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Study: “No-guns” signs cause negative reactions, and not just among CHL-holders

7:07pm Monday, February 28, 2005
According to a new academic study, and as reported in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal, ‘no-guns’ signs have a negative emotional effect on whomever passes by -- employees and customers alike. Stephen Morgan, Ph.D., an associate professor of psychology at Concordia University-St. Paul, told the newspaper he felt "weird and ill at ease" whenever he passed one of those signs. So he decided...

Dear Toby: The answer to the question

6:59pm Monday, February 28, 2005
Last week, OFCC PAC reported that gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, had sent an email listing some of the recent incidents of gun violence around Ohio. And as we have done in the past, OFCC PAC set about to reveal the truth between the li(n)es in Hoover’s missive. We pointed out just some of the many gun...

Wayne Co. Sheriff’s Capt: “No-guns” signs do nothing to deter criminals

3:52pm Monday, February 28, 2005
The Wooster Daily Record is reporting that neither Wayne or Holmes County sheriffs have experienced problems relating to the new law. “From time to time, an officer will have the opportunity to engage in a traffic stop with a CCW [license] holder, but we’ve had no negative consequences as a result of that, and they all have been in compliance with the CCW law at the time of the stop,” Wayne...

Editorial: When private guns save lives

3:41pm Monday, February 28, 2005
February 27, 2005 Henderson (NC) Daily Dispatch Much is written about gun violence in America, and many sets of teeth are gnashed over prevalence of firearms in society. Then we see how guns in private hands can save human lives. During an incident in Charlotte Friday, an unnamed shoe store clerk fought off a group of would-be armed-robbers, killing at least one of the thugs in the process...

Kidnapped at gunpoint from ''no-guns'' bowling alley, shot

3:12pm Monday, February 28, 2005
Editor's Note: The person who submitted this story, who is in a position to know, informed OFCC that the husband was using an "illegally obtained 22.cal" pistol, and that his body was found last week with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. WTOV9.com (NBC Ch. 9 Steubenville) is reporting that a Jefferson County woman who was shot and survived talked to News 9 about her dramatic experience. According...

Gun ban extremists praise two U.S. senators for seeking pistol ban

2:53pm Monday, February 28, 2005
The gun ban lobby is forging ahead with calls for banning an expensive and rare pistol, despite having been proven to be selling a lie just last month. From the story : New Jersey's two senators, Jon Corzine and Frank Lautenberg say they will be introducing a bill that would make it illegal for anyone except police and military officials to purchase or use an assault pistol that fires bullets...

LTE: Assault weapons ban is a waste of time

2:33pm Monday, February 28, 2005
February 26, 2005 Columbus Dispatch Columbus City Councilman Michael C. Mentel’s effort to enact a ban on socalled assault weapons has less to do with the safety of residents and police officers and more to do with justifying his existence on City Council as chairman of the Safety and Judiciary Committee. If he truly cared about the safety of citizens and officers in Columbus, he would ban motor...

Day-care centers near sex offenders

2:28pm Monday, February 28, 2005
Apparently, Ohio laws banning sexual predators from school zones and day-care centers work about as well as those banning violent predators with guns... Which is to say they do not work at all. February 24, 2005 Zanesville Times Recorder When Genesis Healthcare Systems chose 534 Taylor St. as the location for its new day-care center, the picturesque neighborhood dotted with small homes and well...

Op-Ed: Gun owners have rights, too

5:15am Sunday, February 27, 2005
February 21, 2005 Meridian (CT) Record-Journal By Mike Roberts Instead of legislators taking their time to try and take various firearms away from honest gun owners, why don't they use that time to insure proper measures that would prevent children from using video games and CDs that promote just about every type of gun violence and mayhem imaginable? Why don't they make more laws protecting...

Bill seeks to protect firearms industry from suits

5:10am Sunday, February 27, 2005
February 19, 2005 Washington Times Congress is again attempting to shield the firearms industry from civil liability lawsuits filed by third parties seeking damages for the criminal use of a gun. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is likely to pass the House much the same way it did when first introduced in 2003, on a bipartisan vote of 285-to-140. The bill never made it out of the...

