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Senate hears from plenty of ''Good Guys'', too

9:33am Thursday, May 22, 2003
Much has been said about the excellent testimony offered in the Senate this week by pro-self-defense women (even, surprisingly, in the media). But there was also important testimony offered by the “good guys”. On Tuesday, May 20, testimony was offered that addressed several important elements in the debate on HB12: • Rick Kaleda testified in favor of HB12, as a husband, father, and an employee...

House Bill 12 receives fifth hearing in Senate committee

3:52pm Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's fifth hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. A summary of the hearing may be accessed by clicking on the "Read More..." link below. Women have obviously gotten the message that the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is claiming concealed carry reform is just a...

Columbus Dispatch: Conceal-carry bill’s backers, foes square off

10:35am Wednesday, May 21, 2003
The Columbus Dispatch has printed an excellent story on yesterday's Senate hearing on HB12, complete with a photo of Gahanna Police Chief Dennis Murphy, and Deputy Chief Larry Rinehart , both of whom SUPPORT HB12. Ohioans should be able to arm themselves against criminals who have no regard for human life or the law, state senators were told yesterday by the deputy police chief of Gahanna, whose...

Letter to the Editor: Dem. Senator's aide in the market for a carry gun

6:55am Wednesday, May 21, 2003
A letter to the editor in the May 19 Zanesville Times-Recorder gives an interesting account of a recent trip to a Columbus sporting goods store: "Last Friday I was in a sporting goods store in Columbus, buying some things for a fishing trip... At the counter was a young lady looking at carry guns. I noticed what she, and the sales guy were looking at. "Too small." I said. "Don't buy anything...

House Bill 12 receives fourth hearing in Senate committee

5:44pm Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's fourth hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. A summary of the hearing may be accessed by clicking on the "Read More..." link below. Today's testimony was originally scheduled to be a continuation of invited witnesses, with the Fraternal Order of Police labor...

Columbus Dispatch: Crime in the country

4:45pm Sunday, May 18, 2003
Galvanized by a modest crime wave too close to home, 40 residents, including some victims, turned out for a recent community meeting in search of reassurance from Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen. To residents’ way of thinking, crime is to be found on the mean streets of Columbus, not here — not among the pleasant cul-de-sacs of tended lawns, roomy two-story houses and late-model minivans and...

Press conference or not, we still get the nasty headline

3:16pm Sunday, May 18, 2003
Despite the fact that it was the Million Mom March who held a tasteless press conference before the victim of the Case Western shooting was even laid to rest, the headline on this Sunday's Letters to the Editor page in the Cleveland Plain Dealer shouted: "Gun backers are quick to spin every tragedy" Under the twisted headline, they published four letters on the CWRU shooting. Only one was...

Lawmakers from the Miami Valley among those eyeing speaker seat

1:12pm Saturday, May 17, 2003
Lawmakers from the Miami Valley could be in the running for the state’s top two legislative posts — House speaker and Senate president — when those jobs open up at the end of next year. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the entire story, and OFCC PAC commentary. Republican state Reps. Jon Husted of Kettering, Kevin DeWine of Fairborn, Tom Raga of Mason and Keith Faber of Celina are all...

Letter to the Editor: McKinney acted in others' defense

12:09pm Saturday, May 17, 2003
A well-written letter to the editor has been printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer, taking that paper to task for their characterization of Harold McKinney as "taking the law into his own hands." Since the Enquirer's editorial, McKinney has been cleared of all charges, after a Hamilton County grand jury failed to return an indictment. Click on the "Read More..." link below to read the letter. May 17...

Michigan: Crime Fighter Mom Fights Crime

9:27am Saturday, May 17, 2003
The woman who organizes Michigan's Amber Alert program had to protect her own family this week. She's a nationally recognized crime fighting mom and proved why when she says she was attacked in her own home. The Tuesday morning wake-up call for Robin Trumbull was her for sale SUV on fire. "I heard a sound," says Robin. "I stepped out on the deck, looked over and saw my Tahoe on fire." Then Robin...

