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Ohio Gunowners Battling For Uniform CCW Progress

4:36pm Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Gun Week Magazine by Dave Workman Senior Editor June 1, 2004 Months ago, Ohio lawmakers finally passed legislation that allows Buckeye State gunowners who meet the requirements to carry concealed handguns (CCW) for personal protection, but all over the state, gun owners are meeting with varying degrees of continued resistance, and they are taking action, usually with positive results. Chad Baus...

Pro-CCW Harley dealer offering discount to CHL-holders!

11:28am Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Following is an email we have received from a pro-CCW business. This business is a GREAT shopping alternative to Mid-Ohio Harley Davidson in Springfield, which has posted discriminatory signs barring CHL-holders. We Support CCW Lic. Holders and WANT their Business! We at The Hog Farm, Inc. a local business in Hamersville, OH not only believe in supporting our troops by selling all of our 150,000...

Case against concealed guns rings hollow

11:58am Saturday, May 29, 2004
May 29, 2004 Columbus Dispatch The May 14 Dispatch editorial "No need for fast guns" failed to give one shred of evidence to support a stance against concealed-carry. In fact, none of The Dispatch’s anti-gun rhetoric over the years rises above, "We hate guns and you should, too." I thought the job of the editorial board is to craft public-policy arguments based on sound research, facts and...

More women taking up firearms

11:54am Saturday, May 29, 2004
May 26, 2004 New York Journal News TARRYTOWN — In her new book, "Blown Away: American Women and Guns," Caitlin Kelly takes the gun debate recently galvanized by filmmaker Michael Moore to another level. In his Academy Award-winning documentary, "Bowling for Columbine," Moore examines gun violence in America, but does not address the role firearms play in women's lives, Kelly said. The Tarrytown...

Join OFCC for a Party in the Park

4:36pm Friday, May 28, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce our first annual Party in the Park - scheduled for September 4th at a Central Ohio park. Although many of the details are being worked out, we plan on having a family event and will welcome all pro-concealed carry Ohio residents, friends and family from far and wide. Our website will be updated as information is available, so keep your eye out...

Store clerk shoots robbery suspect

4:21pm Friday, May 28, 2004
May 29, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer (UPDATED STORY) ROSELAWN - The owner of a convenience store shot and killed an armed man wearing a black ski mask who authorities said was intending to rob the store, police said Friday. Abdrab "Abe" Ashishi, of West Chester, was the only employee working at the Shop Rite, in the 7900 block of Reading Road, when he shot and killed David A. Billups, 40, of Forest...

Concealed Carry [Licenses] Coming Soon In Delaware Co.

7:37am Friday, May 28, 2004
Unlike the situation in Cuyahoga Co., when that sheriff failed to do his duty under the law, the Delaware Co. sheriff had a desire to follow the law, and was in need of the proper tools. OFCC steering committee members have been working tirelessly to get this situation resolved, and we are pleased to announce that aggressive action is now being taken to correct the situation. Special thanks go to...

FIVE: FirstMerit victim zone robbed again

4:17pm Thursday, May 27, 2004
Last week, a new policy of banning firearms in FirstMerit Bank began to be enforced. Signs were posted in several branches, with word that they will be posted in all Ohio branches. Unfortunately for residents in Pennsylvania, who have been able to bank at FirstMerit for several years without being confronted with discriminatory signs, we have learned the bank plans to post them there too. That...

Thugs don't need licenses, don't care about gun bans, and often don't use guns

3:45pm Thursday, May 27, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal: Two residents held up within minutes of each other - Kent crime victims describe same robber Two Kent residents were robbed at gunpoint by the same person within several minutes early Wednesday, police said. The first victim, Melissa Ann Lemr, 25, told police she was getting out of her vehicle in the parking lot of the Lake Street Apartments at 12:06 a.m. when the robber...

Pizza Hut fires deliveryman for defending own life on company time

12:05pm Thursday, May 27, 2004
May 18, 2004 Indianapolis Star Deliveryman: 'It was my gun or his' Marion County prosecutors will decide if any charges will be filed against a pizza deliveryman who killed an armed man during an apparent robbery attempt Monday night on the city's Far Eastside. "I'm just satisfied it was him and not me," said Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel this morning. Click on the "Read More..." link below...

Op-Ed: Whither Gun Control?