Op-Ed: Why Do Criminals Break The Law?

5:05am Sunday, February 27, 2005
Larry Pratt, executive director of the Virginia-based Gun Owners of America, has published an excellent opinion editorial at CNSNews.com. Following are the opening paragraphs: Criminals are as much a victim as those they have victimized, right? After all, they do what they do because of poverty, or bad parenting, or lousy peers, mental illness or the availability of a gun, right? Well, no, says...

FL: Bill would relax rules on self-defense

5:00am Sunday, February 27, 2005
The St. Petersburg (FL) Times is reporting that some Florida legislators want to give people the right to shoot an attacker in a public place. It would be a dramatic departure from current law, notes the newspaper, but supporters say people should be able to defend themselves without fear of being sued or charged with a crime. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. From the story:...

Victims sue businesses for lack of security

1:39pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
Ohio businesses who chose to deny CHL-holders their Constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense would do well to keep in mind the growing number of victims' families who are deciding that the responsibility for security rests on the business. If Ohio businesses won't allow Ohioans their right to defend themselves, who else but the business should be held responsible? WRONGFUL DEATH: Suit...

Book: ''Taking down outlaws''

1:00pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
February 21, 2005 Washington Times In Hollywood, outlaws are either gunned down by lawmen, like Gary Cooper's character in "High Noon," or are portrayed as anti-heroes, like Robert Redford and Paul Newman's characters in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." But in the real world, the bad guys are truly wicked, say brothers John and Robert Waters, and the sheriff isn't always around to stop them...

Op-Ed: Guns and kids

12:33pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
February 22, 2005 The Black Hills (SD) Pioneer By Dan Carlson The rifle sat firmly in place on the bench rest last Saturday. A small group gathered behind the rifleman as his cheek rested in the stock and his keen eye peered through the scope. "It needs to move a little that way," he said gesturing a thumb to the left. An adjustment was made and he announced that the sight picture was good. He...

TX: Bill Protects Privacy of Right-to-Carry Permit Holders

12:24pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
Dallas-Ft. Worth's WFAA.com is reporting that a bill that would protect the identities of Texans who carry concealed handguns easily passed the House Law Enforcement Committee on last week. According to the story, the bill would block requests from the public to learn whether an individual has a concealed-gun license. Law enforcement officials would still be able to access the records. From the...

NRA bashes U.N. on small-arms reduction

12:14pm Saturday, February 26, 2005
The Washington Post is reporting that Wayne LaPierre, executive vice president of the National Rifle Association of America, used the Conservative Political Actions Conference as a forum to harshly criticize U.N. efforts to reduce the amount of small arms in the hand of civilians. According to the Post, LaPierre accused the United Nations of denying U.S. citizens the right to bear arms. His...

Texas CHL-holder gives life, forces rampage shooter to flee

5:25pm Friday, February 25, 2005
A Texas concealed handgun license-holder interrupted the plans of a rampaging felon Thursday by coming to the aid of the criminals' victims and shooting the attacker several times. According to the Dallas-Fort Worth Star Telegram , David Hernandez Arroyo Sr. opened fire Thursday on his ex-wife and son with an AK-47, killing the woman and wounding his son, David Arroyo Jr., 23, in the leg. By all...

Gun banners' list of recent Ohio gun incidents speaks volumes

5:05am Friday, February 25, 2005
Gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, sent an email this week listing some of the recent incidents of gun violence around Ohio, and then went on to call for passage of an assault weapons ban in the City of Columbus. As voluntary partners in the OCAGV's ''Changing the Culture of Fear'' push , we thought it...

Crime up in university victim zones & elsewhere

5:00am Friday, February 25, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that Bowling Green State university campus police reported a nearly 12 percent increase in major crimes such as burglary, assault, and larceny last year. Chief James Wiegand told the Blade that stepped-up enforcement of liquor and drug laws accounted for the roughly 150% increase in drug and liquor arrests. Despite the high crime rates on campuses, Ohio law denies...