Cincinnati Post: Jury clears bar 'hero'

7:11am Saturday, May 17, 2003
A Hamilton County grand jury Friday refused to indict a Northside man who last week shot and wounded an armed robber inside a neighborhood bar. The alleged robbers, however, are facing a total of 19 felony charges stemming from the May 8 incident. Grand jurors ignored charges of carrying a gun into a liquor establishment and felonious assault that prosecutors had filed against Harold "Hal"...

Letter to the Editor: Statistics don’t support Highway Patrol’s fear of CCW

7:06am Saturday, May 17, 2003
An excellent letter to the editor by OFCC supporter Brendan Walker has been published in the Canton Repository, responding to claims made by Col. Paul D. McClellan, superintendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol, that law-abiding citizens carrying concealed firearms for self-defense in their personal vehicle present an officer safety issue. "In an e-mail dated May 5, Col. Paul D. McClellan,...

Now or Never?

10:18am Friday, May 16, 2003
You've already heard the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence's claims that concealed carry reform is not a male issue, as witnessed by the fact that no females have come to offer supportive testimony. Now there's this: OCAGV has put out the following plea to their anti-self-defense extremists, calling for persons to come and testify against HB12 next week in Columbus: "If you know a business...

Should we judge by society's worst examples?

5:40pm Thursday, May 15, 2003
After Tacoma, Washington Police Chief David Brame murdered his estranged wife and then committed suicide, we wondered aloud about whether Ohio's law enforcement bureaucrats wished to be judged by the worst example of themselves. The media did not focus on this question in the case of Chief Brame, nor will they focus on the background of Case Western Reserve University shooter Biswanath Halder...

Translating Toby: Senate testimony full of holes

10:30am Thursday, May 15, 2003
Toby Hoover, executive director Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, said a mouthful in yesterday's Senate testimony , as did her anti-self-defense partner from the Brady Campaign in Washington D.C., John Shanks. Unfortunately, the truth and their testimony seem to have parted company before they entered the hearing room. Commentary by Chad D. Baus inserted in blue . One of Toby and Shanks'...

Toledo Blade: Case Western killing inflames gun opponents in Senate hearing

7:45am Thursday, May 15, 2003
Opponents of a bill to allow Ohioans to carry hidden handguns argued yesterday it is so vaguely worded that it could permit carrying assault weapons similar to one used last week by the Case Western Reserve University gunman. "The gun in [the Case Western] incident that concerns us is a Cobray M-11 9-millimeter pistol, which is a banned assault weapon by name under the 1994 assault weapons bill...

Cincy Enquirer: Northside unsafe, activist says, defending carrying gun in bar

7:03am Thursday, May 15, 2003
The anti-crime activist getting national attention for shooting a masked robber in a bar last week plans to defend himself by saying Northside has become so unsafe he had to carry a gun. Hal McKinney doesn't want to besmirch the reputation of his historic city neighborhood, where he has spent countless hours walking the streets as a volunteer with Citizens on Patrol. But as he faces charges of...

HB12: Senate ''public'' hearings scheduled May 20 & 21

4:39pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003
House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for public testimony on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. and May 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room, Second Floor, Senate Building. The purpose for Tuesday's hearing for HB12 is, essentially, to hear testimony from The Buckeye State Sheriff's Association (which supports the bill), as well as from the Fraternal...

House Bill 12 receives third hearing in Senate committee

4:24pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's third hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. In the interest of time and sanity, we have taken great pains to reduce much of the anti-self-defense blather to the most basic points made. Toby Hoover, of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, went first. She...

