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Sticking to their guns

4:08pm Thursday, April 28, 2005
Whether for safety, skill or sport, pistol packin' mamas are everywhere April 25, 2005 FloridaToday.com You see them every day, shopping or dining with children, stopped at traffic lights next to you or walking alone at night through store parking lots. Chances are, a woman you saw today was carrying a gun. In fact, nearly 50,000 women in Florida are licensed to carry a weapon concealed on their...

New focus on security, from the classroom to the courtroom

4:06pm Thursday, April 28, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer last week appointed Justice Maureen O’Connor to head a new statewide committee to address court safety and security. The report says Moyer and O’Connor attended a national summit on the issue. From the story: O’Connor, who formerly headed Ohio’s Security Task Force as lieutenant governor and director of...

Purse Snatcher Targeting Gas Stations

4:03pm Thursday, April 28, 2005
WCPO.com is reporting that there's a purse snatcher on the loose in Middletown. Police told the news station that three women left their purses in their cars while they went to pay for their gas. When they got back to their cars someone had swiped their belongings. The incidents happened at the Gas America and the Speedway on Roosevelt on Friday. Lieutenant Don Owens of the Middletown Police...

In Ohio, a ''maintenance engineer" is a journalist; an online News Mgr. isn't

1:24pm Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Ohioans For Concealed Carry’s investigation of the Ohio State Highway Patrol/ Department of Public Safety's administration of issuing press credentials has turned up startling information which raises new questions about the safety and security at the Ohio Statehouse and at crime and accident scenes, or any other critical incidents. In response to an article published in the Cleveland Plain...

Tip helps law agencies thwart planned robbery

7:32am Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Time and again, when told that publishing lists of gun owners (CHL-holders) would provide criminals lists of homes from which to steal guns, or would let potential attackers know who isn't able to defend themselves, the media responded by saying that criminals just weren't smart enough to utilize the newspaper to premeditate their crimes or select their targets. The Akron Beacon Journal has...

Another ''no-guns'' sign comes down!

7:27am Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 From: Richard H. To: Joe Eaton, OFCC Business Education Coordinator Subject: Re: Remove signs My fiancé and I both have Ohio and Florida CHL's. We looking for a new car at Victory Honda at 2055 Cleveland Road in Sandusky when we noticed the no guns signs. I went to my car and retrieved a "no guns-no money" card and explained to the salesman we do not do business with with...

Budget cuts result in prisoner release; suspected in escape

7:25am Wednesday, April 27, 2005
The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that the Mahoning County Sheriff's office has begun releasing prisoners, some convicted of gun crimes, from jail, claiming that budget cuts are forcing the issue. Some are being told they must return to finish their time when there is room in the jail. From the story: An Akron federal judge who concluded jail conditions violate inmates' civil rights wants no...

Carry, because you just never know...

7:24am Wednesday, April 27, 2005
You just never know, example #1: The Toledo Blade is reporting that a 23-year-old woman told police yesterday morning that she was shot while going to her car at her residence in the 900 block of Byrneport Drive at approximately 9:30 a.m.. From the story: Natasha Campbell told police she was walking to her car when a man wearing something over his face walked up to her and asked for change. When...

Ohio media credentials: How deep is the rabbit hole?

8:15pm Monday, April 25, 2005
By Ken Hanson, Esq. Litigation Chair, Office of General Counsel Ohioans For Concealed Carry In response to an article published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer a few weeks ago, Ohioans For Concealed Carry submitted public records requests to the Department of Safety/ Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) to obtain any and all information on who has applied for and been issued media credentials,...

(No-guns) News station reports (no-guns) grocery store robbery

7:08pm Monday, April 25, 2005
OhioCCW.org reader-submitted news: WYTV in Youngstown is reporting that another crime as occurred at a Sparkle Supermarket on the cities West side on Friday April 22. A known "no-guns zone", the West Side Sparkle prominently displays a no concealed weapons sign. This did not stop the criminal from entering the business and committing a strong armed robbery at gun point. Some may remember the...

