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Why cops don't open carry off-duty, and why we shouldn't be forced to either

11:16am Thursday, December 04, 2003
Dec. 04, 2003 Akron Beacon Journal Akron SWAT trainer foils possible robbery Plainclothes officer, sensing he's target, arrests man Rule One for would-be criminals: If you're planning a robbery, don't make the lead instructor for the police SWAT team your target. Akron police officer Kevin R. Davis, in plainclothes, was on his way to the Peanut Shoppe on South Main Street at lunchtime Wednesday...

Sen. White's latest survey reveals ''ability to override a veto'' on HB12

1:48pm Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Can it be that Sen. Pres. White only made these statements to this one newspaper, or is it perhaps much more likely that the larger Ohio dailies, in collusion with Taft on opposing concealed carry, simply refused to print this major news? He's no straight shooter How the guv makes lawmakers crazy by Dan Williamson The Other Paper, Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 2003 Columbus The governor clearly and...

Letter to the Editor: Which son faces the worst danger?

10:39am Wednesday, December 03, 2003
November 26, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer Earlier this month my wife and I traveled to Fort Benning, Ga., to witness our son Tony, a 25-year-old Georgetown University graduate, graduate from infantry basic training. At the time, he told us his decision to join the Army. I was pleased that he had made that decision. His reasoning was that he had to get out of his safety zone. He prefers cities to...

Letter to the Editor: Citizens should be as protected as governor

10:11am Wednesday, December 03, 2003
December 03, 2003 Columbus Dispatch As I read the "Capital notes" column Nov. 25, regarding a protest march over the long delay of passage of a concealed-carry bill caused by our governor, I was struck by the irony of the closing paragraph, that the "protesters pose no problem" and the governor is "very well-protected." Too bad Gov. Bob Taft doesn’t think those who elected him deserve the same...

AG Petro says GOP infighting hurting Bush reelection (you heard it here first)

9:22am Wednesday, December 03, 2003
According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , a Nov. 26 letter from Attorney General Jim Petro, one of three Republicans vying to be governor in 2006, told 400 party leaders "I fear we are losing sight of our immediate goals and committing a mistake that could cost us everything during the next three years." In the same letter, Petro announced that he would suspend major fundraising activities until...

Legislature finally ready to override Taft veto - but on HB12?

8:26am Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Gongwer News Service Tuesday, December 2, 2003 LEGISLATURE FORCES VETO SHOWDOWN OVER LONG-DELAYED MR/DD VICTIMS OF CRIME BILL The first legislative override of a veto by Governor Bob Taft moved closer to reality Tuesday with the General Assembly's attempt to impose an outside review on the executive branch authority to shutter state developmental centers. Itself a victim of political maneuvering...

HACKED: Police data network closed for now

7:58am Wednesday, December 03, 2003
Twin Cities Pioneer Press November 1, 2003 A computer network used to share police files among more than 175 law enforcement departments in Minnesota has been closed after a state lawmaker learned "beyond a shadow of a doubt" someone had hacked into the system to demonstrate its vulnerability. "A security breach was alleged. We take that extremely seriously. We've taken the system off line in...

Editorial: Hot-potato bills add drama to General Assembly's holiday crunch

10:14am Tuesday, December 02, 2003
by Lee Leonard Columbus Dispatch December 1, 2003 There’s something about December at the Statehouse, and it’s not just the holiday choirs performing each day in a main corridor or the lighting of the huge evergreen outside near Broad and High streets. It’s a sense of urgency to pass certain bills that have been lying around, in some instances, for months. Even in an odd-numbered year, when the...

Letter to the Editor: No such thing as 'Right to Know'

10:04am Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Sensing that House Bill 12 conference committee members were closing in on a compromise that would put a bill on his desk in November, Governor Taft employed his allies in the liberal media to inject a new issue into the debate, one that he had not seen fit to raise as a concern at any point during his five years in office. Several of Ohio's most liberal editorial boards jumped at the chance to...

Concealed-carry backers to march in Springfield

9:23am Tuesday, December 02, 2003
Springfield News Sun November 30, 2003 Dozens of armed supporters of the right to carry concealed guns plan to march through downtown Springfield on Sunday. Demonstrators will openly wear their handguns to protest the lack of resolve of Ohio legislators and Gov. Bob Taft to pass concealed-carry legislation. "We want to make sure people understand that we have the right to do this," said Thomas...

