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''God's grace'' (and concealed firearm) saves Indiana woman's life

Woman shoots alleged abductor Gary woman says she believed she was going to be killed. Northwest Indiana Times October 9, 2003 MERRILLVILLE -- A 28-year-old Gary woman said she knew what it meant Tuesday when she noticed the man holding a gun to her head was wearing gloves. She figured she was going to die. "I've called police on him before. He's tried to threaten me and my entire family. ... He...

Gun owners plan peaceful walk; Citizens to protest state's concealed weapon ban

Lima News October 7, 2003 LIMA - A group of gun-toting citizens plan to strap handguns to their sides and hit the streets Sunday to protest a recent court ruling on the state's concealed weapon law. The Defense Walk will begin Sunday at 2 p.m. on Sherwood Drive off North Cable Road. A gun-safety check will be at 1 p.m. in the parking lot of AutoZone, said Charlie Triplett, one of the organizers...

'Concealed carry' advocates to be in plain view in Gahanna demonstration

Activists plan to march with guns Columbus ThisWeek October 9, 2003 Advocates of an Ohio law to allow concealed weapons will march through Olde Gahanna Sunday afternoon to draw attention to what they say is a flaw in state law. "Defense Walk" organizers Bob Maroldy and Gerard Valentino said they expect about 100 people to participate in the event. Most will carry handguns, which will be in plain...

Supporters of concealed carry plan Defense Walk on Sunday

XENIA - Local concealed carry supporters will hold Defense Walks statewide to protest Sen. Doug White and Gov. Bob Taft's obstruction of the concealed-carry legislation on Sunday. The walk is intended to offer a visual display of support for the legalization of concealed carry permits by openly wearing their firearms through the neighborhood. Organizers cite the Supreme Court ruling of Klien vs...

Ohio Poll: Taft disapproval numbers at 46%

They say it's about Party solidarity. It looks more like they're tying lines to a sinking ship. According to the latest Ohio Poll, released Wednesday by the University of Cincinnati’s Institute for Policy Research, there are more Ohioans unhappy with the job Taft is doing than there are those who approve. According to the poll, the governor’s disapproval rating is at 46 percent. Only 44 percent...

13-year old girl wrestles firearm from deputy, pulls trigger

Girl admits trying to shoot caseworker, deputy sheriff October 08, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH In the hallway that opened into the crowded lobby of Franklin County Children Services, a 13-year-old girl and a deputy sheriff scrapped until the deputy was on her knees and the girl held her gun. Hafsa Aboi Hassan pointed the 9 mm handgun at the back of Deputy Betty Ashley’s head and pulled the trigger...

MORE pro-self-defense letters to editors!

Concealed-carry ban offends good citizens Cincy Enquirer October 6, 2003 I'm offended, and every law-abiding citizen in Ohio should be too. Why? There were 45 states with some kind of concealed-carry law and the crime has gone down in most of those states. Either our lawmakers don't want crime to go down or they think the citizens of Ohio are more dangerous than people of the other 45 states. Jim...

Letter to the Editor: Pfeifer lives in fantasy world

October 4, 2003 Re "Court upholds ban on concealed guns," Sept. 25: How does Justice Paul E. Pfeifer believe prohibiting "the carrying of concealed weapons helps maintain an orderly and safe society?" I guess if I lived in the same neighborhood Pfeifer lives in, I would feel as safe as he does. Or perhaps, if I had armed bodyguards watching out for me at home, work and at play, I would feel safe...

Letter to the Editor: Anti-gun stance endangers public

On September 25, an attack letter, specifically targeted against Ohioans For Concealed Carry , began appearing in newspapers across the state. The letter written by the President of the Cleveland Chapter of the 'Million' Mom March, put false words in the mouths of more than 50,000 Ohioans for Concealed Carry supporters. To their credit, the newspapers are now printing OFCC's official reponse to...

Letter to the Editor: Court ruling not just racist, but sexist

Portsmouth Daily Times Ohio’s Supreme Court, by a 5-2 decision, has now joined the Ohio State Patrol and Governor Taft in the continued depriving of law abiding Ohioans from defending themselves with a concealed weapon. It matters not that [45] other states allow their citizens such defense. Opponents say this ruling reflects the will of a majority of Ohioans. This is an unproven statement. It...

Op-Ed: Guns, speech and the courts

By Sim Evans Each generation must ratify the Constitution, or else it is of no account. The founders were cognizant of this when they provided the amendment mechanism, whereby future generations might adjust the Constitution from time to time. The absence of amendments was deemed proof of its tolerability. But Americans have chosen a third course; they will neither abide by the Constitution, nor...

What's race got to do with it? A LOT.

As I described in my recent walk through the "Safest Neighborhood in the State" , I mentioned that the most enjoyable part of my day was spent speaking to the many African-Americans who attended the event. I can honestly say that while we are often led to believe that minorities are nearly a block-vote against concealed carry legislation, EVERY single person of a minority race I spoke with at the...

OFCC PAC Announces 2003 Endorsees

It would be impossible to research every local race in the state of Ohio for an off-year election. But there are a few contests which have peaked our interest, some because they are between pro-Conceal Carry Reform candidates and out-and-out liberal anti-gunners, and others because we wish to support pro-CCW candidates in positions that could one day lead them to the Statehouse or Governor's...

OH 'justice' system frees victimizers & (in one case) jails defenseless victim

Those who are interested in Ohio's criminal justice system travails, and who have a heart for the ever-growing statewide victim list, would have found several recent stories in various Ohio newspapers to be very disheartening - especially when put together. On September 24, the Dayton Daily News informed it's readers that a South Lebanon man had been freed from prison after nearly three years for...

