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FAILURE: Gun control laws don't stop black market SWAT weapons transfers

3:46pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004
WDTN.com (Dayton 2News) is reporting that police have recovered several of the weapons stolen from a SWAT team officers' car last week. 2News reports a phone tip led police to the stolen weapons and to three suspects that are under arrest. But the suspects are not believed to be the ones who broke into the SWAT team members vehicle . According to a quote attributed to Dayton Police Department Lt...

Fifth Third Bank robbery: not even the guards are armed

3:10pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004
On November 9, 2004, WCPO.com reported that Cincinnati Police are looking for two bank robbers who struck a Fifth Third Bank in Corryville Tuesday morning. All Ohio Fifth Third Banks are listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . According to the news story, just before 11 a.m., a man put a gun to the unarmed security guard's head while the other suspect robbed two tellers. What is...

So the criminals aren't smart enough to plot their crimes, right?

2:44pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Those in the media who recklessly abuse their privilege to obtain information on individuals with CHLs callously dismiss suggestions that publishing the names will lead to targeted gun theft. The Akron Beacon Journal has called it a "flimsy presumption", and Gannett News Columbus Bureau Chief Jim Siegel said warnings about the dangers of publishing the list of CHL-holders "elevate these criminals...

Violent convenience store robberies show need for self-defense prep

7:04am Monday, November 08, 2004
Think it can't happen to you? So did this employee and store customer... Armed men rob store, still at large November 2, 2004, Newark Advocate A convenience store clerk had a gun pointed at his head and was handcuffed by two men during a brazen mid-morning robbery on Hudson Avenue Monday. Rezene Ahferom was working the counter at the Old Town North Market, 322 Hudson Ave., at about 10:30 a.m...

Letter to the Editor: Cooked goose

6:21am Monday, November 08, 2004
November 7, 2004 Toledo Blade No shot in the dark As a conservative Ohio Buckeye, I'm happy to say that John Kerry may have shot our goose, but we cooked his! Jim Kimble Holland Click on the "Read More..." link below for another letter, describing how the Bush administration is achieving success at prosecuting gun crimes, and how worthless Kerryites' proposals would be. November 6, 2004 Columbus...

Guns stolen from citizen's and police dept.'s parked vehicles

10:19pm Friday, November 05, 2004
When a CHL-holder needs to enter a "no-guns" victim zone, Ohio law currently requires to leave their firearm in a locked case in "plain sight" in their motor vehicle, or in a locked glove box. In testimony supporting House Bill 12, which was under consideration by the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice in May 2003, Gahanna Police Chief Dennis Murphy voiced opposition to the creation of "victim...

The Great American Gun Debate

10:18pm Friday, November 05, 2004
The following story, written by OFCC PAC Senate District 10 Coordinator Larry S. Moore, was published today in the Greene County Dailies (Xenia Daily Gazette, Fairborn Herald, Beavercreek News Current). November 5, 2004 The great American gun debate has been in the spotlight throughout this election year. There are many points on both sides of the debate. Perhaps those who claim to be in the...

VICTIM ZONE: Butler coroner beaten, robbed leaving church

8:00am Friday, November 05, 2004
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that while voters were casting ballots that made him Butler County's top vote getter, Coroner Richard P. Burkhardt was being attacked Tuesday. According to the report, the 65-year-old coroner had just attended services at St. Joseph Church on Washington Street around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday when a man approached him in the church parking lot and asked for a ride...

NRA: Freedom Prevails Across the Country

7:11am Friday, November 05, 2004
November 04, 2004 NRAILA.org Fairfax, VA—The National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) earned a 95% success rate of endorsed congressional candidates winning their races. The Association also won two major battles over anti-hunting initiatives, as voters in Alaska and Maine rejected ballot issues banning bear hunting methods. Of the 251 candidates endorsed by NRA for the U.S...

Group to Push For National Concealed Carry, More

7:07am Friday, November 05, 2004
November 04, 2004 CNSNews.com A Second Amendment group, relieved to have a stronger pro-gun majority on Capitol Hill and a gun-friendly president in the White House, says it will now press for an expansion of the nation's armed pilots program. The real work begins now," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said in a press release congratulating gun owners who turned...

