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Toby Hoover recognizes benefits of concealed security

10:07pm Monday, June 21, 2004
In recent letter to the Lorain Morning Journal , gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, told the newspaper that Ohioans For Concealed Carry and others are ''promoting the false danger that to have your business weapon-free invites criminal activity.'' ''The reality is criminals have no way of knowing what...

Resident kills man in home, police say

6:56pm Monday, June 21, 2004
June 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch A Northwest Side resident fatally shot a suspected burglar inside an apartment Saturday night, Columbus police said. John A. Webb, 31, was taken to Ohio State University Medical Center, where he died. Police found Webb inside 5846 Abbey Church Rd. in the Lakeview Square apartment complex about 11:30 p.m. He had suffered a gunshot wound to the upper body, police...

More good news about liberalized gun laws...from gun ban extremists!

6:22pm Monday, June 21, 2004
June 14, 2004 Jointogether.org Teen Gun Suicide Rate Declines A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study finds that the number of suicides by youngsters and teens declined 25 percent in the last decade. The study also shows a significant decrease in gun suicides, the Associated Press reported June 10. According to the CDC report, the number of suicides declined from 2,151 in 1992 to...

ON TARGET: Increasingly, women are carrying guns...

6:00pm Monday, June 21, 2004
...and learning to use them. June 15, 2004 Grand Rapids (MI) Press WYOMING -- Sharon Crow used to cry at the first pop of gunfire. The sound traumatized the 49-year-old Wyoming woman years ago when her brother attempted suicide by shooting himself. Now, Crow is turning the corner and looking to arm herself, the result of conquering her fear through handgun education. "My motto in life is,...

Deputy accused of threatening cabbie with gun is charged

3:41pm Monday, June 21, 2004
Gee, wonder if she was carrying more than one... June 19, 2004 Columbus Dispatch An aggravated-menacing charge has been filed against the Franklin County deputy sheriff accused of aiming a gun at a cab driver while off duty last month. Steve Schumaker, an Acme Taxi driver, filed a complaint against Deputy Tressa Brinkley after a May 17 incident that he described as road rage. Yesterday, a...

Another Plain Dealer news story fit for the editorial page

3:09pm Monday, June 21, 2004
June 20, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Ohio concealed-weapon law carries its own smoking gun John Campanelli Plain Dealer Reporter Is that a dozen handguns under your coat or are you just happy to see the loophole in Ohio's concealed-carry law? The state's new law, which allows permit-holding citizens to carry a hidden handgun, doesn't say you can't have more than one. Ohio Attorney General Jim...

Miss-Led Volume II

10:56am Saturday, June 19, 2004
The liberal media and gun ban extremists are really trying to make something of the news that politicians' early predictions about the number of concealed handgun licenses were above actual application rates. Gannett News Service reporter Jim Siegel has published an article entitled "Demand for gun permits low - Sponsor wants to change law" , which has already appeared in most Gannett-owned Ohio...

More proof from gun ban extremists...that bans don't work!

8:09am Saturday, June 19, 2004
We do so enjoy when they help prove our arguments: The Brady bunch's website, Jointogether, recently headlined a story which shouted " Despite Ban, Fake Guns Reemerge in Boston ". The story goes on to say that "sales of fake guns have been banned in Boston, Mass., since 1988, but their presence in the city is increasing." The Brady Campaign is funded by European-born billionaire George Soros, who...

Op-Ed: Mall safety: Take a cue from Israel

7:33am Saturday, June 19, 2004
June 18, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Your voice: Chad D. Baus The specter of suicide bombers in shopping areas has long been a concern for citizens in Israel. That country has responded by encouraging citizens to be trained in defensive firearms use. Stories like this prove the success of Israel's efforts to curb terror: • March 7, 2003 - The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reports that a young...

Associated Press: Prosecutor to probe release of gun permit holder addresses

6:45pm Friday, June 18, 2004
6/18/2004, 5:26 p.m. ET The Associated Press SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor will investigate whether a sheriff violated Ohio's new concealed weapons law by releasing the addresses of people granted permits to a newspaper that published the information. Bob Beasley, spokesman for the Ohio attorney general's office, said he knew of no similar investigation elsewhere in the state. At issue is what...

