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Roadie.net documents story of unarmed heroes trying to stop club shootings

8:27am Friday, December 17, 2004
A website devoted to covering the profession of "roadies" has published an exclusive eyewitness account of the Alrosa Villa shooting, as told by two road crew workers who were there. Titled "The Heroes of the Damageplan Shooting", this recounting gives a detailed look at how two defenseless - as mandated by Ohio law - roadies and one civilian were killed (and two others injured) while charging...

Cleveland grocer, 71, returns fire, kills robber

7:39am Friday, December 17, 2004
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting on another shooting at a retail store on the city's west side. But this one had far different results than the one at Tony's Deli, where a clerk was killed for not opening the cash drawer quick enough, and where a defenseless witness was murdered by a shot in the back while fleeing. Why the difference? Because this time, the store owner refused to be a...

Another Clinton-era try to prove ''more guns = more crime'' goes down in flames

7:23am Friday, December 17, 2004
Last year, the Centers for Disease Control released results of a sweeping federal review (started during the Clinton-era) of the nation's gun control laws - including mandatory waiting periods and bans on certain weapons. The task force reviewed 51 published studies about the effectiveness of eight types of gun- control laws. The laws included bans on specific firearms or ammunition, measures...

Op-ed: The False Hope of Gun-Free Zones

10:44am Thursday, December 16, 2004
By Gerard Valentino CNSNews.com Commentary December 16, 2004 Few people remember the school shooting in Pearl, Mississippi that took place in October 1997. Fewer people remember how it ended. This episode came to a close when Pearl High School Assistant Principal Joel Myrick sprinted a quarter mile to retrieve a personal handgun from his car and confronted the shooter who was unwilling to...

Recent Domestic Violence Murders in the Workplace Illustrate a Common Scenario

10:12am Thursday, December 16, 2004
A group called "Peace At Work" has inadvertantly proven the need for legalized self-defense in the workplace with results from their own study. December 15, 2004 "Peace At Work" press release Raleigh, NC (PRWEB) December 15, 2004 -- On November 29th, two women were murdered at work by their husbands at almost the exact same time though they were a world apart. Shennel McKendall of Chapel Hill,...

State-mandated victim zone: Man fires handgun during bar robbery

7:14am Thursday, December 16, 2004
The Fremont News-Messenger reported yesterday that a Fremont man was arrested Tuesday morning, accused of holding up a local bar, threatening and assaulting at least one patron, and discharging his weapon. Fremont police arrested Anthony Howey, 27, 412 Chestnut St., around 11 a.m. after he was accused of an armed robbery early Tuesday morning at Copper Penny, Inc., 502 E. State St. Police...

Accidental firearm-related fatalities drop to all-time low

6:57am Thursday, December 16, 2004
December 7, 2004 NEWTOWN, Conn.—A report from the National Safety Council shows that accidental firearm-related fatalities continue to decline and are at the lowest level in the history of record keeping. Statistics in the council’s “Injury Facts 2004” reveal a 54 percent decrease over a 10-year period ending in 2003. Last year, 101,537 U.S. residents died in accidents of all types. Less than one...

Musings from a ''red-neck idiot''...

10:46pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
By Chad D. Baus "Anonymous" doesn't like me very much... Or is it the truth s/he don't like? Date: 16 Dec 2004 00:51:00 -0000 Subject: Lets make Ohio look more stupid!!!! To Chad Baus: First of all using this senseless crime for your personal soapbox is disgusting!!!! Second of all : Let''s look at this brilliant statement...let 250-300 people "pack heat" in a bar...wtf???? Then the headline...

Headline: "Blackwell poll shows he is pick of GOP"

5:03pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
December 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer After high-profile crusades for tax cuts and against gay marriage, Secretary of State Ken Blackwell now leads the two other Republicans who want to be Ohio's next governor, according to a poll of GOP voters commissioned by Blackwell's campaign. Of the 511 people surveyed, 36 percent supported Blackwell for the nomination, 21 percent favored Auditor Betty...

Robbers murder clerk, chase down & kill fleeing witness

4:47pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Anti-gun police spokespersons are fond of endorsing the idea that it is better to be a good witness than to actively try to defend yourself when robbed. This theory comes to a crashing halt when a criminal decides it would be better not to leave any witnesses behind. The Cleveland Plain Dealer first reported on this tragedy Tuesday, and followed up with an in-depth report today. The story goes...

