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'Hunt for a Cure - Buckeye Style' meeting

1:02pm Tuesday, May 27, 2003
All committee members, volunteers, or anyone just plain interested, I will be having a picnic-style meeting at the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Columbus on Sunday, June 8, 2003 at 1:00 PM. We will be discussing plans for the upcoming "Hunt For a Cure - Buckeye Style" event, which will be held in September, and benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. The address is: 960 Kingsmill Parkway,...

Bad law forces honorable citizens to disobey in name of self-defense

12:46pm Tuesday, May 27, 2003
I am a licensed independent social worker in the domestic violence field in Cleveland. I have worked with domestic violence perpetrators for six years. Many of them possessed guns when they were under court order not to do so. Many violated the protection orders that commanded them to have no contact with their victim. Other clients came from the Ohio Adult Parole Authority; paroled murderers,...

CBS: Bystander Uses Firearm to Save Texas Cop

12:19pm Tuesday, May 27, 2003
"When I told him to freeze, it was the voice of the Lord," Patrick Coughlan told CBS' Jim Axelrod. Linden Police Officer Sharon Gillespie was in the process of arresting Andrew Gray. He was wanted for assault. "She told him he was under arrest. When she pulled her handcuffs out, he spun around and grabbed hold of her," said Linden Police Chief Alton McWaters. That's where Mr. Coughlan comes in...

Health bureaucrats: Guns are a ''health issue''

11:42am Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Although not directly related to our battle to restore Ohioan's right to self-defense with a firearm, we believe the fight against "assault"-weapons bans is an important one. The erosion of our rights, with bans that do not work, is a serious matter. Youngstown citizens have been fighting proposals to ban certain types of firearms in that city for some time now. Their list of adversaries has...

Letter to the Editor: Ohioans have right to arms

10:41am Tuesday, May 27, 2003
Yet another pro-CCW letter to the editor has been printed in the Zanesville Times-Recorder. May 27, 2003 I enjoyed reading Mr. Bill Carper's letter to the editor today and his position on Ohio's unconstitutional ban on the rights of lawful Ohioans to carry a concealed firearm for self defense. Yes, the time is ripe for reform of our current law; and reform it will. Click here to read Zanesville...

Dayton Daily News: Troy council candidate not indicted

4:16pm Friday, May 23, 2003
Grand jury finds no probable cause for weapons charge A Miami County grand jury failed to return any criminal indictments against a Troy City Council candidate accused by police with felony carrying a concealed weapon. The grand jury’s report filed Wednesday in Common Pleas Court said it chose to ignore the allegations made against Boyd A. Tucker, a Democratic candidate for council’s 3rd Ward...

Letter to the Editor: Don’t punish all citizens for Case shootings

4:00pm Friday, May 23, 2003
An excellent letter to the editor has been published in the Toledo Blade . The only thing we wonder is why Mr. Stevens has been trying to "stay out of the debate"! May 21, 2003 "I have tried, at least publicly, to stay out of the "concealed-carry" controversy. However, I cannot idly sit by without responding to an article regarding the shooting at Case Western Reserve University. It is the...

Column: Need for concealed carry is no joke

4:25pm Thursday, May 22, 2003
Michael J. Maurer from ThisWeek, a community newspaper, has written a favorable article about concealed carry reform and our Ohio Supreme Court case: Need for concealed carry is no joke Compared to the emotionally motivated opinion of ThisWeek's Vince Dunbar , this is great material: The anti-gunners see only the risk that these two raped, robbed women and the dead Sandercock, and everyone they...

Text of Million Mom's anti-self-defense business form letter

3:45pm Thursday, May 22, 2003
The Million Mom March's Lori O'Neill has been working to scare businesses into opposing HB12 for months now. Apparently she has found very few willing ears. In Senate testimony Wednesday , O'Neill provided just five form letters, identical in content, on letterhead from five Ohio businesses (well, four and a half - one is owned by the Communist Chinese). Click on the "Read More..." link below for...