OSHP's car carry language contributes to increased potential for firearms theft

8:01am Friday, June 18, 2004
June 16, 2004 I guess you can mark me down as one of the first people for it to happen to. I am hanging my head in shame and embarrassment as I write this. Last Thursday evening when I got home from the store I got out of my van, hit the door lock and went into my apartment. I do not have a visible holster or a locking glove compartment so I use a GunVault Double level lock box to keep my carry...

Kroger makes it official: Ohio signs ordered down

11:01pm Thursday, June 17, 2004
An increasingly aggressive grassroots campaign, which culminated with customers mailing the Kroger Co. receipts showing thousands upon thousands of dollars in sales lost to competitors such as Super WalMart, Meijer and local mom-and-pop groceries (who do NOT post discriminatory signs), has met with resounding success. OFCC announced last week that members and supporters from the Cincinnati-Dayton...

Tale of FOUR OH Cities: Three posted business robbed; Armed Toledo clerk defends

4:57pm Thursday, June 17, 2004
June 17, 2004 WHIOtv.com Man Robs Kroger Store, Assaults Guard DAYTON, Ohio -- Dayton police are searching for a man who allegedly shoplifted from a local grocery store and then assaulted a security officer. The incident happened at the Kroger store on Wayne Avenue on Wednesday. Officers said the man was caught stealing a lighter and then assaulted the guard as he fled the scene. Medics took the...

BSSA tells O'Leary ''county of residence'' means ''county of residence

3:49pm Thursday, June 17, 2004
June 17, 2004 Sidney Daily News Prosecutor to probe release of information Miami County official to investigate why addresses for CCW permit holders issued A special prosecutor will investigate allegations against Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary regarding information on people issued permits in Shelby County to carry concealed weapons. Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Stevenson...

''No Warnings'' for accidental felonies in Montgomery Co.

12:11pm Thursday, June 17, 2004
June 17, 2004 WHIOtv.com Deputies Arrest Alleged Concealed Carry Law Violator DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton man reportedly becomes Montgomery County's first person to violate the concealed carry law after deputies said he took a gun into a court building. Investigators said Douglas Lyons walked into the Common Pleas Courts building in downtown Dayton on Tuesday with the gun. Law enforcement officials...

Special Prosecutor Appointed to Investigate Release of Protected Records

8:30pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry Calls on Legislators to Repeal Media Access Loophole June 17, 2004, 12:01 a.m. CLEVELAND - Ohioans For Concealed Carry today announced that it is calling upon the Ohio General Assembly to remove the flawed media access loophole from the new concealed handgun license law. The move is being made following the announcement by Shelby County Prosecutor Jim Stevenson that,...

National Association of Chiefs of Police Strongly Supports CCW

2:36pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 15, 2004 Insight Magazine The National Association of Chiefs of Police recently released its 16th Annual Survey of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and, according to Vice President and Public Affairs Specialist Jim Kouri, some of the survey findings are surprising and compelling. "The survey had some surprising results on topics including terrorism, gun control, homeland security, drug enforcement...

Letter to the Editor: Gun crusader fires back at critics, editorial on CCW

12:13pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 16, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal Toby Hoover (executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence) has yet again proven her hypocrisy when she stated in a June 10 letter that only a fraction of Ohioans will acquire concealed handgun licenses (she incorrectly referred to them as permits). We've said for years that only a small percentage of Ohioans will acquire these licenses, yet...

''Brother, they don't read signs''

11:16am Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch 25-year-old man slain in University District A 25-year-old man was killed yesterday after being shot behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle on a University District street. Mark Warren, 25, had pulled over on E. 8 th Avenue near the N. 5 th Street intersection when a man on foot shot him at about 5:20 p.m. Police said he had stopped the SUV to talk to someone...

Ken Blackwell announced as keynote speaker for OFCC's Party in the Park

11:05am Wednesday, June 16, 2004
We are pleased to announce that Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell will serve as keynote speaker at the first annual Ohioans For Concealed Carry Party in the Park on September 4. Mr. Blackwell is a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment and of Ohio's constitutional right to bear arms for defense and security. Please make plans to attend this Labor Day weekend event at a Central Ohio park to...

