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College Student Takes OSHP Spt. Paul McClellan to School

12:51pm Wednesday, September 10, 2003
Letter writers began copying us on advice they've sent to Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul McClellan immediately following our first report that the Buckeye State Sheriffs Association and Ohio Fraternal Order of Police were calling for a meeting with the OSHP to address the unsafe language which the patrol bureaucracy is endorsing in HB12. They've all been excellent, well-thought out...

Marion (IN) Chronicle Tribune: ''Number of permits to carry gun rises''

12:15pm Tuesday, September 09, 2003
County on pace to hit six-year high If the number of permits issued in the second half of this year keeps pace with the first half, the Grant County, IN will hit a six-year high for permits issued. "I'm not sure why, all of the sudden, there's a jump. Maybe people need some security because of the economy and the way things are in the world today," said Marion Police detective Sgt. Stephen Dorsey...

Port Huron (MI) Times-Herald: ''2,581 gun permits, zero trouble''

12:03pm Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Two years after new law, still no 'Wild West' Murder rates, shootings and crimes expected by some to rise once Michigan liberalized its concealed weapons law two years ago haven't happened. Since the state began to allow more people to carry concealed firearms, only two St. Clair County residents have had their permits revoked for violations, officials said. The state won't release its 2002-03...

Minnesota school board: School employees may keep guns in cars

11:56am Tuesday, September 09, 2003
The Winona school board will allow district employees to have guns on school property in accordance with Minnesota's revised "conceal and carry" law. The board's 5-1 vote on Thursday concluded a discussion that has lasted much of the summer concerning how to adapt Winona Area Public Schools' weapons policy to the law approved by the state during the last Legislative session, which allows...

Missouri legislators gear up for veto session

11:28am Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Legislative leaders willing to convene to consider a veto DO exist - in Missouri. The Missouri House will convene on Wednesday, Sept. 10th at 10:00 a.m. They will vote to override their Gov. The Senate will vote sometime between 10 and 4 the following day, with the outcome in that body a bit more in question. To override a governor's veto, a bill needs 23 votes in the Senate. On the concealed-...

John Lott to speak at Ohio University

10:13am Tuesday, September 09, 2003
The Ohio University Second Amendment Club and Ohioans For Concealed Carry are pleased to announce that John Lott, economist and author, will be speaking on that university campus this month, in an event that is open to the public. align="right"> Lott's appearance is part of the OU Second Amendment Club's effort to raise awareness about the falsehoods and misrepresentations associated with...

DDN: Man fatally shot in Five Oaks - in his car

5:18pm Friday, September 05, 2003
September 4, 2003 DAYTON | Police had no suspects in the Tuesday night slaying of a man who was sitting in a car with his girlfriend. Montgomery County Coroner’s officials identified the man as Terry Beasley, 23, of Fairborn. Police were called at 9:54 p.m. to Five Oaks Avenue, where they found a man unconscious in a car. Neighbors said the victim was dropping off his girlfriend when he was shot...

Gross Negligence: Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucrats respond to pro-CCW email

2:49pm Friday, September 05, 2003
The Buckeye State Sheriffs Association and Ohio Fraternal Order of Police are calling on the Ohio State Highway Patrol to come to the table to explain why they continue to endorse Taft's unsafe "Carjacker protection" language in HB12. Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the OSHP is hearing from more than just these two major law enforcement groups. The OSHP is beginning to feel the...

Letter to the Editor: State’s Republicans befuddling Democrats

11:03am Friday, September 05, 2003
Thursday, September 04, 2003 The Ohio Republican party has pulled off the greatest political public-relations stunt of the century. Many elected officials, by acting like Democrats, have confused the Democrats so much that they are uncertain as to what to do. Those premises and ideals that historically and philosophically have separated the two parties have melted away. The old Republican Party...

Letter to the Editor: Troopers knew whom they were pulling over

10:22am Friday, September 05, 2003
This letter to the editor is being published as an update to Abuse of Power: Growing concern about Ohio State Highway Patrol , published Thursday, July 24. Wednesday, September 3, 2003 EDITORIAL & COMMENT 10A So Herschel Sigall said in his Aug. 15 letter that the state troopers who set up a Newcomerstown attorney did nothing wrong. Sigall is the attorney for the Ohio State Troopers...

