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FLASH: OH Atty Gen files Motion to Intervene in OFCC suit against City of Clyde

1:51pm Wednesday, December 08, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's office has filed a Motion to Intervene in a lawsuit filed by OFCC against the City of Clyde. The lawsuit was filed by OFCC to challenge a city ordinance attempting to restrict the lawful carrying of concealed handguns by those licensed by the State of Ohio. On November 18, after having requested several delays,...

NBC 4: No Charges Filed Against Clerk Who Shot Suspected Robber

8:23am Wednesday, December 08, 2004
NBC4i.com is reporting that the Franklin County Sheriff's Office will not charge the convenience store clerk who shot a suspected robber. The shooting unfolded at 7:30 a.m. Sunday inside a Sunoco gas station on Cleveland Avenue, NBC 4 reported. Investigators told reporters it was clear that the clerk, Karen Smith, feared for her life. The robbery and shooting were captured by the store's...

Letter to Salvation Army

4:40pm Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry continues to receive letters from persons upset about the Salvation Army's decision to post discriminatory and dangerous "no-guns" in their retail stores. Following is one (shortened) example...along with a canned reply which is being copied to anyone who emails the Army about this issue: Why we donated $550 worth of items to someone else From: Gary M. Date: Mon, 06...

More armed criminals in state-mandated victim zones

4:18pm Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Despite evidence proving that more gun crimes occur in places where guns are banned, and at the advice of gun ban extremists, the General Assembly created an extensive list of places where CHL-holders are automatically prohibited from going. As a result, criminals find it that much easier to commit illegal acts against the defenseless people they find in these places, which is why we believe it...

Gun shoved in mouth of employee in ''no-guns'' business

3:58pm Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Is it just us, or is this happening more and more frequently? The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a clerk at a Holland Oil Citgo station in Akron was treated at a hospital after two masked gunmen dragged her by the hair, struck her in the head with a gun and shoved the gun in her mouth. Police told the paper the robbery occurred around 7:30 a.m. Sunday at the Holland Oil station in the...

Paper: ''Holidays are prime time for criminals''

2:57pm Tuesday, December 07, 2004
On December 6, 2004, the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette published an article intended to help Christmas shoppers avoid being victimized. During the busy holiday season, shoppers can take some easy precautions to prevent becoming a victim of theft. "Historically, we have seen the number of thefts go up during the holidays," Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen said. "What typically happens is that they...

OhioCCW.org reader reports Victim Zone robbery

12:42pm Tuesday, December 07, 2004
Subject: Hold-up in Ohio From: "Gene E." Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 15:30:02 -0500 To: [email protected] After our Ohio Conceal Carry laws went into affect I visited a local eating establishment, only to discover they they had promptly placed a sign on the entrance door forbidding licensed permit holders to carry a firearm in the business. I notified notified this web site, and I mailed the owners of...

Clerk Shoots Robbery Suspect

12:24pm Monday, December 06, 2004
December 6, 2004 WBNS10TV.com A gas station clerk fought back when a suspect tried to rob her store. The Franklin County sheriff's department says Desmond Thompson walked into a Sunoco station on Cleveland Avenue around 7:30 Sunday morning, and told the clerk he had a gun while demanding cash. The cashier gave him the money, but pulled a gun and shot Thompson when he told her to step out from...

Salvation Army to some donors & shoppers: ''Merry Christmas...and STAY OUT''

8:24am Sunday, December 05, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has begun to receive complaints from concerned concealed handgun license-holders, who say they're disappointed to see new discriminatory and dangerous signs banning CHL-holders going up at Salvation Army thrift stores throughout Ohio. Consider the following exchange between one former Salvation Army supporter and officials at the Salvation Army: Sent by: "Paul R*****"...

AGAIN: Man robs ''gun-free'' bank in Dayton high-rise

12:49pm Saturday, December 04, 2004
On July 20, OFCC reported that a "gun-free" Park National Bank branch on the 18th floor of a Dayton high-rise had been robbed. An alert OFCC supporter who works in the building has submitted the following report and commentary, because it has happened again! November 19, 2004 WHIOTV.com (Ch. 7 Dayton) A man is behind bars Friday after Dayton police were called to a bank heist. The robbery...

