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Gun bill deal set; Taft on board

6:26am Wednesday, January 07, 2004
Lawmakers may pass conceal-carry bill today; enactment would take 90 days Columbus Dispatch January 07, 2004 Qualified Ohioans should be able to carry concealed handguns by summer. In a historic breakthrough, state legislators and Gov. Bob Taft reached a tentative agreement yesterday on the long-stalled proposal. The measure would allow disclosure of the names of people with permits to carry...

AP: New motion on concealed carry in legislature

1:41pm Tuesday, January 06, 2004
FINAL REVISION House, Senate pursuing method to revamp concealed weapons bill By CARRIE SPENCER The Associated Press 1/7/2004, 1:16 a.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio would become the 46th state to allow carrying concealed weapons under a revamped bill lawmakers were expected to send to Gov. Bob Taft as early as Wednesday afternoon. A joint House and Senate committee was set to work Wednesday on...

Letter to the Editor: So cash is worth more than life

10:42am Tuesday, January 06, 2004
January 5, 2004 Toledo Blade According to Ohio law, individuals may not carry a concealed firearm unless they can use the "Affirmative Defense." One of the provisions of this "defense" states that you must be carrying a large amount of cash to be able to carry concealed. How much money must I carry before I am legally allowed to carry a firearm to protect myself in Ohio? The way the law reads, my...

Church congregation made victims by gunman - and by HB12

10:25am Tuesday, January 06, 2004
January 5, 2004 Toledo Blade Masked gunman terrorizes church Fear won't deter worshippers If the robber had asked, the congregation of St. Stephen’s African Methodist Episcopal Church probably would have lent a helping hand. But since they were forced to give him money while he had a gun pointed at the heads of two young girls, members of the congregation were in a less charitable mood yesterday...

Letter to the Editor: Gun bill’s benefits ignored by governor

9:58am Tuesday, January 06, 2004
January 06, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I have just finished reviewing the Local Impact Statement, as prepared by the Legislative Services Commission, regarding House Bill 12, which would allow Ohioans to carry concealed weapons. What puzzles me is why Gov. Bob Taft would oppose such a bill. It is estimated that an additional $1.1 million in revenue would be added to the Bureau of Criminal...

Been waiting for it: Gun Grabber tries to link I-270 sniper to CCW debate

9:51am Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Up to now, there has been no discussion of the I-270 sniper on this website. But leave it to a gun ban extremist to try and link the two in a Cleveland Plain Dealer letter to the editor. More guns don't make more sense 01/06/04 How is it possible that, as people die along Interstate 270 from gunshots, state legislators pass a bill making it easier to carry firearms? Gun proponents argue that an...

Miami Univ. (OH) gets 'Cat Scratch Fever': Ted Nuget will outline political view

2:47pm Monday, January 05, 2004
January 5, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer OXFORD - The "Motor City Madman" is set to hit Miami University - to lecture on politics. Ted Nugent, a '70s-80s rock star known for his hit song "Cat Scratch Fever," will talk about his political views for this year's Conservative Week, sponsored by Miami's College Republicans. His speech, set for Feb. 19, will be free and open to the public, though a time and...

Op-Ed: Public’s right to know vs. concealed-carry permits: No clear answer

2:32pm Monday, January 05, 2004
January 05, 2004 LEE LEONARD Columbus Dispatch Ah, the time-honored debate over what should be public record and what should be private. We’re in the middle of it. The latest tiff concerns whether the identity of concealed-carry handgun permit-holders should be public record. Gun-rights advocates say no, because the element of surprise would be lost. Concealed carriers need to be anonymous...

Anti-CCW Supreme Court Justice will run unopposed

12:05pm Monday, January 05, 2004
January 03, 2004 Columbus Dispatch No one challenges liberal Republican justice Justice Paul E. Pfeifer, a renegade Republican rebuffed by some in his own party but beloved by Democrats, will get a free ride, running unopposed for a third term on the Ohio Supreme Court. No Democrat filed to challenge Pfeifer by the campaign petition deadline yesterday, giving him an uncontested reelection. "I don...

Ohio gun ban extremists continue attempts to derail legal self-defense

11:30am Monday, January 05, 2004
Ohio's gun ban extremists have not let up in their efforts to derail concealed carry reform legislation. The Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is again calling on other extremists to phone Gov. Taft and beg him to veto HB12. An email from late December, said: "Governor Taft needs to hear from us again. Please tell him you don’t want guns carried where you work and play. Please ask him to honor...

