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Cleveland gun grabbers using tragedy to call for waiting periods

3:06pm Friday, January 23, 2004
When violent offenders strike in a high-profile fashion, the gun ban lobby's hypocracy comes in spades, especially, it would seem, in Cleveland. In the wake of the Case Western Reserve University shooting last year, in spite of the fact that it was the Million Mom March who held a tasteless press conference before the victim of the shooting was even laid to rest, a headline in the Cleveland Plain...

‘Dispatch’ just a shill for gun-ban lobbies

7:37am Friday, January 23, 2004
January 23, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I knew that the editors of The Dispatch were upset about the signing of the concealed-carry bill, as was demonstrated by the Jan. 11 editorials. I did not realize that the whine of the editors was made from so many sour grapes ("2 city gun stores among leaders in sales to criminals, group says," Dispatch article, Jan. 13). I will expect that any time one of the...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry law welcomed by many

7:27am Friday, January 23, 2004
January 23, 2004 Dayton Daily News RE "TAFT SOLD OUT GOOD GOVERNMENT," JAN.9: Once again the Dayton Daily News has come to the debate without evidence. The editorial suggests that Gov. Bob Taft caved in to the gun lobby. That is just silly rhetoric. The debate is no longer about if people licensed to carry will have shoot-outs over parking spots, or use a gun in a domestic dispute, or shoot an...

Concealed weapons: Why do people want to carry?

5:27pm Thursday, January 22, 2004
January 22, 2004 Newark Advocate HEBRON -- A retired police officer, a Zanesville bar owner and a construction worker who spends a lot of time on the road have this in common: They each plan to get a concealed gun permit and say the number one reason they will start carrying a weapon is for personal protection. "I do a lot of time on the road. You never know where you might end up," said Dave...

Letter to the Editor: Ohio’s gun-death data questionable, at best

11:08am Thursday, January 22, 2004
January 22, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Why would The Dispatch publish the Jan. 9 article with the headline "Ohio fares poorly on firearms safety"? This headline would have summarized the article much better: "Groups that wish to ban private firearms ownership unhappy with Ohioans exercising constitutionally protected rights." Between 2000, when Ohio had a C rating, and 2004, when Ohio received a D,...

Skeptic Gives Guns a Shot

7:42am Thursday, January 22, 2004
The firearms issue looks a little different from behind the trigger. COMMENTARY By Diana Wagman Guns are bad. All my life, it's been that simple. At my son's preschool, if a child pointed a banana and said "bang," he was admonished to "use the banana in a happier way." As far as I was concerned, the 2nd Amendment gave us the right to protect ourselves against invading armies, not the right to buy...

Letter to the Editor: Scream their rage

7:43am Wednesday, January 21, 2004
January 21, 2004 Middletown Journal ‘Scream their rage’ Newspapers across the state have used their editorial page to scream their rage at passage of Ohio’s new concealed carry law. Many predict blood in the streets, shoot-outs among family members, increased accidents, etc. Proponents of these crime-deterrent laws have pointed to other states (as examples of how this doesn’t happen) until they...

Guest Op-Ed: Concealed Carry – As Good As It Gets

7:11am Wednesday, January 21, 2004
2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Jean Schmidt (currently a state representative), is running to replace Senator Doug White in District 14. Guest Column By State Representative Jean Schmidt January 12, 2004 Do you remember the movie As Good as it Gets ? The message of the film was that we seldom get what we want and usually settle for a lot less due to circumstances we cannot control. The same could be said...

Letter to the Editor: Gun rules make people unsafe

6:49am Wednesday, January 21, 2004
01.20.2004 Lima News Once again, the powers that be in Ohio -- the governor and the highway patrol -- have missed the mark. It's about time for us to enjoy our constitutional right to bear arms in this state. My comments are directed primarily toward the concealed carrying of a firearm in a vehicle. I am led to believe the proposed idea by law enforcement is to allow a firearm to be carried...

Gun law stirs interest

6:43am Wednesday, January 21, 2004
January 20, 2004 Marietta Times Washington County Sheriff's Office deputies are making preparations for Ohio's new concealed weapons law, which takes effect in April. Under the new law, citizens who apply for and are granted a special permit are allowed to carry concealed handguns in Ohio. The issue of concealed carry was an ongoing debate that took several drafts and several years before finally...