Battered North Carolina wife refuses to be a victim

12:11pm Saturday, December 04, 2004
December 3, 2004 Associated Press Woman Will Not Be Charged For Shooting Husband Husband Had Cut Phone Line, Parked Far Away WADESBORO, N.C. -- A woman won't face charges after she shot and killed her husband, who had cut her telephone line and used a shovel to break open her door following weeks of domestic violence. Joy Burgess, 26, shot Brian Lee Gathings, 29, with a handgun about 5:30 a.m...

Op-Ed: Justice Dept. Study Shows 79% of Criminals Obtained Firearms Illegally

12:01pm Saturday, December 04, 2004
By Jim Kouri, Certified Protection Professional Dec 1, 2004 MichNews.com Ninety-five percent of US police commanders and sheriffs believe most criminals obtain their firearms from illegal sources, according to a survey released by the National Association of Chiefs of Police. Coincidentally, data released by the US Department of Justice appears to confirm this claim by our nation's police...

Is it really?

10:52pm Friday, December 03, 2004
At first glance, this headline in the Dec. 3 Dayton Daily News, might give the appearance that the city has had some success with recent crime-fighting efforts: "Miami Valley one of the safest places to walk" And to read the first paragraph, you might think Dayton's bike paths are one of the safer places to walk: Walking is the most dangerous way to get around in the United States, according to a...

Kidnapped from a state-mandated victim zone

10:17pm Friday, December 03, 2004
November 19, 2004 WCPO.com (9News Cincinnati) A Tri-state woman is safe after a harrowing ordeal that started at a Monroe truck stop and ended in Indiana. Police said the 22-year-old woman was at truck stop bar in Monroe, Ohio, around 2 a.m. Wednesday when she was abducted by two men. The woman text messaged her boyfriend the following words with her cell phone: "They got me Help." After a day...

STATE-OWNED VICTIM ZONE (again): Woman assaulted, robbed at rest stop

8:44am Friday, December 03, 2004
Deja vu. Last April, NewsNet5 reported a woman in her mid-20s was attacked in the bathroom at rest area off Interstate 77 in Summit County. In that report, which was also picked up by WKYC and the Akron Beacon Journal at the time, troopers said attacks at rest stops are "incredibly rare". "I can't recall where we've had anything of this nature happen at one of these facilities. Thousands of...

Ohio Funds Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program in Schools for Second Year

12:06am Friday, December 03, 2004
Fairfax, VA—For the second year in a row, the Ohio legislature has appropriated funds so that schools can purchase the National Rifle Association’s Eddie Eagle GunSafe® Program materials to teach gun accident prevention to children in pre-K through the third grade. The Eddie Eagle GunSafe® program has reached 18 million children in all 50 states, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Created by past NRA...

Defenseless shopper robbed, carjacked after leaving store at ''no-guns'' Strip

5:28pm Thursday, December 02, 2004
The Canton Repository is reporting that a man was robbed at gunpoint and forced into his car Tuesday afternoon as he left a store at The Strip. Thanks to the lobbying efforts of the Ohio Chamber of Commerce, who were successful at removing language from HB12 which would have disallowed businesses from banning CCW in their parking lots, the landlord at The Strip has posted "no guns" signs at the...

Ohio Gun Ban Lobby and The Agony of Defeat

4:11pm Thursday, December 02, 2004
When does a legislation creating vanity license plates for the 'National Rifle Association Foundation' in Ohio become a victory for gun ban extremists? When you're gun ban lobbyist Toby Hoover, and when you're desperate to obscure the fact that you've been dealt yet another in a long string of defeats. Hoover, seemingly a one-woman show operating under the guise of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun...

Third Attack On Ohio College Campus Raises Concern

12:03pm Wednesday, December 01, 2004
The following story and commentary were submitted to www.ohioccw.org by a concerned reader: OXFORD, Ohio -- A campus alert was issued Tuesday at Miami University after another student was assaulted, Cincinnati television station WLWT reported. A student was beaten and robbed by four unknown people in the middle of the night, making the incident the third in a little more than five weeks. Most...

Cinemark Theaters: What's good for Texans not good for Ohioans

9:15am Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Following is an account of one grandfather's efforts to protect his grandchildren while going to the movies: Subject: Visit to your theater today, 11/26/04 Author: "Mark" Date: 11/26/04 8:35 PM I took my grandchildren earlier today to see the movie 'The Polar Express' at your theater. Unfortunately your theater has posted signs barring entry of licensed handgun holders such as myself, and I was...

