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New Report Shows Ohio Violent Crimes Could Have Been Prevented

6:35am Monday, September 22, 2003
Estimates suggest thousands of victimizations avoidable each year Group says Senate/Taft failure to compromise on concealed carry bill to blame CLEVELAND: Over four hundred Ohioans would not have suffered a violent criminal attack if Ohio House Bill 12 was passed into law in June, according to a report released today by Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Ohio's largest grassroots organization focused...

Columbus police kill husband after he seriously wounds wife

11:58am Saturday, September 20, 2003
An East Side man late last night shot and critically wounded his wife in front of a trio of Columbus police officers before the officers turned their guns on him, killing him, police said. Columbus police said they received calls shortly after 10 p.m. that a man was chasing and shooting at a woman as the couple ran through a neighborhood just east of Hamilton Road and south of Whitehall. The...

Akron Beacon-Journal Editorial: Term limits have failed.

11:40am Saturday, September 20, 2003
September 19, 2003 Termination time. Will legislators admit what they know? Two Ohio House members have bravely stepped forward to challenge the conventional wisdom about legislative term limits, approved by the state's voters in 1992, years of frustration culminating in misguided action. For too long, the assumption has been that revisiting the issue would be futile. Tyrone Yates and Shirley...

Columbus Dispatch: 2 women injured in home invasion

11:20am Saturday, September 20, 2003
September 17, 2003 When frantic screams rippled through her quiet Pataskala home, Sharon Gibson feared her mother had fallen and hurt herself. Her concern quickly turned to horror when she found her 81-year-old mother lying on the floor, struggling with an intruder. "I went out my bedroom door and saw him dragging her by the hair," Gibson said. "When he saw me come out, he grabbed me and threw me...

Letter to the Editor: Never been repealed

10:59am Saturday, September 20, 2003
September 10, 2003 Portsmouth Daily Times Dodge City, bloodbaths, shootouts in the streets, wild west scenarios, road rage shootouts, lower level of law enforcement safety. These are phrases that have been used many, many times in the 44 states that now have a realistic concealed carry law. These very same words are now in use in the remaining states that have not passed that realistic concealed...

Cincinnati: Police arrest three in connection with multiple carjackings/murders

10:44am Saturday, September 20, 2003
Three men who Lincoln Heights police say killed two people IN THEIR CARS , and committed a host of other crimes, were arrested Tuesday. Their accomplice, however, is still at large. Henry Woods, 26, and brothers Jermaine Lowery, 24, and Randall Lowry, 24 were indicted on murder, robbery and arson charges. They were tracked down in Chattanooga, Tenn., because they were acting suspiciously and were...

Brady/HCI's personal destruction campaign against John Lott knows no bounds

12:44pm Friday, September 19, 2003
The irony is almost beyond words. After exhaustive but failed attempts to convince campus officials that director Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine" film - which is under investigation for rules violations in association with his Academy Award entry - did not belong on campus television, the Second Amendment Club at Ohio University decided to promote an event on campus to ensure that the...

Op-Ed: Three months in Minnesota, citizens still law-abiding

10:56am Friday, September 19, 2003
.00025%. 2 out of 8000 That's how many right-to-carry permits the state of Minnesota has revolked since it began to issue them three months ago. And like most cases involving the tiny fraction of withdrawn licenses in other states, in both Minnesota cases the permit was not at issue in the matters necessitating the revolkation. For an excellent op-ed from a columnist who appears to be being...

Ohio News Network: Two Lawmakers Seek Term Limit Changes

5:17pm Thursday, September 18, 2003
Two state lawmakers say legislators barely have a chance to learn the ropes before their time is up under term limits. State Representative Shirley Smith of Cleveland wants to extend term limits for state legislators from eight to 12 years. But Representative Tyrone Yates of Cincinnati wants to do away with them entirely. Smith and Yates, both Democrats, plan to introduce their proposals when the...

Ohio's cities under seige; Senate leaders under cover

3:07pm Thursday, September 18, 2003
Cleveland Plain Dealer 09/18/03 Two Cleveland brothers who went on a springtime armed-robbery spree also robbed the city of a business, a visitor and its quality of life, their victims said yesterday. Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Christopher Boyko agreed, and meted out unusually long sentences to Deshaun and Terry Scott: 20 years for 19-year-old Deshaun, and 27 for Terry, who is 21. They...