It didn't take a gun show to put these guns on the street

4:10am Friday, February 25, 2005
Cosochton Co.: Guns stolen in burglary of outdoors store Sheriff's deputies are trying to identify the burglar who broke into the Woodbury Outfitters store Friday night and stole three handguns. A video tape from a surveillance camera in the outdoors store shows a lone man smashing the window in the front door with a steel rod, then taking three handguns out of a case and stealing other...

Sheriff of Ashtabula County forced to lay off half of staff

4:05am Friday, February 25, 2005
Cleveland's WKYC (NBC 3) is reporting that there are significant layoffs coming in the Ashtabula County Sheriff's office. From the story: The sheriff laid off more than half of his staff Tuesday because of a budget shortfall. Twenty-six of his 39 deputies got lay-off notices, leaving only 13 to cover Ohio’s largest county. The lay-offs will go into effect March 5th. Elsewhere, the Sandusky...

OK: Worksite gun law passes House

4:00am Friday, February 25, 2005
The Associated Press is reporting that the Oklahoma state House has approved legislation that would exempt businesses from legal liability if a gun stored in a worker's car results in injury or death at a work site. The House passed the bill 96-2 and sent it to the Senate for action. From the story: The bill's author, Representative Greg Piatt, says it supports a state law that allows workers to...

Victim zone double-whammy: Disarmed CHL-holder endures robbery & assault

2:44pm Thursday, February 24, 2005
-----Original Message----- From: [Name withheld] Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 To: OFCC I was robbed today because of one of the biggest [criminal protection zones] of them all - the Ohio State University. I was at the corner of 4th and Maynard in Columbus after being dropped off by the OSU bus system CABS. It's normally a 10-15 minute wait before the #4 COTA bus comes by and takes me to my...

Thieves steal $18,000 cash from OH Supreme Court justice's car

12:40pm Thursday, February 24, 2005
The Associated Press is reporting today that a total of $18,000 in cash was stolen last week from the state car assigned to Ohio Supreme Court Justice Terrence O’Donnell, prompting immediate questions from the Columbus Dispatch and others: Why did a Supreme Court justice have $18,000 sitting in his (state-owned) car? By all accounts to this point, no one can answer the question, and the justice...

Owner of ''no-guns'' Dayton business angry about downtown violence

10:21am Thursday, February 24, 2005
Dayton's WHIO-TV (NewsCenter 7) is reporting that a prominent downtown businessman wants the city to take action immediately when it comes to all of the downtown problems that have occurred recently. Acccording to the report, Sandy Mendelson appeared at the city commission meeting Wednesday morning to talk about his concerns. He said he is concerned about the recent rash of violence and said he...

Victim of recently-paroled rapist says she'll CCW

8:03am Thursday, February 24, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer, while reporting on the pending release of a man who spent 25 years in jail for a rape he says he didn't commit, quoted the man's victim as saying she'll carry a concealed firearm in case of a future attack. The newspaper reports the nightmare began in 1979 when Kim Croft told police that he slashed her face, raped her, strangled her, stabbed her multiple times and left...

State-mandated victim zone: ''No-guns'' Columbus bar, defenseless patrons robbed

7:53am Thursday, February 24, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that two armed men took over a North Side bar shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday morning, robbing the bar and its patrons before fleeing. Columbus police told the Dispatch the two masked gunmen, walked into the Sunrise bar, 967 E. Hudson St., at 12:45 a.m., emptied the cash register and demanded that the patrons hand over their wallets, cash, cell phones and...

Dayton police release transcript of officer's call to dispatcher

7:52am Thursday, February 24, 2005
WHIO-TV is is reporting that a Dayton police officer who shot his wife last week will not be charged, at least not yet. From the story: On Saturday, officers handcuffed Officer Michael Blake and took him into custody for questioning after he called a police dispatch number and said he had shot his wife. According to the call that Blake made, he shot his wife in self-defense. On Monday,...

LTE: At least editor was honest when he admitted his liberal anti-gun bias

7:48am Thursday, February 24, 2005
The following letter was submitted in response to an editorial criticizing gun-rights advocate Reginald Jones, who delivered an address to Ohio University students in Athens that explained how gun control laws were founded in racism. February 17, 2005 Athens News Mr. Smith, in response to your editorial last Thursday about the "goober who spoke at OU," I just have a few things to say. In the...

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