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124 [licenses] issued in county to carry concealed weapons

2:29pm Thursday, May 20, 2004
May 18, 2004 Marietta Times More than 200 area residents have applied for permits to carry concealed weapons since a new law allowing Ohioans to carry them went into effect last month. Of those who have applied, 124 Washington County residents have been issued permits and are allowed to carry hidden handguns. Another 100 area residents are still going through the application process, according to...

Clerk says he shot to save his life in robbery

2:24pm Thursday, May 20, 2004
One more excellent follow-up story on an occurrence that anti-gun pundits claimed would never happen... May 18, 2004 Toledo Blade Habib Howard's eyes never left the suspect's handgun. The robber kept the weapon at waist level when he held up Mr. Howard's West Toledo carryout. As the man backed out of the store, he raised the gun in a threatening manner. That's when Mr. Howard decided it was...

Ironic timing for FirstMerit bank to begin posting discriminatory signs

1:01pm Wednesday, May 19, 2004
OFCC supporters have reported that signs have been posted today at two FirstMerit branches (Massillon and Mentor), and OFCC has learned that the Akron-based corporation made the decision to post them some weeks ago, and that it is just now being carried out. The irony of the timing for their order to be carried out cannot be more finely pointed out than by simply reading the last few days'...

Op-Ed: A tale of two cultures proves value of firearms, bankruptcy of gun bans

12:10pm Wednesday, May 19, 2004
By Dave Workman Separated by several states and an obvious cultural gap, two recent stories about crime - one from Ohio and the other from Oregon - perhaps best illustrate why a growing number of American citizens have concluded that the police can't protect us, and neither can gun control laws or anti-gun corporate policies. align="right"> Police were quick to apprehend a suspect in the May 4...

Workplace shootings took 69 lives in '03, group says

11:50am Wednesday, May 19, 2004
May 13, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer WASHINGTON - November's killings at a West Chester trucking company helped make 2003 the deadliest year for workplace shootings in the past decade, an anti-gun group said Wednesday. Sixty-nine people were killed and 46 wounded in 45 workplace shootings last year. Workplace shootings nearly doubled from 2002 to 2003, according to "Terror Nine to Five: Guns in the...

OOPS! Brady Campaign touts study proving OUR point (again)

11:36am Wednesday, May 19, 2004
May 10, 2004 Jointogether.org Calif. Survey: One in Five Teens Live with Guns A survey by the University of California at Los Angeles finds that nearly 20 percent of 5,801 California adolescents polled live in homes were firearms are present, the Health Behavior News Service reported April 29. According to the survey, white, male Americans ages 14 to 17 living in higher-income or rural households...

Letter to the Editor: Doctor vows his office won't be a gun-free zone

11:23am Wednesday, May 19, 2004
May 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch "Dr. Johnston," a colleague asked me yesterday, "Aren’t you going to fill out the application to keep concealed weapons out of your office?" A physician wouldn’t want guns in his office, right? I walked into the hospital to see a patient yesterday, and I saw one of the placards: "No weapons of any kind are allowed inside this building." Buses have them posted. We...

Editorial Claim: “No need for fast guns”

10:42am Tuesday, May 18, 2004
May 14, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Sheriffs should take time necessary to handle concealed-carry permits Like it or not — and The Dispatch doesn’t — the legislature has given Ohioans the right to carry concealed weapons after they have been issued a permit by a county sheriff. The state’s 88 sheriffs now have the responsibility of taking applications and screening them to make sure applicants have...

GM pays for employees 12 hr. Gun Safety class

10:38am Tuesday, May 18, 2004
----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Stuka Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Attention everyone who is an employee of General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler: The GM Parma, OH. plant has agreed to pay for a 12 hour gun safety class for its employees. This $165 will now be covered under the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP). At the Parma plant, we have had approx. 600-800 people sign up for this class, making...

TARTA’s illegal victim zone signs didn't stop this ''armed'' criminal

10:23am Tuesday, May 18, 2004
TARTA learns what Dairy Mart now knows...criminals don't care about weapons prohibitions. TARTA got a bonus - they learned that if all the firearms in the world magically disappeared, criminals would simply switch to items as innocent as a broomstick. May 17, 2004 Toledo Blade Man arrested in robbery of East Toledo carryout A man who, police say, menaced a carryout clerk with a broomstick during...

