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Beer truck driver robbed of money outside ''no-guns'' IGA

7:11am Sunday, May 15, 2005
Dayton’s WHIOtv.com is reporting that a man driving a beer truck was robbed at gunpoint on Thursday. As per usual, what they did not mention is that it happened outside a "no-guns" IGA grocery. From the story: Authorities said the robber pointed a gun at the driver at the Westside IGA Supermarket on Germantown in Dayton. The driver of the truck said he had his money back with him and a check from...

Gun control laws don't control guns, just law-abiding people

5:10am Sunday, May 15, 2005
Cleveland City Council Launching Effort To Learn How Kids Get Guns There is a new effort under way to keep deadly weapons out of the hands of children. City Council is launching an effort to find out how guns are getting into the hands of teenagers, reported 5 On Your Side's Tony Gaskins. If you are young and want a gun in Cleveland, it's usually just a matter of asking around. One teen...

Mower driver charged with drunk driving

5:05am Sunday, May 15, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a Deshler man who admitted he had too much to drink before he decided to drive home on a riding lawn mower was charged with drunken driving, authorities said. From the story: Adam Reinbolt, 25, was arrested about 2 a.m. Sunday after the mower went into a ditch on State Rt. 18, just west of Hockenberry Road in Jackson Township, according to Wood County sheriff's...

When Justice fails to protect

5:00am Sunday, May 15, 2005
12 offenders from Geauga are among those to get new parole hearings A class-action suit filed in Franklin County could mean that 12 convicted felons, most of them sexual offenders, may be back walking the streets of Geauga County sooner than expected. The Ohio Parole Board released a list of 2,700 criminals across Ohio who will be receiving new parole hearings after Franklin County courts...

Ohio tourist trap: Doctor from PA shot, killed in attack on turnpike

4:09pm Saturday, May 14, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Pennsylvania doctor was shot to death along the Ohio Turnpike in Broadview Heights Friday night. From the story: Dr. Gulam Moonda, 65, was shot once in the head during a robbery about 6:30 p.m., said Lt. Rick Zwayer, a patrol spokesman. Moonda, his wife and another relative, who were on their way to Toledo, had pulled their 2000 Jaguar to the side of...

Op-Ed: (Canadian) Gun control myths just won't die

5:00am Saturday, May 14, 2005
By Lorne Gunter National Post I have never owned a firearm. Heck, I've never even held a real gun, much less fired one. Still, there are few federal programs that irk me more than Ottawa's gun registry. It's not just the waste, although that's atrocious -- nearly $2-billion for a dysfunctional pile of uselessness. And it's not just the uselessness. The registry is also one of those truisms for...

CCW News from across the nation

4:55am Saturday, May 14, 2005
AK: Alaska Preemption Bill Update! NRA supported House Bill 184 passed out of the Alaska Legislature on Saturday, May 7. HB184 is now waiting transmittal to Governor Frank H. Murkowski’s desk for signature. This important legislation will prevent local gun control laws and eliminate the potential for an unfair and inconsistent patchwork of local firearm ordinances across Alaska, while protecting...

Poll: Taft approval rating at 19%; 74% disapprove

5:15am Friday, May 13, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a new national poll has determined Gov. Bob Taft has the lowest approval rating of any governor in the nation. According to the Dispatch, New Jersey-based SurveyUSA, an independent firm that does polling primarily for television stations, found that the Republican had an approval rating of 19 percent. From the story: Analysts said Taft is being blamed for...

LTE: Plain (Dealer) Hypocrisy

5:10am Friday, May 13, 2005
May 12, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer The Plain Dealer editorializes (May 7) that "Congress must give consumers the ability to protect their personal information, no matter who happens to possess it." Yet this newspaper has on several occasions used the media access loophole to disseminate information about law-abiding Ohioans who happen to exercise their right to protect themselves through the...

Condoleeza Rice: Gun Rights Important As Free Speech

5:00am Friday, May 13, 2005
The Associated Press is reporting that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, recalling how her father took up arms to defend fellow blacks from racist whites in the segregated South, said Wednesday the constitutional right of Americans to own guns is as important as their rights to free speech and religion. From the story: In an interview on CNN's "Larry King Live," Rice said she came to that view...