Detroit Free-Press: Court decision a win for gun owners

5:23pm Thursday, September 04, 2003
September 3, 2003 In a victory for gun owners, the Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal of a lower court decision that cities can't ban handguns from city halls, libraries and other public buildings. The decision gives a victory to a statewide gun-rights group that challenged a 2001 ban by Ferndale on guns in city buildings. In a 3-0 decision, a panel of Michigan Court of Appeals...

Knoxville, TN: Armed and Ready

4:15pm Thursday, September 04, 2003
Vol Market owners carry handguns openly to deter crime At the Vol Market No. 3 on Western Avenue, the person preparing your food, cashing your check or ringing you up at the register likely will be wearing a holstered handgun on their hip. But unlike most Tennesseans who have a handgun carry permit, Vol Market owners have decided that open display as a visual deterrent is preferable to...

Education Guide: ''Raging Against Self-Defense''

3:08pm Thursday, September 04, 2003
Yet another eye-opening study course has been added to the OFCC PAC Education Guide . Dr. Sarah Thompson, is Executive Director of Utah Gun Owners Alliance, and also writes The Righter, a monthly column on individual rights. She is also a psychiatrist, and has published an excellent essay examining the anti-gun mentality from a psychiatric perspective, on the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms...

Springfield Police: Two hit by glass as man fires shots into car

2:08pm Thursday, September 04, 2003
The bureaucrats at the Ohio State Highway Patrol oppose HB12, and oppose any legalization of your right to bear arms for self-defense in your vehicle. They say you have other options when attacked in your car, such as to "drive off." It is with much sadness that we continue to report more and more examples of just how poor driving off is a means of self-"defense" . Springfield News-Sun September...

DDN: Man accused of assault on intoxicated woman

1:04pm Thursday, September 04, 2003
DAYTON | A man who police say attacked an intoxicated woman in an Oregon Historic District parking lot while pretending to be a security guard was charged Friday with sexual battery. Investigators are trying to determine if any other women had been approached or attacked, Sgt. Tom Flanders said. "I would very much consider this the actions of a predator," Flanders said. A judge set a $100,000...

Ohio's major law enforcement agencies calling OSHP to the table

4:51pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003
EXCLUSIVE: Must credit www.OhioCCW.org Last week, OFCC was first to 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. We also reported that the Buckeye State Sheriff Association (BSSA) had asked both the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) to a meeting...

Cuyahoga Falls burglary victim shoots suspect, holds other for police

4:17pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Akron Beacon-Journal September 3, 2003 One man was shot and his alleged accomplice was held at gunpoint by a burglary victim at the Studio City apartments in Cuyahoga Falls early Tuesday, police said. The victim, Louis E. Caporaletti, 43, was awakened during the burglary attempt at 12:45 a.m. and confronted the two suspects, police said. align="right"> During a scuffle, police said Caporaletti...

Tale of Two Cities: Toledoan shot, robbed; Deerfield Beach (FL) man defends

4:13pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Toledo Blade September 1, 2003 A North Toledo man was shot late Saturday by a man who then took the victim’s wallet. Dickie Isom, 2239 North Erie St., told police he was about to enter his vehicle in front of his home when a man approached about 10:10 p.m. Mr. Isom said he ran when he saw the man had a handgun. The suspect chased him and fired two shots, one hitting Mr. Isom in the right buttock...

''Good News'' statistics that won't make national headlines

4:09pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003
According to statistics from the National Center for Health Statistics, covering annual numbers and rates of death due to accidents and other reasons from 1981 through 1999, the annual number of deaths involving firearms has decreased very year since 1993, and firearm accident deaths have decreased almost every year for decades. Of course, during this same period of time, the number of Right-to-...

FLA CCW licenseholder dies to save family

3:41pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Father Killed While Buying Milk For His Daughter - Victim Shoots Back September 1, 2003 A Jacksonville man is dead after defending his family from an assailant at a gas station late Saturday. Charles Day, 30, of the 3500 block of Broadway Avenue, died about 7:30 yesterday morning after he was shot in the stomach, said homicide Sgt. Shannon Douberly of the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office. The...

