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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...

More Ohioans use firearms to stop crimes/ protect lives

3:10pm Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Ohio newspapers publish two more examples of the 2 million-plus defensive uses of firearms that occur each year in our nation... Athens Messenger: Burglary victim holds suspect at gunpoint COOLVILLE — A Dixon Road man faces charges of burglary and child endangerment after he allegedly kicked in the door of a Brimstone Road residence while his child was waiting in his truck. Danny Lantz Jr., 31,...

Several guns stolen from home

12:14pm Wednesday, August 11, 2004
More headlines like this on the way, courtesy of five Ohio newspapers who have published shopping lists of gun owners for criminals. August 11,2004 Dayton Daily News SPRING VALLEY TWP, Greene County — Law officers are searching for the suspect or suspects who stole rifles, shotguns, handguns and a crossbow from a home in Spring Valley Twp., Greene County sheriff's Maj. Eric Prindle said Tuesday...

Letter to the Editor: A more valid examination of Texas gun statistics

11:57am Wednesday, August 11, 2004
August 11, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Karen Tucker states (Letters, Aug. 3), "Texas permit holders were arrested for weapons-related offenses at a rate 66 percent higher than that of the general population of the state." Since by definition, 100 percent of permit holders have weapons and only a small percentage of the general population have weapons, this statistic proves what, exactly? When one...

Double-standard: Privacy a right for everyone but law-abiding gun owners

5:14pm Tuesday, August 10, 2004
The need for the protection of privacy has been in the news a lot lately, and it would appear liberals and the media elite supports such efforts for everyone but...you guessed it...law-abiding CHL-holders. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. ‘Scarlet plates’ single out DUIs August 9, 2004 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram It’s not a scarlet letter, but it’s close. The bright yellow license...

Strike Two: Another PD editor tries to justify discriminatory actions

3:08pm Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Those who catch the headline of Phillip Morris' latest column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer may gain the impression that at least one member of the editorial board is coming to understand how damaging its decision to publish the names of concealed handgun license-holders has been. Some may believe it is evidence that the paper has been asking itself what role it played in the death of Bill...

''Paper Protection'' fails another battered wife

7:21pm Monday, August 09, 2004
August 5, 2004 Middletown Journal HAMILTON — A Liberty Township woman who police say survived two murder attempts by her estranged husband, Thursday said she may not have lived had it not been for the prayers and support she received. “It is miraculous that I survived such a violent attack, but survival was only possible through the support of friends, family and faith. I am recuperating and we...

Victim Zone Prohibitions cannot protect the defenseless

7:15pm Monday, August 09, 2004
August 5, 2004 NewsNet5.com (Canton) Sex offender attacks child's mother on way to church CANTON, Ohio -- Police in Canton said a registered sex offender attempted to abduct a woman in broad daylight across the street from the church where she was headed to attend Mass. Detective Jack Angelo said the woman's 3-year-old son may have saved her by his crying. Angelo said the woman reportedly stooped...

More evidence of the need for self-defense in parks

7:01pm Monday, August 09, 2004
Despite repeated inquiries, city officials in Clyde, Elyria and certain other communities have offered no demonstration whatsoever that there is a need for ordinances banning concealed handgun license-holders from public places. No municipality has any facts or research to indicate that law-abiding, licensed gun owners pose any threat or danger, nor has any history of problems in other states...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed weapon may come in handy

11:10am Monday, August 09, 2004
August 09, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer I happen to believe in the right to bear arms, but I had never intended to apply for a concealed-weapon permit. On Aug. 1, I was brutally assaulted by two thugs. I am almost 47 years old, and I just can't defend myself like I used to - especially against young punks. I really never saw the need to carry a weapon until this happened to me. As soon as my...

Letter from OFCC's Business Education Coordinator

4:51pm Friday, August 06, 2004
Over the past several months, OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database has served as a useful resource for law-abiding CHL holders and others across Ohio. Users of the website can easily determine which businesses throughout Ohio have asked us not to visit them unless we are defenseless. These are listed as Criminal Protection Zones (CPZs) The database also lists locations that have decided...

