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Police fight for exception to gun limits off duty

7:31am Thursday, July 22, 2004
July 22, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus - Restrictions on the right of off-duty police officers to carry concealed weapons could create headaches, Bob Beck, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association, said Wednesday. Beck reacted to an opinion released Monday by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro that said off-duty officers can carry concealed weapons at any time in any...

Workplace Violence: What No-Guns Signs or Policies Will NEVER Prevent

11:03pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 16, 2004 USA TODAY In an average week in U.S. workplaces, one employee is killed and at least 25 are seriously injured in violent assaults by current or former co-workers. Many of those attacks might have been prevented. In nearly eight of 10 cases, killers left behind clear warning signs --sometimes showing guns to co-workers, threatening their bosses or talking about attacking. But in the...

Virginia Open Carry Still Making Waves

9:37pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Where were these elite media-handwringers when thousands of openly carrying Ohioans took to the streets in a mass action to protest a ban on their self-defense rights? Oh yeah, they, and even some Ohio media outlets, were avoiding the subject, lest they reveal just how much public outrage there was at Ohio's 150 year-old concealed carry ban. July 16, 2004 Washington Post Gun-Toting in Va...

Op-Ed: It’s Time For Some Gun-Rich Zones

3:55pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Sometimes a bit of humor is just as effective at making a point as are serious discourses on violent crime statistics or criminal protection zone robberies... American Handgunner September/October 2004 By John Conner I’ve just about had it with this “Gun-Free Zone” crap, you know? True, I live in a fairly sissy-rich environment but, usually, the only visible effects are too many restaurants with...

''Quiet Revolution''

8:59am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 20, 2004 Reuters Guns Lobby Racks Up Legislative Gains Across U.S. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The powerful U.S. gun lobby seems poised for victory in a high profile battle to end a ban on some assault weapons and experts say it has also been piling up numerous quiet victories at the state level. A federal ban on certain military-style semi-automatic weapons enacted in 1994 is due to expire on...

Harris, Gardner mum on who will be Senate president

7:57am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Randy Gardner was next in line to be House speaker when he was forced out of the House by term limits in 2000, so when the opportunity arrived to be Senate president, he wasn’t about to pass it up. Bill Harris was on the verge of being House speaker when he was blindsided by Larry Householder in 2000, so when the Senate presidency opened up earlier this month, he...

86-year-old scares off teen thief

7:33am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 20, 2004 Newark Advocate PATASKALA -- Eighty-six year-old Alice Hill isn't what you would typically think of as a crime-fighter, but she did stop a felony in progress on Friday, chasing off a burglar a fraction of her age. Hill was sitting in her son's Lynns Road residence watching the 700 Club on television when an unidentified white male kicked in the front door. "I didn't have time to be...

Letter to Mall management

11:33pm Tuesday, July 20, 2004
To the Westland Mall Management, As a member of Ohioans's for concealed carry, and as a former police officer in Indiana, I read with great interest a CNN report that talked about a rapist who's been stalking a Wisconsin mall for 6 years. See this link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/15/mall.rapist.ap/index.html Here's an excerpt from that story that explains how he operated: "Prosecutors...

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

11:22pm Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 20, 2004 Dayton Daily News DAYTON | A man robbed a bank in a downtown high-rise office building Tuesday morning. The robber walked into Park National Bank on the 18th floor of 40 W. Fourth St. at 10:37 a.m. and demanded money, Dayton police Lt. Matt Carper said. Carper said that the man said he had a weapon and that witnesses said the man made a hand gesture under his shirt, but did not show...

Ohio Auto Dealers Association Board Chairman reaffirms OADA neutrality on CCW

9:10am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
Following an email announcing that signs barring CHL-holders had been removed from his dealerships, Mr. Andy Glockner, owner of several car & truck sales-related businesses in the Portsmouth area, and Board Chairman of the Ohio Auto Dealers Association (OADA), has taken further action to ensure that OADA members are receiving only impartial information from the Association. ----- Original...

Democrat Senate hopeful Terry Anderson has not voted in nearly four years

8:51am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 19, 2004 (Zanesville, Ohio) - Senator Joy Padgett (R-Coshocton) today released the following statement in response to a Sunday, July 18 Athens Messenger story in which it was reported that Padgett's opponent, Northeast Ohio native Terry Anderson, has not voted in a general election since November 2000. "This reminds me of someone who skips church for years, then shows up all of a sudden one...