Cincinnati Post: Homicides approaching record

9:11am Tuesday, December 02, 2003
November 29, 2003 It's been another brutal year on Cincinnati streets, with 2003's homicide rate approaching the 66 killings that tied a 15-year high last year. As of Friday, 61 people had been killed in Cincinnati. Although drugs are at the root of many of the slayings, there have been notable exceptions. One of the most infamous is the death of 81-year-old Lavern Jansen, whose killer followed...

Gun permit applicants increasingly are women

8:55am Tuesday, December 02, 2003
December 2, 2003 The Tennessean Even after working several years as a prison guard, Twanda McCurry never felt the need to carry a gun for protection outside of work, and especially not after she went into a new business as an office manager at a bottling plant. Until about three weeks ago. That's when she decided to join the fast-growing number of Tennessee women who have permits to carry...

Ohio draws bead on bill similar to Michigan concealed-gun law

11:43am Monday, December 01, 2003
by James Drew Toledo Blade Columbus Bureau Chief December 1, 2003 COLUMBUS - Since the Michigan law that made it easier for citizens to carry concealed handguns took effect in July, 2001, the number of permit holders has nearly doubled and crime has dropped. Backers of a bill that would give Ohio a similar law say the result - more armed law-abiding citizens and lower crime - could happen in Ohio...

Governor's Mansion Defense Walk: ''No Wonder He Doesn't Care''

9:22pm Sunday, November 30, 2003
by Chad D. Baus Behind the security cameras and tall iron gates, behind the stone walls and State Trooper Guard House, Bob and Hope Taft live in a stone mansion the likes of which few Ohioans will ever see, let alone live in. Over 120 men, women and children took time away from Thanksgiving events and braved the crisp autumn air November 30, openly carrying firearms on "the Mother of All Defense...

Supporters of Ohio House Bill 12 rally in Ashtabula

5:57am Sunday, November 30, 2003
Should Ohioans have the right to walk the streets packing a pistol? By MARK TUSCANO Ashtabula Star Beacon November 30, 2003 ASHTABULA — Whether law abiding Ohioans have the right to carry concealed weapons or not, has been an ongoing issue in the Ohio General Assembly this year. It has been a hard fought battle with grass roots support on both sides. On Saturday, those supporting their right to...

Toledo's gun control problem: only the criminals have guns

10:46am Saturday, November 29, 2003
In Ohio, gun grabbers have found perhaps no greater a sympathetic ear than the Toledo City Council. State law prohibits carrying a concealed firearm for self-defense, and the Court says this is Constitutional, since Ohioans can carry a firearm openly. But in Toledo, Municipal Code 549.18, Weapon possession in public places prohibited is cited by Toledo Police Chief Mike Navarre as the basis for...

Op-Ed: Events erode the willingness of legislators to work with governor

12:01pm Friday, November 28, 2003
by State Rep. Tom Niehaus published in The People's Defender Legislators will return from a two-week Thanksgiving break Dec. 2, and one of the hottest topics is likely to be Governor Bob Taft’s latest announcement about conceal carry legislation. Whether you support the right of citizens to carry concealed guns or not, the governor’s announcement November 18 may have ramifications far beyond this...

Rape victim gets 10 day jail sentence for exercising ''fundamental right"

10:29am Friday, November 28, 2003
A Seneca County concealed-weapons case that brought statewide attention to the problems with current Ohio law has officially come to a close, and once again, a victim has been victimized. Kathryn Howard, 29, of Fostoria pleaded guilty in Seneca County Common Pleas Court to a charge of improper handling of a firearm in a motor vehicle. Judge Michael Kelbley sentenced her to 180 days in jail but...

Senator White announces conceptual agreement with Speaker on Taft's latest ploy

by Chad D. Baus
8:53am Friday, November 28, 2003
On October 23, just two days after 'Defense' Walkers paid a visit to his hometown of Manchester, Senate President Doug White reversed four months of refusals and appointed conferees to a House Bill 12 conference committee. White explained the months of obstruction to the Dayton Daily News at the time, saying he "delayed appointing conferees because he didn't want his Senate members harassed and...