Letter to the Editor: Ban the Tomatoes?

1:02pm Thursday, September 18, 2003
September 18, 2003 Akron Beacon-Journal I am in favor of stricter gun control because of people like the person who fired a shotgun into a Holmes County cornfield and killed a 23-year-old (``Enraged motorist kills prankster,'' Beacon Journal, Sept. 3). His reaction was absurd and certainly not appropriate. But why is it that people have not commented on the dangers of throwing objects at vehicles...

Columbus Dispatch: Police hunt for man who tried to rob pedestrian

12:33pm Thursday, September 18, 2003
This Columbus pedestrian had the extremely unfortunate opportunity to learn that running away is no more an acceptable form of self-defense than is the OSHP's suggestion to "driving off" when attacked. Apparently this criminal had no idea that carrying a concealed firearm is illegal in Ohio, and that politicians in his own city are working to keep it that way. September 15, 2003 Last month’s...

Letter to the Editor: Second Amendment rights infringed by Taft

12:18pm Thursday, September 18, 2003
September 12, 2003 Newark Advocate Another Fourth of July has come and gone, and there is not a more revealing and compelling picture of why we are free to celebrate the Fourth of July than a picture of a quill pen lying next to a musket rifle on a table along with a draft of the Declaration of Independence. What followed the Declaration of Independence reveals why the musket at the table is...

Letter to the Editor: Officers distracted by wrong kind of offenses

11:58am Thursday, September 18, 2003
September 12, 2003 Columbus Dispatch I congratulate the Columbus Division of Police for its vigilant pursuit of people with open containers at the Ohio State football game Aug. 30. The police issued more than 50 tickets for open-container violations at the game. By the way, at that same time, a worker at a Wendy’s restaurant was shot to death. It is too bad the shooter didn’t have an open...

Ohio General Assembly returns to Session: WILL SENATE ACT?

11:22am Thursday, September 18, 2003
"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 the...

Sad New Trend: City Halls As Victim Zones

10:30am Thursday, September 18, 2003
September 15, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer Starting today, Cincinnati residents who want to apply for building permits, pay water bills or visit their elected representatives at City Hall will be subject to search and passed through a metal detector. City Manager Valerie Lemmie is instituting the restrictions at the request of Vice Mayor Alicia Reece, who said a July trip to New York - where a...

Cleveland Plain Dealer's past vs. present on firearms highlighted in obituary

4:54pm Wednesday, September 17, 2003
We wish the Plain Dealer editorial board would explore their roots on the issue of firearms. We didn't know her, but we will miss her. Marnie Vail McCausland, a sure shot 09/16/03 Services for Marnie Vail McCausland, a National Rifle Association women's muzzleloading rifle champion whose family owned The Plain Dealer for more than 80 years, will be at 1 p.m. today at Vorhis Funeral Home, 5501...

Ohio's Chief Justice Moyer signals he will seek 4th term

12:38pm Wednesday, September 17, 2003
09/13/03 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus - Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Moyer gave his first clear public signal yesterday that he intends to run for a fourth six-year term as the court's leader. A screening committee for the Ohio Republican Party interviewed Moyer and incumbent Justices Paul Pfeifer and Terrence O'Donnell. The terms of Moyer and Pfeifer expire next year. O'Donnell...

National Rifle Association urging immediate grassroots action on HB12

8:54am Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Ohio NRA members' various October magazines will be hitting mailboxes this week. They contain a bonus - a letter containing the following text will be inserted into every magazine: DON'T LET THE OHIO LEGISLATURE AND GOVERNOR TAFT PREVENT YOU FROM DEFENDING YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY For the first time in ten years, Right-to-Carry reform stands on the brink of being a reality in Ohio. But there are...

OH Gun Grabbers: ''Listen to law enforcement. No, not THAT law enforcement.''

9:02am Tuesday, September 16, 2003
For the past year or two, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence and Million Mom March (like Bob Taft), has been fond of saying that we need to listen to "law enforcement"'s concerns about concealed carry. Since "law enforcement" doesn't like it, they've argued, it shouldn't become law. These days, they don't want anyone to listen to "law enforcement" - not if the definition of law enforcement...

