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Taft doesn't quite make it to prime time

1:22pm Tuesday, August 31, 2004
August 31, 2004 Toledo Blade Governor addresses a mostly empty Madison Square Garden at 1:50 p.m. NEW YORK - Addressing the Republican National Convention at 1:50 p.m. is like sneaking into Yankee Stadium at 2 a.m. and trying to steal second base. It might be fun, but no one sees you. But that's the time slot Gov. Bob Taft received as chairman of the Republican Governors Association. href="http...

Ohio CHL: ''Do what's right, rather than what's easy''

11:54am Tuesday, August 31, 2004
----- Original Message ----- From: Baillie, Jack Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 4:28 PM Subject: Ken Hanson article After reading Ken Hanson's article "Friends don't let Ohio friends carry on a non-resident permit" which you posted on the OFCC site yesterday, I found his point to be well reasoned and right on the mark. As a result, I immediately made arrangements to take the training necessary to...

2 frantic calls about stabbing in progress; ''protection'' comes too late

11:39am Tuesday, August 31, 2004
Aug. 31, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal (click here for complete story) Calls lead to knifing arrest 3 people frantically phone 911 about stabbing death of unidentified man in Akron Frantic telephone calls to the Akron Police Department describe a Sunday night homicide as it was taking place and helped police arrest a suspect. John Rebovich faces a murder charge in the death of an unidentified man who...

NO SSN: Hamilton Co. CHL applicant obtains license in 8 days

6:24pm Monday, August 30, 2004
Sat Aug 28 23:45:11 2004: I wanted to give you an update on an experience with the Hamilton County SO while applying for a CHL. I submitted the application without my SSN written down. The person handling the fingerprinting did not know this was acceptable; he had been told the Webcheck would not accept a submission w/o the SSN present -- that it was a "required field" for him to click "submit."...

NRA: DeWine and Voinovich ''out of touch'' with Ohioans

3:39pm Monday, August 30, 2004
August 30, 2004 CNSNews.com Sunset of Assault Weapons Ban May Fire Up Gun Debate (CNSNews.com) - The war in Iraq and the economy may dominate the fall presidential campaign, but with the federal assault weapons ban set to expire in two weeks, the gun debate is sure to intensify. Peter Hamm, communications director for the Brady Campaign to Stop Gun Violence, said it was "premature" to predict the...

Op-Ed: Let Americans provide their own security

2:54pm Monday, August 30, 2004
August 30, 2004 Miami Herald By Benedict D. Larosa Gun-control laws, like all ill-advised measures, have unintended, often unfortunate, consequences. This is especially true in the post-Sept. 11 environment. Recently, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge upgraded the nation's alert status because of credible intelligence that several financial buildings in New York City, Newark, N.J., and...

Friends don't let Ohio friends carry on a non-resident permit

9:07am Sunday, August 29, 2004
By Ken Hanson So, you've decided that Ohio's license is too much of a bother to get? Why get a license from Ohio, and reward their absurd regulations, when you can carry in Ohio on your Florida non-resident permit, right? Granted, Ohio's law leaves a lot to be desired, and there is a lot of work to come in improving Ohio's CHL. However, a large part of improving Ohio's CHL law is going to be in...

Wanted teen breaks park rules/CCW law; shoots self in Columbus park

11:36am Saturday, August 28, 2004
Complied from news reports by WBNS-TV and NBC4-TV in Columbus. August 27, 2004 An 18 year old boy, who police say has numerous misdemeanor warrants out for past crimes, accidentally proved the falacy of gun control and rules against firearms in parks Friday. Police said Andre Rayburn, 18, and his girlfriend were sitting at a picnic table at Krumm Park on the city's northeast side when Rayburn...

Home alone and defenseless, thanks to Akron police

10:12am Saturday, August 28, 2004
August 28, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal West Akron resident charged in incident at door of her home A West Akron woman is accused of pointing a gun at a saleswoman who knocked on her door. Police say Kelly Maurer scared the solicitor, but Maurer says she wasn't threatening anyone and only took the loaded 9 mm to the door because she was afraid for her safety. Maurer was charged with misdemeanor...

Letter to the Editor: Clyde, editors should know better

10:04am Saturday, August 28, 2004
August 27, 2004 Fremont News Messenger General laws of the state cannot be ignored The News-Messenger is making the same knee-jerk reaction that Clyde officials made when they passed their misguided prohibition of concealed handgun license holders in parks. This paper argues that because you can ban grilling and loitering, you should be able to ban guns, too. Using that logic, Clyde officials...