Citizens on Patrol block watch volunteer no ''vigilante''

12:35pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Harold McKinney put himself in harms' way daily as a volunteer for a neighborhood crime watch group. Since taverns in his neighborhood are often the targets of violent crime, he made the decision to carry the gun in case he ended up in trouble. So when Joseph Person and Demeico Hester, both 18, went into Junkers Tavern at 4356 Langland Ave., Cincinnati, about 11:12 p.m. last Thursday to hold up...

Letters to the Editor: Taking a professor to school

10:51am Wednesday, May 14, 2003
It speaks volumes about our educational system that, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, one can read a four sentence letter from a pro-CCW writer that has more truth in it than the lengthy and horribly misinformed letter from a Kent State University professor who teaches on the Constitution. 5/13/03 To the Editor: I can't help but think about how the tragic death of that student could have been...

Op-Ed: There are no gun-free, safe zones

9:39am Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Dr. John R. Lott Jr. has written an excellent opinion editorial in the wake of the Case Western shootings, which has been published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Autographed copies of Dr. Lott's book are still available in the OFCC Store, but they're going fast! Click here for more information. The entire op-ed may be read at the PD website . An copy has been archived on this website in case the...

Odd Cast of Characters assaulting Statehouse today

7:20am Wednesday, May 14, 2003
It's quite a diverse bunch that have assembled together today for the third Senate committee hearing on HB12. They're joined at the hip - all for the purpose of defeating attempts to restore your right to self-defense. • The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is testifying in opposition to language which prevents businesses from banning firearms from your personal vehicle in their parking lots. But...

PD reporter: Objectivity only possible if both sides hold press conference

5:08pm Tuesday, May 13, 2003
Approximately 12 hours after the Case Western Reserve University shooting, Ohioans For Concealed Carry issued a brief remark concerning the tragedy , explaining our belief that to comment before all the facts were known (and while the families of dead and injured were still grieving) would be totally inappropriate. We also predicted that the anti-self-defense activists would observe no such...

Editorial: ''Sad statistic - Gun control doesn't work in California''

5:17pm Monday, May 12, 2003
The Findlay Courier recently printed an excellent editorial calling for passage of HB12, and exploring the failure of some of the nation's toughest gun control laws to reduce violent crime or murder in California. This April 30 editorial, and the facts it presents, should be given new attention in light of the claims being made by anti-self-defense extremists as they seek to exploit the Case...

Ohioans For Concealed Carry issues statement concerning Case Western shooting

2:58pm Monday, May 12, 2003
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has issued a statement concerning the tragic events at Case Western Reserve University this past Friday, and in response to those who are attempting to exploit these victims for political gain. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the entire statement. May 12, 2003 It took less than 48 hours in Ohio before some began trying to use the tragic Case Western incident...

AP: Ex-Cleveland appeals court judge named to Supreme Court

2:38pm Monday, May 12, 2003
A former appellate judge defeated three years ago in one of the Ohio Supreme Court's most expensive and bitter elections was appointed to the court Monday by Gov. Bob Taft. Terrence O'Donnell, 57, a Republican, replaces Justice Deborah Cook, 51, who was confirmed last week for a seat on the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati. O'Donnell has worked as a visiting judge in several Ohio...

UPI: Suspect in university shootings had ''automatic'' weapon

7:25am Saturday, May 10, 2003
Details surrounding the tragic shootings at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Friday are still sketchy. Not much known about the criminal, his motives, or even the weapon he used (some reports suggest he had an "automatic" (and thus illegal) rifle). Thus, it much too early to provide a detailed analysis of this terrible act (sadly, history warns this won't stop anti-gun extremists from...

Tale of Two Cities: Cincinnati store clerks shot; South Bend robber dies

11:19am Friday, May 09, 2003
Two store employees were shot Thursday in a bold daylight robbery attempt at a convenience store in Walnut Hills. The shooting occurred about 4:50 p.m. at the Dairy Market at 1110 E. McMillan St. after a man entered the store and approached the counter, said Cincinnati Police Detective Brett Gleckler. The man fired at least two shots before fleeing, he said. The two male employees, who were not...

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