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One more down: Arcanum's gun ban changed after scrutiny

8:19am Friday, July 30, 2004
July 30, 2004 Dayton Daily News Challengers argued it violated state law ARCANUM | Village officials have modified an ordinance that had banned the carrying of concealed handguns into village lands and parks after gun advocates challenged that Arcanum was violating state and federal law. The village council in May passed the ordinance despite Ohio's new concealed carry handgun law that permits a...

Clifton: Why we printed the list

8:13am Friday, July 30, 2004
OFCC responses in blue : July 30, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer The media are the public's only access to concealed-carry permit records In the past two days, The Plain Dealer ran a list of the Northeast Ohioans who applied for and got a license to carry a concealed weapon. We were able to do so because the state legislature, bowing to Gov. Bob Taft's threat to veto a bill with no public access...

PD Editor: Calls to my home ''tapering off''

5:34pm Thursday, July 29, 2004
July 28, 2004 Editor & Publisher Doug Clifton Defends His Paper's Action on Guns on NRA Radio Program by Joe Strupp NEW YORK Editor Doug Clifton of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, who drew attacks from a gun rights group after publishing lists of local residents who carry concealed weapons permits, defended his position Thursday during an appearance on a National Rifle Association radio...

Cleveland Editor Takes Heat for Publishing Gun List

8:09am Thursday, July 29, 2004
July 28, 2004 Editor & Publisher NEW YORK When Ohio legislators approved a new law allowing residents to carry concealed weapons, but allowed only the media to find out the names of those obtaining such permits, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland decided to let the public know which of their neighbors were on the list. Starting Wednesday, the paper began publishing the names, ages and home...

Tony Gordon Fund moved from bank on Do Not Patronize While Armed list

4:00pm Wednesday, July 28, 2004
OFCC also announces move of corporate account to bank more friendly to self-defense rights Ohioans For Concealed Carry has announced that it is moving the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund, as well as OFCC's own corporate bank accounts, to banks which do not restrict Ohioans' constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense. At the preference of his family, the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund was created at...

Cleveland Plain Dealer fulfills promise to violate privacy of CHL-holders

12:18pm Wednesday, July 28, 2004
On January 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton stated the following in his very first weblog: "The "how to reach us" box on 2A lists e-mail addresses and phone numbers for senior editors and similar information appears at the bottom of every staff produced story. Those devices make the communication more personal and more immediate. Some times it's so personal and so immediate you...

Editorial: Smoke clears on hidden-gun myth

10:54am Wednesday, July 28, 2004
July 26, 2004 Sandusky Register When Ohio activated a concealed carry law for guns April 8, opponents of the measure painted visions of aBuckeyestatecitizemy embracing the wild West mentality of shoot -'em ups in the streets... Now the law is in place and it's clear: . Permit applications have not reached projected estimates. . Gun violence in Ohio hasn't markedly increased. .There are now...

Letter to the Editor: Kerry’s image belies his support of gun bill

1:42pm Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Sen. John Kerry has portrayed himself as a hunter and advocate of Second Amendment rights in his commercials. This revelation was undoubtedly welcomed by the millions of firearms owners in the United States. Now he is the co-sponsor of a bill that will outlaw repeating shotguns and rifles. These are used by trapshooters, skeet shooters and hunters. The repeating...

State senator gets promotion from Guard, faces call-up

1:40pm Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Columbus Dispatch State Sen. Steve Stivers is moving up the chain of command of the Ohio Army National Guard and could be called to active duty before the year is over. The Columbus Republican, assigned to the 237 th Personnel Services Battalion based at Rickenbacker Airport, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in June and now is battalion commander. He’s been in the guard 19 years...

Police, gun-rights supporters watch local case with interest

11:56am Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 26, 2004 Athens News by Jim Phillips In a case that is reportedly creating a buzz among local police officers and gun-rights advocates, an Athens doctor who allegedly pulled a gun during a traffic confrontation has had his concealed-carry permit temporarily suspended. "It has been a topic of discussion in the law-enforcement community, and amongst the gun owners," confirmed Jerry Sullivan of...