Tony Gordon Memorial Fund Established

James A. "Tony" Gordon, a 27-year-old father, died on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 after being shot in the chest during an attempted carjacking. Ohioans For Concealed Carry is concerned with all criminal victimizations - the desire to reduce violent crime is a key reason why we advocate the passage of a concealed carry law, such as every state surrounding Ohio, and 45 states in our nation, now enjoy...

FINAL 2003 OHIO OPEN CARRY ''DEFENSE'' WALKS ANNOUNCED

WHAT: Local organizers in nearly twenty Ohio cities held "Defense" Walks in late 2003, at which local activists interested in protesting Governor Bob Taft's obstruction of concealed carry legislative reform "openly carried" their sidearms on a walk through the neighborhood. WHY: These "Defense" Walks offered a "visual display" of the choice Ohioans and legislators have before them as a result of...

AP: Can gun control cut violence? Even anti-gun CDC finds NO proof

October 3, 2003 A sweeping federal review of the nation's gun control laws - including mandatory waiting periods and bans on certain weapons - found no proof they reduce firearms violence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appointed a group of scientists to conduct the review, which could be used to undercut the gun-control movement. The task force reviewed 51 published studies about...

Second chance for rape victim's affirmative defense plea??

October 3, 2003 Concealed weapon case sent back to Common Pleas court An Ohio State Supreme Court ruling on the carrying of concealed weapons sent a local case that was in the Third District Court of Appeals back to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas this week. After Judge Michael P. Kelbley ruled that the current law was unconstitutional in the case of a Fostoria woman, County Prosecutor...

Could the fear of a felony CCW arrest have led to this man's death?

[Homicide victim] had reported threat days before his death October 2, 2003 McARTHUR — Five days before Nicholas Wheeler was shot to death, he complained to authorities that a gun was pulled on him by the man who would later be charged with his murder. However, Thomas Craft had denied to a Vinton County sheriff’s deputy that the gun incident took place, and there was insufficient evidence to file...

More and more law enforcement expressing support for self-defense

October 2, 2003 Chillicothe Gazette Efforts to introduce versions of a concealed weapons law into legislation is like walking a fine line between public safety and constitutional rights, local law enforcement agencies say. With the battle to allow Ohio residents the right to carry handguns on their person raging in the House and Senate, local law enforcement agencies weighed in on the debate...

Op-Ed: O'Connor opinion ''good news for anyone who believes in the rule of law''

O'Connor a ray of hope in Klein gloom Michael J. Maurer The Ohio Supreme Court's Klein decision on the constitutionality of concealed carry laws is good news for supporters of gun rights: They lost by only a 5-2 vote. My own prediction was that they would lose 7-0, with a slim chance at 6-1 with Chief Justice Tom Moyer in dissent. But things turned out more favorably. For one thing, the court's...

Letter to the Editor: A decided disadvantage

October 2, 2003 To the editors of the Toledo Blade: Do Buckeyes realize that the recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling affirming the ban on handgun concealed-carry will place them at a great disadvantage when we Wolverines move to reclaim our ancient, ancestral Toledo lands? DELMER O. GASCHE Morenci, Mich. Click here to read the letter in the Toledo Blade. The Toledo Blade editors' latest in a long...

Columbus Dispatch: Another life saved by ''gunman''

Husband tells police man he shot had knife to wife’s neck October 02, 2003 Screams from the driveway brought Deshawn Davis outside early yesterday to find his wife in the grasp of a man holding a knife to her throat, Columbus police said. Davis, 22, who had armed himself with a handgun, shot Jeremy Andrews in front of the Davis home, 1699 E. Columbus St., on the South Side. Andrews, 21, was at...

Another Capitol city shooting: ''What is this city coming to?''

Ohio's ban on carrying a concealed firearm has once again failed to protect a victim, and once again failed to stop a criminal. North Side man ‘critical’ after lunchtime shooting October 02, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Lisa Adams and her 3-year-old son, Isaac, were eating yesterday afternoon at a North Side fast-food restaurant when gunshots cut through their lunchtime chatter. "I heard 12...

Letters to the Editor: Views are divergent on pro-gun rally

Letters edited for space - full letters can be read in the Cincinnati Enquirer . October 1, 2003 Timing of Gun Walk was in very poor taste - Mary T. Helmes, Northside Another day, another pro-gun article in the Enquirer. At least the reporter, Brenna R. Kelly, noted that "Not all residents" of Northside welcomed Hyde Park hairdresser Vernon Ferrier and his "gun walk" of armed pedestrians on...

Supremes uphold affirmative defense law; law immediately fails Seneca Co. woman

Despite the fact that 45 states across the nation (including every state bordering Ohio) have some legal mechanism for law-abiding citizens to bear arms for self-defense, and despite the successful reduction of violent crime from such laws nationwide, Ohio's governor, certain Senators, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucracy still seem to believe that Ohioans are less responsible than the...

HB12 Sponsor: OSHP demands for unsecured firearms in vehicles ''ridiculous''

Marietta Times by Brad Bauer The Marietta area's lawmakers say they would favor some kind of new law to allow citizens to carry a concealed weapon as the issue returns to the hands of the Ohio General Assembly. Ohio Rep. Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, the bill's House sponsor, said the citizens want their lawmakers to continue to pursue the issue even though it is proving to be a difficult one to...

Senator: ''Solidarity among Republicans'' destroying your right to self-defense

By JIM SIEGEL Gannett News Service Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS -- The majority of Ohio senators support a concealed handgun bill, but fewer are willing to override a Gov. Bob Taft veto to make it happen. The Supreme Court last week put the issue squarely in the lap of the legislature, ruling that Ohio's ban on concealed handguns is constitutional, and it's an issue for lawmakers to decide. Both the...

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