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Letter to the Editor: Shooting Blanks

11:26am Thursday, August 26, 2004
August 26, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Your Aug. 9 editorial headlined "Victim of the gun lobby'' was full of opinions disguised as facts. The comment "no sport use'' is irrelevant. Where in the Constitution or case law does it state that any particular type of gun must have a sporting use? Those banned semi-automatic weapons only look like their fully automatic military counterparts. In this case...

Fifth Third customer reveals conundrum facing defenseless victims

4:49pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:49:24 -0400 Subject: Fifth Third Bank I have been a Fifth Third banking customer for several years. Recently I went to our local drive-thru to cash a check for $1500. I was met with a sign that stated that the cashback limit at the drive-thru was $1000 and to "please visit our lobby for transactions greater than $1000 cashback." When I parked and walked to the lobby door...

Workplace victim zone: Cincy Kmart shooting leaves 2 dead

3:23pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
August 25, 2004 Associated Press Cincinnati - A man opened fire at a suburban Kmart, killing an employee and injuring a customer before fatally shooting himself, authorities said. The shootings occurred after an altercation broke out about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Kmart in Colerain Township. Hamilton County sheriff's spokesman Steve Barnett said the gunman shot the store employee, 22-year-old Paul...

OFCC Picnic Agenda Announced

12:31pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
Organizers for Ohioans For Concealed Carry's 1st Annual Picnic in the Park have announced the schedule for the September 4 event, which will include messages from OFCC President Jeff Garvas and OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine. The keynote speaker is Secretary of State Ken Blackwell. A door prize drawing will also be held. The complete schedule can be viewed by click "Read More..." link below. 2004...

Anti-gun judge illegally confiscates CHL-holder's firearm; defendant to appeal

12:00pm Wednesday, August 25, 2004
The name of the individual described below has been publicized in brief blurbs about the incident in a Cleveland Sun newspaper, but we have chosen not to repeat it here. For several weeks, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been following the case of a young CHL-holder whose has been abused not only by the terrible vehicle carry provisions in Ohio law, but by the system responsible for enforcing it...

Bureau of Workers' Comp snub: OFCC members' concerns ''overblown''

12:01pm Tuesday, August 24, 2004
August 23, 2004 Columbus Daily Reporter Bureau of Workers' Comp in concealed carry PAC's crosshairs The political action committee, Ohioans For Concealed Carry is accusing the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation of discriminating against Ohio gun-owners and spreading politically driven anti-gun rhetoric. The source of OFCC's beef is an article that ran in the Summer 2004 edition of Workers' Comp...

VICTIM ZONES: Three Columbus Fifth Thirds robbed in same day

10:23am Tuesday, August 24, 2004
This bank chain is one of several hundred unsafe businesses listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . August 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch It was a bad day for Fifth Third Bank, with three of its branches across Columbus hit by bandits yesterday, the FBI and police said. The robberies began about 9:40 a.m., when a man entered the Fifth Third at 1340 Bethel Rd., asked for coin-roll...

''No-Guns'' truck stop robbed at knife-point

3:10pm Monday, August 23, 2004
This truck stop and restaurant is one of several hundred unsafe businesses listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . August 23, 2004 Steubenville Herald Star Man is arrested in truck stop robbery STRATTON - Jefferson County Sheriff's Department had a suspect in custody Wednesday in connection with the robbery of the Stratton Truck Stop Sunday evening. Sheriff Fred Abdalla said the...

UNsafe: OH Workers' Comp bureaucrats advise ''ban''

4:10pm Thursday, August 19, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation is working to advise private businesses to post signs discrimating against concealed handgun license-holders. A Summer 2004 Issue of Worker's Comp Quarterly article, written by contributing writer Rick Burson, states as follows: "Because of the risk of injuries caused by mishandled firearms or intentional acts...

Columbus: Parties pick candidates to run for positions on state Senate

3:04pm Thursday, August 19, 2004
August 19, 2004 Columbus Dispatch by Lee Leonard Katherine Thomsen, who lives in the Grandview Heights area and works at Ohio News Network, will carry the Democratic flag against Republican state Sen. Steve Stivers. Thomsen was selected by the Franklin County Democratic Party to replace Melissa A. Mahoney of Dublin, who withdrew from the contest. Yesterday was the final day to slate candidates...

