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Letter to the Editor: ''Wrong direction'' or misconception?

8:30am Friday, November 26, 2004
November 26, 2004 href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/opinion/content/opinion/daily/1126letters.html" target="_blank">Dayton Daily News I am really concerned about the direction the citizens of this great country of ours are going. Consider the new Ohio law that legalizes concealed weapons. Just exactly what good has it done for the Dayton area? We read about murders and shootings nearly...

AGAIN: Will Cleveland Plain Dealer's third abuse be the charm?

7:57am Friday, November 26, 2004
When the CHL-records "media access loophole" was created, Bob Taft's office joined the Ohio Newspaper Association in suggesting it was necessary to ensure that licenses were not being given out to the "wrong people", thus promoting the false idea that allowing law-abiding citizens the right to bear arms for self-defense was a disaster waiting to happen. But as OFCC pointed out at the time, the...

ATM robberies show need for self-protection in Ohio

6:38am Friday, November 26, 2004
href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/1124morris.html" target="_blank">Dayton man charged with robbery at ATM - Nov. 24, 2004 A Dayton man is in the Montgomery County Jail charged with aggravated robbery stemming from his arrest Monday night by Dayton police, who said he robbed a Miamisburg man at a National City Bank ATM at 1501 Troy St. William B. Morris, Jr...

1789: George Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation

9:20am Thursday, November 25, 2004
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor -- and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful...

Judge Junkin reverses; returns illegally confiscated gun to CHL-holder

11:25am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Reprinted with permission of Sun Newspapers November 24, 2004 By Kim Wendel, Staff Writer CHAGRIN FALLS — Bainbridge resident Justin T. English got his .38 caliber Smith & Wesson revolver back Wednesday. On Monday, Bedford Municipal Court Judge Peter J. Junkin ruled that the gun be returned after English’s attorney made an oral argument for the gun’s return before Junkin. Junkin had police...

Despite history of violent robberies, some Family Dollars still posted

10:03am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Despite a dangerous history of violent robberies, some Family Dollar stores in Ohio still post signs rendering customers defenseless. The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a notorious Dollar stores robber has been sentenced to 37 years in prison for a spate of violent robberies at Family Dollar stores. Charles Jackson, 29, was sent to prison Monday for 37 years for the robbery and armed...

Customer shot at; helps nab fleeing robbers

9:41am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a restaurant customer is being called a hero for assisting police in apprehending three suspects who authorities think may be responsible for as many 20 recent armed robberies. "It was a great example of citizen involvement," Sgt. Roger Robbins of the Cincinnati Police Department's Robbery Task Force said Tuesday. According to the story, two masked men...

Kidnapping outside Toledo victim zone retailer

9:29am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
A "regular customer" of a Sterling Food Store in Toledo picked up more than a gallon of milk on his last visit - he kidnapped a woman in the parking lot. The Toledo Blade is reporting that a Lenawee County (MI) man was arrested at his home Monday after police said he abducted and fondled a West Toledo woman. Jose Cardenas, 52, of Madison Township is charged with abduction and gross sexual...

Crime hits home for OFCC Membership Coordinator

8:47am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
The following news account documents an incident that occurred in the neighborhood of OFCC Membership Coordinator Dan White. Commentary from White follows the story. November 22, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal Man arrested after foot chase with cops Police arrested man who led officers on a foot chase about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, and six police cruisers converged in the yard of a West 17th Street...

Op-Ed: This isn't Dan Rather's first time in hot water

8:44am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
Some hunters may well cringe while recalling when the broadcast journalist hosted the 1975 CBS special titled "Guns of Autumn" By Ron Schara ESPNOutdoors.com Dan Rather's fall from journalistic grace happened — for some of us — a long time ago. The evening of Sept. 5, 1975, to be exact. On that night, a much younger and very dashing Dan Rather was the host of a CBS special titled "Guns of Autumn...

Ohio man seeks to organize workers in one of nation's most dangerous professions

8:40am Wednesday, November 24, 2004
On November 17, 2004, the Associated Press reported that a fledgling national union for pizza drivers is demanding better wages and training, saying the large chains have been taking advantage of them for years. Tim Lockwood, treasurer for the Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers (Hendersonville, TN), said the union started just a couple of years ago with a few drivers talking in an Internet...