Homicide total is skewed by city (limits)

10:55am Monday, January 05, 2004
January 04, 2004 Columbus Dispatch (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Columbus Dispatch) The death of Gail Knisley, who was shot Nov. 25 as she rode in a car on the south Outerbelt, was one of the most highly publicized homicides of the year in central Ohio. But it isn’t among the 112 slayings recorded in the city of Columbus in 2003. Knisley was shot just outside the...

Columbus homicides up 38% in 2003

12:34pm Saturday, January 03, 2004
2 South Side women added to list after coroner’s rulings January 03, 2004 Columbus Dispatch In the final days of 2003, the coroner ruled that two South Side women were victims of violence, meaning Columbus ended the year with 112 homicides- a 38 percent increase from 2002, when there were 81. The last time the number hit 100 was in 1994. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. Detectives...

Gannett: Householder holds gun bill as parties hope for compromise

11:53am Saturday, January 03, 2004
By Jim Siegel Gannett News Service Columbus Bureau January 3, 2004 COLUMBUS -- The next two weeks will be key to determining whether a deal is reached between Gov. Bob Taft and House leaders over a bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed handguns, a Taft spokesman said Friday. When lawmakers return from their Christmas vacations this week, the gun bill they passed in mid-December will still be...

2004 General Assembly elections shaping around Ohio CCW issue

11:47am Saturday, January 03, 2004
Term limits help to change Statehouse 01/03/04 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus- Taxes, term limits and debate over concealed weapons could help reshape the Ohio General Assembly after the March 2 primary. Friday was the date for candidates to file for all 99 Ohio House seats and the 16 even-numbered Senate seats that will be on the ballot this year. Nine representatives and seven senators will...

Columbus: Suspect Shot In Home Invasion Attempt

2:55pm Friday, January 02, 2004
Two Other Robbers Are In Custody January 2, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two home invasion suspects were in custody and another was hospitalized Friday morning following a shooting during their attempted invasion, NewsChannel 4 reported. The three robbers broke into a woman's house on North Roys Avenue, but police said the woman got a gun and fired at them. A robber who was hit showed up several blocks...

Ohio newspaper: 2003 a deadly year

2:40pm Friday, January 02, 2004
January 1, 2004 Mansfield News Journal MANSFIELD -- Seven people were killed in the city in 2003, the highest number since the police department began keeping computerized crime records in 1988. Last year, the total was six, up from just two in 2001. The reason for the high number, Mansfield police Chief Phil Messer said, is both straightforward and discouraging. "Unfortunately, it's been a...

Cleveland: 252 police to lose jobs on Monday

1:29pm Friday, January 02, 2004
01/01/04 Cleveland Plain Dealer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer) Mayor Jane Campbell will cut $21 million from the 2004 police budget, mostly by eliminating 263 positions. Five of the officers, however, are being transferred to jobs in other departments, and six others were due to retire. The layoffs, which take effect Monday, will leave the...

Will they finish the job? Legislators about to return to Columbus.

3:27pm Thursday, January 01, 2004
FLASHBACK: Senate President Doug White (R – 14th District) speaking at a March 2003 US Sportsmen Alliance legislative reception said: "I am a strong proponent of the right to carry. I do not own a gun. I served in Uncle Sam’s Army where I used a sidearm and the M-14. I understand the proper use of a firearm and the power of a firearm. I absolutely and totally, to the bottom of my soul, understand...

Tale of Two Cities: Dayton store owner killed; Hartford robbers jailed

2:52pm Thursday, January 01, 2004
Trotwood man shot, killed in robbery DAYTON | A 46-year-old Trotwood man was shot and killed during a robbery as the man closed up his Dayton business on New Year's Eve, according to Dayton police. The man and his adult son were closing Gina's Party Store, 3025 Salem Ave., around 10:50 p.m. when the man was accosted in the parking lot by a male wearing a blue stocking cap, according to Dayton...

OFCC Supporter: Excuse for public records demands left twisting in the wind

2:33pm Thursday, January 01, 2004
The following was submitted by OFCC Supporter Paul Barnett. (In Lee Leonard's recent Columbus Dispatch story on the delay of Ohio CCW, Governor Taft's spokesperson, Orest) Holubec said records show that more than 400 felons received permits in Texas. "We want to avoid that in Ohio," he said, "and the easiest way to avoid it is to allow the sun to shine on the records." I'm getting tired of this...

