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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...

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU

7:45am Thursday, February 24, 2005
Cincinnati: Man is indicted in slash, rob case Teodora Meza couldn't understand why Pedro Lopez kept entering and leaving her Mexican store in Norwood that sells food and clothing. Suspicious, Meza asked Lopez what he wanted. He responded he was waiting for his brother. Soon after, though, Meza told police, Lopez pulled out a 14-inch butcher knife, robbed her and slashed her. When her 10-year-old...

Another view: The tragic face of defenselessness

7:59am Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that an 82-year-old man was severely beaten by two young men in a Norwood home invasion. From the story: The incident happened about 12:43 a.m. Monday, Hines told police, when two suspects forced themselves into his third-floor apartment in the 2200 block of Jefferson Ave. align="right"> "As soon as I cracked that door open, they came at me with their fists...

MS: Northrop worker opens fire in ''no-guns'' workplace

7:57am Wednesday, February 23, 2005
MSNBC.com is reporting that an employee opened fire Monday at the Northrop Grumman Ships Systems shipyard, critically wounding two co-workers. From the story: The alleged shooter, Alexander L. Lett, 41, of Escatawpa, was been charged with two counts of aggravated assault and was being held without bond at the Pascagoula Municipal Jail. Investigators identified the two wounded employees as Ben...

Lucas Co. jail: Gun, knife found on prisoner

7:51am Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that Lucas County jailers found a loaded gun and a knife hidden in the clothing of a prisoner brought in over the weekend by Toledo police. "Somebody made a mistake," Sheriff James Telb told the Toledo Blade last night. "It should have been discovered at the scene of the arrest." The incident is the second in two months in which jailers have found loaded guns on...

Taft names panel members to study privacy issues

7:49am Wednesday, February 23, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Gov. Bob Taft has appointed the members of the Ohio Privacy/Public Record Access Study Committee, which will examine a broad range of issues related to release of public records and produce a report within a year. From the story: The members, who are not compensated, are: J. Bradford Tillson, of Dayton, former publisher of the Dayton Daily News; Thomas C...

GOP candidates for governor will speak at dinner

7:47am Wednesday, February 23, 2005
February 21, 2005 Toledo Blade The three Republican candidates for governor have agreed to address the Lucas County GOP Lincoln Day dinner next month, an early joint appearance in what is promising to be one of the toughest primary races Ohio has seen in decades. The dinner is set for April 13, said Sally Perz, interim party chairman. The appearance of Attorney General James Petro, Secretary of...

OK: ''911 Call Reveals Woman's Struggle With Purse Thief''

12:53pm Tuesday, February 22, 2005
As you listen to the 911 tape that is the subject of the following story, you will quickly realize the headline should read "911 Call Reveals Woman's Struggle With Police Dispatcher". Oklahoma City's KOCO-TV is reporting that Oklahoma City police released a 911 recording Thursday which reveals a dramatic struggle following an attempted purse-snatching in south Oklahoma City. Barbara Gesell, 83,...

Armed robbers steal woman's pants

12:40pm Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a Fairborn woman told police two gunmen stole her pants from her as she loaded laundry into her car early Wednesday at Capital Cleaners on Kaufman Avenue. According to the story, the 21-year-old woman told police the men approached at 3:39 a.m. as she loaded white trash bags full of freshly washed and dried clothes into her car in the parking lot of the...

Are educators more focused on mop-up than terror prevention?

12:36pm Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Associated Press is reporting that school nurses nationwide are unprepared for a terrorist attack, such as the one that resulted in 330 deaths at a school in Russia last September. The wire story was filed in Youngstown, where The National Association of School Nurses recently held a disaster-preparedness program. Disaster preparedness trainer Deborah Strouse noted to the AP that many schools...

Ohio sheriffs feel brunt of state funding problems

11:08am Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Lancaster Eagle Gazette is reporting that the Fairfield County Sheriff's Office is a little tense these days while employees wait to find out who will be laid off. From the story: In one office, a chair has been decorated to represent a laid off employee; and people are not willing to talk about the cuts publicly. "It's real difficult," said Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen. "We are...

Three teens arrested in ''Parking Lot Predator'' case

11:05am Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that three teens suspected in at least 12 armed robberies in Trotwood area apartment complexes have been arrested by police. Trotwood police said the boys were arrested after a police dog tracked them to an apartment unit moments after an attempted robbery. Using a search warrant, Sgt. David Kopf told the newspaper police found guns and jewelry reported stolen...

Does this man’s employer ban CCW?

11:04am Tuesday, February 22, 2005
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a cabdriver was robbed and his vehicle was stolen early Wednesday at Chalker and Dalton streets in North Akron. According to the story, the incident occurred shortly after 4 a.m. The Yellow Cab Co. driver told police he picked up a man in the 700 block of Carlysle Street. The man asked the driver to take him to Chalker Street. When they reached their...

Dayton cop suspected in wife's shooting

4:27pm Monday, February 21, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting Dayton police officer Michael Blake is a suspect in the shooting death of his wife Niema at the couple's home, following a domestic dispute on Saturday. DPD Maj. Michael Brown said the handgun used in the shooting was retrieved at the scene. He said he did not know if it was a police-issued weapon. Brown also told the paper the shooting took place on the first...

Senseless violence stirs two Ohio newspapers from pacifist dreamland

4:22pm Monday, February 21, 2005
By Chad D. Baus Two Ohio newspapers seem to be finally grasping the reality that senseless violence can happen. But don't be surprised when they continue to oppose your right to defend against it… An op-ed from the Akron Beacon Journal's David Giffels has been published, exploring the writer's feelings as he watches a horrifying video of a man and woman violently attacking a person in line at a...

WDTN: "Gun Advocates Wish to Carry Weapons on RTA Buses"

4:13pm Monday, February 21, 2005
OFCC's Senate Disctrict 10 Coordinator Larry S. Moore participated in an on-camera interview with Dayton's WDTN last Friday. A short summary of the news report is available on the news channel's website . After a violent downtown riot you saw first on 2 -- gun advocates think it's time to let RTA passengers to protect themselves. Larry Moore, a representative for Ohioans for Concealed Carry, says...

TX convenience store killer caught on surveillance video

4:10pm Monday, February 21, 2005
"Don't get a CHL. Just do what the robber says and you'll be ok..." Those empty words of advice from some Ohio employers, bankers, and gun ban extremists ring hollow in light of a report from a KTRK Houston (ABC 13): A convenience store clerk in Cleveland handed over the cash, but was still shot and killed in cold blood. Now, police need your help to catch his killer. "He acted like he was fixing...

Lessons learned the hard way: Only you can protect you

4:08pm Monday, February 21, 2005
Lesson learned in Akron: The need for self-defense can come when you least expect it: Abduction suspect, truck described A 21-year-old woman told police the man tried to abduct her when he stopped his vehicle, described as a black, late-model Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, as she walked on West Bergey Street shortly after 8 p.m. Monday. The man forced the woman into the vehicle and was driving...

Media questions affordable firearm made in Ohio

4:04pm Monday, February 21, 2005
In a span of several days last week, several Ohio television outlets turned their focus of attention to the "problem" of inexpensive firearms which low-income families use to protect their homes. Although Cleveland's WKYC admits most of the Hi-Point 9mm handguns that are used in crimes are purchased "on the street", the story goes on to blame gun shows and Ohio law for the misuse of these...

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