Wolf in sheep's clothing releases study on Ohio

7:31am Tuesday, January 20, 2004
January 13, 2004 Dayton Daily News Six Ohio gun dealers named to national list Six Ohio gun dealers made it onto a list of the nation's top 120 stores who sold guns later used in a crime, according to a study released Monday by Americans for Gun Safety. Two of the six were two in the Cleveland area, two in Columbus, one in Akron and one in Gallipolis. At least two of them are no longer in...

OhioCCW can't come soon enough for defenseless victims...

7:47pm Monday, January 19, 2004
AP: Where Are They? January 18, 2004 - At least 40 inmates who escaped from Ohio prisons, some decades ago, remain at large and in some cases are no longer the subject of arrest warrants, the Akron Beacon Journal reported on Sunday. The two agencies most accountable for prison escapes -- the State Highway Patrol and the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction -- can't agree on the number of...

Akron: Burglar suing officer who shot him

11:54am Monday, January 19, 2004
Jan. 16, 2004 Akron Beacon-Journal Convicted felon says he was surrendering when Akron officer fired gun Police union says suit has no merit A man shot during a break-in last January filed a lawsuit Thursday claiming the Akron police officer who opened fire had no reason to do so. In his suit in Summit County Common Pleas Court, Christopher Sample says he followed officer Jason Bailey's orders...

As CHLs proliferate, issues arise

11:37am Monday, January 19, 2004
The following essay was published early last year at gunasandammo.com. The issues discussed are certainly things Ohioans intending to obtain their CHL should keep in mind. Carry At Your Own Risk By John Hay Rabb www.gunasandammo.com Contrary to many earlier predictions, the right to carry a concealed handgun is spreading across the country like a prairie fire. [At the time of this writing], there...

40% of Columbus car thieves caught with ''hidden guns''

10:30am Monday, January 19, 2004
Ohio's gun ban extremists are fond of saying that they have a "right to know" if they are in the presence of someone with a gun. And so, they argue, the public should have access to the entire list of concealed carry license holders, so that they can steer clear of friends and neighbors who make the decision to take responsibility for protecting themselves and their families (also, according to a...

Toledo Blade: Oops, they printed (some of) the truth on guns

10:01am Monday, January 19, 2004
January 18, 2004 Toledo Blade Types and jail terms vary, but crime numbers alike in U.S., Canada BOWLING GREEN - Projecting two images onto a large screen, Rosemary Gartner presented the common perception of the settlers of both the American and Canadian frontiers. One drawing showed an unarmed Canadian mounted policeman, typically known as a "Mountie." The other depicted a gun-slinging cowboy. "...

Miss-Led

8:07am Monday, January 19, 2004
January 18, 2004 Toledo Blade by Marilou Johanek Ohioans held hostage by the Republicans Tom Ridge should issue a red alert just for Ohio. We live in a perpetual state of emergency. Columbus is the cause of our distress. We're being held hostage by the Republican leadership. Officials elected to act in the people's best interest are little more than scoundrels in suits who have only special...

Editorial: Concealed-carry law long overdue

9:25pm Friday, January 16, 2004
Jan. 9, 2004 Lima News Ohioans finally will be able to carry concealed weapons. The bill isn't perfect, but it is long overdue. Ohio lawmakers have taken far too long in allowing residents of the state the ability to protect themselves. Gov Bob Taft on Thursday signed a bill passed by the Ohio House and Senate to allow Ohioans to carry concealed weapons. The bill has flaws that will need...

SPIRIT OF THE OHIO PRESS

11:53am Friday, January 16, 2004
This parody of Mark Twain's "Journalism In Tennessee" (c. 1871), was adapted by Dan White, OFCC Membership Coordinator, as a humorous response to the many Rotten Apples and Sour Grapes in the Ohio media. The inveterate liars of the Lorain Morning Journal and Akron Beacon Journal are evidently endeavoring to palm off upon a noble and chivalrous people another of their vile and brutal falsehoods...

Dear Mr. Hallett...

11:22am Friday, January 16, 2004
The following is written in response to Columbus Dispatch editor Joe Hallett's editorial, "Common sense was checked at the door when gun bill was passed" . You have to be kidding By Gerard Valentino Over the last ten years I've lived in seven states and Ohio is the only place where so called columnists simply refuse to look the facts in the face. Your absurd, unfounded and insulting assertion...