State Senator tries to turn CCW debate into class warfare battle

7:03pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
When Dan Williamson broke the story that Senator White admitted he had the votes to override a Taft veto on HB12 back on November 27 , we had hope that he was one of the more objective reporters in Ohio. But in this, his latest story on the subject, it's more of what we've come to expect from Ohio's liberal media elite. It's tough to know where to begin with this piece. At times, it reads more as...

Never enough for ultra-liberal Dayton Daily News editors

3:00pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Handgun secrecy is a cynical joke Dayton Daily News Editorial December 26, 2003 A MEMORABLE SCENE IN A CLASSIC MOVIE SET in the old West has comic legend W.C. Fields holding forth in the back of a moving passenger train that's clacking past desert cactus and sagebrush. He regales fellow travelers with a tale of personal bravery. The exchange goes something like this: "I was surrounded by 20,000...

Cincinnati: Killings at 26-year high

2:21pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
As you read this article, we recommend you keep these words at the front of your mind: "Ohio's gun control laws are a colossal failure." Former police officer's son 75th victim in city By Jane Prendergast The Cincinnati Enquirer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cincinnati Enquirer) BOND HILL - A day after a bullet made his stepson Cincinnati's 75th homicide victim of...

Taft's Eleventh Hour Issue Still Delaying HB12

4:08pm Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Privacy issue stalls gun bill Taft, House at odds over access to conceal-carry permit lists December 30, 2003 Lee Leonard Columbus Dispatch For the second December in a row, Ohioans are within an inch of being allowed to carry concealed handguns under limited circumstances. Standing in the way of enactment of House Bill 12, which has overwhelming support in both chambers of the Ohio legislature,...

Letter to the Editor: Editorial omitted facts about concealed-carry bill

12:38pm Sunday, December 28, 2003
December 27, 2003 Columbus Dispatch The editorial, “Taking the Heat,” imploring Governor Taft to veto HB12 was not only factually flawed but proved the Dispatch editorial staff is vehemently anti-gun. Ohio’s longtime ban on concealed weapons has only served criminals well - allowing them to prey on unarmed and unsuspecting victims for far too long, leaving Ohioans vulnerable to violent attack...

Clashes between Taft, lawmakers typify turbulent year in state capital

12:29pm Sunday, December 28, 2003
December 28, 2003 By Jim Provance Toledo Blade (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Toledo Blade) COLUMBUS - Gov. Bob Taft and the General Assembly spent much of Ohio’s bicentennial year fighting over guns and what became the largest tax increase in state history. But then they stood together to trumpet passage of a unique prescription-drug discount program that could...

The Status of Ohio Concealed Carry Legislation

7:46pm Saturday, December 27, 2003
December 27, 2003 By Jeff Garvas, OFCC President Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been at the forefront to enact concealed carry reform legislation for nearly five years. We've worked with organizations like the Second Amendment Foundation, the Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association, the Ohio Gun Collector's Association, the National Rifle Association and many other grassroots gun owners and...

At defenseless Ohioans' expense, criminals having a merry Christmas

3:54pm Wednesday, December 24, 2003
His eleventh hour meddling having delayed concealed carry yet again, Bob Taft is spending another Christmas, whether in the Governor's mansion or in his private family retreat in socialist Canada, safe behind a wall of armed protectors. Meanwhile, the defenseless citizens of Ohio continue to be victimized by criminals who are undeterred by Ohio's current ban on concealed carry, or by any other...

Tale of Two Cities: Cincinnati murders up 5th straight year, Detroit crime down

10:10pm Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Officials in Michigan are crediting a new tough-on-gun crimes policy, modeled after Project Exile in Virginia, for inspiring part of the downward trend in crimes committed with firearms in Detroit. As we recently reported , the FBI has observed a 10.5% drop in crime across the state of Michigan in the first two years since passage of a concealed carry law there. For the first time in 40 years,...

Padgett and Aslanides file for legislative positions

9:29am Tuesday, December 23, 2003
December 23, 2003 Gannett News Service One would like to be a senator and the other would like to have another two years as a state representative. Joy Padgett, executive director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia, and state Rep. Jim Aslanides were at the Muskingum County Elections Office filing their intentions to run for the respective offices Monday. Padgett, a lifelong resident of...

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