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Letter to the Editor: Pfeifer lives in fantasy world

9:18am Wednesday, October 08, 2003
October 4, 2003 Re "Court upholds ban on concealed guns," Sept. 25: How does Justice Paul E. Pfeifer believe prohibiting "the carrying of concealed weapons helps maintain an orderly and safe society?" I guess if I lived in the same neighborhood Pfeifer lives in, I would feel as safe as he does. Or perhaps, if I had armed bodyguards watching out for me at home, work and at play, I would feel safe...

Letter to the Editor: Anti-gun stance endangers public

8:54am Wednesday, October 08, 2003
On September 25, an attack letter, specifically targeted against Ohioans For Concealed Carry , began appearing in newspapers across the state. The letter written by the President of the Cleveland Chapter of the 'Million' Mom March, put false words in the mouths of more than 50,000 Ohioans for Concealed Carry supporters. To their credit, the newspapers are now printing OFCC's official reponse to...

Letter to the Editor: Court ruling not just racist, but sexist

4:17pm Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Portsmouth Daily Times Ohio’s Supreme Court, by a 5-2 decision, has now joined the Ohio State Patrol and Governor Taft in the continued depriving of law abiding Ohioans from defending themselves with a concealed weapon. It matters not that [45] other states allow their citizens such defense. Opponents say this ruling reflects the will of a majority of Ohioans. This is an unproven statement. It...

Op-Ed: Guns, speech and the courts

3:59pm Tuesday, October 07, 2003
By Sim Evans Each generation must ratify the Constitution, or else it is of no account. The founders were cognizant of this when they provided the amendment mechanism, whereby future generations might adjust the Constitution from time to time. The absence of amendments was deemed proof of its tolerability. But Americans have chosen a third course; they will neither abide by the Constitution, nor...

What's race got to do with it? A LOT.

by Chad D. Baus
12:03pm Tuesday, October 07, 2003
As I described in my recent walk through the "Safest Neighborhood in the State" , I mentioned that the most enjoyable part of my day was spent speaking to the many African-Americans who attended the event. I can honestly say that while we are often led to believe that minorities are nearly a block-vote against concealed carry legislation, EVERY single person of a minority race I spoke with at the...

OFCC PAC Announces 2003 Endorsees

10:56am Tuesday, October 07, 2003
It would be impossible to research every local race in the state of Ohio for an off-year election. But there are a few contests which have peaked our interest, some because they are between pro-Conceal Carry Reform candidates and out-and-out liberal anti-gunners, and others because we wish to support pro-CCW candidates in positions that could one day lead them to the Statehouse or Governor's...

OH 'justice' system frees victimizers & (in one case) jails defenseless victim

6:14pm Monday, October 06, 2003
Those who are interested in Ohio's criminal justice system travails, and who have a heart for the ever-growing statewide victim list, would have found several recent stories in various Ohio newspapers to be very disheartening - especially when put together. On September 24, the Dayton Daily News informed it's readers that a South Lebanon man had been freed from prison after nearly three years for...

Tony Gordon Memorial Fund Established

3:02pm Monday, October 06, 2003
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. Ohioans For Concealed Carry is concerned with all criminal victimizations - the desire to reduce violent crime is a key reason why we advocate the passage of a concealed carry law, such as every state surrounding Ohio, and 45 states in our nation, now enjoy...

FINAL 2003 OHIO OPEN CARRY ''DEFENSE'' WALKS ANNOUNCED

8:40pm Friday, October 03, 2003
WHAT: Local organizers in nearly twenty Ohio cities held "Defense" Walks in late 2003, at which local activists interested in protesting Governor Bob Taft's obstruction of concealed carry legislative reform "openly carried" their sidearms on a walk through the neighborhood. WHY: These "Defense" Walks offered a "visual display" of the choice Ohioans and legislators have before them as a result of...

AP: Can gun control cut violence? Even anti-gun CDC finds NO proof

10:23am Friday, October 03, 2003
October 3, 2003 A sweeping federal review of the nation's gun control laws - including mandatory waiting periods and bans on certain weapons - found no proof they reduce firearms violence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appointed a group of scientists to conduct the review, which could be used to undercut the gun-control movement. The task force reviewed 51 published studies about...

Second chance for rape victim's affirmative defense plea??