Despite excellent letters, Cleveland Plain Dealer editors no closer to reality

3:12pm Thursday, January 15, 2004
Even the title of this section proves the editors at the Cleveland Plain Dealer just don't get it. They say readers are "upset by the lists that aren't published." But as you can see from reading, it's not the lists they aren't publishing that has Plain Dealer readers seeing red. Rather, it's the hypocracy revealed in which lists the paper is so vehemently committed to publishing. 01/15/04...

Op-Ed: Right to self-defense is worth preserving

12:39pm Thursday, January 15, 2004
January 15, 2004 Toledo Blade Many Englishmen feel twice victimized, by intruder and government By EILEEN FOLEY As a concealed-carry law moved toward Gov. Taft's desk, and he said "I look forward to signing it," Americans must look appreciatively to Britain and rejoice that we shucked the colonial yoke. Why? Because there self-defense is a crime, burglars have sued homeowners who shoot them, and...

Pro-concealed carry Joy Padgett sworn in as senator

11:07am Thursday, January 15, 2004
January 15, 2004 Gannett News Service COLUMBUS -- Joy Padgett described Wednesday's Senate session as more like a class reunion than a formal swearing in ceremony. "It has just been a maze of memories," she said, hugging friends and colleagues who mobbed her on the Senate floor. Several dozen lawmakers welcomed Padgett back to the Legislature after she took her oath of office Wednesday,...

Restraining nothing

7:14am Thursday, January 15, 2004
January 15, 2004 Toledo Blade Stabbing victim had order for protection Husband surrendered to authorities Tuesday An Antwerp, Ohio, woman who police said was stabbed by her estranged husband Tuesday had a protection order against him for herself and their two children, court records show. The protection order, effective through 2008, also granted Rachel Clifford, 35, exclusive possession of the...

Toledo bureaucrats' ''solutions'' not working to prevent terrible crimes

3:20pm Wednesday, January 14, 2004
January 13, 2004 Toledo Blade Officials urge more security for carryouts City offering a reward for clues in death of N. Toledo store clerk Two days after a North Toledo carryout worker was killed during a robbery, city officials yesterday urged small businesses to improve their security measures, with Mayor Jack Ford saying he may use loans or grants to help pay for the upgrades. City officials...

Sheriff ''Cuba'' Alexander wants your campaign donations

12:44pm Wednesday, January 14, 2004
Akron Beacon Journal Jan. 14, 2004 Summit sheriff fund-raiser Thursday FRANKLIN TWP. - An event being billed as an ``after the holidays party'' will be held Thursday to raise money for Summit County Sheriff Drew Alexander's re-election campaign. The fund-raiser will be from 5 to 9 p.m. at Anthe's restaurant, 4315 Manchester Road in the Portage Lakes area. The donation is $40. For tickets or more...

More of Ohio's highest-ranking law enforcement officials weigh in on new law

10:52am Wednesday, January 14, 2004
More and more of Ohio's highest-ranking law enforcement officials (Ohio's sheriffs) are weighing in on their views regarding the passage of Ohio's concealed carry law. As expected, the lions-share are signing its praises. Ross County Sheriff Ron Nichols said "the purpose of this law is to give law-abiding citizens the right to arm themselves," he said. "This law is not a way felons can legally...

Op-Ed: New gun bill raises serious questions

9:48am Wednesday, January 14, 2004
At first glance, this op-ed looks like the beginnings of yet another tortured anti-gun editorial. But this piece is well worth the read, and serves as a good reminder: no one who is unsure of their willingness to use deadly force should choose to become a Concealed Handgun License-holder. By RON SIMON Mansfield News Journal When I came home from the service back in the wicked 1960s, I brought a...

Letters to the Editor: Media would make the unarmed ''fair game''

7:46am Wednesday, January 14, 2004
January 13, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal At long last, we citizens of Ohio now have the opportunity to protect ourselves from those intent upon doing us harm. The concealed-carry legislation recently passed by both houses of the Ohio legislature is far from perfect, but it is a start. If the results of concealed-carry in Ohio are anything like the positive results that have been experienced in other...

TX CHL-holder says he shot 2 would-be robbers

7:13am Wednesday, January 14, 2004
January 14, 2004 Fort Worth Star Telegram GRAND PRAIRIE - A Grand Prairie man is being held in the Grand Prairie Jail on suspicion of capital murder Tuesday after telling police that he shot and killed two men who forced him to withdraw money from an ATM, police said. Foyil Edward Deal, 63, was expected to be arraigned this morning and may be transferred to the Dallas County Jail, police said...

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