Concealed carry supporter glad to see clarification appear in Athens News

7:43am Friday, August 06, 2004
August 5, 2004 Athens News I see that you have published a clarification to the supposed "road-rage" incident involving Dr. Jeffrey McAdoo, and I want to thank you for doing so (The NEWS, Aug. 2). I have very low regard for reporters in general, but the fact that you chose to publish this correction speaks well for you, in my humble opinion. Since I have only read the correction in the online...

Wilmington Law Director: Maybe they'll sue Toledo instead of us

7:36am Friday, August 06, 2004
August 05, 2004 Wilmington News Journal Is concealed-gun ban at city park legal? A local gun rights supporter says signs banning guns at a Wilmington park don't comply with the state's concealed-carry handgun law, and has threatened legal action if the signs aren't pulled. The city law director, however, says the city plans to keep the signs posted at J.W. Denver Williams Jr. Memorial Park until...

Councilman Polensek has ''long been a leader in pushing...[Cleveland] gun laws

4:49pm Thursday, August 05, 2004
On August 3, businessman and Ohio CHL-holder Bill Singleton was ambushed by three robbers outside his check-cashing business. Despite being mortally wounded, Singleton was able to return fire, fatally wounding one of his attackers. Two others are still at large. In the hours that followed, friends and neighbors began weighing in on the anger and frustration they feel at begin so helpless in their...

Letter to the Editor: Gun lists pose danger

12:26pm Thursday, August 05, 2004
August 5, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal To the Editor: William Singleton, a respected African-American Cleveland business owner, was killed Tuesday when three robbers allegedly shot him before he had time to respond to their demands. This occurred less than a week after a newspaper published his name in a list of concealed carry license holders. Criminals may be dumb, but often they are resourceful...

More poor behavior by northeast Ohio gun grabbers

12:05pm Thursday, August 05, 2004
----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Garcia Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 Subject: Anti-gunners vanadlize my property My name is Randy Garcia and I am an OFCC member and also an NRA Pistol Instructor. I have been promoting a Concealed Handgun class in North Ridgeville and discovered that one of my 7 foot banners out in front of the hall had the words "Cancelled" spray painted on it and then...

The PD editor and gun nuts play a strange game of chicken

4:20pm Wednesday, August 04, 2004
August 4, 2004 Cleveland Scene When Ohio's concealed-weapons law was passed with the provision that only journalists have access to the names of registered carriers, Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton declared that he would publish complete lists of all area residents who receive the permits. Last week, The PD splashed the names of heat-packing Northeast Ohioans over two and a half pages. Not...

Clyde City Manager: We know better than AG Petro and other cities' officials

3:07pm Wednesday, August 04, 2004
August 4, 2004 Fremont News Messenger by Jack Buehrer Clyde firm on gun ban in city parks CLYDE -- While an Ohio Second Amendment advocacy group continues to threaten legal action, city officials are refusing to budge on their decision to ban weapons in public parks. City Manager Dan Weaver said Ohioans for Concealed Carry, who last month wrote a strongly-worded letter urging city council to...

BANK ROBBER HIDES IN COLUMBUS PARK

1:09pm Wednesday, August 04, 2004
On April 8, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman staged a press conference next to a jungle gym, lamenting the fact that the city was unable to protect children by posting signs banning concealed handgun license-holders. Responding to his antics, Columbus-area legislators introduced legislation to abolish Section 9 of House Bill 12. As the story below illustrates, these officials could better spend...

Days after Plain Dealer ''outing''; CHL-holder Bill Singleton is dead

9:47am Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Compiled from news reports at Cleveland.com , NewsNet5.com , and WKYC.com . August 4, 2004 Less than a week after the Cleveland Plain Dealer published Bill Singleton's name among a list of people who have chosen to obtain a license to bear arms for self-defense, Mr. Singleton is dead. When three robbers came to Singleton's business Tuesday morning - they allegedly shot before Singleton had time...