Plain Dealer editorialists find Ohioans they DON'T want to disarm

11:05am Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Don't disarm police anywhere Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro issued an opinion last week that defines the places where off-duty officers may not legally carry a concealed weapon. The ruling is welcome only in that it clears up confusion as to whether police officers are subject to the same restrictions civilians face when it comes to carrying concealed weapons...

Anti-CCW Ohio Mayor gets cudos at DNC Convention

10:00am Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Mayor gets 3 minutes in spotlight BOSTON - Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic will get time in the spotlight at the Democratic National Convention -- if only three minutes. The mayor is scheduled to speak today on behalf of the National Conference of Mayors, of which he recently was named president. "I'll get three minutes, sometime between 5:30 and 6:30 p.m.,'' he...

Franklin Co. Resident Files Merit Brief with Ohio Supreme Court

8:18pm Monday, July 26, 2004
Counsel for Franklin County resident and concealed handgun license applicant Josephine Lee has filed what is called a "merit brief" with the Ohio Supreme Court, following that court's decision to hear oral arguments on a mandamus action filed against Franklin Co. Sheriff Karnes. The lawsuit, filed on April 9 by Lee, centers around Josephine's application with Sheriff Karnes for a Temporary...

Letter to the Editor: Coalition tries to deny citizens their rights

6:09pm Monday, July 26, 2004
July 26, 2004 Sidney Daily News To the editor: In response to Toby Hoover's letter, I would like your readers to know that the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is a gun control advocacy group and seeks every opportunity to deny all citizens their Second Amendment rights. The idea that a citizen who has submitted to a thorough background check, has been fingerprinted, has successfully passed a...

Op-Ed: Risk or Fear?

1:08pm Monday, July 26, 2004
July 26, 2004 Crain's Cleveland Business Ohio's concealed carry firearms law is now three months old. Crain's has published several articles and editorials urging businesses to ban firearms. Let's sort out fact from fiction. Toby Hoover and OCAGV filed suit to stop sheriffs from issuing licenses. She is represented by James Kline, of Ulmer & Berne LLP, the same firm of Stephanie Trudeau, who...

Dairy Queen employee stabbed

4:39pm Sunday, July 25, 2004
July 25, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Newark woman stabbed during robbery HEATH, Ohio — A Newark man is charged with stabbing one of two female employees abducted at knifepoint during a restaurant robbery Friday night. Charles W. McCoy, 32, of 249 W. Church St., was jailed on charges of attempted murder, aggravated robbery and kidnapping. Heath police said one employee was emptying trash outside Dairy...

Victim zone prohibitions fail to stop Ohio shootings

9:45pm Saturday, July 24, 2004
Wherever guns are banned, it can be assured that only criminals intent on harming others will possess guns. Should your right to self-defense stop at the door of a business that sells alcohol? Gun prohibitions in liquor establishments did NOTHING to help these victims: Columbus, July 24, 2004: Accidental bump led to gunshots, victim says When he thinks about what happened as he left a bar early...

Road rage against Ohio CHL-holder under investigation

8:20am Saturday, July 24, 2004
July 22, 2004 Athens News Road rage incident witnesses sought Athens police are looking for witnesses to come forward in a road rage incident earlier this month at the intersection of Shafer and West Union Street. Police officer James Michael said that, so far, the department has only one impartial witness to a July 9 incident in which Dr. Jeffrey McAdoo pulled a revolver on James Kirkendall. As...

Attacked in workplace parking lot

8:04am Saturday, July 24, 2004
Senators on the Committee which considered the bill, which was chaired by Sen. Steve Austria, saw fit to remove a parking lot exemption at the request of the cash-rich Ohio Chamber of Commerce. There is no place which can guarantee Ohioans their safety if their right of self-defense has been removed. July 24, 2004 Dayton Daily News Man's nose severed, woman stabbed after leaving packing area...

Another ''no-guns'' First Merit robbery; Branch once held OFCC's accounts

10:41pm Thursday, July 22, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Garfield Heights branch of First Merit bank was robbed on Wednesday, July 21. According to sources, the perpetrator walked right past "no-guns" sign on the outer door, made his way to the counter, and presented a demand note. First Merit has posted "no-guns" signs at its branches throughout Ohio for just eight weeks, and OFCC has documented at...