Op-Ed: Cities should have right to ban guns from parks

2:50pm Thursday, August 19, 2004
August 19, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald Clyde has been temporarily barred from prohibiting concealed weapons in city parks. And there is the very real possibility that the injunction could be come permanent. But something's seriously wrong here, and it appears to be up to the state legislature to correct the situation. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. In response to a motion by...

Plain Dealer: Business as usual, even with guns

11:44am Thursday, August 19, 2004
August 19, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer by Christopher Montgomery Concealed-law policies cause few protests from either side Hand-wringing and speculation abounded earlier this year over the implications of Ohio's new concealed-carry gun law for businesses. If you enacted a strict policy denying entrance to gun-carrying customers, would you lose their business and invite the wrath of pro-gun...

"Mum's the word" from Clyde officials after judge halts ban

1:11pm Wednesday, August 18, 2004
August 18, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Clyde quiet on suit By SARAH WILLIAMS Staff writer CLYDE -- City Council members made no movement regarding the city's stance to ban guns from Clyde parks, but discussed the issue in private session during their meeting Tuesday. Sandusky County Common Pleas Court Judge Harry S. Sargeant granted a temporary restraining order last week that bars the city from...

Media exception to privacy protections abused again

11:40am Wednesday, August 18, 2004
This time it's two law enforcement officers whose home addresses were obtained by the media and inappropriately published August 18, 2004 Mt. Vernon News MOUNT VERNON — A hot button, and a somewhat confusing legal issue, was brought to the local forefront last week when the home addresses of two Mount Vernon Police officers were released in a complaint that eventually found its way into the...

Store owner: ''We're going to have to start carrying guns to protect ourselves''

10:51am Wednesday, August 18, 2004
August 18, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Rolling Acres jewelry store robbed Shop owner complains about security after men escape with two necklaces Akron police are investigating an armed robbery at a Rolling Acres Mall jewelry store. Two men -- one displaying a handgun -- entered the Diamond Castle at 2400 Romig Road about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday. The robbers took two necklaces before fleeing. The men...

Op-Ed: Kerry Sharpens Aim on Gun Vote in Red States

1:17pm Tuesday, August 17, 2004
August 12, 2004 CNSNews.com By Robert B. Bluey Four years after Al Gore alienated gun owners with his tough talk and anti-gun record, this year's Democrat presidential nominee has adopted a new strategy when it comes to firearms. John Kerry is using images to make his case to gun owners. Before most voters were paying attention to the candidates seeking the Democrat nomination last year, Kerry...

Man shot while mediating dispute

12:57pm Tuesday, August 17, 2004
One can't help but wonder if any of the parties involved (including the innocent victim) had read the arbitrary "Conflict Avoidance and Alternative Dispute Resolution" commentary provided in the Ohio Concealed Carry Law booklet....? August 16, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal AKRON - A 21-year-old Akron man who was shot in the abdomen after trying to intervene during an argument was in critical...

Middletown Fifth-Third bank latest ''no-guns'' business to be robbed

10:25am Tuesday, August 17, 2004
August 17, 2004 Dayton Daily News Xenia man held in bank robbery MIDDLETOWN | A Xenia man is in the city jail, charged with robbing a bank, Middletown police said. Daniel Wayne Waggoner, 31, was apprehended by Xenia police at his residence about 4 p.m. Monday, Middletown police Detective Frank Hensley said. Police said a man walked into the Fifth Third Bank branch in the Kroger on Towne Boulevard...

Letter to the Editor: Armed citizens are first line of defense

4:24pm Monday, August 16, 2004
August 16, 2004 Toledo Blade I recently read your article concerning possible budget cuts for the police division. I was shocked to read that on any given afternoon there are only 44 police officers in cars available to respond to a call for service. Fourty-four officers to cover a city of more than 300,000? href="http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/s_faster.jpg" target="_blank"> src="http://www...

11 yr.-old raped in ''hell''; otherwise known as a ''gun-free'' Toledo city park

11:53am Monday, August 16, 2004
August 16, 2004 NBC24.com (Toledo) Toledo Police are searching for the man who raped an 11-year-old girl behind a South Toledo park. The crime happened in an area her father calls "Hell". Now he wants the city to clean it up. Toby Hansen spoke exclusively with NBC 24 yesterday. He says Danny Thomas Park looks quiet and safe from the front. But he says once you walk through the park it's a...