FLASH: CHL-holder killed; suspect critically wounded in robbery

11:48am Tuesday, August 03, 2004
August 3, 2004 WKYC.com (Cleveland NBC Ch. 3) A man is dead, and a boy is badly injured in an attempted robbery shootout Tuesday morning. Police say shots were fired around 8:45 a.m. in the area of E.156th and Lakeshore. A preliminary investigation revealed the owner of United Check Cashing store was opening for business when three suspects approached him. Gunfire was exchanged when the 14-year-...

FOP Should Now Endorse National CCW For Private Citizens, Says CCKRB

11:33am Tuesday, August 03, 2004
August 2, 2004 Based on the Fraternal Order of Police support for national concealed carry for working and retired police officers as "a deterrent to crime and terrorism," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) today called on the FOP to support national concealed carry for armed private citizens. CCRKBA Executive Director Joe Waldron noted, "We all know that even...

Letter to the Editor: Not buying editor's story

7:45am Tuesday, August 03, 2004
August 3, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Plain Dealer Editor Doug Clifton has stretched the truth regarding public release of personal information. For example, the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles restricts release of a driver's personal information without that driver's consent. This information includes the person's name, date of birth and address. Also, in most cases involving personal information...

Another Clinton Gun Ban Failure

10:29am Monday, August 02, 2004
July 30, 2004 Jointogether.org Child Shot with Assault Weapon This week a 12 year old Fremont Ohio boy was shot at a family gathering while playing "war" with assault rifles. According to the News Messenger, police say there were over 30 different types of weapons seized. As the Government ignors the loss of life and injury from these weapons, Ohioans and Ohio law enforcement continue to ask for...

Officials stick to their ... er, guns

9:53am Monday, August 02, 2004
July 31, 2004 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram ELYRIA — City officials aren’t ready to give up the fight to ban guns in city parks despite threats by a gun advocacy group to file a lawsuit to force it to drop the ban. But a change is needed, according to Law Director Terry “Pete” Shilling, to limit the scope of the ban. Shilling said he will recommend amending the ordinance approved earlier this year...

Attorney: Witnesses located in road-rage case

9:30am Monday, August 02, 2004
July 29, 2004 Athens News The attorney for an Athens physician charged with having pulled a gun on another man in a traffic confrontation said Tuesday that police have reportedly found a number of independent witnesses of the incident. Attorney Herman Carson, who represents ophthalmologist Jeffrey McAdoo, said that from what he has heard of the new witness reports, they appear to be "excellent"...

One more down: Arcanum's gun ban changed after scrutiny

8:19am Friday, July 30, 2004
July 30, 2004 Dayton Daily News Challengers argued it violated state law ARCANUM | Village officials have modified an ordinance that had banned the carrying of concealed handguns into village lands and parks after gun advocates challenged that Arcanum was violating state and federal law. The village council in May passed the ordinance despite Ohio's new concealed carry handgun law that permits a...

Clifton: Why we printed the list

8:13am Friday, July 30, 2004
OFCC responses in blue : July 30, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer The media are the public's only access to concealed-carry permit records In the past two days, The Plain Dealer ran a list of the Northeast Ohioans who applied for and got a license to carry a concealed weapon. We were able to do so because the state legislature, bowing to Gov. Bob Taft's threat to veto a bill with no public access...

PD Editor: Calls to my home ''tapering off''

5:34pm Thursday, July 29, 2004
July 28, 2004 Editor & Publisher Doug Clifton Defends His Paper's Action on Guns on NRA Radio Program by Joe Strupp NEW YORK Editor Doug Clifton of The Plain Dealer in Cleveland, who drew attacks from a gun rights group after publishing lists of local residents who carry concealed weapons permits, defended his position Thursday during an appearance on a National Rifle Association radio...

Cleveland Editor Takes Heat for Publishing Gun List

8:09am Thursday, July 29, 2004
July 28, 2004 Editor & Publisher NEW YORK When Ohio legislators approved a new law allowing residents to carry concealed weapons, but allowed only the media to find out the names of those obtaining such permits, The Plain Dealer in Cleveland decided to let the public know which of their neighbors were on the list. Starting Wednesday, the paper began publishing the names, ages and home...

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