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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...

Ohio's cities under seige; Senate leaders under cover

3:07pm Thursday, September 18, 2003

Cleveland Plain Dealer 09/18/03 Two Cleveland brothers who went on a springtime armed-robbery spree also robbed the city of a business, a visitor and its quality of life, their victims said yesterday. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Boyko agreed, and meted out unusually long sentences to Deshaun and Terry Scott: 20 years for 19-year-old Deshaun, and 27 for Terry, who is 21. They...

Letter to the Editor: Ban the Tomatoes?

1:02pm Thursday, September 18, 2003

September 18, 2003 Akron Beacon-Journal I am in favor of stricter gun control because of people like the person who fired a shotgun into a Holmes County cornfield and killed a 23-year-old (``Enraged motorist kills prankster,'' Beacon Journal, Sept. 3). His reaction was absurd and certainly not appropriate. But why is it that people have not commented on the dangers of throwing objects at vehicles...

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Columbus Dispatch: Police hunt for man who tried to rob pedestrian

12:33pm Thursday, September 18, 2003

This Columbus pedestrian had the extremely unfortunate opportunity to learn that running away is no more an acceptable form of self-defense than is the OSHP's suggestion to "driving off" when attacked. Apparently this criminal had no idea that carrying a concealed firearm is illegal in Ohio, and that politicians in his own city are working to keep it that way. September 15, 2003 Last month’s...

Letter to the Editor: Second Amendment rights infringed by Taft

12:18pm Thursday, September 18, 2003

September 12, 2003 Newark Advocate Another Fourth of July has come and gone, and there is not a more revealing and compelling picture of why we are free to celebrate the Fourth of July than a picture of a quill pen lying next to a musket rifle on a table along with a draft of the Declaration of Independence. What followed the Declaration of Independence reveals why the musket at the table is...

Letter to the Editor: Officers distracted by wrong kind of offenses

11:58am Thursday, September 18, 2003

September 12, 2003 Columbus Dispatch I congratulate the Columbus Division of Police for its vigilant pursuit of people with open containers at the Ohio State football game Aug. 30. The police issued more than 50 tickets for open-container violations at the game. By the way, at that same time, a worker at a Wendy’s restaurant was shot to death. It is too bad the shooter didn’t have an open...

Ohio General Assembly returns to Session: WILL SENATE ACT?

11:22am Thursday, September 18, 2003

"Senate President Doug White (R – 14th District) speaking at a March 2003 US Sportsmen Alliance legislative reception said: "I am a strong proponent of the right to carry. I do not own a gun. I served in Uncle Sam’s Army where I used a sidearm and the M-14. I understand the proper use of a firearm and the power of a firearm. I absolutely and totally, to the bottom of my soul, understand the...

Sad New Trend: City Halls As Victim Zones

10:30am Thursday, September 18, 2003

September 15, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer Starting today, Cincinnati residents who want to apply for building permits, pay water bills or visit their elected representatives at City Hall will be subject to search and passed through a metal detector. City Manager Valerie Lemmie is instituting the restrictions at the request of Vice Mayor Alicia Reece, who said a July trip to New York - where a...