Petro: Off-duty officers must obey ''plain sight'' requirements; certain others

1:38am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 19, 2004 Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio - Off-duty police officers would not be required to obtain permits to carry hidden guns, but they would face the same restrictions as permit-holders going to bars, day-care centers and government buildings, according to an opinion issued Monday by Attorney General Jim Petro. Under the three-month-old law, people are prohibited from carrying concealed...

AGAIN: Elyria Chronicle Telegram publishes list of CHL-holders

1:03am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 16, 2004 Elyria Chronicle Telegram Get your gun permits Nearly 500 Lorain County residents have signed up for concealed carry permits by Cindy Leise ELYRIA — They walk among us and we don’t have a clue. The gun might be in a pocket, a purse or a holster. Thomas Bowen, a retired Elyria police captain, has a couple of holsters, but he usually just tucks his gun into his pocket during the...

Montgomery County Concealed Carry Case Dismissed

12:38am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The following news story by OFCC's Larry S. Moore was published in the July 26 issue of the Xenia Gazette & Fairborn Daily Herald (and perhaps others). July 20, 2004 by Larry S. Moore [Editors Note: Even though Mr. Lyons’ address is public record on the arrest report, the Ohio concealed carry law only permits the printing of the name, date of birth and county of residence. We are only...

Senate to vote for prez

7:55am Monday, July 19, 2004
July 19, 2004 Dayton Daily News Senate Republicans may head back to Columbus in early August to pick the person whom they'd like to see as Senate President next year. Three candidates have emerged — Sens. Randy Gardner of Bowling Green, Bill Harris of Ashland and Robert Spada of North Royalton. Current Senate President Doug White, R-Manchester, said he would call for the August caucus if no...

"A collective sigh": Area sheriff departments see no problems with new CCW law

7:39am Monday, July 19, 2004
July 19, 2004 New Philadelphia Times-Reporter Ohio’s implementation of a concealed-carry weapons law in April caused some concern, but sheriff departments in the area say that they haven’t seen any problems. “To the best of my knowledge, we’ve not had a traffic stop with a concealed carry weapon as of yet,” Carroll County Sheriff Ralph Lucas said. Representatives from four other sheriff...

First Merit: Another armed robbery in ''gun-free'' bank

4:20pm Sunday, July 18, 2004
July 17, 2004 Mansfield News Journal Ashland Road bank robbed MANSFIELD -- Law-enforcement agencies were searching Friday evening for a man who robbed the First Merit Bank branch on Ashland Road of an undisclosed amount of cash. Richland County Sheriff's Sgt. Michael T. Viars said the suspect, who was white, believed to be in his late 30s or early 40s, about 5 feet, 11 inches tall, weighing about...

Indiana: Arming delivery drivers a tossup for pizzerias

4:12pm Sunday, July 18, 2004
Owners of Ohio pizza-deliveries, which are have posted discriminatory signs banning concealed handgun license-holders, need to read about how well-adjusted most of their peers in Indiana are when it comes to self-defense. July 16, 2004 Indianapolis Star Chains won't let workers carry guns, but local eateries say employees need protection from robbery hazards. Personal protection has become just...

Federal gun law faces uncertainty in Ohio

3:54pm Sunday, July 18, 2004
July 18, 2004 Toledo Blade Federal concealed-carry exemption affects off-duty, retired police Despite passage of federal legislation giving off-duty and retired police officers the right to carry concealed weapons in any state, uncertainty remains about how the law affects some Ohio law enforcement agencies - including Toledo police. The issue of what effect, if any, Ohio's concealed-carry law...

VA residents exercise open carry as OH nears 1 yr. anniv. of historic marches

11:48pm Saturday, July 17, 2004
July 15, 2004 Washington Post Guns Worn In Open Legal, But Alarm Va. 'Exercising Right' Called 'Unreasonable' by Some On July 2, Fairfax County police received a 911 call from a Champps restaurant in Reston. Six men are seated at a table, the caller said. They're all armed. Dispatchers quickly sent four officers to the scene. The officers were "extremely polite" and were hoping that some of the...