These extremists & businesses want you to remain defenseless

1:12pm Thursday, May 22, 2003
Pro-self-defense law enforcement officers and women, as well as the other "good guys", seemed to steal the show this week’s Senate hearings , even in the media. But lest we become over-confident, it bears noting that the anti-self-defense extremists are still spouting their rhetoric. Last week, we had to "translate Toby" . This week, it was more of the same from a troop of "Chicken Little’s", who...

Senate hears from plenty of ''Good Guys'', too

9:33am Thursday, May 22, 2003
Much has been said about the excellent testimony offered in the Senate this week by pro-self-defense women (even, surprisingly, in the media). But there was also important testimony offered by the “good guys”. On Tuesday, May 20, testimony was offered that addressed several important elements in the debate on HB12: • Rick Kaleda testified in favor of HB12, as a husband, father, and an employee...

House Bill 12 receives fifth hearing in Senate committee

3:52pm Wednesday, May 21, 2003
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's fifth hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. A summary of the hearing may be accessed by clicking on the "Read More..." link below. Women have obviously gotten the message that the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is claiming concealed carry reform is just a...

Columbus Dispatch: Conceal-carry bill’s backers, foes square off

10:35am Wednesday, May 21, 2003
The Columbus Dispatch has printed an excellent story on yesterday's Senate hearing on HB12, complete with a photo of Gahanna Police Chief Dennis Murphy, and Deputy Chief Larry Rinehart , both of whom SUPPORT HB12. Ohioans should be able to arm themselves against criminals who have no regard for human life or the law, state senators were told yesterday by the deputy police chief of Gahanna, whose...

Letter to the Editor: Dem. Senator's aide in the market for a carry gun

6:55am Wednesday, May 21, 2003
A letter to the editor in the May 19 Zanesville Times-Recorder gives an interesting account of a recent trip to a Columbus sporting goods store: "Last Friday I was in a sporting goods store in Columbus, buying some things for a fishing trip... At the counter was a young lady looking at carry guns. I noticed what she, and the sales guy were looking at. "Too small." I said. "Don't buy anything...

House Bill 12 receives fourth hearing in Senate committee

5:44pm Tuesday, May 20, 2003
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's fourth hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. A summary of the hearing may be accessed by clicking on the "Read More..." link below. Today's testimony was originally scheduled to be a continuation of invited witnesses, with the Fraternal Order of Police labor...

Columbus Dispatch: Crime in the country

4:45pm Sunday, May 18, 2003
Galvanized by a modest crime wave too close to home, 40 residents, including some victims, turned out for a recent community meeting in search of reassurance from Fairfield County Sheriff Dave Phalen. To residents’ way of thinking, crime is to be found on the mean streets of Columbus, not here — not among the pleasant cul-de-sacs of tended lawns, roomy two-story houses and late-model minivans and...

Press conference or not, we still get the nasty headline

3:16pm Sunday, May 18, 2003
Despite the fact that it was the Million Mom March who held a tasteless press conference before the victim of the Case Western shooting was even laid to rest, the headline on this Sunday's Letters to the Editor page in the Cleveland Plain Dealer shouted: "Gun backers are quick to spin every tragedy" Under the twisted headline, they published four letters on the CWRU shooting. Only one was...

Lawmakers from the Miami Valley among those eyeing speaker seat

1:12pm Saturday, May 17, 2003
Lawmakers from the Miami Valley could be in the running for the state’s top two legislative posts — House speaker and Senate president — when those jobs open up at the end of next year. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the entire story, and OFCC PAC commentary. Republican state Reps. Jon Husted of Kettering, Kevin DeWine of Fairborn, Tom Raga of Mason and Keith Faber of Celina are all...

Letter to the Editor: McKinney acted in others' defense

12:09pm Saturday, May 17, 2003
A well-written letter to the editor has been printed in the Cincinnati Enquirer, taking that paper to task for their characterization of Harold McKinney as "taking the law into his own hands." Since the Enquirer's editorial, McKinney has been cleared of all charges, after a Hamilton County grand jury failed to return an indictment. Click on the "Read More..." link below to read the letter. May 17...