9:18am Friday, October 03, 2003
October 3, 2003 Concealed weapon case sent back to Common Pleas court An Ohio State Supreme Court ruling on the carrying of concealed weapons sent a local case that was in the Third District Court of Appeals back to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas this week. After Judge Michael P. Kelbley ruled that the current law was unconstitutional in the case of a Fostoria woman, County Prosecutor...

Could the fear of a felony CCW arrest have led to this man's death?

3:47pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
[Homicide victim] had reported threat days before his death October 2, 2003 McARTHUR — Five days before Nicholas Wheeler was shot to death, he complained to authorities that a gun was pulled on him by the man who would later be charged with his murder. However, Thomas Craft had denied to a Vinton County sheriff’s deputy that the gun incident took place, and there was insufficient evidence to file...

More and more law enforcement expressing support for self-defense

2:42pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
October 2, 2003 Chillicothe Gazette Efforts to introduce versions of a concealed weapons law into legislation is like walking a fine line between public safety and constitutional rights, local law enforcement agencies say. With the battle to allow Ohio residents the right to carry handguns on their person raging in the House and Senate, local law enforcement agencies weighed in on the debate...

Op-Ed: O'Connor opinion ''good news for anyone who believes in the rule of law''

1:49pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
O'Connor a ray of hope in Klein gloom Michael J. Maurer The Ohio Supreme Court's Klein decision on the constitutionality of concealed carry laws is good news for supporters of gun rights: They lost by only a 5-2 vote. My own prediction was that they would lose 7-0, with a slim chance at 6-1 with Chief Justice Tom Moyer in dissent. But things turned out more favorably. For one thing, the court's...

Letter to the Editor: A decided disadvantage

1:27pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
October 2, 2003 To the editors of the Toledo Blade: Do Buckeyes realize that the recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling affirming the ban on handgun concealed-carry will place them at a great disadvantage when we Wolverines move to reclaim our ancient, ancestral Toledo lands? DELMER O. GASCHE Morenci, Mich. Click here to read the letter in the Toledo Blade. The Toledo Blade editors' latest in a long...

Columbus Dispatch: Another life saved by ''gunman''

11:38am Thursday, October 02, 2003
Husband tells police man he shot had knife to wife’s neck October 02, 2003 Screams from the driveway brought Deshawn Davis outside early yesterday to find his wife in the grasp of a man holding a knife to her throat, Columbus police said. Davis, 22, who had armed himself with a handgun, shot Jeremy Andrews in front of the Davis home, 1699 E. Columbus St., on the South Side. Andrews, 21, was at...

Another Capitol city shooting: ''What is this city coming to?''

10:57am Thursday, October 02, 2003
Ohio's ban on carrying a concealed firearm has once again failed to protect a victim, and once again failed to stop a criminal. North Side man ‘critical’ after lunchtime shooting October 02, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Lisa Adams and her 3-year-old son, Isaac, were eating yesterday afternoon at a North Side fast-food restaurant when gunshots cut through their lunchtime chatter. "I heard 12...

Letters to the Editor: Views are divergent on pro-gun rally

9:01am Thursday, October 02, 2003
Letters edited for space - full letters can be read in the Cincinnati Enquirer . October 1, 2003 Timing of Gun Walk was in very poor taste - Mary T. Helmes, Northside Another day, another pro-gun article in the Enquirer. At least the reporter, Brenna R. Kelly, noted that "Not all residents" of Northside welcomed Hyde Park hairdresser Vernon Ferrier and his "gun walk" of armed pedestrians on...

Supremes uphold affirmative defense law; law immediately fails Seneca Co. woman

12:45pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Despite the fact that 45 states across the nation (including every state bordering Ohio) have some legal mechanism for law-abiding citizens to bear arms for self-defense, and despite the successful reduction of violent crime from such laws nationwide, Ohio's governor, certain Senators, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucracy still seem to believe that Ohioans are less responsible than the...

HB12 Sponsor: OSHP demands for unsecured firearms in vehicles ''ridiculous''

12:26pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Marietta Times by Brad Bauer The Marietta area's lawmakers say they would favor some kind of new law to allow citizens to carry a concealed weapon as the issue returns to the hands of the Ohio General Assembly. Ohio Rep. Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, the bill's House sponsor, said the citizens want their lawmakers to continue to pursue the issue even though it is proving to be a difficult one to...

