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Victim Zone: UC Student Punched, Robbed On Campus

12:35pm Saturday, May 07, 2005
Cincinnati's WCPO.com is reporting that a University of Cincinnati student says she was grabbed, punched, and robbed while leaving class Tuesday night. According to the news story, the incident is the latest in several violent crime reports from on and around campus. The student spoke with 9News, but said she did not want to give her name or show her face, fearing for her own safety. From the...

OFCC participates in roundtable on concealed carry and privacy

7:59am Friday, May 06, 2005
Ohioans For Concealed Carry's Larry S. Moore participated last evening in a roundtable discussion on the issue of concealed handgun licenses and open records. The event was sponsored by the Associated Press Managing Editors Association, and hosted by the Dayton Daily News. Although more complete coverage of this event is slated for the Sunday issue of the Dayton Daily News, the Associated Press'...

Franklin Co. Sheriff: Homeowner Shoots Intruder

7:49am Friday, May 06, 2005
NBC4i.com is reporting that a homeowner shot a burglary suspect early Thursday morning at his own home on the city's west side. From the story: The homeowner said two people kicked in the door and entered the living room of his Volney Avenue home at about 12:40 a.m. The resident said he feared for his safety and shot at the burglars twice, striking one of them in the upper torso. The unidentified...

Man shot at Dayton bus stop

Chad D. Baus
7:45am Friday, May 06, 2005
Dayton's WDTN is reporting that "there were some scary moments at a Dayton bus stop Wednesday night as a man was shot while waiting for the bus." From the story: The victim was rushed to Miami Valley Hospital after being shot twice in the stomach. According to police he was just waiting for the bus with his girlfriend and did not know his attackers. It happened just after 11 Wednesday night...

''Nasal Law'' passes in Senate, moves to conference committee

7:02am Thursday, May 05, 2005
Since we often name legislation after people who inspired them (Amy's Law, Amber Alert, etc.) shouldn't this one be dubbed the "Nasal Law"? The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that the Ohio Senate unanimously approve a bill on Tuesday making it illegal for police to assign a real person's identity to an undercover informant or others in investigations without that person's permission. As amended...

When trouble comes, unarmed witnesses can't help

6:55am Thursday, May 05, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer this week told the tragic story this week of a woman murdered in the presence of several unarmed witnesses. From the story: Nicole English can't escape the memory of the woman's violent end. It makes no difference that she didn't know the victim, Kimberly Benson, or her husband, James Benson, a former Maple Heights councilman and mayoral contender charged Monday with...

Neighborhood watch formed

6:53am Thursday, May 05, 2005
The Mount Vernon News is reporting that, on Monday, April 21, over 60 people from Butler and Harrison townships came together to discuss ways to combat crime. According to the story, the purpose was to have everyone gather together to get to know each other and share information regarding keeping their families safe: Many questions were asked regarding Ohio’s Concealed Carry Law and the right...

Home sweet (defenseless) home

6:52am Thursday, May 05, 2005
Couple Robbed At Gunpoint Inside Upper Arlington Home Police said a couple in their 70s were forced into the bathroom of their own home Tuesday morning by a man with a gun who then took their car. The robber crawled in through a garage window inside the Edgevale Drive home to get inside, NBC 4's Kyle Anderson reported. "He produced a handgun to the residents and forced them into a bathroom," said...

Letter to OFCC: This MY ''Safe Alternative''

7:04am Wednesday, May 04, 2005
----- Original Message ----- Subject: This MY "Safe Alternative" From: Eric Wolford Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 To: [email protected] Hello, Let me start with this...My name is Eric E. Wolford, and I am a member of OFCC. I am so very proud to be a member of an organization that is so incredibly informative. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and I am a small business owner. I am a huge advocate for HB 12 (in spite...

Crime rate increases after release of prisoners

6:57am Wednesday, May 04, 2005
The Youngstown Vindicator reported Monday that local law enforcement are growing more certain every day that a decision to enforce an early prisoner-release program in order to save money is influencing local crime rates. From the story: Austintown made 18 more felony arrests this March than in March 2004. In the past month, Liberty police have investigated three armed robberies, including a bank...

Beacon Journal letter-writers ''face anonymous attacks''

6:54am Wednesday, May 04, 2005
The Akron Beacon Journal Sunday informed readers that a man who has been writing to the Beacon Journal for more than forty years found it necessary to seek an unlisted phone number after being "subjected to repeated harassment in the form of early morning phone calls and anonymous hate mail." From the story: That's typical for these calls. Always anonymous. Always cynical and sarcastic. Always an...