Minster man guilty of stalking woman

10:14am Tuesday, May 18, 2004
This woman moved, changed her phone number, and even obtained a protection order to hide from this stalker. Had she obtained a CHL, some Ohio newspapers would have aided this man with his goal of pursuing her, by publishing her name with other CHL-holders, as callously as they would publish a list of sex offenders. May 6, 2004 Dayton Daily News XENIA | A Minster man will be sentenced June 18...

Op-Ed: Guns, like abortion, are a matter of choice

10:10am Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Polls suggest less than half of the country will agree will this editorialist on her opinion about abortion. Polls show nearly 80% of the country will agree with her on protecting the right to choose to bear arms for self-defense. We are sharing this article not to enter into the debate over abortion, but rather to encourage consideration by those liberals (we know you’re reading!) who believe in...

Past week tough on defenseless Ohioans; Columbus eatery customers fight back

5:53pm Monday, May 17, 2004
Cincinnati: Violent murder seen as "public relations nightmare" for city Police said Friday that a 17-year-old robbed Robbie Harris of cash before shooting him to death at Seventh and Vine streets about 12:20 a.m. Thursday. "When a 17-year-old man leaves home with a gun, intent on doing a bad thing, there is virtually nothing any of us can do to prevent it,'' Capt. James Whalen, commander of...

Hypocritical bank policy suggests fear of Ohio citizens

2:41pm Monday, May 17, 2004
by Chad D. Baus UPDATE: National City Bank reconsidering Ohio CCW stance? The following story should be read in the context of this reality: According to the FBI, under the 150-year old concealed carry ban, Ohio earned one of the highest rates of bank robbery in the nation. Do these banks really believe that signs will deter the criminals? Founded in 1845 and headquartered in Cleveland, National...

What boycott? We're doing exactly what posted businesses ask...

10:33am Monday, May 17, 2004
Several Ohio newspapers, including the Athens News and Canton Repository , have recently printed follow-up stories regarding local reaction to OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed list. Most mistakenly referred to the effort as a "boycott". The following letter has been submitted to each of those publications, and is expected to appear in papers across the state throughout the week. Concealed-...

Don't miss this Delaware-area CCW Forum!

10:25am Monday, May 17, 2004
This is perhaps the first Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Ohio CCW Forum in which the truth on What Businesses Need to Know will be presented. Bagels & Business... ...A VERY Important Program that You Won't Want to Miss!!! "Firearms, What it Means for Your Business" Panelists: Representative James Aslanides Vice Mayor Steve Cuckler, Delaware City Council Captain Rose, Delaware City Police...

Many more Ohio businesses remove discriminatory signs

10:05am Monday, May 17, 2004
In the wake of nationwide attention on Ohioans For Concealed Carry's effort to inform CHL-holders of where their business is not wanted, Ohio's media is giving significant attention to a FEW businesses on the "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list who are refusing to reconsider their discriminatory policies. Very few reporters have mentioned, let alone called to interview, the many businesses (...

Op-Ed: Group carries cause to an extreme

1:29pm Saturday, May 15, 2004
May 15, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer by Sam Fulwood III Ohioans for Concealed Carry PAC is an organization of gun-toting activists who believe that well-dressed citizens should accessorize their wardrobes with loaded weapons. A 9 mm pistol goes beautifully with camouflage fatigues, which are the rage nowadays. But what do you carry when you're strolling the boulevard or just having a bite at that...

Concealed weapon applicants hurry, wait

8:14am Friday, May 14, 2004
May 14, 2004 Toledo Blade Paperwork delaying approval of permits Five weeks after Ohio gave its residents the right to carry concealed weapons, Lucas County residents are still waiting for their permits. More than 350 have applied for their permits in Lucas County but still await their cards because the paperwork process is so time-consuming, according to sheriff's Lt. Greg Wojciechowski. "We're...

Letter to the Editor: CCW lament focused on the wrong people

7:38am Friday, May 14, 2004
May 13, 2004 Toledo Blade I read with amusement Toby Hoover's hand-wringing lament in Readers' Forum on Ohio's new concealed-carry law. A culture of fear? You bet. But she's focused on the wrong group of people. The "fearful" ones are now the perpetrators and criminals who reside in this state. They now know that they are very likely to make a serious and perhaps terminal mistake in their victim...

