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AP: Taft's hidden-gun veto promise could rile fellow Republicans

1:55pm Monday, December 15, 2003
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS (AP) -- Gov. Bob Taft's promise to veto a concealed weapons bill reflects political considerations that go beyond the Republican Party. Taft has long been uneasy about giving Ohioans the right to carry a concealed gun. At first he refused to support legislation without the backing of law enforcement groups. This fall, as that opposition...

Senator: "Republicans sometimes forget that they're Republicans''

6:30am Monday, December 15, 2003
'Tis the season for Taft veto By William Hershey COLUMBUS BUREAU Dayton Daily News December 13, 2003 COLUMBUS -- Peace at the Statehouse? Good will toward fellow Republicans? Bah, humbug.' It should be the season to be jolly for Gov. Bob Taft, House Speaker Larry Householder, Senate President Doug White, Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and the rest of the Republican crew. All their...

Reporter admits he'd submit phone book to check for licensees

6:21am Monday, December 15, 2003
In the past few days, the same sorry cast of newspaper editors who helped Taft tote open records water in the first place, and who were given access to the concealed carry license database in the HB12 Conference Report, have issued editorials complaining that it's still not enough. They want the public to have access, saying no criminal would be smart enough to use the database to assess their...

Letter to the Editor: Should we publish lists of HIV-infected persons?

11:17am Saturday, December 13, 2003
December 12, 2003 Newark Advocate I wasn't at all surprised to read The Advocate was once again urging the governor to veto any legislation, specifically House Bill 12, authorizing the carrying of concealed, defensive firearms. The Advocate thinks it is "ridiculous" for supporters of HB12 to want to keep the names, birth dates and counties of residence private. Yet, they have no rational reason...

Sen. Carnes Appointed As ODNR Deputy Director

5:59am Saturday, December 13, 2003
"Sen. Jim Carnes, R-St. Clairsville, is among those who supports a concealed handgun bill but would not override Taft's veto. He points to a respect for the executive branch and solidarity among Republicans." "We have a bill the governor will sign," he said. "I think we take that, go with that and get it done." Oct. 1 - Gannet News Service Or so he thought. But as he has for so many others, Gov...

Dispatch: Uncertainty still surrounds conceal-carry bill

5:30am Saturday, December 13, 2003
December 12, 2003 Lee Leonard THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio is closer than ever to having a law permitting citizens to carry concealed handguns, but it’s still far away. "It’s disappointing and it’s frustrating," said Jim Irvine, political-action chairman of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, on what should have been a day for rejoicing after the legislature passed House Bill 12 and sent it to Gov. Bob...

Toledo Blade: Statehouse showdown unfolds

5:23am Saturday, December 13, 2003
December 12, 2003 By JIM PROVANCE BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers snubbed Gov. Bob Taft twice this week, setting up potential veto overrides on bills allowing residents to carry concealed handguns and challenging his authority to close mental retardation centers. As the Ohio House and Senate prepared to leave town for the year late last night, they openly defied the second-term...

Holiday Cheer: Please support the Gordon family

10:17am Friday, December 12, 2003
The Ohioans For Concealed Carry steering committee would like to request that you seriously consider making a donation to the Tony Gordon Memorial Fund during the Holidays. As many of you know, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has established a memorial fund at Fifth Third Bank to benefit the 3 year-old daughter, Cheyanne, and 13-year old nephew of slain father James A. "Tony" Gordon. The memorial...

WTOL Toledo 11: Store Attack highlights result of Taft's deadly game

8:16am Friday, December 12, 2003
December 12,2003 TOLEDO -- A woman from East Toledo who owns a carryout gets beaten by a robber and it's all caught on tape. A man came into Joe and Milo's Carryout around 5:30 Wednesday afternoon. He asked for some cigarettes and then said he forgot his money out in his car. He came back with a pipe in his hand and started beating Milo Espinosa. "I fell on the floor," said Milo who speaks very...

'No More Excuses, Gov. Taft; Sign CCW Bill,' Gun Rights Group Insists

5:58am Friday, December 12, 2003
The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA), an OFCC Civil-Defense Rights Coalition member , has issued the following press release concerning the expectations their members share of Gov. Taft on HB12. BELLEVUE, Wash., Dec. 11 -- "Ohio Gov. Bob Taft has evidently run out of excuses and the time for stonewalling on public safety is past. It's time for Taft to sign concealed...

