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Op-Ed: Liberal position on gun control is simple-minded

4:00pm Wednesday, August 13, 2003
While not directly related to the fight to restore self-defense rights in Ohio, this op-ed does make some excellent observations about those who are fighting to keep you defenseless here in Ohio. Liberal position on gun control is simple-minded By Jay Ambrose Scripps Howard News Service Conservatives, says a new study, are simple-minded, to which I say that's partly true, some of us sometimes are...

Letter to the Editor: Police, guns and other journalistic mysteries

3:44pm Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Scott Balfour, a federal law enforcement officer from Cleveland, has written a letter to the editor in response to the recent suggestion by city government that Cleveland police officers can't be trusted with larger caliber firearms , and addressing the frequent inaccuracies displayed by the media in covering such stories. Click here to read the letter in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, or click on...

Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence promoting ''Safety'' Conference

2:30pm Wednesday, August 13, 2003
We're pretty sure Eddie Eagle was not invited to this seminar. We're also pretty sure attendees will not be taught the REAL way to protect kids from accidental injuries with firearms: "If you see a gun - Stop! Don't Touch! Leave the Area. Tell an Adult." If you're interested in attending this conference, we recommend spending some time at www.dslg.org (Doctors For Sensible Gun Laws) and go...

The grass really IS greener: Cincinnatians moving across river

2:02pm Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Boone County gained more people than anyplace else in Kentucky between 1995 and 2000, according to new census figures. In all, Boone County had a net gain of 8,300 people. While 16,896 moved out of the county during the five-year period, 25,196 moved in. And many of those newcomers are some of the 15,000 people who left Ohio for Kentucky over the five-year period. Much of the Boone Couty boom...

REMINDER: Hunt for a Cure - Buckeye Style

1:36pm Wednesday, August 13, 2003
Only a little more than a month remains until the Hunt For a Cure Buckeye Style event in central Ohio . OFCC member Debby Westfall is actively involved in the Hunting For a Cure for cystic fibrosis foundation, and is promoting this event in Columbus next month. Let's show the anti-gunners who cares about kids - and gets results!

Letters to the Editor: Gun foe's argument is expensive - and silly

3:29pm Tuesday, August 12, 2003
On August 6, the Clevaland Plain Dealer published a letter to the editor calling for stricter gun control laws and opposing gun manufacturer immunity bills. Because we are a one-issue group, we chose not to publish the letter. But leave it to the good citizens of Ohio to show us why we SHOULD have. Two letter writers have proven this issue most definitely pertains to the concealed carry reform...

Op-Ed: The curse of term limits in Ohio

12:57pm Saturday, August 09, 2003
By WILLIAM WEISENBERG Let me disclose right from the start that I voted against term limits in 1992 and remain unalterably opposed to them. Having worked in and with the Ohio General Assembly for 32 years, I have seen legislators come and go, and except for a few long-timers (Vern Riffe, Stanley Aronoff, Dick Finan, and Ted Gray), turnover has been regular. The notion that term limits would solve...

Two more innocent victims who couldn't just ''drive off''

11:21am Saturday, August 09, 2003
CLEVELAND---Earlier yesterday, a jury deliberated for less than three hours before finding William Scott, 20, guilty of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and the attempted murder of Nikon Bell, in a street shooting in Cleveland during the predawn hours of Dec. 26. On Christmas night 2002, former Bedford High School basketball star Doug Rias, 20, a Youngstown State University student, was...

National F.O.P. President says CCW saves lives

10:23am Saturday, August 09, 2003
Ohio Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul McClellan opposes HB12 , claiming that "there is no statistical or anecdotal evidence which supports that concealment and transportation of a weapon in a motor vehicle is effective or safe as a defensive or deterrent measure." But Chuck Canterbury, president of the National F.O.P., knows better. While speaking at the F.O.P.'s 56th Biennial National...

Words above Deeds? Sen. Doug White says ''I want a [CCW] bill.''

4:15pm Friday, August 08, 2003
Gongwer News Service --- Senate President Doug White told Gongwer Thursday he hopes the House and Governor Bob Taft can reach agreement on a stalled measure that would allow licensed Ohioans to carry concealed weapons "because I want a bill." The legislation (HB 12) was left pending when the General Assembly recessed in June for the summer. Negotiations collapsed when the House and Mr. Taft's...

Gannett News Service: ''Work continues on concealed-carry bill''

10:53am Friday, August 08, 2003
COLUMBUS -- Sen. Steve Austria still thinks a compromise on Ohio's concealed handgun bill is out there waiting to be discovered. As the Legislature takes time off this summer, the Beavercreek Republican has sent bill revisions to the Ohio House and governor's office in hopes of breaking the stalemate that has put the bill's fate in jeopardy. "I'm still optimistic we might be able to do something...