More Ohioans suffer attacks in their cars

12:06pm Wednesday, September 03, 2003
More innocent Ohioans' lives were shattered over the weekend when attacked in their cars. The Ohio State Highway Patrol says they should have been able to "drive off" when attacked, and Senate leaders are obstructing progress on sending a bill to Gov. Taft's desk by refusing to remove provisions which would render many people defenseless in their cars. Bond is set for suspect in carjacking,...

Gardner, old foe compete for Ohio Senate’s top spot

4:25pm Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Toledo Blade September 2, 2003 COLUMBUS - For 15 years, Randy Gardner walked up the steep path to power in the Ohio House of Representatives. In 1998, the Bowling Green Republican became the No. 2 House Republican, one step from wielding the gavel as speaker. But he never became speaker. Term limits stopped Mr. Gardner. In 2000, he ran for the state Senate and won. His GOP colleagues elected him...

Early posturing under way in quest for House speaker

4:18pm Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Toledo Blade September 2, 2003 COLUMBUS - The selection of Ohio’s next House speaker is more than a year away, but alliances already are being forged behind the scenes. Rep. Jon Husted, a Montpelier native and champion of charter schools, has emerged as an early front-runner in a potential Dayton-area power play for leadership of the House and Senate. Rep. Chuck Blasdel, 32, an East Liverpool...

ONN: Ohioans Question CA Governor Recall

3:21pm Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Some Ohio lawmakers say they have had questions from upset voters about the possibility of recalling Ohio Governor Bob Taft. "Constituents started calling me, telling me we should do something about the governor,” said Rep John Willamowski (R-4, Lima). The Lima Republican says earlier in the year during the budget debate, people began asking his office if it was possible to recall Governor Taft...

Tony Gordon wasn't the first, nor will he be the last

2:56pm Friday, August 29, 2003
Cincinnati Enquirer 08/29/2003 Madisonville man killed over his custom rims, prosecutor says Timothy Powell Jr. loved his white 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass, spending hours dressing it up with racing flag decals and $4,000 of 20-inch gold custom rims. Jerome Brown and six of his friends also loved it, Hamilton County prosecutors say. So much so that Brown, 19, is accused of rounding up his buddies in...

Ohio Senate vacancy filled by Democrat

1:14pm Friday, August 29, 2003
Summit Council member Kim Zurz accepts state post Akron Beacon Journal State Democrats picked Summit County Councilwoman Kim Zurz to be the new state senator for the 28th District, which includes southern Summit County and all of Portage County. She will replace term-limited state Sen. Leigh Herington, D-Rootstown Twp., who is resigning Sept. 17 to run for a Portage County judgeship. Zurz will...

A view of the future in Ohio?

10:11am Friday, August 29, 2003
It's doubtful that many who visit this site are given to thinking about what the anti-self-defense extremists will do with all their spare time after Ohioan's constitutional right to self-defense is restored. If the activities of a few extremists in Minnesota are any indication, they may decide to put themselves in a great deal of danger. Minnesota is the latest state to adopt a shall-issue right...

'Top Ten' Report by anti-gun group shows gun laws don't work

9:35am Friday, August 29, 2003
BELLEVUE, WA – A recently published list of the "Top Ten States" that export guns used in crime was obviously meant to promote increased restrictions on gun sales, but an analysis of the states listed more clearly demonstrates that such laws don't work, said Joe Waldron, executive director of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. The anti-gun Americans for Gun Safety listed...

Jointogether.org: ''Why Are Teddy Bears More Regulated Than Guns?''

11:27am Thursday, August 28, 2003
After reading this summary of the regulations required to purchase a firearm in Ohio, as published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, you'll realize the real question everyone should be asking is: Why should ANYTHING anti-gun groups say be taken seriously? Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. Requirements for gun buyers 08/28/03 Cleveland Plain Dealer With a few exceptions, anyone who...

Weapons missing from Dayton Air Force Museum

10:56am Thursday, August 28, 2003
The federal government is once again guilty of irresponsibility when it comes to the safe storage and protection of firearms. The Dayton Daily News is reporting that more than 1,000 artifacts are missing from the United States Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. Auditors reported three Russian-made 23 mm anti-aircraft cannons missing in March 2002. On the latest list:...

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