, continues to buck this...

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Op-Ed: Less Citizen Opposition Means More Guns

4:01pm Monday, June 16, 2003

On Friday, we were informed that an anti-concealed carry op-ed, written by "Million" Mommer Lori O'Neill, had been printed in the Cleveland Free Times. The letter is not available online, but we did print one of what will likely be many responses from readers . Now, thanks to a self-defense rights supporter and Free Times reader, the O'Neill letter has been transcribed, and can be read below...

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CWRU victim's mom: ''Trouble! Call the guys with the guns. No, not THOSE guys'

3:48pm Monday, June 16, 2003

It's such a weak, flawed argument, it's almost not worth addressing. But not quite... Eleanor Helper, who told Senators she became an "instant gun control advocate" when her daughter was shot at Case Western University, has written a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the letter, and comment. Armed citizens are not a foregone asset Sunday, June 15,...

Open Letter to OSHP Superintendant Paul McClellan: You Can't Have it Both Ways

3:46pm Monday, June 16, 2003

To Ohio Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul D. McClellan: In December 2001, OSHP Major J.P. Allen offered defense testimony in the Hamilton County concealed carry ban constitutionality lawsuit, on behalf of the state of Ohio and as your official representive. In March 2003, OSHP Capt. Bordman testified before the House Committee on Criminal Justice, again as your official representative. So why...

Letter to the editor: Stanford University professor skews gun-crime data

5:33am Sunday, June 15, 2003

On June 10, we published a Capital University professor David Mayer's response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor from anti-gun extremist John J. Donohue III, and wondered aloud of the Dispatch would have the courage to print it. They did. The Dispatch printed Dr. Mayer's letter in the Friday, June 13 edition. Click here to read the letter in the Columbus Dispatch (subscription site -...

Toledo Blade: Ohio ranks 6th in nation for bank robberies

12:26pm Saturday, June 14, 2003

Banks still a target June 14, 2003 FBI crime statistics for 2002 show Ohio sixth highest in the nation, for the number of robberies of its financial institutions. The state ranked third in 2001. Toledo, with 41 holdups last year, was second only to Cincinnati among major Ohio cities, with 44. Cleveland had 35, Dayton, 27, and Columbus, 25. Already this year another 19 holdups have occurred in...