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Letter to the Editor: Criminals have always had concealed carry

4:09pm Thursday, April 22, 2004
April 21, 2004 Newark Advocate All of this talk about concealed carry and businesses posting "no firearms" signs is foolishness if you use common sense. Unless these places of business have had metal detectors at their entry, there have been illegal concealed carries in their establishments unknown for years. Criminals have always had concealed carry. Carl W. Griffith Heath

Section 9 Op-Ed: Concealed guns could be trouble in city parks

4:05pm Thursday, April 22, 2004
The following editorial is being published in several Gannett News Service papers : April 21, 2004 Among the uncertainties surrounding the state's new concealed carry law is whether cities and other political subdivisions can prohibit weapons in public parks. City officials across the state say they would like to prohibit firearms in public areas for as far as the law will allow. "It's just...

Retired woman gets county's first license to carry a concealed gun

1:20pm Thursday, April 22, 2004
The Clark Co. Sheriff is one of many that have begun issuing licenses to qualified applicants. Note to the few hold-out Sheriffs refusing to perform their duty under the law - Sheriff Kelley and the many others sheriffs who are issuing CCW permits in accordance with the law are displaying the professionalism that you lack. Note to the gun ban lobby - it's not just middle-aged white males who...

Police: Woman Raped In Downtown Parking Garage

12:36pm Thursday, April 22, 2004
April 22, 2004 NewsNet5.com (Cleveland) CLEVELAND -- Security has been increased in the parking lot of a downtown building after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted Tuesday evening in the parking garage of her office building, reported NewsChannel5. Huntington Building officials said they have informed all tenants about the incident and have increased security staff, who will escort female...

AGAIN: Franklin Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR''

2:58pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004
First in Athens Co., and now in Franklin Co., two of Ohio's sheriffs seem to being having trouble with the definition of the word "or"... April 21, 2004 The (Ohio State University) Lantern Suits file in concerning new carry law By Trevor Knoblich Three lawsuits related to the new concealed carry law were filed at the Ohio Supreme Court in the law's first two days of existence. One lawsuit, filed...

Record number of Ohio convicts released in 2003

1:01pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004
According to the Columbus Dispatch article RELEASE Re-entry REHABILITATION , a record 27,721 inmates — 90 percent of them men — released from Ohio prisons last year. The number was triggered by an overhaul of criminal-sentencing laws, more-lenient parole policies and increased diversions to community corrections programs. More than 9,100 former inmates — one out of three released last year — are...

Letter to the Editor: Legal license-holders not danger in parks

12:26pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004
April 21, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I was disturbed to hear Mayor Michael B. Coleman rail against the new concealed-carry legislation (Dispatch article, April 9). This piece of legislation has had more attention from Columbus residents and the local media than any other news item except the war in Iraq, and he just now found out about it? If he wants to protect the people who use the parks, he...

Mother: restraining order, cameras & pepper spray didn't save my daughter

12:01pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004
April 21, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Mother relives fatal shooting of daughter HAMILTON - Janie Turley took extraordinary steps to protect her daughter from an ex-boyfriend. Turley let her daughter move in with her; they shared a small one-bedroom apartment. She installed a surveillance camera in the building's hallway and watched parking-lot arrivals from a monitor in her living room. align="right...

Gun Grabbers Posting Signs Without Permission

10:19am Wednesday, April 21, 2004
In recent days, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been receiving a number of reports of subversive activities by gun ban extremists. Most of the reports involve a group calling itself the "Concealed Carry Law Task Force" which has been visiting stores in northeast Ohio, and "ordering" them to post "no-guns" signs, which they provide at no charge. In other cases, stores are finding out they're "...

DDN headline belongs with a different story

7:54am Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Reporters write the stories, but it's often news editors that write the headlines. After reading this DDN story about businesses and concealed carry, the headline reads like wishful thinking. Gun-toters to face barred doors throughout Valley Businesses post signs on weapons By Jason Roberson April 21, 2004 Dayton Daily News You can carry a gun while shopping at a Meijer or Wal-Mart supercenter,...