Letter to the Editor: Investigation into police call is warranted

7:58pm Monday, September 15, 2003
Toledo Blade September 10, 2003 The fact that it took Toledo Police 20 minutes to arrive at the scene of the stabbing death of 4-year-old Skylar Burnard and the stabbing of two-month-old Gavin Harmon, allegedly by their mother’s live-in boyfriend, is reprehensible. I challenge The Blade to hold Chief Mike Navarre’s feet to the fire on this horrific crime. An outside investigation of the events...

Letter to the Editor: Pepper ball guns are no threat to society

7:40pm Monday, September 15, 2003
Saturday, September 13, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer What in the world is wrong with our police officers ("Police concerned over civilian pepper guns," Sept. 10)? I have been firing handguns and long guns since I was around 10 years old and am now 70. I have yet to see a handgun that looks like the pepper ball gun, and so what if it does? I think it looks more like a paint ball gun. I don't believe...

Toledo gun control laws amount to colossal failure

7:34pm Monday, September 15, 2003
It's getting hard to keep up with the crime headlines in Toledo. While the council and mayor chase smokers, vote to reinstate failed laws aimed at disarming the poor, and write letters to Gov. Taft opposing HB12, the innocent citizens of that city are under seige. The following headlines were all published in the past week in the Toledo Blade: Police take 20 minutes to respond to 911 call; 4 yr...

Ohio Should Follow Missouri's Lead and Pass Concealed Carry, Says CCRKBA

10:59pm Thursday, September 11, 2003
BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- State lawmakers in Ohio should take a signal from their counterparts in Missouri, who just voted to override a veto by Gov. Bob Holden, making it possible for residents of the Show Me State to begin legally carrying concealed firearms for their personal protection, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today. Both the...

Columbus Dispatch: Mom seeks answers in son’s death

12:35pm Thursday, September 11, 2003
Saturday, September 06, 2003 Police investigating savage thrashing of 36-year-old man in Northland area As her only son lay in a hospital bed, Pamela A. Smith shuddered as she thought of the brutality he had faced. "The blows to the head. The irreversible brain damage. It’s beyond me how they could do that. "Someone, somewhere saw something," she said. "They had to. I just pray that God touches...

Columbus Dispatch: City could top 100 homicides

12:17pm Thursday, September 11, 2003
September 08, 2003 Police seeking explanations for violent year With nearly four months of 2003 remaining, Columbus has already surpassed the number of homicides it recorded in 2002 Columbus police say they have no explanation for the increase in homicides this year. It’s not the worst year: The city had 139 in 1991, many of which police connected to drug gangs. But the last time Columbus hit 100...

Cincy Police: When we say we want you defenseless, we mean DEFENSELESS

11:48am Thursday, September 11, 2003
September 10, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer Police concerned over civilian pepper guns SYCAMORE TWP. - Outside Kenwood Towne Centre on Saturday, shoppers will find a pepperball gun company pitching its weapons as the latest thing in home protection. They look enough like real handguns to have police officers concerned. But PepperBall Technologies Inc. (San Diego) says citizens are clamoring for ways...

Tale of Two Cities: Cincy woman, 78, raped; Charlotte woman kills attacker

11:35am Thursday, September 11, 2003
September 8, 2003 Cincinnati Post A routine household chore turned into a horrible experience for a 78-year-old Mount Healthy woman -- and resulted in a rape indictment today for her accused attacker. A Hamilton County grand jury indicted Jason Turner, 19, of Mount Healthy, for rape, attempted rape, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and aggravated burglary, charges carrying a maximum sentence of 50...

Ohio Law Enforcement Summit on Am. Sub. HB12 Scheduled!

5:11pm Wednesday, September 10, 2003
EXCLUSIVE: Must credit www.OhioCCW.org For the past two weeks, OFCC has been following an exclusive report that, due to Senate amendments to HB12 dealing with how one should carry a firearm, law enforcement agencies in Ohio are not in agreement on Am. Sub. HB12 . Last week, we reported that the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) had accepted the Buckeye State Sheriff Association's (BSSA)...

Letter to the Editor: Carjacker protection ranks kids as less important

3:30pm Wednesday, September 10, 2003
September 10, 2003 Newark Advocate Here is another reason a large group of Ohio citizens are fed up with Taft. The Ohio Legislature has not passed a realistic concealed-carry law. How many more people will be robbed, raped, physically battered, stabbed, shot or even killed simply because they were law-abiding citizens of Ohio? The passage of HB12 would have been the answer in assisting in the...

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