Once again, Democrats underestimated gun owner vote

7:01am Friday, November 05, 2004
By Alan Gottlieb and Joe Waldron Democrats didn't get it and the media still doesn't. A record turnout of gun owners has once again helped shape the political landscape, this time around not only retaining control of the White House, but also reinforcing the strength of the Republican majority in both houses of Congress. Firearms owners, including millions of hunters, were far quicker to see...

''Life after legislature''? Doug White on short-list for Taft job appointment

6:37am Thursday, November 04, 2004
November 04, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer (click to read entire story) Deters win brings speculation about possible GOP shuffle State Treasurer Joe Deters won the job of Hamilton County prosecutor Tuesday, positioning Republicans for a round of political musical chairs that could extend from Washington to all corners of Ohio. Can you say Gov. Portman? How about Lt. Gov. Womer Benjamin, or even...

Election eve victim zone robbery in ''no guns'' bank

5:53am Thursday, November 04, 2004
November 2, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Police issue warrant in bank robbery AKRON - Police have issued a warrant for an Akron man wanted in Monday afternoon's robbery at FirstMerit bank, 727 N. Main St. Michael Karpinski, 29, of Mount Vernon Avenue is wanted on an aggravated robbery charge. According to police, the robber handed a teller a note indicating he had a gun and a pipe bomb and demanded...

2004 Election Results and Analysis

11:34am Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Ohio gun owners have a lot to be proud of this 2004 election season. Upon the nomination of John Kerry by Democrats last spring, grassroots activists in Ohio quickly realized that the most intense threat to our self-defense rights came not from a state candidate, but from a liberal Massacheusetts Senator with a 20-year history of opposing the Second Amendment and of voting to ban the very guns we...

Limbaugh: What's at Stake in This Election

6:46am Tuesday, November 02, 2004
November 1, 2004 RushLimbaugh.com BEGIN TRANSCRIPT Ladies and gentlemen, I have avoided throughout the whole year declaring this the most important election in our history. I mean, we've had crucial elections before during the Civil War, during World Wars. We had numerous crucial elections during the Cold War, and we've had a divided electorate before. This isn't the first time that we have...

What President Bush understands, and what John Kerry does not...

7:18am Monday, November 01, 2004
November 1, 2004 The (UK) Daily Telegraph Gun laws are aimed at wrong target, says expert By Alun Rees and John Steele Britain's gun laws are aimed at the wrong target, curbing and criminalising legal ownership while failing to tackle huge rises in shooting offences over the past few years, according to an international firearms legislation expert. Prof Gary Mauser said that Britain was making...

Letter to the Editor: Kerry is very weak on gun rights

6:55am Sunday, October 31, 2004
October 31, 2004 Toledo Blade John Kerry a hunter and strong supporter of the Second Amendment? His voting record in the Senate sure does not reflect that. He never voted with gun owners or for that matter any issues that benefited hunters. And when he and John Edwards leave the campaign trail to cast their votes for the semi-automatic weapons ban, that certainly says to me that they are not the...

Letter to the Editor: Kerry has voted to ban guns 51 times

7:04am Saturday, October 30, 2004
October 25, 2004 Marion Star This letter is in response of "Setting the Record Straight" in Monday's edition, Oct. 11, and Sunday's edition, Oct. 17, 2004. Sen. John Kerry is not for the 2nd Amendment at all. He has voted for all gun bans that have come up on the floor. In fact, 51 times altogether. Check the record. He wants to take away our right to bear arms. A disarmed American that does not...

Arkansas voters ''get it''. Do Ohioans?

7:02am Saturday, October 30, 2004
October 24, 2004 Arkansas News Bureau Guns a big issue in Arkansas By Rob Moritz LITTLE ROCK - Hunting is a major sport in Arkansas, especially in the 1st and 4th congressional districts of its eastern and southern regions, which may explain why voters there see guns as a major issue in the race. A new poll for the Arkansas News Bureau and Stephens Media Group found that 60 percent of voters...

Letter to the Editor: Kerry pandering, not hunting

8:06am Thursday, October 28, 2004
October 27, 2004 Newark Advocate John Kerry runs around with a shotgun under his arm on the campaign trail for a good reason: Just as he is trying to fool minorities into believing his lies to get their vote, he is trying to fool gun owners into believing he is pro-Second Amendment to get their votes also. Here are some facts on his record: Kerry co-sponsored a bill that would ban all semi-...