Parking lot ban at hospital endangers patients & families

7:06pm Monday, April 25, 2005
----- Original Message ----- From: (Name redacted at writer's request) To: OFCC Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 Subject: Parking Lot Ban Dear Ohioans For Concealed Carry, On 4-21-05 my wife had to go to the Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio for a very serious spinal cord operation. The surgery was set for us to be at the hospital at 5:30AM that morning. It takes us around 45 minutes to drive to...

Two sheriffs, two different idea of citizen involvement

7:03pm Monday, April 25, 2005
In Lawrence County, when a wanted man was discovered breaking into a private vehicle, the Ironton Tribune reports that the owner of the car made a "citizen's arrest", holding the man until police arrived. Despite what many would consider to have been heroic act to keep a criminal off the streets, the newspaper reports Sheriff Tim Sexton is displeased. From the story: A West Virginia man was...

How (non) CHL-holders behave with guns

6:56pm Monday, April 25, 2005
WCPO.com is reporting that a domestic disturbance resulting in gunfire and a high-speed chase last weekend in the Dayton area. Police say the men, Delbert Hopkins, 51, and David Stamper, 45, who both live on Highview Drive, met at Mulberry Square in Miami Township to fight over a girlfriend around 10 p.m. Thursday. During the fight, Hopkins pulled out a gun and fired a shot at Stamper but missed...

Public records release prompts growing concerns over media card issuance

8:51am Sunday, April 24, 2005
On April 13, two public records requests were sent to the Ohio State Highway Patrol/ Department of Public Safety as part of a discovery process being conducted by Ohioans For Concealed Carry. In addition to OFCC News Manager Chad Baus’ request , the Litigation Chair in OFCC’s Office of General Counsel, Ken Hanson, submitted a request for information on the rules regarding issuance of Ohio Public...

Ohio Poll: Only 34% approval for Taft

8:34am Sunday, April 24, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a new statewide poll shows Taft's disapproval rating is the highest of any governor since the Ohio Poll began evaluating the state's chief executives 24 years ago. From the story: Released Friday, the latest poll found 55 percent of adults interviewed disapprove of Taft's performance; 43 percent disapproved 14 months ago. Just 34 percent of those...

For once, gun-grabber (mostly) emails the truth. Good week for gun owners!

8:27am Sunday, April 24, 2005
Occasionally, emails from Toby Hoover, who often appears to be a one-woman show running the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, require responses to correct the record. This week, her email speaks for itself (almost). It was a VERY good week for law-abiding gun owners in America. From: Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 Subject: Culture of Fear this week Ohio...

“Hero” police officer learns important lesson about CCW

8:00am Saturday, April 23, 2005
Cincinnati’s WDTN.com is reporting that as Butler Co. Sheriff’s Deputy Brandon Roberts struggles to recover from gunshot wound he received during a pursuit of two violent robbers armed with a 12 gauge shotgun, circumstances for an off-duty police officer who witnessed the entire event are going much differently. Camden police chief Mike Croucher is being called a hero after witnessing an armed...

Mahoning Co. deputy is violating policy, sheriff says

7:44am Saturday, April 23, 2005
In a county sheriff's office plagued by corruption , the Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that a Mahoning County deputy sheriff who continues to live with a felon may be fired pending the outcome of an Internal Affairs investigation, according to Sheriff Randall A. Wellington. From the story: Wellington said Wednesday that Deputy Kim Marciano's relationship with 28-year-old Larese Jones,...

LTE: Happy anniversary

7:42am Saturday, April 23, 2005
22 April, 2005 Portsmouth Times On April 8th, 2004 the State of Ohio joined over 40 other states that allow it’s law-abiding citizens the right to the means to afford them the right of personal protection. The overturning of the 150-year-old ban to carry a concealed handgun was finally lifted when Governor Taft signed H.B. 12 into law on January 7th, 2004. In the first 9 months of the new law...