Dayton Daily News reporter's truck taken at gunpoint; used in armed robbery

2:18pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
The Dayton Daily News reported Wednesday on yet another in a series of DDN employees being victims of crime in 2004. According to the newspaper, this latest incident occurred when a black-and-gray 1986 S10 Chevrolet pickup truck belonging to a Dayton Daily News reporter was stolen about 6 p.m. Tuesday from a downtown parking space and used in a robbery of a pizza business by two armed men. The...

''Ban the guns''? Perhaps cars and Tazers too...

1:15pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
If the gun ban extremists truly believe banning inanimate objects can save lives, where are their calls for bans on cars? Vehicles kill more officers than guns Columbus Dispatch, December 12, 2004 The deadliest weapon law-enforcement officers face isn’t a gun. It’s a moving vehicle. In the past decade, traffic-related incidents have overtaken gunshots as the leading cause of officer deaths in the...

More warnings from police not to leave valuables in cars

12:12pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Sec. 2923.16. (E) No person who has been issued a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly transport or have a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle unless the loaded handgun either is in a holster and in plain sight on the person's person or it is securely encased by being...

Criminals don't let background checks stop them at Cincy-area gun store

8:37am Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Armed robbers net more than 30 guns in pre-opening Targetworld raid Compiled t.v. news reports from Cincinnati's WKRC and News 5 paint an increasingly suspicious picture of a construction worker at Targetworld who says he was forced to give access to four armed, masked criminals who then stole a large number of guns. According to WKRC, a call came into 911 around 8:30 a.m. yesterday. A temporary...

Why should employees be able to CCW? Question answered...tragically.

3:32pm Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Robbery Turns To Murder Of A Single Mom 25-Year-Old Attacked As She Left Work Late Tuesday On December 1, WTOV9.com (NBC Steubenville) reported on a crime that should force businesses that actively disarm patrons and employees to consider the results of their actions. It should also force citizens who have not yet made the decision to obtain a concealed handgun license to readdress their apathy...

Woman answers knock, finds gun at her head

1:10pm Tuesday, December 14, 2004
The Mansfield News Journal has published an in-depth story about a home invasion that occurred on a quiet sleepy country road at 9:10 a.m. last Friday morning (the paper first reported on this home invasion on December 11). Quotes taken from both stories are extemely enlightening: Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. "We think a blue-and-white pickup truck was the getaway vehicle,"...

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU: Carjacking at Sparkle's Market

12:15pm Tuesday, December 14, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal reported Dec. 11 that a 56-year-old man was knocked to the ground in broad daylight while leaving the Sparkle Market at 1028 Hammel Ave. on Thursday. His attackers grabbed his keys, and took his vehicle, a 1995 burgundy Oldsmobile Cutlass bearing the Ohio license plate BFS-5726. It has not yet been determined if this Sparkle's location is one of several which have posted...

Letter to the Editor: Alrosa incident shows flaw in concealed carry

10:09am Tuesday, December 14, 2004
December 12, 2004 Columbus Dispatch The shooting at the Alrosa Villa, ("5 killed in concert chaos," Dispatch article, Thursday) highlights a problem with Ohio’s concealed-carry law. License holders are prohibited by law from carrying their weapons in establishments that sell alcohol for consumption on the premises. As a result, Nathan Gale was the only one at the Alrosa on Wednesday night with a...

Columbus nightclub: Disarmed CHL-holder watched helplessly as people died

2:51pm Monday, December 13, 2004
EXCLUSIVE: Must credit OhioCCW.org Police have interviewed more than 270 witnesses in the wake of the Columbus nightclub shooting. The mainstream media have interviewed and published stories about dozens of them. But this is a story no one has bothered to tell: -----Original Message----- From: Roger Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2004 8:38 AM Subject: columbus shooting helpless victims My name is...

CHL-holder stops attack in parking garage of ''no-guns'' hospital

2:18pm Sunday, December 12, 2004
The following letter was recently sent to OFCC by a man who says an armed criminal attempted to rob his 79 year-old father after visiting his daughter-in-law, who was a patient at the Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. The writer says this incident occurred in the hospital's Apple Street Garage. My mom was in the hospital and I notice that they had "no gun" signs all over the place. My dad, 79...