11:53am Thursday, May 27, 2004
May 23, 2004 By John R. Lott, Jr. What is happening to the gun control movement? This month, the Million Mom March in Washington drew an anemic showing of only 2,000 people, while this year, all of the Democratic presidential candidates— however unenthusiastically— spoke of Americans’ Second Amendment right to own guns. These are just a few of the signs that the facts finally seem to be catching...

Business' CCW bans contribute to increased potential for firearms theft

2:51pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004
May 26, 2004 NewsNet5.com Don't Park On Street In Downtown Cleveland CLEVELAND -- Car theft happens every day in America. And not too long ago it happened to Debbie Trevarthen twice. "My husband came and said, 'Where did you park the car?' and I said, 'Right on the corner.' and it was gone," she said. Thieves stole Trevarthen's 1994 Pontiac Sunbird two times in less than three months. The second...

Concealed carry process going smoothly

12:12pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004
May 26, 2004 Mt. Vernon News MOUNT VERNON — “Very smoothly” is how Knox County Sheriff David Barber describes the process of applying for concealed carry permits since April 8, when the law went into effect. “I’m in the middle of reviewing approximately 70 applications,” said Barber, adding about 25 concealed handgun licenses have been issued as of Tuesday. Those interested in applying for a...

Ottawa Co. Sheriff changes CHL application system to serve you better

12:04pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004
May 25, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald Sheriff's office changes CCW application policy Appointments begin June 1 PORT CLINTON -- The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is slightly changing the administration process for its concealed weapons applications. Beginning Tuesday, June 1, staff members will begin scheduling appointments. This will ensure a more prompt and efficient process. In effect, the...

FirstMerit victim zone - 4th robbery in two weeks

11:48am Wednesday, May 26, 2004
Last week, a new policy of banning firearms in FirstMerit Bank began to be enforced. Signs were posted in several branches, with word that they will be posted in all Ohio branches. Unfortunately for residents in Pennsylvania, who have been able to bank at FirstMerit for several years without being confronted with discriminatory signs, we have learned the bank plans to post them there too. That...

Brown Publishing's knee-jerk reaction to ''editor-gone-mad''

11:30am Wednesday, May 26, 2004
The following letter has been submitted by OFCC Senate District 10 Coordinator Larry Moore to his employer, Brown Publishing. The letter is written in response to the company's decision to force its newspapers (see the list here ) to post signs banning concealed carry. The decision was made AFTER Jeff Hibbs, then-editor of the Wilmington News Journal, illegally concealed a firearm, and allegedly...

Conceal-carry may violate a privacy law

4:32pm Tuesday, May 25, 2004
We tried to tell them... May 25, 2004 Cincinnati Post The Ohio Attorney General's Office is looking into whether it's legal for sheriff's departments to require Social Security numbers from applicants of concealed-weapon permits. The state was prompted by William J. Miller Sr., an architect from Mount Lookout, who questioned whether it violates a 1974 privacy law. Ohio's concealed-carry law took...

Akron newspaper headline hides sad trend in city crime rate

4:01pm Tuesday, May 25, 2004
"FBI stats say Akron fairly safe - Violent crime less than in other cities" To read the headline, you'd never guess that violent crime jumped 7% in Akron in 2003, fueled by a 23% increase in rape, and 22% increase in aggravated assault (bucking a state-wide and national trend of falling rates). Upon passage of Ohio House Bill 12, Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic whined, "We took guns away from the...

Columbus Dispatch finally finds ''CCW legislation'' it likes, and it's D.O.A.

10:58pm Monday, May 24, 2004
May 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Editorial: Promote peace in parks Cities need right to stop carrying of guns onto playgrounds, ball fields The state’s wrongheaded new law that allows Ohioans to carry concealed handguns is especially onerous in its failure to put public parks and playgrounds on the list of places where packing heat is prohibited. Parks bring people together for many different...

Citizen goes for CCW walk on ''banned'' Toledo city property

3:41pm Monday, May 24, 2004
Chalk one up for fair and balanced reporting in Toledo... On Friday May 21, 13 Action News (ABC affiliate) provided an excellent look at that the City of Toledo's illegal efforts to restrict concealed carry, and violate Section 9 of House Bill 12. The report came in two parts - a 6:00 p.m. broadcast featured OFCC-supporter and Ohio Cconcealed handgun license (CHL)-holder Bruce Beatty on a walk...