Senator: ''Solidarity among Republicans'' destroying your right to self-defense

12:03pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003
By JIM SIEGEL Gannett News Service Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS -- The majority of Ohio senators support a concealed handgun bill, but fewer are willing to override a Gov. Bob Taft veto to make it happen. The Supreme Court last week put the issue squarely in the lap of the legislature, ruling that Ohio's ban on concealed handguns is constitutional, and it's an issue for lawmakers to decide. Both the...

AP: Legislature last hope for gun backers

4:52pm Monday, September 29, 2003
COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court's ruling last week upholding the state's ban on concealed weapons sent a signal that it will be up to lawmakers, not the court, to decide whether Ohioans can carry hidden guns, a law professor says. The problem for backers, though, is the Legislature has been struggling with the idea for eight years and seems nowhere close to resolving it. The bill exists...

Ohio Crime headlines continue in wake of ruling, Senate obstruction

4:11pm Monday, September 29, 2003
The fight to restore the right to bear arms for self-defense has always been about two key issues: 1) Allowing citizens the right to choose not to be a victim. 2) Lowering violent crime. Amongst the recent Supreme Court and "Defense Walk" headlines, many Ohioans continue to be made victims by criminals who could care less about the fact that concealed weapons are illegal. Cleveland: Cleveland man...

Op-Ed: O’Connor’s textbook opinion shows she’s up to the high-court job

3:02pm Monday, September 29, 2003
Columbus Dispatch Lee Leonard September 29, 2003 The verdict is in: Anyone who thought Maureen O’Connor, a former prosecuting attorney and member of the Taft administration, was going to be a get-along, go-along Ohio Supreme Court justice needs to re-evaluate. O’Connor, ridiculed for pretending to be a sitting judge in a 2002 campaign commercial, demonstrated last week that her brief stint as a...

For 2 hours, Cincy's Northside was ''Safest Neighborhood in the State''

8:45am Monday, September 29, 2003
Concealed gun ban protested with a march through Northside The Cincinnati Post NORTHSIDE - In a scene reminiscent of the Wild West, about 75 people paraded through Northside with handguns strapped to their sides Sunday. Unlike the Old West, though, it was a modern-era media publicity stunt to protest last week's Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholding the state's ban on carrying concealed weapons...

Toledo Blade: Conceal carry - Impact on Ohio?

6:47am Sunday, September 28, 2003
Study backs hidden guns against crime By JAMES DREW BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - For Lynn Wachtmann, Ohio’s failure to adopt a law allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns can be measured in flesh and blood, and the pain of crime victims. "It’s heart-wrenching to see the number of Ohioans who are being victimized while some continue to play politics," said Mr. Wachtmann...

Op-Ed: Supremes are disarmingly wrong again

6:20am Sunday, September 28, 2003
September 28, 2003 by Peter Bronson The Left Coast Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tried to ban "God'' from the Pledge of Allegiance and blocked the California recall election, claiming voters are too stupid to use punch cards. No wonder California's Clinton-Carter court is reversed 80 percent of the time by the U.S. Supreme Court - a record of boneheaded rulings exceeded only by the Ohio Supreme...

Youngstown Police: 46 minute response to armed robbery 911

7:42am Saturday, September 27, 2003
A caller asked if she should dial something other than 911 to reach police. Victim: "They have 'em at bingos and everything. Why aren't the here?" By PATRICIA MEADE VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER YOUNGSTOWN — When the city council president asked a police dispatcher if cops were responding to a robbery that involved a gun, the dispatcher said there was "no mention of a gun" for the call from East...

Ohio Republican Party Platform Set Adrift

5:59am Saturday, September 27, 2003
Pfeifer wins GOP nod - and nays By John McCarthy The Associated Press COLUMBUS - Once again, the Ohio Republican Party has endorsed GOP Justice Paul Pfeifer of the Ohio Supreme Court. Once again, the vote was less than unanimous. The party's State, Central and Executive Committee on Friday breezed through endorsements for Chief Justice Thomas Moyer, Justice Terrence O'Donnell and Toledo appeals...

A.W.O.L.: OSHP bureaucrats back out of Ohio Law Enforcement Summit

12:36pm Friday, September 26, 2003
EXCLUSIVE: Must credit www.OhioCCW.org For the past month, 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. On September 10, we reported that the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) had accepted the invitation to attend an Ohio Law Enforcement Summit...

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