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Port Clinton rapist prompts ''Safety Awareness Rally''

9:45pm Monday, February 16, 2004
February 16, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald (click for the full story) PORT CLINTON -- Many women across the city are worried and fearful of the unidentified Port Clinton rapist, who has broken into homes and attacked victims twice over the past month. In response, organizers are planning a "Safety Awareness Rally" Tuesday night with local law enforcement officials to try to empower the public...

Ohio gun banners advocating prank ''man-with-a-gun'' calls

4:45pm Monday, February 16, 2004
As if Ohio law enforcement doesn't have enough to do, Toby Hoover's Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is now advocating a course of action that will waste even more of cops' precious time, and perhaps endanger CHL-holders: In a February 13, 2004 OCAGV media release , Hoover states as follows: "If you see someone with a gun, continue to assume their activity is suspicious. There is no way for...

Letter to the Editor: Negative trends will hurt Ohio

3:56pm Monday, February 16, 2004
February 15, 2004 Dayton Daily News SOMETIMES I DESPAIR OF OHIO. First, concealed weapons. Soon anyone in public places — supermarket, mall or movie, unless specifically barred — can be packing heat. And this is supposed to make me feel safe? True, it will still be against the law to actually shoot me, but perfectly OK to carry the means to do so. I am no longer listening to the claim that a "law...

A few anti-self-defense cops still claim sky will fall April 8

8:10am Monday, February 16, 2004
Legislators finally realized the claims of opponents were not consistent with the experience in 44 other states who had passed similar legislation, and passed House Bill 12 into law. But that hasn't stopped gun ban lobby and a few anti-self-defense cops (with the willing help of our sour grapes press ) from using the same tired fear tactics. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohioans fired up about gun law...

Public officials' rush to ban CHL-holders could be illegal

2:05pm Saturday, February 14, 2004
URGENT UPDATE! Local Village Attempting Open Carry Ban (NE Ohio) by Chad D. Baus Some public officials may be guilty of violating Ohio's new concealed carry law before it even takes effect. On February 2, the Akron Beacon Journal reported that Summit County Executive James McCarthy issued an executive order "prohibiting guns in all county buildings and vehicles and on county property." On...

Masked robber fires shotgun inside bank

12:03pm Saturday, February 14, 2004
Ohio is one of the highest ranking bank robbery states in the nation. Meanwhile, someone in Hamilton County is more worried more about whether or not a concealed hangun license (CHL) -holder can be prevented from carrying a gun while traveling through a bank’s drive-thru night deposit or ATM, if the bank specifies that firearms are not allowed on the premises. Feb. 14, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal...

Concealed Carry [Licenses] Meet Complications

8:18am Saturday, February 14, 2004
The following story highlights the reason OFCC and the OFCC PAC continue to need your support (via membership dues and donations). OFCC will obviously watching these developments very closely. Ohio's defenseless citizens have waited far too long for their right to bear arms for self-defense to be restored. Innocent people continue to be victimized. False issues like a supposed HIPAA conflict...

Signs must be up to bar weapons, businesses told

8:00am Saturday, February 14, 2004
February 14, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer HAMILTON - About 75 business owners and others on Friday quizzed Butler County sheriff's officials on Ohio's new concealed-carry law. The information session was aimed at business owners, and covered their rights and responsibilities under the new law. One main concern by employers: Does the concealed-carry law mean they cannot ban employees and customers...

Campus victim zone: Shooting puzzles peaceful Bluffton

5:18pm Friday, February 13, 2004
We've said it before and we'll keep on saying it: so-called "gun free" zones do nothing to prevent persons intent on breaking the law from doing so. Ohio's concealed carry law contains far too many defenseless victim zones, which do nothing to deter criminals, but do everything to endanger potential victims. Bullet hits door in college dorm February 13, 2004 Toledo Blade BLUFFTON, Ohio - Someone...

Another Dayton carjacking: Teen shot at Colonel White School

4:55pm Friday, February 13, 2004
February 13, 2004 Dayton Daily News DAYTON -- A teenager was shot in the leg today during a failed carjacking outside Colonel White School for the Arts. Larry Ethun, a Dayton Fire Department paramedic, said a male was shot once in the leg, a non-life-threatening injury. He was taken to a hospital. href="http://www.a-human-right.com/RKBA/s_am18.jpg" target="_blank"> src="http://www.a-human-...