Toledo Mayor Jack Ford will help chair DNC rules committee

4:12pm Tuesday, April 20, 2004
Given how little Mayor Ford seems to care about the rule of law in Toledo, we're forced to wonder just what sort of advocate he'll be for following the rules at the DNC. Then again, maybe he'll fit right in... April 20, 2004 Toledo Blade Toledo Mayor Jack Ford has been named vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee's rules committee for the party's convention this summer in Boston. He...

Food for thought: Consider insurance as protection, too

3:38pm Tuesday, April 20, 2004
As this Columbus Dispatch story points out, although insurance isn’t required in the law (and should never be), it’s something to consider as a personal choice. It’ll cost Ohioans $45 to apply for a concealed-handgun permit, but those looking to take advantage of the new state law could find themselves shelling out hundreds more for extra insurance coverage. Standard policies don’t cover many of...

Letters to Toby...

2:43pm Tuesday, April 20, 2004
In an op-ed published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch and Toledo Blade, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence director Toby Hoover took issue with a Toledo professor who stated that "licensees are a good deal more law-abiding than the norm, and they are well-socialized personalities who can rationally plan and conduct their own lives and actions." Hoover's retort: "Some must be...

Athens Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR''

12:14pm Tuesday, April 20, 2004
April 18, 2004 Athens Messenger Concealed carry snag Mental-health check snafu halts permit process The concealed carry permit application process has slowed because mental health-care centers are not releasing records prior to April 8 — the date the concealed carry law went into effect. Athens County Sheriff Vern Castle said he has about 120 applications piled on a desk in the sheriff's office...

More businesses ban; more reverse course after feeling repercussions

6:52pm Monday, April 19, 2004
OFCC warned supporters about the next battleground in the concealed carry fight just hours after HB12 was signed into law. In Gun ban extremists' expected ''Business Blitz'' begins , we noted that Ohio's liberal media outlets were all-too willing to help "share the gospel" of business bans. When Ohio-based Frisch's Inc. ordered its Ohio stores to hang signs, concerned customers began contacting...

Op-Ed: Concealed-carry has begun, but the showdown is far from over

11:32am Monday, April 19, 2004
April 19, 2004 Columbus Dispatch by Lee Leonard As the ceremonial first pitches were thrown out to start the baseball season, so the first lawsuits were thrown into the courts to start the concealed-carry season in Ohio. Opponents of the new law cited several reasons for stopping sheriffs from issuing permits to carry concealed handguns and asked the Ohio Supreme Court to declare the law invalid...

Toledo Concealed Carry Advocate Fires Back

9:45am Monday, April 19, 2004
April 19, 2004 Fox Toledo Bruce Beatty has been shooting guns since he was a little kid. Not a big surprise he is also in favor of the new concealed carry law. Now he's taking shots at the city's new plan with some strong bullet points. "We're seeing a three to five percent drop in violent crime, all fields of violent crime per year in states with this law,"Beatty said. "If they'd spend ten...

Concealed guns: Ohio, Kentucky deciding rules

7:40am Sunday, April 18, 2004
April 17, 2004 Cincinnati Post Ohioans with a valid concealed-carry permit will be able to bring their weapons into Kentucky, but Kentuckians should wait a while before taking their guns north of the Ohio River. In 1998, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a law that automatically accepted "valid carry concealed weapons licenses issued by other states." But Ohio -- whose concealed-carry law went...

Caught: Gun Ban Lobby Attempts Rhetorical Revisionism

by Chad D. Baus
5:16pm Saturday, April 17, 2004
In an op-ed published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch and Toledo Blade, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence director Toby Hoover joins the chorus of opponents to concealed carry reform who are now backing away from dire predictions of what would happen in Ohio if concealed carry reform became law. Hoover now says she and the rest of the gun ban lobby "never painted lurid pictures...

Letter to the Editor: Criminals ignore concealed-carry law

3:52pm Saturday, April 17, 2004
A new comprehensive story on the subject of business bans, including news of new victories in getting signs removed, and new businesses that are "in need of attention" about how their signs will be interpreted by their customers, is coming soon. April 16, 2004 Toledo Blade Businesses and stores that post "No Firearms Allowed On These Premises" might just as well post a sign saying "Welcome...