Driver charged in combine road rage case

2:44pm Wednesday, October 27, 2004
The Celina Daily Standard is reporting to day that David P. Rinderle Jr., 34, 8075 Old Town Road, (Celina), has been charged with menacing in connection with an apparent case of road rage involving himself and a 70 year-old farmer driving a John Deere combine. According to the story, Mercer County Sheriff's deputies responded to Riley Road, north of Oldtown Road, at 3:15 p.m. Oct. 10 on reports...

KEY RACE: Anderson campaign finances in question

7:52am Wednesday, October 27, 2004
The following press release was sent out by 2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Joy Padgett's campaign earlier this week. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 25, 2004 ANDERSON CAMPAIGN FINANCES IN QUESTION (Columbus, Ohio) - Monies provided to fund the state senate campaign of Terry Anderson may violate Ohio campaign finance laws it was discovered this week. Following the required disclosure of campaign...

Police hunt for man raping males

7:46am Wednesday, October 27, 2004
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting today that Cincinnati police are looking for a man they suspect has raped two men and a 14-year-old boy in a case veteran investigators say is the first they can remember in which a rapist attacks males. The newspaper reports Capt. Vince Demasi, investigations commander, says detectives don't have much to go on, beyond the rarity of male rape victims...

Letters to the Editor: Is Kerry trying to camouflage his gun position?

7:33am Wednesday, October 27, 2004
October 27, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer News organizations across the state and the nation fell head over heels to cover John Kerry's "hunting trip" in Ohio as if he were an avid hunter. Not a single news report called the event what it truly was: a photo opportunity intended to mislead the masses. Bill Clinton claimed the National Rifle Association cost Al Gore the 2000 election. Kerry's...

Letter to the Editor: Attack on Second Amendment threatens all

6:49am Monday, October 25, 2004
October 19, 2004 Marietta Times Edited to topic In answer to a letter to the editor published July 9, those elected in the Senate who want to usurp our constitutional right, namely the Second Amendment, are as follows - Clinton, Kerry, Kennedy, Feinstein, Schumer, Lautenberg, and, of course, there are a few others. The Second Amendment stipulated in the Constitution states that the citizens have...

Why NOT to vote for these Cleveland-area candidates...

3:41pm Sunday, October 24, 2004
Michael DeBose (D), House District 12 Michael DeBose told the Cleveland Plain Dealer it's tough to be a Democrat in the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature... He was appointed to fill the vacant Ohio House of Representatives District 12 seat in 2002. DeBose opposes allowing people to carry concealed weapons. "I have seen too many people killed by guns over the years," he told the Plain Dealer...

Ross Co. Sheriff finds another use for CHL equipment

3:22pm Sunday, October 24, 2004
The Chillicothe Gazette is reporting that Ross Co. Sheriff Ron Nichols has found yet another important use for the equipment sheriffs purchased to issue concealed handgun licenses. His office is making good use of the machinery it purchased to make concealed- carry weapon permits by making photo identifications of each poll worker who will be working on November 2. The ID cards are created in...

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU

8:17am Sunday, October 24, 2004
Police: Armed Man Attempts To Abduct Woman Outside Mall A search is under way in Stark County for a man who tried to abduct a woman outside of a mall, reported NewsChannel5 . Police in Jackson Township told reporters a 20-year-old woman had just left Belden Village Tuesday afternoon when she was approached by a man with a gun. Police said the man forced her into her car and began to drive away. "...

New bill drives questions re: OFCC PAC's endorsement of Rep. Daniel Sferra

7:55am Saturday, October 23, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry PAC has been inundated with questions about its endorsement of Rep. Daniel Sferra (D) for the 64th District. The questions came after Sferra made a bizarre election-eve move of introducing legislation that would allow municipalities to trump state law by rendering Ohioans defenseless in parks, on jogging trails, or any "other outdoor premises or property owned, leased...

How chasing the ''gun guy'' image is hurting Kerry in swing states

5:21pm Friday, October 22, 2004
By Chad D. Baus Since the Democrat party has based its entire hate-Bush campaign on Michael Moore conspiracy theories, I would like to offer up one more theory for them to chew on: The Clintonistas John Kerry hired in September to rescue his campaign want Hillary to run in '08, and they are using the gun issue to sabotage John Kerry in swing states. Though some Democrats have no trouble believing...

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