Huh? DDN's Doug Page says ''Carry law benefits marginal''

3:13pm Friday, February 13, 2004
We're not sure from the title OR from the article, but we think this is a pro-concealed carry article. If so, it'd likely be a first for the Dayton Daily News. By Doug Page Dayton Daily News February 11, 2004 More than 200 people gathered in Xenia last week to find out how to carry a concealed firearm. More were turned away from the door for fear the fire marshal might close the crowded meeting...

Dayton pizza delivery driver wounded; Cleveland good samaritan killed

1:13pm Thursday, February 12, 2004
Ohio's sheriffs say they'll be ready to accept applications on April 8. The Attorney General's office has still not confirmed that they'll provide the materials needed by that date. Defenseless Ohioans cannot afford further delay. Dayton pizza delivery driver wounded Cleveland good samaritan killed Cincinnati man killed in ambush; girlfriend, son taken in carjacking

Sheriff's office looking at CHL list inaccuracies

4:36pm Wednesday, February 11, 2004
IMPORTANT NOTE: The following parody was adapted from a recently-published Ohio news story about reports of significant errors in the Attorney General's new sex offender database (the original story may be accessed by clicking here ). Very few words were changed. Since some liberal newspaper editors are promising to publish the lists of law-abiding citizens who choose to bear arms for self-...

New law spurs sales, queries at gun show

3:18pm Wednesday, February 11, 2004
February 08, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Story edited for space - click here for the entire story (subscription site - paid access only) Jamie Shepard picked up the sleek, silver handgun and tested the weight of it in her palm, grabbed it by the grip as if to shoot and excitedly called her husband to the table. "It's the perfect size for me. It's easy to conceal," said the petite 27-year- old mother...

Background checks for CHL applicants, but not for felons employed at schools!

2:51pm Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Gun control is all about protecting the children, right? So why is it that the people with most direct access to children aren't being put through the rigorous, invasive, privacy-destroying investigations that law-abiding citizens who wish to exercise a Constitutional right are put through? Parents outraged at ex-cons working in schools February 06, 2004 WYKC Channel 3 Cleveland CLEVELAND -- A...

Crain's Cleveland Business prints OFCC response to business-scare op-ed

1:22pm Wednesday, February 11, 2004
In late January, we told you that Crain's Cleveland Business had published an opinion editorial attempting to scare Ohio businesses about Ohio's new self-protection/defense law. The op-ed was written by the president of the "Million" Mom March chapter of greater Cleveland. In their February 9, 2004 edition, Crain's published the official OFCC response, as submitted by OFCC's northwest Ohio...

Tale of Two Cities: Toledo couple dead; Sacramento woman shoots intruder

1:15pm Wednesday, February 11, 2004
February 11, 2004 Toledo Blade Man, wife found dead in home in N. Toledo Police probe deaths as possible slayings A man and his wife were found dead last night in their house at 1405 North Erie St. in North Toledo, and police were investigating their deaths as possible homicides. Police declined to release the names of the victims. However, neighbors identified them as Anthony and Tammy Griffin...

Ohio doctor registered as sex offender permitted to continue practice

12:40pm Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Editor's Note: Judging from their new concealed carry website , even the Ohio Hospital Association won't speak up about this absurdity - as long as his patients don't try and exercise their right to self-defense at his office. February 6, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - With four doctors serving 15,000 people in Monroe County, a judge said she had no other choice but to allow a doctor registered as a...

Letters to the Editor: More Toledoans respond to ''Miss-Led''

12:17pm Tuesday, February 10, 2004
On January 13 and 18th, the Toledo Blade published two anti-concealed carry editorials - Legally armed and dangerous and Ohioans held hostage by the Republicans . The responses are STILL coming in from angry readers. February 10, 2004 Toledo Blade Concealed-carry: Some predictions A Jan. 13 editorial proclaimed that passage of Ohio's new concealed carry law will "make the dangerous business of...

OhioCCWTraining website posts statewide training schedule!

11:18am Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry is happy to announce the release of the training schedule on the OhioCCW Training website! Please visit http://www.ohioccwtraining.org/schedule.html to locate training in your area. Because the system is so new, the number of available classes in your area may not be sufficient. More and more affiliates are registering and posting classes every day. The system will e-...