ANOTHER VICTIM ZONE ROBBERY: Gunman robs Fifth Third bank

2:58pm Monday, May 24, 2004
This is the third bank (or bank customer) and fifth business on the Do Not Patronize While Armed list to have been robbed in the past two weeks. May 22, 2004 Marion Star MARION -- Officers are searching for a black male and female in connection with a Friday afternoon Fifth Third Bank armed robbery. The pair entered the bank from the parking lot at about 4 p.m. The man drew a weapon and demanded...

Card-Carrying Members

11:21am Monday, May 24, 2004
May 23, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Sunday Magazine When the Middlefield Giant Eagle posted a "no concealed weapons" sign last month, Scott Weber threatened to take his $200-a-week grocery business to the competition. Weber, who owns The Gunrunner, a gun store and auction company in Burton, says he stowed his gun in his car and returned to the store to speak with the manager. After he stated his...

70-year old woman assaulted/ carjacked in ''No-Weapons'' Kroger parking lot

8:16am Monday, May 24, 2004
Broad daylight in a Kroger victim zone... 5/22/04 WCPO.com & Cincinnati Enquirer Man Assaults 70-Year Old Woman, Steals Car A 70-year old Tri-state woman is recovering Saturday night after a man assaulted her in a supermarket parking lot as he stole her vehicle. Colerain Township police say Hazel Clemons was returning to her car at the Kroger on Colerain Avenue just before 1 p.m. Saturday. A...

Dairy Mart RAPE

7:36am Saturday, May 22, 2004
This tragic victimization brings to mind a whole host of troubling issues, including the dangerous prospect of being forced to disarm at posted businesses and other victim zones, restrictive car carry language (plain sight in a holster on the persons' person) in Ohio's new concealed carry law, which is much more difficult for a woman to comply with, and of course that CHLs are forbidden to adults...

FBI BULLETIN: LOOKOUT FOR SUICIDE BOMBERS INSIDE THE U.S.

8:47am Friday, May 21, 2004
May 20, 2004 Drudge Report Warns Officials To Look for People Wearing Bulky Jackets on Warm Days; Smell of Chemicals; Trailing Wires from Jackets Bombers May Disguise Selves As Pregnant Women New York - The FBI has disseminated to 18,000 law enforcement agencies an intelligence bulletin advising police officials to be on the lookout for suicide bombers attempting to strike inside the US, TIME's...

Reasons NOT to post ''No-CCW'' signs getting through, even to opponents

8:11am Friday, May 21, 2004
May 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Woman misses point on concealed carry First of all, we are not supporters of Ohio’s concealed-carry law, and we do not advocate anyone carrying a handgun for "personal protection." But we are concerned about the feelings of Susan Morelli-Wolf, who wrote thanking the Ohioans for Concealed Carry for posting a list of businesses that are barring guns (letter, Monday)...

Another day, another FirstMerit bank robbery AT "POSTED" BRANCH

7:43am Friday, May 21, 2004
This week, a new policy of banning firearms in FirstMerit Bank's Ohio branches began to be enforced. Signs were posted in several branches, with word that they will be posted in all Ohio branches. The bank has not had signs posted in their Pennsylvania branches, although that state has had a concealed carry law since the late 1980's. Pictured in the print version of the paper are bank personnel...

IRONY: Kroger employee honored for courage

4:00pm Thursday, May 20, 2004
May 20, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Bagger visits store where he took bullet to save co-worker John Brining walked through the automatic doors at the Canal Winchester Kroger yesterday a hero. The last time he passed through the doors, he was being rushed to a hospital March 30 after taking a bullet in the abdomen while protecting a co-worker. Family members, friends and co-workers surrounded Brining,...

National City Bank reconsidering Ohio CCW stance?

3:27pm Thursday, May 20, 2004
Just last week, National City Bank began sending emails to concerned customers, announcing that "National City believes in the safety of its customers. We have taken a stance on preventing employees and customers from concealing a weapon on our premises. Therefore, no weapons may be brought onto National City property or inside a National City building. If you have additional concerns, please...

Op-Ed: Correcting the bad, praising the good about recent CCW editorial

3:13pm Thursday, May 20, 2004
On Friday, May 7, a guest editorial by Mr. Clarence J. Brown was published in all the Brown Publishing-owned newspapers, entitled "Be Careful What You Wish For" (unfortunately the editorial pages are not available on the web sites). The article addressed concealed carry, some of the more prominent problems, and the issue of businesses posting signs banning CCW. While very good on addressing the...

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