A Glorious Sunset

11:17pm Saturday, July 17, 2004
With the September 13 expiration of the Clinton gun ban fast approaching, anti-gun activists across the nation are making a renewed push to re-enact this ineffective legislation. Congress will be in session for only 14 more work days before the sunset date arrives, and because time is short, the anti-gunners are redoubling their efforts to extend the ban. Consider these examples in Ohio: align="...

Adding Insult to Injury: Sidney Daily News publishes more CHL-holders' names

1:32pm Saturday, July 17, 2004
July 15, 2004 Sidney Daily News 18 more concealed weapons permits issued in Shelby County Eighteen more permits to carry concealed weapons have been issued by Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary. Sixteen of the permits were issued to Shelby County residents, one to an Auglaize County man and one to a Champaign County man. Those who received permits in Shelby County, and their dates of birth as...

AGAIN: ''Posted'' Fifth Third bank inside Kroger robbed

11:38am Saturday, July 17, 2004
7/16/2004 WCPO.com Police Arrest Suspect In Loveland Bank Robbery Police have arrested a Batavia man as a suspect in Thursday's bank robbery in Loveland. Police said 37-year-old David Sharp came to the Fifth Third bank inside the Kroger store on Loveland-Madiera Road Thursday morning and passed a note to the teller demanding cash. The teller complied and the suspect fled the scene in his car. A...

Gun law reciprocity growing for Ohio

10:19am Saturday, July 17, 2004
July 17, 2004 Youngstown Vindicator by Mike Braun Since Ohio's concealed carry weapon law was created earlier this year, there have been eight states which also issue licenses to carry concealed handguns that have signed reciprocity agreements with Ohio. Such agreements are now in effect with Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Washington and Wyoming. The agreements came...

Ohio Auto Dealers Association BOD Chairman removes signs from his dealerships

5:46pm Friday, July 16, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry is please to announce that another group of Ohio businesses has removed discriminatory signs barring concealed handgun license-holders from their business. The following email is from Andy Glockner, owner of several car & truck sales-related businesses in the Portsmouth area, to OFCC Senate District 14 Coordinator. -----Original Message----- From: Andrew M...

Ohio Democrats backing College Rapist and Carjacker Protection bills

3:53pm Friday, July 16, 2004
After years of spewing anti-gun rhetoric in efforts to oppose concealed carry reform in Ohio, the state's most liberal Democrats are suddenly very interested in backing concealed carry legislation at the Statehouse. In early May, we revealed that Sen. Ray Miller (D-15) had begun shopping for co-sponsors for a bill that seeks to repeal Section 9 of House Bill 12 from the books and expand the ban...

Prime Outlets Malls: Shopping for Defenseless Victims

5:22pm Thursday, July 15, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry first notified supporters about Prime Outlets mall's discriminatory signs on May 3. The Jeffersonville mall holds a dubious distinction on the Do Not Patronize While Armed list, as the only retailer which has had employees victimized by the Ohio "Retail Rapist" . Prime Outlets has placed "NO WEAPONS" signs at the EDGE of their property lines. This means that when you...

Op-Ed: Term limits are the debasing poison in Ohio politics

7:22am Thursday, July 15, 2004
by Thomas Suddes, Cleveland Plain Dealer The one sure way to drain the Statehouse consulting- and-collecting cesspool would be to repeal General Assembly term limits. Otherwise, nothing will change in Columbus, not even if a clutch of Republicans ends up in the hoosegow. Term limits, which voters imposed in 1992, forbid state representatives and senators to serve more than eight consecutive years...

Letter to the Editor: ''No gun'' signs give wrong message

2:39pm Wednesday, July 14, 2004
July 14, 2004 Sidney Daily News To the editor: I read Toby Hoover's letter congratulating your newspaper for illegally publishing the names and addresses of the CCW holders in Shelby County. Why would someone give congratulations on a criminal act? Her letter is typical of the anti-gun movement. They rely on fear mongering to scare people. Ms. Hoover stated that the new law increased the safety...

Section 9: Clyde officials squirm; Cleveland, Willougby & Hamilton back down

2:31pm Wednesday, July 14, 2004
July 14, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Clyde faces gun fight Group threatens suit if city doesn't rescind weapons ban in parks CLYDE -- City officials continue to receive outside pressure to rescind an ordinance enacted by city council last month banning weapons from city parks. The most recent threat has come from Ohioans for Concealed Carry, a Second Amendment advocacy group, which, in a letter...

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