New online poll tests Shelby Co. Sheriff's assertions about ''vague'' law

2:33pm Tuesday, June 15, 2004
A new survey has been added to the OFCC PAC website, testing Shelby Co. Sheriff Kevin O'Leary's assertion that the words county of residence in Ohio Revised Code are "convoluted, vague, and open to interpretation, and could be construed specifically as the name of the county or the full address at which the permit holder resides inside the county." Is Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim...

Lorain County Swamped By Cuyahoga County Applicants

9:56am Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Temporary hours adopted as deputies try to catch up Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that due to an overwhelming amount of applications received, the Lorain County Sheriff's Office is being forced to temporarily reduce the number of days per week they will be accepting applications for concealed handgun licenses. Captain Drozdowski stated in a phone conversation that they have assigned...

Nearly 350 seek guns in Portage Co.

9:45am Tuesday, June 15, 2004
June 13, 2004 (Portage Co.) Daily Record Courier Nearly 350 people have applied in Portage County for permits to carry concealed weapons since a new law allowing concealed carry in Ohio took effect on April 8. Portage County Sheriff Duane Kaley said that as of June 9, 348 applications had been recieved by his office seeking the permits. Of those, at least 174 were approved and have been issued...

Editorial: New gun law has some kinks

9:26am Tuesday, June 15, 2004
June 12, 2004 Zanesville Times Recorder The letter of the law often flies in the face of what seems reasonable. Harold Newell Jr. of Zanesville found that out recently when he was denied a concealed-carry gun permit. Newell is now 56 years old. But 38 years ago, as a teenager, he and four other youths stole five cases of beer from an unlocked cooler at a convenience store in Zanesville. He was...

Al Qaeda Cell in Ohio? FBI Says Suspect Plotting To Blow Up Columbus Mall

4:27pm Monday, June 14, 2004
FLASHBACK: Terrorists on buses and in malls: Ohio CHL important to Homeland Security June 14, 2004 NBC4Columbus.com COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Federal authorities said Monday that they have charged a man from Somalia with plotting to blow up a Columbus-area shopping mall. According to the FBI, Nuradin M. Abdi, a 32-year-old Somali national, was indicted and charged with conspiracy to provide material...

Tale of Two Signs: Willoughby bank robbed; Middletown store welcomes CHL

3:49pm Monday, June 14, 2004
Following the old adage that a picture says a thousand words, some Ohio businesses are choosing to use pictures say few words to would-be criminals who may target their stores. Consider the message received by all who view this picture of law enforcement agent dusting for fingerprints next to a "no-guns" sign at a Fifth Third bank. The photo appeared on the front page of the Willoughby News...

FirstMerit banks respond to complaints about ''No-guns'' signs

8:39am Monday, June 14, 2004
The following bulk email is being sent to customers who contacted FirstMerit bank about their recent decision to post signs, and about to five subsequent bank robberies in their Ohio locations. From: Karen Rose [ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 Subject: Re: Why does FirstMerit discriminate? Dear Mr. XXXXXXX, Your e-mail in regard to the recent Concealed Carry Weapon...

Letter to the Editor: Stores should welcome concealed-carry law

8:20am Monday, June 14, 2004
June 13, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I respond to the June 5 letter from Lori A. O’Neill, president of the Greater Cleveland chapter of the Million Mom March ("Store owners who take on gun lobby deserve thanks"). O’Neill fails to mention that the only people who are banned from these businesses are the law-abiding, licensed, trained, screened, fingerprinted and honest concealed-carrying public. Those...

THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK: Posted Mansfield business ''brutally'' robbed

7:02am Sunday, June 13, 2004
Volunteers in Mansfield have told OFCC that all three Puffs Cigarette and Tobacco stores in Mansfield are owned by the same individual, and that "no-guns" signs barring CHL-holders went up just a short time ago. June 11, 2004 Mansfield News Journal ONTARIO -- City police are looking for a suspect they say brutally attacked a clerk at Puffs Cigarette and Tobacco shop a little after 8 p.m...

Sidney Daily News and Shelby Co. Sheriff maintain they committed no crimes

10:37am Saturday, June 12, 2004
June 12, 2004 Sidney Daily News Calls for state and local investigations have followed publication Tuesday in the Sidney Daily News of a list of concealed-carry permit holders as released by Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary. The publication of addresses was listed as illegal by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and by Ohioans For Concealed Carry. The former...

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