Ssshhh: OH campaign finance ''reform'' aims to stiffle free speech

8:11am Sunday, December 12, 2004
Buried at the bottom of a Cleveland Plain Dealer story about a campaign finance reform bill that was unveiled by Republican state lawmakers Friday was this little bombshell: Ohio lawmakers are planning their own version of McCain-Feingold's free-speech ban, right here in our state! The only mention of the 30 days provision came as follows: Bill Todd, a lawyer who represents the Ohio Chamber of...

Salvation Army reconsidering dangerous & discriminatory ''no-guns'' policy

10:54am Saturday, December 11, 2004
The Salvation Army has begun informing concerned customers and donors that it is reevaluating a policy of banning CHL-holders from its retail stores. In a new form letter which is being sent out via email, the Army is now saying it is discussing its policy with the "risk manager". Sent: 12/8/2004 04:28 PM: From: [email protected] I will be entering dialogue with our risk manager on...

ODOT's ''no-guns'' signs in PARKING LOT at rest stop where rape occurred

9:45pm Friday, December 10, 2004
By Chad D. Baus Last April, NewsNet5 reported a woman in her mid-20s was attacked in the bathroom at rest area off Interstate 77 in Summit County. Last week, in a live-at-the-scene report from Summit Co., NBC 3 Cleveland revealed that a 22-year old Canton woman had been knocked to the ground, assaulted and robbed behind a rest stop building. It is bad enough that Ohio law mandates that these rest...

One day later...''Man charged with shooting at bouncer''

8:06am Friday, December 10, 2004
One day after a man murdered four people in a "no-guns" bar in Columbus, the Dayton Daily News is reporting that a 28-year-old man tried to shoot a bouncer Wednesday night as the bouncer escorted him from Sloopy's Bar in the Oregon Historic District. The paper reports the man was taken to the Montgomery County Jail pending the filing of charges — aggravated assault, carrying a concealed weapon...

Despite restraining order, man shoots ex-wife in head

7:49am Friday, December 10, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal reported December 10 that Akron police received a call at 7:10 p.m. from a woman who said her daughter was with a man who had a restraining order filed against him, said Akron police Lt. Sylvia Trundle. When police drove into the area of the Courtesy Inn at 210 W. Market St., the man shot the woman in the head after pointing the gun at two other people and attempting to...

Letter to the Editor: Shootings don't happen accidentally

7:41am Friday, December 10, 2004
December 7, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Every few months we hear of a tragic story of how a gun gets into the wrong hands and "accidentally" fires ("Boy shot playing with rifle" Dec. 4). In all of my years of shooting handguns, rifles and shotguns, I have come to the conclusion that guns never "accidentally" fire. A person must have his or her finger on the trigger, pull back with some force and...

Woman robbed at gunpoint in apartment complex lot

7:36am Friday, December 10, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal reported December 8 that a 22-year-old woman was robbed at gunpoint early Tuesday morning in an apartment complex parking lot in the 7200 block of Stuhldreher Street Northwest. The woman was approached by two men just after she parked the car, according to the township Police Department. One man pointed a handgun at her and ordered her out of the car. The men took her...

Springfield: Armed Home Invaders Sought By Police

6:58am Friday, December 10, 2004
December 8, 2004 WHIOTV.com Police in Springfield are searching for four men in connection with breaking into a home. The home invasion happened at a home on Oak Street on Tuesday morning. Andre McGary said the men, carrying guns, shot and killed his dog and then forced his wife and four children into a bedroom. McGary said the men stole jewelry, cash and took electronics out of a car that was in...

USA Today: Companies that ban guns put on defensive

6:37am Friday, December 10, 2004
Will wonders never cease - a national media outlet with a well-known anti-gun bias publishes a story on business gun bans that actually addresses the self-defense component... December 10, 2004 USA Today Companies that ban guns put on defensive Ronald Honeycutt didn't hesitate. The Pizza Hut driver had just finished dropping off a delivery when a man holding a gun approached him. Honeycutt wasn't...

Four victims shot dead in ''No-guns'' Ohio nightclub

11:04am Thursday, December 09, 2004
Cleveland's NewsNet5.com is reporting that police have released the name of the gunman who allegedly went on a shooting rampage at a Columbus nightclub Wednesday night, killing four people before a police officer shot him dead. Nathan Gale, 25, of Marysville, reportedly jumped onto a concert stage and open fire. The shooting took place shortly after 10 p.m. at Alrosa Villa, located at 5055...

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