City of Fremont: Not us. Let Toledo get sued over Section 9!

1:42pm Saturday, April 17, 2004
April 16, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Guns allowed in city parks Patrons of Fremont public parks will be able to carry concealed weapons after all. Instead of hearing the first reading of an ordinance to prohibit concealed weapons in public parks, Fremont City officials decided Thursday to see what larger cities will do. City Law Director Bob Hart told council that after much research on the new...

SIMPLE: Letter-writer understands; some Mayors stumped

8:19am Friday, April 16, 2004
Concealed-carry limits often are impractical April 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch While I can appreciate Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s concerns regarding concealed weapons on public property and city parks, I believe it is necessary to point out the practical reality of the concealed-carry law. The law applies to every person statewide, and if every local city and municipality had the authority to pass...

Dispatch: Gun law already subject of suits

8:05am Friday, April 16, 2004
Cuyahoga County sheriff sued because his office is refusing to process permits until later April 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch The ink is barely dry on the first conceal-carry permit issued in Ohio, as well as the first lawsuits filed in connection with the week-old law. Columbus resident Josephine Lee has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to compel Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes to issue her a...

DDN Reporter takes CHL class; biggest lesson SAFETY

7:59am Friday, April 16, 2004
Try finding any actual gun safety training like this being offered by so-called gun safety advocates like Toby Hoover, the Million Mom March, or Americans For Gun Safety. You won't find it, because they don't offer it. The DDN now nows - the REAL advocates for gun safety are the law-abiding people who own them. Safety at gunpoint Concealed-carry course aims at gun handling April 15, 2004 By...

Media joins the club - whines about poorly worded HB12 year after OFCC

3:20pm Thursday, April 15, 2004
Warning: There are glaring inaccuracies in this story which, if followed, could present legal trouble for CHL-holders. Please see commentary which follows. April 15, 2004 Dayton Daily News Concealed-carry law triggering questions But answers hard to come by SHARONVILLE | For the students at the Great Oaks Police Academy, the biggest challenge won't be passing the test needed to get a concealed-...

More counties now taking CHL applications

12:35pm Thursday, April 15, 2004
Although originally claiming not to be prepared to fulfill their duty under the law on April 8, more counties are now accepting CHL applications, albeit, in most cases, on a grossly limited basis. Licking County: Concealed weapon applicants still plentiful There's been no letup in the number of people submitting applications to get a concealed carry gun permit, said Licking County Sheriff's...

Tale of Two Cities: Detroit woman kills attacker; Akron home invasion spree

4:33pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004
April 14, 2004 Detroit Free Press A woman shot an armed man to death Tuesday after he attacked her as she was entering her east-side Detroit home, police said. The woman, who owns a car dealership, was at the side door of her home in the 15200 block of Troester at 7:45 p.m. when a man ran up behind her brandishing a nickel-plated handgun, Officer Derek Jones said. "He said, 'I got you,"' Jones...

Union Hospital ER shooting...when CCW was illegal

4:11pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004
For weeks now, the Ohio Hospital Association has been advocating a victim zone mentality on its website . Hospital administrators have blindly followed, to the point that we have stopped attempting to list each one indiviually on the "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list. To be sure, many hospital decision-makers are just inexperienced with this issue, and have decided just to rely on OHA advice...

Woman Reports Rape At I-77 Rest Stop

1:07pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004
April 14, 2004 Compiled from press reports by NewsNet5.com , WKYC.com , and the Akron Beacon Journal . BATH TOWNSHIP -- A 27-year-old woman told police that she was attacked and raped at a rest stop along I-77 early Tuesday morning. The rest area off I-77 northbound in Bath Township near Ghent Road reopened after officials collected evidence. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the alleged assault...

Section 9 update: OFCC successful in deterring several city ordinances

12:16pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry's legal representation continues to contact city law directors in each and every instance of a potential Section 9 violation we are made aware of. We are being met, in many cases, with success. The cities of Salem , Dover and Warren , and the County of Clinton, have backed down from plans to pass new bans, after receiving notice from our attorney. Officials in Dover...

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