LTE: Don't fear guns; fear their misuse

6:51am Wednesday, May 04, 2005
May 3, 2005 Toledo Blade I wonder how much thought was given by a Forum writer ("Public park no place for a gun") to the idea that there are some people in our environment who couldn't care less about the law. These are some of the people who commit antisocial acts of myriad kinds, whose power is a surprise. The victims are usually not prepared for assault or being overpowered by a person who has...

News coverage of developments in Wonderland (Clyde, OH)

3:51pm Tuesday, May 03, 2005
As expected, Attorney General Petro's move to intervene in interve in Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v City of Clyde is bringing new attention to our suit against the city. The Toledo Blade has published an excellent report on these developments. From the story: In a lawsuit that could have statewide implications for Ohioans who carry concealed weapons or for those who try to limit them in...

NBC4i evaluates OhioCCW by asking the wrong question

7:46am Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Throughout the day and evening yesterday, both on their news channel and website, Columbus' NBC4i promoted a story on the 11 o'clock news, entitled "Did Guns Help Improve Safety?" Recognizing that even the headline suggested potential bias (given the hysteria we all heard from the anti-gun side beforehand, shouldn't the question be "are we any less safe"?), alert OFCC supporters quickly notified...

LTE: Carrying a weapon helps lower crime rate

7:14am Tuesday, May 03, 2005
May 1, 2005 Marion Star Dear Editor: Re: "' The gun demands respect ,'" April 4: I'm curious - what made Ms. Daley chose Mr. White out of the 299 people who have received licenses up to the end of last year? Would readers have been more interested, perhaps, in a woman protecting herself from an abusive former husband or a newspaper or pizza carrier who works in a job with risks rivaling that of...

Ashtabula sheriff to recall 23 of 42 laid off in March

7:02am Tuesday, May 03, 2005
The Cleveland Dealer is reporting that Ashtabula County Sheriff William Johnson will recall 23 of the 42 staff members laid off in March to increase public safety. From the story: That is good news to homeowners like Barb Sivko who called 9-1-1 last week and was told there were no deputies to help her fend off a gun-toting neighbor at her Twitchell Road property in the southeast corner of the...

More gun incidents in ''no-guns'' Ohio school ''safety'' zones

7:01am Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Metal detectors will keep our kids safe in schools, right? Dayton: Gun seized at Dunbar High A 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday morning on a charge that he brought a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun to Dunbar High School, a Dayton City Schools official said. The ninth-grader was in the Family Court Center pending a delinquency charge of carrying a concealed weapon, Dayton police Sgt...

Ironton: C&S Guns robbed

6:59am Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Once again, gun control laws which were passed with claims that they would keep guns out of criminals' hands (but that in actuality succeed only in making purchases more difficult for law-abiding citizens) have been completely circumvented by people who care nothing for the law. The Ironton Tribune reported last week that a local firearms store, C&S Guns, was robbed. From the story: Ironton...

LTE: Avoiding unsafe businesses

6:57am Tuesday, May 03, 2005
April 28th, 2005 The (Cleveland) Sun Messenger As a long-time resident of South Euclid, it saddens me to see the notices posted at many South Euclid businesses that prohibit concealed firearms on their premises. It has been over one year since Ohio's state senators and congress people passed Ohio House Bill 12, which was signed into law by Governor Taft. Many people thought that with the new law...

Attorney General Jim Petro Defends Concealed Carry Law

8:46am Monday, May 02, 2005
Monday, May 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Attorney General’s Office COLUMBUS - Attorney General Jim Petro today defended the constitutionality of Ohio's concealed carry law against a challenge by the City of Clyde in Sandusky County. Petro intervened in the case, Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v City of Clyde , in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas, arguing Ohio's concealed...

House Passes ''Amy's Law''

8:32am Monday, May 02, 2005
WCPO.com reported Friday that lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives have passed House Bill 29, named for a local survivor of domestic abuse. "Amy's Law" will make it tougher for first-time domestic violence offenders to get out on bond. The measure is named for Amy Rezos, a Liberty Township woman whose husband tried to kill her three times. The bill now goes before the Senate. The...

Dayton Daily News: Fight rages on gun disclosure

8:35am Sunday, May 01, 2005
As a set-up for a roundtable forum the Dayton Daily News is sponsoring this Thursday, May 5, the newspaper has published a story which attempts to examine both sides of the debate. As most readers have come to expect from the DDN, however, their story leans heavily towards the position the writers and editors themselves hold personally. From the story: Kettering resident Patt Duffy figures she...

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