Carjacking victim's family to join Walkers at Governor's Mansion

1:19pm Wednesday, November 26, 2003
'Defense' Walkers calling on Taft to stop obstructing HB12 James A. "Tony" Gordon, a 27-year-old father, died on Wednesday, August 6, 2003 after being shot in the chest during an attempted carjacking in Dayton. On Sunday, November 30, his family will join other Ohioans concerned about the right to self-defense in a Walk around the Governor's Mansion. Tony's family will be wearing t-shirts bearing...

Home invaders steal firearms: Sign of things to come?

10:04am Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Fairborn man assaulted, robbed answering door Dayton Daily News November 26, 2003 FAIRBORN | A 20-year-old man told police that four masked men rushed into his apartment Monday and put a gun to his head before stealing two handguns, Fairborn police reported. The man said he opened the door of his apartment, in the 200 block of Dayton-Yellow Springs Road, about 9 p.m. believing a neighbor was...

Plain Dealer: Speaker will deal to save gun bill

7:17am Wednesday, November 26, 2003
After the campaign waged by the Ohio Newspaper Association and various liberal editorial boards to advance Taft's latest agenda , we would've espected declarations of victory in today's headlines. Yet only the Plain Dealer is among the conspirators who informed their readers of this update, which undoubtedly indicates they were not successul in "sinking" HB12 with the public records issue. 11/26/...

Ohio CCW fight is feature story in latest NRA America’s 1st Freedom magazine

7:00am Wednesday, November 26, 2003
Ohio’s Legal Logjam by Blaine Smith, Assistant Editor, America's 1st Freedom December 2003 With the Ohio Supreme Court letting stand a ban on the right to carry, the ongoing fight for the rights of Ohio citizens is being waged in the state’s legislature. And neither side looks ready to give in. Late September 2003 found the Ohio Supreme Court overturning previous rulings by a Hamilton County...

AP: House speaker backs public records of concealed carry permits

2:41pm Tuesday, November 25, 2003
The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — House Speaker Larry Householder said Tuesday he agrees with Gov. Bob Taft's demand that the state disclose the names of people issued permits to carry concealed weapons. Householder reversed his position from last week when a spokesman dismissed the idea, saying it was contrary to the point of carrying a concealed weapon. Taft has threatened to veto...

Dispatch: Gun - concealment supporters to walk at governor's house

11:57am Tuesday, November 25, 2003
CAPITAL NOTES November 25, 2003 by Lee Leonard First the Statehouse, now the Governor's Residence Gun-toting demonstrators protesting the lack of action on a concealed-weapons bill plan to conduct a "defense walk" Sunday afternoon outside the home of Gov. Bob Taft in Bexley. This time, they'll be carrying signs and other visual displays as well as holstered handguns of their choice. About 60 gun-...

Op-Ed: Taft’s late monkey wrench throws concealed-carry for a loop

9:58am Tuesday, November 25, 2003
November 24, 2003 LEE LEONARD The recent wrangling over a concealed-handgun bill in the General Assembly resembled a badly played game of rock-paper-scissors. That’s the game, played with handgestures, where scissors (two fingers) cut paper (flat hand), but paper wraps rock (fist) and rock smashes scissors. Lately, the players in the concealed weapons game have all been rocks trying to smash the...

Double Murder Suspect Scott Eizember Captured in Texas...by CCW Licensee

7:20am Tuesday, November 25, 2003
November 24, 2003 Oklahoma's NewsChannel 8, KTUL Lufkin, TX - There is new information about the events that led to the capture of double murder supsect Scott Eizember. Eizember is in a Texas hospital recovering from four gunshot wounds that came from a gun concealed by one of his alleged kidnapping victims. Authorities with the Angelina County Sheriff's Department say they received a 911 call at...

Michigan: Few problems cited with concealed gun law

7:03am Tuesday, November 25, 2003
South Bend Tribune November 23, 2003 By ROBERT A. REED Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said he's pleased with a recent Michigan State Police report that shows almost no problems that can be attributed to the state's 2-year-old "shall issue" concealed pistol license law. "I supported the law and I'm very pleased with how it's gone," Bailey said. "I thought the controversy was a lot of fuss over...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry would halt many criminals

3:06pm Monday, November 24, 2003
Columbus Dispatch November 23, 2003 Last week, a woman was raped and robbed in a restroom Downtown in the middle of the day. I will get straight to the point: When will our elected officials quit dragging their feet and provide a law that says the concealed carry of handguns in Ohio is legal? Do women now have to find someone to go the restroom with them to ensure their safety? Not all women...

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