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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...

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...

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