Letter to the Editor: Change the name of your list

9:51am Saturday, August 28, 2004
August 26, 2004 Toledo City Paper Why are you reporting who carries guns and who doesn’t? I really hope you thought it through well before you made those law-abiding citizens’ names available on your Web site ["Packing heat," TCP Aug. 12-18]. The names you should be printing are the names of criminals who are illegally toting guns around for wrongful purposes. My mother is not on the list of...

Evaluation: First 90 days with Ohio's Concealed Carry Law

6:09pm Thursday, August 26, 2004
The Ohio Attorney General's office has released data on the first three months of concealed handgun license issuance. ----> Concealed Carry Licensure Statistics Report - 2nd Qtr 2004 (.pdf) OFCC's overall assessment: Issuance: In the first 90 days under the new law, 26,307 standard licenses, and 30 temporary emergency licenses were issued to Ohio residents. Gun ban extremists and the liberal...

Editorial: List of permit holders shouldn't be a secret

12:51pm Thursday, August 26, 2004
August 26, 2004 Toledo City Paper "Morons" was all the letter said, but we knew immediately what had made the writer so angry. The anonymous letter, actually an e-mail, was one of many angry missives directed at the City Paper after we made the list of concealed-carry permit holders in Lucas County available on our Web site. The list included permit holders’ names, dates of birth and counties of...

Plans for shooting range move ahead despite noisy minority

11:31am Thursday, August 26, 2004
August 26, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Loveland eases gun law By Sheila McLaughlin LOVELAND - Council has changed the city's gun law, opening the way for a proposed indoor target range opposed by residents who would be its neighbors. But an opponent said the fight isn't over. "There will be a referendum. Council is up there to represent the people; they are not there to exercise their own personal...

Letter to the Editor: Shooting Blanks

11:26am Thursday, August 26, 2004
August 26, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Your Aug. 9 editorial headlined "Victim of the gun lobby'' was full of opinions disguised as facts. The comment "no sport use'' is irrelevant. Where in the Constitution or case law does it state that any particular type of gun must have a sporting use? Those banned semi-automatic weapons only look like their fully automatic military counterparts. In this case...

Fifth Third customer reveals conundrum facing defenseless victims

4:49pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:49:24 -0400 Subject: Fifth Third Bank I have been a Fifth Third banking customer for several years. Recently I went to our local drive-thru to cash a check for $1500. I was met with a sign that stated that the cashback limit at the drive-thru was $1000 and to "please visit our lobby for transactions greater than $1000 cashback." When I parked and walked to the lobby door...

Workplace victim zone: Cincy Kmart shooting leaves 2 dead

3:23pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
August 25, 2004 Associated Press Cincinnati - A man opened fire at a suburban Kmart, killing an employee and injuring a customer before fatally shooting himself, authorities said. The shootings occurred after an altercation broke out about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Kmart in Colerain Township. Hamilton County sheriff's spokesman Steve Barnett said the gunman shot the store employee, 22-year-old Paul...

OFCC Picnic Agenda Announced

12:31pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Organizers for Ohioans For Concealed Carry's 1st Annual Picnic in the Park have announced the schedule for the September 4 event, which will include messages from OFCC President Jeff Garvas and OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine. The keynote speaker is Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. A door prize drawing will also be held. The complete schedule can be viewed by click "Read More..." link below. 2004...

Anti-gun judge illegally confiscates CHL-holder's firearm; defendant to appeal

12:00pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The name of the individual described below has been publicized in brief blurbs about the incident in a Cleveland Sun newspaper, but we have chosen not to repeat it here. For several weeks, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been following the case of a young CHL-holder whose has been abused not only by the terrible vehicle carry provisions in Ohio law, but by the system responsible for enforcing it...

Bureau of Workers' Comp snub: OFCC members' concerns ''overblown''

12:01pm Tuesday, August 24, 2004
August 23, 2004 Columbus Daily Reporter Bureau of Workers' Comp in concealed carry PAC's crosshairs The political action committee, Ohioans For Concealed Carry is accusing the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation of discriminating against Ohio gun-owners and spreading politically driven anti-gun rhetoric. The source of OFCC's beef is an article that ran in the Summer 2004 edition of Workers' Comp...