Ohio Hospital Association encouraging victim zone mentality

by Chad D. Baus
10:35am Tuesday, February 10, 2004
Now that concealed carry is law in Ohio, businesses across the state are working to learn how they should respond in terms of policies within their own facilities. Some state-level business associations and organizations are offering help to their members, and delving into an area they obviously know very little about. In the case of the Ohio Hospital Association, the "help" seems to consist only...

Profiling people who dare to seek help

11:13pm Monday, February 09, 2004
Pop quiz: What do sufferers of eating disorders, combat veterans, rape victims, grief sufferers and police officers who have experienced traumic events have in common? If, as a means of recovery, they checked themselves into a counseling facility or stress center (or if a family member helped them check in), they share in common being profiled by the Ohio gun ban lobby and certain Ohio newspaper...

Dayton: Violent serial robbers at work

7:17pm Monday, February 09, 2004
Sadly, even had the police been informing people of this threat, history shows they would likely be recommending against the most effective form of deterrence and self-protection - armed citizens. February 9, 2004 Dayton Daily News (click for complete story) DAYTON -- Leslie Bloodsoe limped into her upstairs bathroom, stepped gingerly into her bathtub and instinctively pulled the shower curtain...

74 year-old newspaper carrier shot in carjacking

7:09pm Monday, February 09, 2004
The irony would be humorous if it wasn't so deadly serious. This elderly man's employer, the Dayton Daily News, has worked for years to prevent the restoration of his Constitutional right to defend himself, and they continue to do so today. February 4, 2004 Dayton Daily News A Dayton Daily News carrier was shot in the leg during a carjacking as he delivered newspapers this morning, police said...

Don't mess with him: Homeowner thwarts burglary of his house

7:03pm Monday, February 09, 2004
After April 8, criminals like these won't be able to ignore laws and victimize with impunity, certain that their intended victims are unarmed. That's because after April 8, drivers and homeowners like Mr. Reed will finally be able to exercise their Constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense. February 3, 2004 Chillicothe Gazette A home invasion on Owl Creek Road was thwarted Tuesday...

If Toby Hoover was Chief Executive Officer...

6:55pm Monday, February 09, 2004
IMPORTANT NOTE: The following parody, by OFCC's Rick Jones, was adapted from a recently-published Ohio news story about a woman who says she is being discriminated against at work because of her religious beliefs (the original story may be accessed by clicking here ). Very few words were changed. Since some gun ban extremists like Toby Hoover are encouraging people not to "hire, socialize, or...

OFCC PAC announces more 2004 primary election endorsements

3:48pm Friday, February 06, 2004
The OFCC PAC is proud to announce endorsements in several more primary contests across the state. In the Republican party primaries, our latest endorsements include Sen. Louis Blessing (House 29), Rep. Earl Martin (House 57), Rep. David Evans (House 71), Rep. Chris Widener (House 84), and Ron Hood (House 94). Our first endorsements in the Democrat party primaries are for Mickey Mottl (House 15)...

''Sheriffs in jam over gun law''(??) Only in gun banners' imaginations...

11:19pm Wednesday, February 04, 2004
February 4, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Add one more question to the list of unknowns about Ohio's new concealed-carry gun law: Can Ohio's sheriffs get mental-health records for people hoping to legally carry a handgun? Ohio law says people who have been committed to a mental-health facility should not be permitted to carry a concealed weapon. But a federal law called the Health Insurance...

CHL-holder moves in - 70 neighbors voice concerns

12:24pm Wednesday, February 04, 2004
IMPORTANT NOTE: The following parody was adapted from a recently-published Ohio news story about the newly-created sex offenders registry, and reaction from neighbors to the knowledge of their presence (the original story may be accessed by clicking here ). Very few words were changed. Since some rotten apples among liberal news editors are promising to public the lists of CHL-holders, and since...

Sexual predators abound

9:52am Wednesday, February 04, 2004
February 2, 2004 Mansfield News Journal MANSFIELD -- Connie Hostettler is well aware of Richland County's dubious distinction as the sex-offender capital of Ohio. Now she is trying to determine why. Hostettler, records supervisor for the Richland County Sheriff's Department, has been in charge of the sheriff's sex-offender notification and registration program since Megan's Law went into effect...

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