OSC, in unusual move, allows new information in already-argued CCW case

4:35pm Thursday, August 07, 2003
The Gonger News Service is reporting that, almost four months after the Ohio Supreme Court heard oral arguments over a challenge to a law that prohibits carrying concealed weapons, justices took the unusual - but not unprecedented step - Thursday of allowing the record to be supplemented with a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision on the same subject. More information will be published when available...

TONY GORDON DIED TRYING TO FOLLOW OSHP CAPT. JOHN BORN'S ADVICE

2:08pm Thursday, August 07, 2003
More information is now available concerning the tragic shooting of James Anthony ("Tony") Gordon in a Dayton carjacking Tuesday. (For background on this story, see: "Blood on their hands?: Dayton man dies in apparent carjacking" ) James Anthony Gordon, 27, of 309 E. Fairview Ave., was shot about 11:08 p.m. as his 13-year-old nephew, a passenger in the T-bird, watched. The car was stopped for a...

Carjacker steals vehicle with owner trapped in door

1:19pm Thursday, August 07, 2003
August 6, 2003 Akron NewsChannel5 AKRON, Ohio -- It's bad enough that someone would steal your car, but imagine a car thief driving off with part of you still in the vehicle. Jessie Mooneyham's physical bruises will heal, but it's the emotional scars that will last. "My hand's all messed up, my arm," she said. "I can't sleep at night." Mooneyham wanted a pop when she stopped off at an area gas...

Columbus Dispatch: Home invaders pick wrong family to rob

3:12pm Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Hilltop residents say they fought off 2 men looking for dope, cash Wednesday, August 6, 2003 A Hilltop man took a knock on his head but managed to turn the tables on two armed robbers, including firing several shotgun blasts at them. Roger Maynard said he was watching the end of Monday Night Football about 10:30 p.m. when two men burst through his front door at 235 N. Wayne Ave. and demanded...

AP: Youngstown unsafe for ATF

1:52pm Wednesday, August 06, 2003
An OFCC supporter posted the following story to www.OhioCCW.org: Bureau Leaves City After Vehicle Break-Ins YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio -- Vandals and thieves aren't just hitting any cars in a downtown Youngstown parking garage. City police and federal agents say their government cars have been repeatedly broken into and tactical equipment has been stolen. The problem is so severe that it's the main reason...

Unfinished Business: Sen. White touts "accomplishments"

1:14pm Wednesday, August 06, 2003
Senate President Doug White has written a letter to his constituents, touting the Senate's "accomplishments" in the first six months of the 125th General Assembly, and providing a look ahead at the Senate's upcoming priorities. Conspicuous in it's absence is any mention of House Bill 12, which the Senate is currently holding hostage, or the civil right to self-defense, a Constitutional right...

Blood on their hands?: Dayton man dies in apparent carjacking

11:11am Wednesday, August 06, 2003
"We do not want a loaded firearm readily accessible to the driver of a car. If there's a dangerous situation and you're in your car, you can drive off." - Capt. John Born, Ohio State Highway Patrol. "...Of all the changes made by the Senate, as a father, I am most proud of the work we did to ensure the safety of Ohio children under this bill." - Steve Austria, who chaired the committee which...

AP: Concealed weapons popular with Indiana legislators

5:24pm Monday, August 04, 2003
1 in 6 packing heat, some during sessions The Associated Press One in six Indiana lawmakers has a permit to carry a firearm, and some even pack their guns when they walk onto the floor of the Indiana House and Senate, The Journal Gazette reported Sunday. These pistol-packing politicians have no problem with the availability of weapons in the Statehouse, and some even welcome the guns given the...

Dayton Daily News publishes two more CCW-related letters to the editor

3:30pm Monday, August 04, 2003
The Dayton Daily News has printed two more letters to the editor debating the merits of concealed carry reform. And unless there are two "Jaime Pacheco"'s in the Dayton area, the anti-CCW letter comes from none other than Wright State University Medical Department's Associate Professor, Chief, Hematology/Oncology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more...

Cleveland Gov't: Police Can't Be Trusted With Bigger Bullets

2:45pm Monday, August 04, 2003
Submitted by an OFCC supporter to www.OhioCCW.org: Apparently some residents don't trust the police in Cleveland. That's what the Plain Dealer article says about the failed police union bid to equip officers with .40 cal Glocks to replace the 9mm guns. The article goes on to say that bigger guns (bigger bullets) aren't politically realistic. But that's not the real reason for scrapping the...

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