Customer helps stop Victim Zone robbery attempt

8:22am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 22, 2004 Dayton Daily News The gunman picked the wrong time to try to rob the Barnsider restaurant. 'Every time he'd get up, I'd hit him. ... I wasn't going to give him the opportunity to hurt anybody. ... I told him that he was under citizen's arrest.' A customer, Troy Browder, 41, of Riverside, was sitting at the bar Sunday night as bartender Barbara Griggs was closing. A man walked in...

Lawsuit: Business ''failed to properly train and supervise security personnel''

8:21am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 20, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer (click for complete story) A 21-year-old woman's federal court suit ended with $148,000 in settlements promised from a Fairfield night club, Butler County and a former Butler sheriff's deputy who raped her in 2002. But the woman says she got something more important than money: An admission from the officer and the club that they were wrong. "I'd rather be...

Police warn women of attacker in Lima

8:20am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 20, 2004 Toledo Blade LIMA, Ohio - Police are warning women walking near downtown to be wary of a man whom investigators say assaulted two women. Earlier this week a woman reported being attacked in the 200 block of North Main Street, and another was assaulted at Market and Elizabeth streets. In both cases, the man approached the women and asked what time it was before assaulting them...

Headline: Aiming to Change Image

8:19am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
Advocates for concealed weapons laws have some points to make November 13, 2004 Chicago Tribune Howard Witt, Tribune Southwest Bureau Chief, recently on assignment in Phoenix PHOENIX -- Depending on your point of view, the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Phoenix was either the safest or most dangerous place in the nation one Saturday night this fall. Inside the main banquet hall, some 400 assorted...

Letter to the Editor: Consider every gun loaded

8:18am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 20, 2004 Dayton Daily News Re: the Nov. 16 Nicholas Kristof commentary "Fresh thinking on guns needed" : Kristof says that you can tell if a camera is loaded just by looking at it, and that the same should hold true to a gun. The only similarity between a camera and a gun is that they both use the term "shoot." Every gun, and I mean every gun, should always be considered loaded until...

Signs come down: (Yet another) ''small success''

4:31pm Saturday, November 20, 2004
----- Original Message ----- From: Frank Pavlovcic Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 Subject: small success... Hi, src="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/files/BlackRiverHistoricalSociety.jpg" height=250 width=200 border=0 align="right"> I'm a member of OFCC and I would like to report a small success. I belong to the Black River Historical Society in Lorain. A few months ago I noticed a sign in the...

Throats Slashed At Ohio Barbershop

4:16pm Saturday, November 20, 2004
November 18, 2004 NBC4.com Columbus Two people were slashed across the throat in an incident Thursday night at a local barbershop, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. The slashings happened at about 7 p.m. at the First Clips at the corner of College and Livingston avenues. One man, believed to be a barber, was found inside the shop. His throat had been slashed with a razor from ear to ear. The 28-...

Dr. Condoleeza Rice speaks out on gun control

10:43pm Friday, November 19, 2004
In a November 17, 2004 story published in her home state of Alabama , Dr. Condoleeza Rice, current National Security Advisor and recently-nominated Secretary of State, spoke out on how growing up in a segregated South formed her views on many issues, including gun control: Rice, 50, head of the National Security Council, was raised in Birmingham by parents who believed strongly in religion and...

Sheriff Karnes STILL doesn't understand the law on TELs?

4:46pm Friday, November 19, 2004
The Ohio Supreme Court could not have been more clear. The Court was so clear even the anti-CCW media reported it correctly: FRANKLIN CO. SHERIFF JIM KARNES WAS WRONG TO DEMAND "PROOF OF NEED" FOR A T.E.L. APPLICATION. Apparently there is one person left in the state who still doesn't get it: Nov. 18, 2004, Columbus Dispatch : [Karnes] has issued three emergency permits, but all three have...