VICTIM ZONES: Three Columbus Fifth Thirds robbed in same day

10:23am Tuesday, August 24, 2004
This bank chain is one of several hundred unsafe businesses listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . August 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch It was a bad day for Fifth Third Bank, with three of its branches across Columbus hit by bandits yesterday, the FBI and police said. The robberies began about 9:40 a.m., when a man entered the Fifth Third at 1340 Bethel Rd., asked for coin-roll...

''No-Guns'' truck stop robbed at knife-point

3:10pm Monday, August 23, 2004
This truck stop and restaurant is one of several hundred unsafe businesses listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . August 23, 2004 Steubenville Herald Star Man is arrested in truck stop robbery STRATTON - Jefferson County Sheriff's Department had a suspect in custody Wednesday in connection with the robbery of the Stratton Truck Stop Sunday evening. Sheriff Fred Abdalla said the...

UNsafe: OH Workers' Comp bureaucrats advise ''ban''

4:10pm Thursday, August 19, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is working to advise private businesses to post signs discrimating against concealed handgun license-holders. A Summer 2004 Issue of Worker's Comp Quarterly article, written by contributing writer Rick Burson, states as follows: "Because of the risk of injuries caused by mishandled firearms or intentional acts...

Columbus: Parties pick candidates to run for positions on state Senate

3:04pm Thursday, August 19, 2004
August 19, 2004 Columbus Dispatch by Lee Leonard Katherine Thomsen, who lives in the Grandview Heights area and works at Ohio News Network, will carry the Democratic flag against Republican state Sen. Steve Stivers. Thomsen was selected by the Franklin County Democratic Party to replace Melissa A. Mahoney of Dublin, who withdrew from the contest. Yesterday was the final day to slate candidates...

Op-Ed: Cities should have right to ban guns from parks

2:50pm Thursday, August 19, 2004
August 19, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald Clyde has been temporarily barred from prohibiting concealed weapons in city parks. And there is the very real possibility that the injunction could be come permanent. But something's seriously wrong here, and it appears to be up to the state legislature to correct the situation. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. In response to a motion by...

Plain Dealer: Business as usual, even with guns

11:44am Thursday, August 19, 2004
August 19, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer by Christopher Montgomery Concealed-law policies cause few protests from either side Hand-wringing and speculation abounded earlier this year over the implications of Ohio's new concealed-carry gun law for businesses. If you enacted a strict policy denying entrance to gun-carrying customers, would you lose their business and invite the wrath of pro-gun...

"Mum's the word" from Clyde officials after judge halts ban

1:11pm Wednesday, August 18, 2004
August 18, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Clyde quiet on suit By SARAH WILLIAMS Staff writer CLYDE -- City Council members made no movement regarding the city's stance to ban guns from Clyde parks, but discussed the issue in private session during their meeting Tuesday. Sandusky County Common Pleas Court Judge Harry S. Sargeant granted a temporary restraining order last week that bars the city from...

Media exception to privacy protections abused again

11:40am Wednesday, August 18, 2004
This time it's two law enforcement officers whose home addresses were obtained by the media and inappropriately published August 18, 2004 Mt. Vernon News MOUNT VERNON — A hot button, and a somewhat confusing legal issue, was brought to the local forefront last week when the home addresses of two Mount Vernon Police officers were released in a complaint that eventually found its way into the...

Store owner: ''We're going to have to start carrying guns to protect ourselves''

10:51am Wednesday, August 18, 2004
August 18, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Rolling Acres jewelry store robbed Shop owner complains about security after men escape with two necklaces Akron police are investigating an armed robbery at a Rolling Acres Mall jewelry store. Two men -- one displaying a handgun -- entered the Diamond Castle at 2400 Romig Road about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday. The robbers took two necklaces before fleeing. The men...

Op-Ed: Kerry Sharpens Aim on Gun Vote in Red States

1:17pm Tuesday, August 17, 2004
August 12, 2004 CNSNews.com By Robert B. Bluey Four years after Al Gore alienated gun owners with his tough talk and anti-gun record, this year's Democrat presidential nominee has adopted a new strategy when it comes to firearms. John Kerry is using images to make his case to gun owners. Before most voters were paying attention to the candidates seeking the Democrat nomination last year, Kerry...

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