Letter to the Editor: Gun-permit decisions out of sheriff’s hands

12:18pm Monday, November 29, 2004
November 29, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes told central Ohioans how he really feels about the new concealed-carry law passed in January. In the Nov. 18 Dispatch article "Conceal-carry process clarified", he said: "You got to have a reason to be scared. Otherwise, I’m going to have people filing applications for an emergency permit that really don’t have a reason to...

CHL-holder writes about protecting family from wild dogs in park

11:49am Monday, November 29, 2004
Wed Nov 17 08:11:49 2004: I can’t help but comment on what I’m reading about this issue of parks banning guns. If I’m attacked by man or beast while I’m in the park system, would they agree to be responsible/ liable for injury that occurred on their property because I was denied my right of personal protection? Recently, my wife and I took our dog for a walk in the park, and encountered a small...

''Plain sight'' just plain bad for Ohioans

10:49am Monday, November 29, 2004
Now that the dust is beginning to settle following the implementation phase of Ohio's new concealed carry law, people are beginning to settle in and examine the new law: Where is it working? Where are improvements needed? Indeed, as OFCC indicated upon passage of the bill nearly one year ago, there are many aspects which, by diminishing the number of licenses obtained, will lessen the downward...

Armed employee thwarts robbery attempt in company parking lot

9:15am Monday, November 29, 2004
The Youngstown Vindicator reported last week that when an employee of Larry's Lounge on Hillman Street exited the bar carrying cash, he was surprised to find someone waiting for him. After being greeted by the employee, the Vindicator says the man pulled a ski mask over his face and lifted an "Uzi-type" gun from under his coat, shouting "This is a holdup!" The news story goes on to say the...

Whirlpool backs out of workplace gun ban suit, but doesn't lift ban

8:10am Sunday, November 28, 2004
November 26, 2004 Wall Street Journal In Oklahoma, a Ban On Guns Pits State Against Big Firms VALLIANT, Okla. -- In late summer of 2002, Steve Bastible put three bullets into a dying cow at his ranch, threw the emptied rifle behind the seat of his pickup and forgot about it. A few weeks later, the rifle cost him his job of 23 years. That Oct. 1, in a surprise search, Weyerhaeuser Co. sent gun-...

A Story of Arms in Three Ohio Victim Zones

7:06am Sunday, November 28, 2004
All Duke and Duchess Shoppe convenience/ filling stations in Ohio are posted with signs banning CHL-holders. But of course this criminal didn't mind the sign... Delaware Ave. store robbed, gunman flees with cash MARION -- A man fled with an undetermined amount of money after displaying a handgun to rob a south-side gas station/convenience store about 9 p.m. Thursday, police said. A black male...

Paper: Thieves ready to prey on opportunities holidays present

9:02am Saturday, November 27, 2004
This story could be no better reason to avoid shopping at businesses which post "no-guns" signs. These signs act as an advertisment to criminals that there are firearms waiting to be stolen in the parking lot, and that there are defenseless customers waiting inside. The Dayton Daily News is reporting that area police are warning shoppers to "stay alert", because shoppers are not the only folks...

Ohio employees injured by criminal attacks

8:21am Saturday, November 27, 2004
Employee assaulted over trash request (Nov. 25, Garfield-Maple Sun) A Garfield Heights woman assaulted a bar employee after she told her not to use the dumpster behind Tequila Sunrise, 4830 Turney Road. The worker told police she took the trash out Nov. 17 and saw the woman throwing her garbage in the bin that belongs to the business. She told her she was not allowed to put her refuse in the...

Shots fired in two Cincy-area banks

8:05am Saturday, November 27, 2004
November 25, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Robbers get away in two bank robberies COLERAIN TWP. - Authorities are investigating two bank robberies Wednesday. In both cases, a lone robber fired a weapon inside the bank. No one was hurt in either robbery, police said. A masked gunman fired two bullets inside First Financial Bank, 10174 Colerain Ave., at 9:26 a.m., according to the Hamilton County...

Police search for Giant Eagle parking lot thief

7:42am Saturday, November 27, 2004
November 18, 2004 Cleveland Sun Courier BRECKSVILLE - Police are looking for a suspect in a chain of thefts that happened on Nov. 3. Three reports of thefts were reported around the area of the Chippewa Road Giant Eagle. They are believed to be related. One man reported that a CD player and a spare wallet were taken from his pickup truck. The other two victims also reported items stolen from...

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