NRA-ILA Names OFCC Volunteer Organization of the Year For 2003

7:05am Sunday, August 15, 2004
August 13, 2004 NRAILA.org Each year, NRA-ILA acknowledges the outstanding efforts in defense of our freedom of a select group of individuals and an organization. The ILA volunteer award winners for the year 2003 are: NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year Award: Ohioans for Concealed Carry (Ohio). Ohioans for Concealed Carry (OFCC) were instrumental in the passage of the state`s historic...

List of cities removing illegal signs continues to grow

7:00am Sunday, August 15, 2004
This past week was dominated by news that, in spite of the law, the intent of Ohio General Assembly, and statements from the Ohio Attorney General, officials in the City of Clyde had chosen to continue enforcing an illegal ordinance banning concealed firearms on public property. OFCC filed suit against the city of Clyde on behalf of its members , and just hours later, Sandusky County Common Pleas...

Temporary Emergency License system in need of attention

8:32am Saturday, August 14, 2004
August 12, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Convicted Akron felon released on technicality Victim fears for life after Appeals Court decision An Akron man's assault conviction was thrown out on a technicality Wednesday, giving him his freedom and putting his victim in fear for his life. In its decision, the 9th District Court of Appeals ruled that Summit County prosecutors failed to prove a fundamental...

And they say criminals aren't smart enough to profile their victims...

7:38am Saturday, August 14, 2004
August 14, 2004 Dayton Daily News Casino winner followed, robbed BEAVERCREEK | Police said they think a man who snatched a woman's purse Tuesday followed her from the Argosy Casino after she had won several thousand dollars, Beavercreek Sgt. Jim Wuebben said. The robber's image was captured on surveillance tape from the Lawrenceburg, Ind., casino where the woman gambled the previous night. Police...

Arrests made in ambush and murder of CHL-holder Bill Singleton

7:25am Saturday, August 14, 2004
August 14, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Three arrested in shooting death of Cleveland store owner Proprietor was killed in robbery attempt Police arrested a 19-year-old and two 17-year-olds on Friday in the shooting death of a popular Collinwood store owner. Cleveland Police Commander Edward Tomba said tips from the neighborhood led detectives to arrest Arnold Shorter, 19, and the two juveniles on...

Sheriffs find positive new use for CHL equipment

3:46pm Friday, August 13, 2004
August 13, 2004 Chillicothe Gazette What began as a piece of equipment to grant concealed weapon licenses is now helping find missing children. The Ross County Sheriff's Office rolled out a program called KidPrint ID that gives parents an identification card containing a recent photo, physical description and thumb print. "This is just another tool that we could use to protect our children,"...

Clyde is sued over ban on guns in parks

8:34am Friday, August 13, 2004
August 13, 2004 Toledo Blade CLYDE - Ohioans for Concealed Carry has sued the city of Clyde for its refusal to rescind a May council decision outlawing concealed weapons in city parks. Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge Harry Sergeant granted a temporary restraining order yesterday to prohibit the city from enforcing the ordinance, said Ken Hanson, chief counsel for the pro-gun group. Clyde Law...

FLASH: Temporary Restraining Order issued against City of Clyde

3:04pm Thursday, August 12, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge Harry A. Sargeant, Jr. has granted our request for a temporary restraining order , which prohibits the City of Clyde from enforcing Ordinance # 2004-41 (a concealed carry ban). The City of Clyde has been ordered to remove its signs within 24 hours. Text of the order can be reviewed by clicking on the "Read More..."...

Ohioans For Concealed Carry Sues City of Clyde Over Concealed Handgun Ban

1:20pm Thursday, August 12, 2004
Self-Defense Advocacy Group Says City Ordinance Unconstitutional CLEVELAND - Ohioans For Concealed Carry, the state's largest grassroots organization working to reform, defend and enforce Ohio's self-defense laws, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Clyde in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas against the City of Clyde and each individual elected and appointed...

More than 600 Lucas Co. CHL-holders' names published by Toledo freebie rag

by Chad D. Baus
1:15pm Thursday, August 12, 2004
A Lucas Co. freebie rag called the Toledo City Paper has joined the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sidney Daily News and three other Ohio newspapers who have abused the media exception provision to the law which protects CHL-holders' private information: The list of more than 600 names appears as a "web-only exclusive" , and is promoted in the August 12, 2004 issue, which is available free of charge at...

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