Fearforprofit Inc.

3:44pm Thursday, May 13, 2004
May 13, 2004 The (Cleveland) Sun Press "No guns allowed" signs popped up at local municipal buildings and schools laws month when Ohio's new concealed carry weapons law took effect. (Accompanying photo contains the following caption: "Signs such as this one outside the Chagrin Falls library will soon be as common everywhere as no smoking signs.") Enter gun safety advocate Lori O'Neill and her...

Ohio newspaper editor arrested, charged with kidnapping

10:35am Thursday, May 13, 2004
The Ohio Newspaper Association is encouraging it's members to publish every name of citizens who choose to obtain a concealed handgun license. They say it's in the "public interest". We are beginning to wonder if it is in the public interest to publish the home addresses of every Ohio newspaper editor. After all, they can be quite dangerous... May 13, 2004 Springfield News-Sun WILMINGTON, Ohio —...

Raging Against Self-Defense: Anti-gunners react to Do Not Patronize list news...

8:15am Thursday, May 13, 2004
As news of OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed list was reported across the state and even across the nation (including USA TODAY ) this week, we have received an increasing amount of emails from people who seem to need a few anger-management classes. The following person didn't have the courage to leave his real name or email address: How pathetic are you people? Let me guess- you are so bitter...

Concealed-carry process goes smoothly in Athens County

7:52am Thursday, May 13, 2004
After initial holdups over a misunderstanding about what was necessary to complete mental health records check (see Athens Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR'' , things seem to be moving right along now in Athens Co. May 12, 2004 Athens Messenger Sheriffs' offices throughout Ohio are being accused of approving concealed carry licenses too slowly, but not in Athens County. Ohioans...

States careful about permits, UT researcher says

5:24pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004
May 7, 2004 Toledo Blade All of the states that allow citizens to carry concealed handguns have been careful about issuing permits, Brian Patrick, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Toledo, said during a taping of The Editors television program. Ohio on April 7 became the 46th state with some form of concealed-carry law. No state has issued permits to just anyone, Dr...

Gunman holds up over half dozen businesses in Warren

5:08pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004
May 11, 2004 WFMJ NBC Ch. 21 Youngstown Employees are in fear after a gunman held up at least a half dozen businesses in Warren. We talked with one woman who quit her job after the confrontation. Employees at The Wet Spot Bar in Warren are in fear that the robber will strike again. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. A woman we'll call "Gloria" was tending bar when the gunman,...

Dam breaks in Columbiana County; Fingerprinting begins

3:32pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004
May 12, 2004 (Lisbon) Morning Journal News Fingerprinting of concealed carry applicants to begin LISBON —The first applicants for concealed weapons permits will be getting fingerprinted Thursday, beginning the final step in the process before permits can be issued. County Sheriff David Smith said they’ve begun scheduling applicants to be fingerprinted because the fingerprint scanning equipment is...

Conceal & carry: One month later

7:15am Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Three cheers for a journalist who actually publishes the truth about crime rates and concealed carry reform! May 11, 2004 The Marion Star by Jillian Daley The concealed carry law most likely won't mean the return of twitchy-fingered gunslingers yelling "draw!" at high noon. In fact, crime could get wounded with the adoption of the concealed-carry law in the old Midwest. Ohio legislators passed...

Another OFCC Section 9 victory – Lorain gun ban proposal killed in committee

5:28pm Tuesday, May 11, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry membership coordinator Dan White attended the Lorain City Council committee meeting Monday, and has reported that a proposed ordinance to ban firearms on all city-owned property is effectively dead. After a reading of the proposed amendment, the microphone was turned over to Lorain law director Mark Provenza. Mr. Provenza read the relevant sections of the ORC,...

Ohio CHL-holder stops robbery; defends lives

5:27pm Tuesday, May 11, 2004
May 11, 2004 Toledo Blade 2 charged in carryout heist foiled by armed store clerk Two men were charged yesterday in the robbery of a West Toledo carryout during which one of them was shot twice by a store employee. Detectives said they issued a warrant charging Jose J. Custodia-Mota, 22, with aggravated robbery. He was taken to Toledo Hospital after being shot once in the leg and once in the...

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