Ashland's Harris expected to become Ohio Senate president

7:45am Thursday, July 22, 2004
July 21, 2004 Gannett News COLUMBUS — Sen. Bill Harris, R-Ashland, is expected to take over as president of the Ohio Senate in 2005, after his primary rival dropped out of the race today and endorsed him. Harris, 69, a former U.S. Marine, auto dealership owner and state lawmaker for nearly 10 years, is expected to take over for Senate President Doug White, who is term-limited at the end of the...

Police fight for exception to gun limits off duty

7:31am Thursday, July 22, 2004
July 22, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus - Restrictions on the right of off-duty police officers to carry concealed weapons could create headaches, Bob Beck, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association, said Wednesday. Beck reacted to an opinion released Monday by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro that said off-duty officers can carry concealed weapons at any time in any...

Workplace Violence: What No-Guns Signs or Policies Will NEVER Prevent

11:03pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 16, 2004 USA TODAY In an average week in U.S. workplaces, one employee is killed and at least 25 are seriously injured in violent assaults by current or former co-workers. Many of those attacks might have been prevented. In nearly eight of 10 cases, killers left behind clear warning signs --sometimes showing guns to co-workers, threatening their bosses or talking about attacking. But in the...

Virginia Open Carry Still Making Waves

9:37pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Where were these elite media-handwringers when thousands of openly carrying Ohioans took to the streets in a mass action to protest a ban on their self-defense rights? Oh yeah, they, and even some Ohio media outlets, were avoiding the subject, lest they reveal just how much public outrage there was at Ohio's 150 year-old concealed carry ban. July 16, 2004 Washington Post Gun-Toting in Va...

Op-Ed: It’s Time For Some Gun-Rich Zones

3:55pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Sometimes a bit of humor is just as effective at making a point as are serious discourses on violent crime statistics or criminal protection zone robberies... American Handgunner September/October 2004 By John Conner I’ve just about had it with this “Gun-Free Zone” crap, you know? True, I live in a fairly sissy-rich environment but, usually, the only visible effects are too many restaurants with...

''Quiet Revolution''

8:59am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 20, 2004 Reuters Guns Lobby Racks Up Legislative Gains Across U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The powerful U.S. gun lobby seems poised for victory in a high profile battle to end a ban on some assault weapons and experts say it has also been piling up numerous quiet victories at the state level. A federal ban on certain military-style semi-automatic weapons enacted in 1994 is due to expire on...

Harris, Gardner mum on who will be Senate president

7:57am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Randy Gardner was next in line to be House speaker when he was forced out of the House by term limits in 2000, so when the opportunity arrived to be Senate president, he wasn’t about to pass it up. Bill Harris was on the verge of being House speaker when he was blindsided by Larry Householder in 2000, so when the Senate presidency opened up earlier this month, he...

86-year-old scares off teen thief

7:33am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 20, 2004 Newark Advocate PATASKALA -- Eighty-six year-old Alice Hill isn't what you would typically think of as a crime-fighter, but she did stop a felony in progress on Friday, chasing off a burglar a fraction of her age. Hill was sitting in her son's Lynns Road residence watching the 700 Club on television when an unidentified white male kicked in the front door. "I didn't have time to be...

Letter to Mall management

11:33pm Tuesday, July 20, 2004
To the Westland Mall Management, As a member of Ohioans's for concealed carry, and as a former police officer in Indiana, I read with great interest a CNN report that talked about a rapist who's been stalking a Wisconsin mall for 6 years. See this link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/15/mall.rapist.ap/index.html Here's an excerpt from that story that explains how he operated: "Prosecutors...

Man robs ''gun-free'' bank in Dayton high-rise

11:22pm Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 20, 2004 Dayton Daily News DAYTON | A man robbed a bank in a downtown high-rise office building Tuesday morning. The robber walked into Park National Bank on the 18th floor of 40 W. Fourth St. at 10:37 a.m. and demanded money, Dayton police Lt. Matt Carper said. Carper said that the man said he had a weapon and that witnesses said the man made a hand gesture under his shirt, but did not show...

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