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Plain Dealer editorial: Bring on the victim zones

9:28am Saturday, July 19, 2003

Check your gun at the gate 07/19/03 The Minnesota legislature recently passed a law allowing most citizens to carry concealed handguns. The law made the state the latest to approve a CCW measure - a proposal which has been unsuccessfully kicked around the Ohio legislature for eight years. Despite Minnesota's new pro-gun law, the issue appears to remain far from settled there. Last week,...

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Op Ed: Taft’s troubles aren’t unlike those faced by Gray Davis

10:41am Friday, July 18, 2003

Columbus Dispatch Friday, July 18, 2003 DARREL ROWLAND This ought to sound a wee bit familiar to anyone who has followed Ohio politics over the past year. The incumbent governor acknowledges that the state faces severe financial problems but refuses to offer even an estimate of the coming shortfall. A couple of months before November’s general election, his challenger tosses out a projected...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed carry vs. death row clemency

9:41am Friday, July 18, 2003

July 18, 2003 Akron Beacon-Journal Plan B? For so many years, we law-abiding gun lovers have begged Gov. Taft for clemency. Maybe condemned killer Richard Wade Cooey should get his lawyers to petition the commander of the Ohio Highway Patrol for it. Homer M. Long Barberton

Four for Four: Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban defeated. BUT...

9:48am Thursday, July 17, 2003

As we first told you in December , a fourth attempt to ban so-called "assault weapons" is underway in Youngstown. OFCC's Mahoning County Coordinator, Rick Kaleda, has just sent us the following update (click on the "Read More...: link below): ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Kaleda Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Youngstown AW ban DEFEATED. . . BUT . In a surprising move,...

Letter to the Editor: Grassroots effort needed to pass concealed carry

8:41am Thursday, July 17, 2003

The Zanesville Times Recorder has published a letter to the editor about concealed carry from Zanesville resident Harold E. Newell, Jr. Below are a couple of favorite exerpts: Exerpt #1: When Governor Taft was running for office he stated that if the bill for Concealed Carry for Ohioans came before him, he would sign it. Then after he got into office the verbage was changed to he would sign it if...

Surprise connection: OH's ''affirmative defense'' law and the Gray Davis recall

4:07pm Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Adrian (MI) arrest haunts California congressman By Dennis Pelham -- Daily Telegram Staff Writer Groups opposing the Gray Davis recall effort in California recently unearthed references to a firearm arrest in U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa's background. It turned out to have occurred the night of Dec. 1, 1972, while Issa was driving with a woman student in Lenawee Co., MI. Issa explained to the arresting...

Delay-tactics on HB12 costing lives

3:49pm Wednesday, July 16, 2003

It's been nearly four weeks since the Senate adjourned for summer break without appointing conferees to work out differences on Am. Sub. HB12. As Senate leaders enjoy another week in their home districts, the defenseless victim list in Ohio continues to grow. Akron kidnapping, rape investigated Columbus woman murdered in road-rage incident Shaker Heights woman shot in face during purse-snatching...

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Searching for man suspected of shooting up family van

3:16pm Wednesday, July 16, 2003

Edgil Eugene Kimbler is suspected in the kidnapping of 3 children in Dixon, Missouri. Police there say he threatened the kids' mother, Kassy Hadley, and shot into the van carrying 5 kids..3 of them fathered by Kimbler. Kimbler is alleged to have taken the 3: Madison Jean Kimbler, Mackenzie Kyla Kimbler, and Corbin Kimbler in a gold or tan SUV with Alabama plates. align="right"> Dixon police...