Op-Ed: How I learned to love firearms

4:00pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 18, 2004 Slate.com Guinea Get Your Gun By Emily Yoffe I pressed the Beretta AL391 Urika deep into my shoulder and against my cheek, as if gripping a shotgun stock were as natural as holding the strap of my purse. I said, "Pull," in a firm yet casual way, to convey that, sure I drove here in a Volvo, and the radio in the Volvo is tuned to NPR, but I'm actually the kind of woman who loves...

Who's responsible for Spada's anti-self-defense hit piece? The Blame Game begins

3:24pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 19, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Matius: Spada's gun barrel ad loaded with misinformation by Julie Carr Smyth Columbus - Some Cuyahoga County voters found themselves looking down the barrel of a gun a couple of days before the Nov. 2 election. In the form of a glossy campaign flier, that is. The startling gun barrel ad, distributed by the Ohio Republican Party for State Sen. Bob Spada,...

Dayton students carjacked on their way to school

3:23pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 17, 2004 WDTN Dayton (NBC Ch. 2) (click for complete story) Two Colonel White students were carjacked while stopped at a local store to buy drinks. Police say they stopped at the AM PM Market on Salem Avenue to buy sodas. The owner and driver of the car went in to by the sodas and his cousin stayed in the car. That is when the suspect came up, opened the driver’s door and got inside to...

Party swap: Pro-CCW representative feels more at home in among GOP Caucus

3:22pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 18, 2004 Columbus Dispatch A western Ohio Democrat who garnered national attention in 2000 when he became the youngest House member in state history at age 18 says he is joining the Republican caucus. Rep. Derrick Seaver of Minster in Auglaize County, now 22, said he plans to make the switch official at a news conference today with Ohio GOP leaders. Seaver declined to discuss his reasons...

Media coverage of Supreme Court ruling uniform: A WIN for CCW

3:17pm Friday, November 19, 2004
No matter what Ohio media citizens are exposed to today, the verdict is clear: Ohio CCW won a huge victory in the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday. The most comprehensive story was prepared by T.C. Brown of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. We have prepared a commentary to accompany the story, which is provided in below. Links to other stories are also provided. Top court widens gun-license path in urgent...

President Bush pardons Ohio man convicted in a 1976 case

12:36pm Friday, November 19, 2004
Federal record barred hunting trip November 18, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Most people don't need a presidential pardon to go hunting. But an Ohio man did. On Wednesday, Fred Pitzer of Xenia got it. The 51-year-old machinist got word that President Bush pardoned his nearly 30-year-old federal conviction, clearing the way for Pitzer to obtain a weapons permit. "I was jumping up and down," his...

Ohio Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms OFCC Position on TELs

1:56pm Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Court says statement of imminent danger sufficient when applying for temporary emergency concealed handgun license (The following press release has been circulated to media via US Newswire ) Cleveland - November 17th, 2004 - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today ( Lee v. Karnes, Sheriff - 2004-Ohio-5718 [.pdf]) that an applicant for a temporary emergency license (TEL) to carry a concealed firearm...

Another police officer's gun stolen from car

10:56am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
It was little more than a week ago that the Dayton SWAT team announced several firearms had been stolen from an officer's vehicle . And now this: Thief steals undercover officer’s gun November 17, 2004, Columbus Dispatch A veteran Columbus police detective will be investigated after losing his service pistol to a thief on the East Side yesterday. The thief was at large and likely armed with the...

Victim Zone State of Mind

10:38am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
From the anti-gun state of California comes a story of a (defenseless) woman chased through a parking lot by two kidnappers, while (defenseless) onlookers watch helplessly: Kidnapping Caught on Tape First Coast News (NBC 12) CORONA, CA -- A security camera recorded the scene as the woman walked from a parking lot to the sidewalk outside the mall entrance. When a black car pulled up sharply, the...

Paper: ''Gun control a loser in election''

10:25am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
This must be a result of that "lack of mandate" the Brady Campaign is talking about... November 15, 2004 Connecticut Post Online Assault weapons ban renewal unlikely in Congress Gun-control advocates lost ground in the 2004 elections, ending any shot that Congress will renew a federal ban on assault weapons in the next two years. "My general reading is that neither side wants it to come up," said...

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