AGAIN: Trouble finds off-duty cops unprepared to help

4:06pm Thursday, May 12, 2005
Columbus' NBC4i.com is reporting that two off-duty and unarmed officers were "going out for an evening" when they came across an armed robery in progress. As Ohio's defenseless citizens are all too familiar with after having suffered a 150-year ban on bearing arms for self-defense, the cops quickly became targets themselves when they tried to assist. From the story: Police were searching for a...

Purse snatching-carjacking-kidnapping at ''no-guns'' Dot's Market

10:22am Thursday, May 12, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that police have put out a bulletin to all area police agencies concerning a reported carjacking and potential kidnapping that occurred following a purse-snatching outside a "no-guns" victim zone in Dayton. From the story: Police fear a driver could have been carjacked Wednesday night by an armed purse snatcher. The incident began shortly after 9:40 p.m. Police...

Editorial boards' collective howl over recent Clyde developments earns reply

7:30am Thursday, May 12, 2005
Just two months after a collective of Ohio's liberal editorial boards screamed "we're melting!" at Representative Bill Seitz's proposal to close the Media Access Loophole and protect CHL-holders' private information, another editorial board collective appears to have been coordinated with regard to Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v City of Clyde . Last week, OFCC announced that it had filed...

NRA Annual Meetings & Exhibits Coming to Columbus, Ohio 2007

6:20am Wednesday, May 11, 2005
(FAIRFAX, VA) – The National Rifle Association (NRA) is pleased to announce Columbus, Ohio, as the host city for its 136th Annual Meeting & Exhibits on May 18-20, 2007. The Greater Columbus Convention Center, located in the center of the city, will be home for the 3-day event. “The NRA is looking forward to coming to Columbus in 2007,” Wayne LaPierre, NRA Executive Vice President stated. “I...

Mansfield man refuses to be a victim

6:18am Wednesday, May 11, 2005
The Mansfield News Journal is reporting that a criminal armed with a BB gun met his match in the form of a 130-lb former wrestler whose home he had just broken into. From the story: [Homeowner Oakus] Cox said [Ronnie] Nichols had been to his house earlier that night, asking to use the phone and borrow $20. Cox accommodated both requests. Police reported Nichols returned about 4 a.m., wearing a...

Police warn be on the lookout for purse snatcher

6:16am Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Dayton's WDTN.com is urging area residents to be on the lookout for a thief who is "terrorizing female shoppers". Investigators say 32-year-old Janet Hawkinberry snatches purses to get money to feed her drug habit. And they say no matter how many times they catch her, she doesn't stop. From the story: Beavercreek police detective, Jeff Fiorta details 32-year-old Janet Hawkinberry's method of...

CHL background check puts criminal behind bars

7:25am Tuesday, May 10, 2005
Story compiled from two Cincinnati tv news station reports, WKRC.com and WCPO.com . The arrest of a wanted criminal in Hamilton County has proven that background checks for concealed handgun licenses are working properly to ensure that licenses are not issued to criminals. Hamilton County Sheriff's deputies say Lavon Murrell’s application for a concealed handgun license led to his arrest on...

If you're not a member of OFCC, you're missing out!

7:22am Tuesday, May 10, 2005
This weekend, people across Ohio sat down with the latest issue of OFCC News, the quarterly newsletter of Ohioans For Concealed Carry. Most quickly realized they got even more than they normally have grown to expect from this members-only publication. In addition to an excellent article in the Law Enforcement Corner from Gahanna Police Chief Dennis Murphy, which was previewed on this website...

35 Charged In Large Fight At Marion Park

7:19am Tuesday, May 10, 2005
This is the kind of thing we are told by bureaucrats in the City of Clyde and Toledo to fear if guns are allowed in parks. The trouble is, all the gun control laws in the world didn't stop this incident from occurring. Do they really believe a "no-guns" sign would have helped keep these criminals out of this public park? 05-09-2005 MarionOnline.com A large fight in the early morning of Sunday,...

Victim Zone: Help sought to solve robbery at bar

7:16am Tuesday, May 10, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that Toledo police are seeking information through the Crime Stopper program about a robbery at a bar early Friday. From the story: Three men - one armed with a gun - went into Living It Up, at 1601 West Central Ave., about 1:45 a.m., threatened bar patrons and employees, and took money from the cash register behind the bar, police said. They fled in a red car. They...

