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Clyde City Manager: We know better than AG Petro and other cities' officials

3:07pm Wednesday, August 04, 2004

August 4, 2004 Fremont News Messenger by Jack Buehrer Clyde firm on gun ban in city parks CLYDE -- While an Ohio Second Amendment advocacy group continues to threaten legal action, city officials are refusing to budge on their decision to ban weapons in public parks. City Manager Dan Weaver said Ohioans for Concealed Carry, who last month wrote a strongly-worded letter urging city council to...

BANK ROBBER HIDES IN COLUMBUS PARK

1:09pm Wednesday, August 04, 2004

On April 8, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman staged a press conference next to a jungle gym, lamenting the fact that the city was unable to protect children by posting signs banning concealed handgun license-holders. Responding to his antics, Columbus-area legislators introduced legislation to abolish Section 9 of House Bill 12. As the story below illustrates, these officials could better spend...

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Days after Plain Dealer ''outing''; CHL-holder Bill Singleton is dead

9:47am Wednesday, August 04, 2004

Compiled from news reports at Cleveland.com , NewsNet5.com , and WKYC.com . August 4, 2004 Less than a week after the Cleveland Plain Dealer published Bill Singleton's name among a list of people who have chosen to obtain a license to bear arms for self-defense, Mr. Singleton is dead. When three robbers came to Singleton's business Tuesday morning - they allegedly shot before Singleton had time...

FLASH: CHL-holder killed; suspect critically wounded in robbery

11:48am Tuesday, August 03, 2004

August 3, 2004 WKYC.com (Cleveland NBC Ch. 3) A man is dead, and a boy is badly injured in an attempted robbery shootout Tuesday morning. Police say shots were fired around 8:45 a.m. in the area of E.156th and Lakeshore. A preliminary investigation revealed the owner of United Check Cashing store was opening for business when three suspects approached him. Gunfire was exchanged when the 14-year-...

FOP Should Now Endorse National CCW For Private Citizens, Says CCKRB

11:33am Tuesday, August 03, 2004

August 2, 2004 Based on the Fraternal Order of Police support for national concealed carry for working and retired police officers as "a deterrent to crime and terrorism," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today called on the FOP to support national concealed carry for armed private citizens. CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron noted, "We all know that even...

Letter to the Editor: Not buying editor's story

7:45am Tuesday, August 03, 2004

August 3, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton has stretched the truth regarding public release of personal information. For example, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles restricts release of a driver's personal information without that driver's consent. This information includes the person's name, date of birth and address. Also, in most cases involving personal information...

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Another Clinton Gun Ban Failure

10:29am Monday, August 02, 2004

July 30, 2004 Jointogether.org Child Shot with Assault Weapon This week a 12 year old Fremont Ohio boy was shot at a family gathering while playing "war" with assault rifles. According to the News Messenger, police say there were over 30 different types of weapons seized. As the Government ignors the loss of life and injury from these weapons, Ohioans and Ohio law enforcement continue to ask for...

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Officials stick to their ... er, guns

9:53am Monday, August 02, 2004

July 31, 2004 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — City officials aren’t ready to give up the fight to ban guns in city parks despite threats by a gun advocacy group to file a lawsuit to force it to drop the ban. But a change is needed, according to Law Director Terry “Pete” Shilling, to limit the scope of the ban. Shilling said he will recommend amending the ordinance approved earlier this year...

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Attorney: Witnesses located in road-rage case

9:30am Monday, August 02, 2004

July 29, 2004 Athens News The attorney for an Athens physician charged with having pulled a gun on another man in a traffic confrontation said Tuesday that police have reportedly found a number of independent witnesses of the incident. Attorney Herman Carson, who represents ophthalmologist Jeffrey McAdoo, said that from what he has heard of the new witness reports, they appear to be "excellent"...