Taft Concealed Carry Veto-Threat Debacle Goes National

5:43am Friday, December 12, 2003
The Associated Press story announcing Bob Taft's latest veto threat has been picked up by media outlets nationwide over the past 24 hours. Since nearly 90% of the country already enjoy some form of concealed carry law, they'll probably be wondering what all the fuss us about. So are we. ABC News Atlanta Journal Constitution Boston Globe New York Times (National Briefing segment - link will likely...

Taft Defending Moving Cheese; Changing Rules; Veto Threat

12:18am Friday, December 12, 2003
The Associated Press is reporting that Governor Taft is defending his threat to veto House Bill 12. However, they are not reporting that he has yet used his authority to veto the Act. Since this issue was first raised a month ago, Ohioans For Concealed Carry warned the public that Governor Taft and the Ohio Newspaper Association were only interested in one thing: Printing the names of every...

Blade: Lawmakers press gun bill as Taft vows to veto; override possible

6:14am Thursday, December 11, 2003
The Ohio State Highway Patrol is not opposed to the bill that is now headed to Gov. Taft's desk. Neither is the FOP. The state's most powerful law enforcement group, the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association, is in full support. But as we've been warning for months, working to remove opposition from law enforcement groups wouldn't stop Bob Taft's opposition in the end, because he'd find some other...

CNSNews.com: Ohio One Step Away From Concealed Carry

6:01am Thursday, December 11, 2003
UPDATE: This story has also been picked up by national conservative news and information site Townhall.com . By Susan Jones CNSNews.com Morning Editor December 11, 2003 (CNSNews.com) - A pro-gun group is urging Ohio Gov. Bob Taft to sign a bill that would allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed weapons. The bill isn't perfect, said Ohioans for Concealed Carry, but nevertheless, the group...

OHIOANS FOR CONCEALED CARRY APPLAUDS CONCEALED CARRY REFORM PASSAGE

11:34pm Wednesday, December 10, 2003
COLUMBUS - Dec. 11, Ohioans for Concealed Carry (OFCC) is pleased that House Bill 12 is finally headed to Governor Taft. We support the passage of a concealed carry law as a vital deterrent to violent crime. With recent news about Ohio's skyrocketing crime rate this legislation is long overdue. Ohio's defenseless citizens deserve a law that will allow them the same right to survive a criminal...

AP: Joint committee approves concealed carry bill

10:51pm Wednesday, December 10, 2003
11:52 p.m. UPDATE: The HB12 Conference Committee report passed the Ohio Senate 25-8, and passed the Ohio House 69-27. The bill now faces a veto-threat from Governor Bob Taft, who has time and again, proven he would NEVER compromise on making a concealed carry reform bill law. Both Senator Doug White and House Speaker Larry Householder say they have enough votes to override a potential veto. Due...

AP: Taft says concealed carry veto likely

9:23pm Wednesday, December 10, 2003
UPDATE: The original AP story announcing Taft's new veto threat came at 9:58 p.m. The below contains updates. The Associated Press 12/11/2003, 3:27 a.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The latest months-long struggle to allow Ohioans to carry concealed weapons has made it Gov. Bob Taft's desk, only to face a veto and an uncertain future. Ohioans could carry concealed weapons after passing a background...

AP: Senate President says lawmakers close on concealed weapons compromise

2:58pm Wednesday, December 10, 2003
The Associated Press 12/10/03 6:40 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House and Senate lawmakers, while debating public records issues and legal defenses, moved closer Wednesday to passing a bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed weapons. "We're working very aggressively right now," he said. White said an agreement with the governor's office was "pretty close." The Legislature has been unable to pass a...

Toledo Blade: Showdown looms for gun bill

5:48am Wednesday, December 10, 2003
House, Senate preparing for vote as early as today By Jim Provance, Blade Columbus Bureau December 10, 2003 COLUMBUS - Legislative leaders will try to strike a compromise today with Gov. Bob Taft in a last-ditch effort to pass a highly controversial bill allowing qualifying Ohioans to carry concealed handguns. A joint House-Senate conference committee, charged with the task of working out...

FLASH: House Bill 12 Conference Committee to meet December 10!

9:19pm Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that a HB12 Conference Committee meeting has been scheduled for this afternoon. With recent news about Ohio's skyrocketing crime rate, the time for delay and obstruction on this crime deterrent bill has obviously passed. Ohio's defenseless citizens deserve action on this bill. House, Senate, discuss weapons compromise with Taft The Associated Press 12/9/...