''Mum's the word'' from anti-gun writer

12:12pm Monday, May 09, 2005
By Chad D. Baus When a notorious op-ed columnist from the Toledo Blade recently took her latest swipe at OhioCCW in a piece criticizing the job Bob Taft is doing as governor, by claiming that when Taft signed House Bill 12 he "gave the state something most of its citizens never sought or desired", I decided to ask her a few questions. And just as another member of the media did recently, Marilou...

Does posting a sign make it a''gun free'' community?

11:10am Monday, May 09, 2005
When OhioCCW became law, Columbus Mayor Mike Coleman ran to a city park, set up a press conference in front of a jungle gym, and expressed how appalled he was that city officials were prohibited from banning firearms in their parks. Coleman, who is now running for the Democrat nomination for governor in Ohio, called the state's concealed carry law "a travesty for our city and for our state."...

Man in Papa John's uniform sought in robbery

10:32am Monday, May 09, 2005
The following news item was submitted to OhioCCW.org: "Maybe this is why Papa Johns doesn't want CHL's in their stores... From Columbus Police Department report website: Case #: 050365549 Title: Robbery Subject: 450 - Robbery Location: 124 E Maynard Ave City: Columbus Zone 4, Precinct 4, District 43 Occurred: 5/2/2005 11:00:00 PM Reported By: Officer Ricks Badge 1546 Report Narrative: “THE HOME...

Two reasons why it is foolish to carry only when ''expecting'' trouble...

9:41am Monday, May 09, 2005
Columbus' WBNS 10tv.com is reporting that a man who had stopped to fill up at a south Columbus gas station last week was robbed, beaten and kidnapped, and police say his attacker is still on the loose. From the story: It was around 1 a.m. Wednesday at a station on Frebis and Lockbourne Roads when James Kennenbrew was getting gas. The 56-year-old was approached by a man with a gun who told him to...

AP/DDN CHL records roundtable: Another Perspective

1:48pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
By Brian Horton OFCC TeamLeader & CCW-Talk Moderator I think that the DDN round table at Sinclair College went very well. Like Larry Moore I was pleasantly surprised that this really was a fair discussion. I thought Dr. Richard D. Stock, director of the University of Dayton’s Business Research Group, did a superb job of moderating by being fair and balanced with both sides and did a good job...

What will a pro-gun Democrat do to the Ohio governor's race?

1:31pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
In recent years, the pickings for Ohio gun owners have been slim when it came to the governors' race. Whether it was George Voinovich or Bob Taft, the OhioGOP simply has not had much to offer people concerned with the protection of our self-defense rights. Choices among Democrat contenders were even worse. The 2006 GOP primary promises, for once, to offer gun owners a choice on the matter - a...

Editorial: ''Data: begged, borrowed, stolen''

1:28pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
Is this a joke? We certainly did a double-take when we saw the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorializing that "Congress must give consumers the ability to protect their personal information, no matter who happens to possess it..." It is difficult to reconcile this statement with the Plain Dealer's repeated abuse of the Media Access Loophole by publishing the private, personal information of consumers...

OFCC-PAC endorsee enters state attorney general race

12:44pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
Two-time OFCC PAC endorsee and current State Senator Tim Grendell has announced his plans to enter the GOP-primary race for state attorney general. One or two others who have also expressed interest. "I felt it was an opportunity for somebody from Northeast Ohio to step up to the plate and represent the people of Ohio in Columbus, while remembering Northeast Ohio in the process," Grendell, of...

Gun-Control Group, PAC Pay $12K FEC Fine

12:38pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
The Associated Press is reporting that a gun-control group and its political action committee have paid a $12,000 fine to settle a campaign finance case from the 2000 election. From the story: At issue were ads and endorsements by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence and its Brady Voter Education Fund involving various Democratic candidates in 2000. The American Conservative Union, in a...

Teenager pulls gun during fight in Newark park

12:37pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
This is the kind of thing we are told by bureaucrats in the City of Clyde and Toledo to fear if guns are allowed in parks. The trouble is, all the gun control laws in the world didn't stop this 18-year old from getting a gun. Do they really believe a "no-guns" sign would have helped keep him out of this public park? May 6, 2005 Newark Advocate A 13-year-old Newark boy told police an 18-year-old...

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