LTE: Gun control empowers criminals

7:39am Saturday, April 23, 2005
April 20, 2005 Hamilton Journal-News Advocation of gun control as applied in New Jersey and so actively supported by “The Jersey Journal,” had the effect of empowering the criminal element and turning law-abiding citizens into helpless targets. Having failed so badly in New Jersey, now, after purchasing our JournalNews, it seems it your intention to apply the same gun control ideas here in...

Customer to Time Warner Cable: Stupid is what stupid does

7:07am Friday, April 22, 2005
John L. Columbus To: Time Warner Columbus ( [email protected] ) Main Office Time Warner Cable 1266 Dublin Road Columbus, OH 43215 Please Forward To: Lynn M. Yaeger Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs Time Warner Cable Dear Sir or Ms, I am writing to inform you that yesterday morning I drove down to your Columbus office on Dublin Road, turned in my roadrunner equipment and terminated my...

Higher Education

6:58am Friday, April 22, 2005
Although not related directly to concealed carry in Ohio, the following pertains very much to the education of our youth in the shooting sports, and as such, deserves your consideration. Members of Cincinnati's Xavier University Rifle Team have been told that the storied team, which made history by winning the university's only NCAA Championships (1996 and 1998), which has had 17 individuals earn...

Newspaper: Heiress spends early, often

6:55am Friday, April 22, 2005
The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that the heir to an anti-gun shopping mall chain is busy self-financing her (next) campaign for U.S. Congress. From the story: She doesn't hold a congressional seat and can't run for one until next year, but Capri Cafaro's political campaign spent more money during the first three months of this year than any U.S. House member who represents the Mahoning and...

School/ College Victim Zone Shootings

6:44am Friday, April 22, 2005
Dispute near East High leads to gunfire; woman hit Gunfire at a busy East Side intersection Wednesday left one woman injured an hour after school let out at nearby East High School. A man who would identify himself only as Dave was walking to his home from a grocery store shortly after 3 p.m. when the pop-pop-pop of gunfire rang out from a group of about 100 youths gathered on Addison Road at...

Gun control fails to prevent OH criminals from hurting defenseless citizens

6:32am Friday, April 22, 2005
Newark Advocate: Ex-convicts face murder charges Newark police seized several guns Tuesday from the home of an ex-convict arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a Columbus teen. John R. Miller, 29, 59 Lee Ave., Apt. G1, and Josh L. Saxton, 22, 58 Linden Ave., were arrested by Newark police special operations officers at 8:20 a.m. Tuesday at Miller's apartment, Newark Police Capt. Al...

AGAIN: Plain Dealer changes CHL policy

by Chad D. Baus
6:27am Thursday, April 21, 2005
Just weeks after the Cleveland Plain Dealer announced it would stop wasting space by publishing the names of Ohio concealed handgun license-holders in its print edition, Ohioans For Concealed Carry can now report that another policy change at the Plain Dealer has been made to protect CHL-holders’ identities from being available to Internet search engines like Google or Yahoo!. Soon after the...

Concealed-carry activist pleads not guilty in court

6:21am Thursday, April 21, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a Luckey, Ohio, man who challenged Toledo police to arrest him earlier this month when he carried his concealed handgun into Toledo's Ottawa Park pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a minor misdemeanor. From the story: Bruce Beatty, 49, appeared for a brief arraignment yesterday before Toledo Municipal Court Magistrate David Smith. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for...

Hamilton Co.: Body in car trunk unnoticed by deputies

6:19am Thursday, April 21, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a missing man's body was found in his own car, which Hamilton County deputies impounded weeks ago during the missing persons investigation. From the story: Hamilton County Sheriff Simon Leis has admitted his deputies - weeks ago - should have opened the trunk of an impounded car in which a man's body was found Monday. He said Tuesday that his office will...

AAA Ohio Motorists Association: ''We exist for our members''… Buh-bye.

6:17am Thursday, April 21, 2005
When OFCC's Rick Kaleda notified the AAA Ohio Motorists Association of his intent to cancel his membership because of AAA's posting of discriminatory"no-guns" signs, he had in the back of his mind a statement from their website: "We exist for our members and will judge everything we do by how well it serves their needs. AAA services, programs and products will meet the highest standards of...

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