Columbus Alive: Gun rights activists take aim at Taft

9:02pm Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Published immediately prior to the Bexley 'Defense' Walk outside the Governor's Mansion, this story hasn't even begun to be dated. November 27, 2003 Columbus Alive OK, so Republican leaders are on top of preemptively striking down same-sex marriage and promoting an anti-abortion agenda (separation of church and state be damned). But on other issues that are important to conservative Ohioans, they...

Michigan media: ''CCW law looks like winner''

2:32pm Monday, December 08, 2003
Weapon carriers do little to alarm officials THE FLINT JOURNAL FIRST EDITION Sunday, December 07, 2003 By Ken Palmer JOURNAL STAFF WRITER GENESEE COUNTY - Some people who checked out clean for a concealed weapon gun permit are committing crimes, sometimes with the guns they were licensed to carry. But the number of violators has been so small - less than one-half of one percent - that even those...

Letters to the Editor: Governor gambles with Ohioans' lives

12:13pm Monday, December 08, 2003
December 7, 2003 Toledo Blade Governor gambles with Ohioans' lives Well, it seems Governor Taft just keeps pulling new surprises out of his bag of tricks. In his latest effort to ensure law-abiding citizens in Ohio remain at the mercy of criminals, the governor now wants a provision placed in concealed-carry legislation to require public access to the names, birth dates, and counties of residence...

More innocents attacked exiting their cars: OSHP & Taft prefer it this way

11:35am Monday, December 08, 2003
Dayton: December 8, 2003 Riverside police seeking masked men RIVERSIDE— Police are seeking three masked men who attacked three elderly Riverside residents with a handgun Saturday between 7:20 and 7:35 p.m., Riverside Police Officer Robert Naff said. The black-clad men, who are believed to be 16 to 20 years old, attempted to rob an Enright Avenue woman when she got out of her car and walked toward...

AGAIN: ''Solo open-carry in Ohio - a 5-cop encounter''

9:09am Monday, December 08, 2003
The following note has been posted to the OFCC CCW-Talk discussion list. The writer experienced the following in Hamiton County (Cincinnati) Ohio, where the Prosecutor's office has already made a valiant effort to inform law enforcement about the legality of open carry in Ohio: Talk about irony! The following happened right after leaving the Clifton/Cincinnati Open Carry Walk, which went very...

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Defense Walks Memorable

8:33am Monday, December 08, 2003
All three Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day 'Defense' Walks, the last of the traditional Walks for 2003*, achieved splendid results. About 50 Walkers braved the cold to attend the Toledo-area 'Defense' Walk in Perrysburg. Organizer Herb Worley reported that Toledo television stations, which largely ignored the first Toledo-area Walk in Swanton (only FOX Toledo covered there), were out in force this...

Aslanides: Meetings to hone HB12 amendments continue

9:03am Friday, December 05, 2003
December 5, 2003 Gannett News Service COLUMBUS -- Any potential compromise on the bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed handguns likely will wait until next year, although talks will continue next week. Rep. Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, who is sponsoring the bill, said he and Senate President Doug White agreed the two should meet again next week to discuss amendments in hopes of getting the...

Op-Ed: Allison Gets Her Gun (Almost)

4:40pm Thursday, December 04, 2003
It's always nice to welcome a new convert, especially a former "Million" Mom. Since many of her former associates read our website, we thought it'd be worth sharing Allison's story. By Allison Brown November 12, 2003 LewRockwell.com As a child, I was pretty much fearless. My mom relates plenty of stories – me, at the age of three, marching down the street to confront a bully who had tormented my...

OFCC Announces Vermilion Open Carry Shopping Day!

2:10pm Thursday, December 04, 2003
OFCC's Dan White, organizer of the highly successful Lorain 'Defense' Walk in October , is getting in the Holiday spirit, and he's inviting you to join him! Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. Date: December 4, 2003 From: Dan White After the great success of all of the Self-Defense Walks, it is time for something a little different. On most previous Walks, you have been asked not to...

Word for Word: Newark Advocate editors mirror Plain Dealer editorial

1:54pm Thursday, December 04, 2003
On November 21, the Gannett-owned Newark Advocate published an editorial praising Bob Taft for his latest opposition to House Bill 12. That editorial was published in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette (another Gannett paper) three days later , on November 24. Eagle-Gazette editors gave no credit to the editors of the Newark Advocate on their website - readers were left to assume editors in Lancaster...

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