Michigan: Crime Fighter Mom Fights Crime

9:27am Saturday, May 17, 2003
The woman who organizes Michigan's Amber Alert program had to protect her own family this week. She's a nationally recognized crime fighting mom and proved why when she says she was attacked in her own home. The Tuesday morning wake-up call for Robin Trumbull was her for sale SUV on fire. "I heard a sound," says Robin. "I stepped out on the deck, looked over and saw my Tahoe on fire." Then Robin...

Cincinnati Post: Jury clears bar 'hero'

7:11am Saturday, May 17, 2003
A Hamilton County grand jury Friday refused to indict a Northside man who last week shot and wounded an armed robber inside a neighborhood bar. The alleged robbers, however, are facing a total of 19 felony charges stemming from the May 8 incident. Grand jurors ignored charges of carrying a gun into a liquor establishment and felonious assault that prosecutors had filed against Harold "Hal"...

Letter to the Editor: Statistics don’t support Highway Patrol’s fear of CCW

7:06am Saturday, May 17, 2003
An excellent letter to the editor by OFCC supporter Brendan Walker has been published in the Canton Repository, responding to claims made by Col. Paul D. McClellan, superintendent of the Ohio Highway Patrol, that law-abiding citizens carrying concealed firearms for self-defense in their personal vehicle present an officer safety issue. "In an e-mail dated May 5, Col. Paul D. McClellan,...

Now or Never?

10:18am Friday, May 16, 2003
You've already heard the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence's claims that concealed carry reform is not a male issue, as witnessed by the fact that no females have come to offer supportive testimony. Now there's this: OCAGV has put out the following plea to their anti-self-defense extremists, calling for persons to come and testify against HB12 next week in Columbus: "If you know a business...

Should we judge by society's worst examples?

5:40pm Thursday, May 15, 2003
After Tacoma, Washington Police Chief David Brame murdered his estranged wife and then committed suicide, we wondered aloud about whether Ohio's law enforcement bureaucrats wished to be judged by the worst example of themselves. The media did not focus on this question in the case of Chief Brame, nor will they focus on the background of Case Western Reserve University shooter Biswanath Halder...

Translating Toby: Senate testimony full of holes

10:30am Thursday, May 15, 2003
Toby Hoover, executive director Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, said a mouthful in yesterday's Senate testimony , as did her anti-self-defense partner from the Brady Campaign in Washington D.C., John Shanks. Unfortunately, the truth and their testimony seem to have parted company before they entered the hearing room. Commentary by Chad D. Baus inserted in blue . One of Toby and Shanks'...

Toledo Blade: Case Western killing inflames gun opponents in Senate hearing

7:45am Thursday, May 15, 2003
Opponents of a bill to allow Ohioans to carry hidden handguns argued yesterday it is so vaguely worded that it could permit carrying assault weapons similar to one used last week by the Case Western Reserve University gunman. "The gun in [the Case Western] incident that concerns us is a Cobray M-11 9-millimeter pistol, which is a banned assault weapon by name under the 1994 assault weapons bill...

Cincy Enquirer: Northside unsafe, activist says, defending carrying gun in bar

7:03am Thursday, May 15, 2003
The anti-crime activist getting national attention for shooting a masked robber in a bar last week plans to defend himself by saying Northside has become so unsafe he had to carry a gun. Hal McKinney doesn't want to besmirch the reputation of his historic city neighborhood, where he has spent countless hours walking the streets as a volunteer with Citizens on Patrol. But as he faces charges of...

HB12: Senate ''public'' hearings scheduled May 20 & 21

4:39pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003
House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for public testimony on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. and May 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room, Second Floor, Senate Building. The purpose for Tuesday's hearing for HB12 is, essentially, to hear testimony from The Buckeye State Sheriff's Association (which supports the bill), as well as from the Fraternal...

House Bill 12 receives third hearing in Senate committee

4:24pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's third hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. In the interest of time and sanity, we have taken great pains to reduce much of the anti-self-defense blather to the most basic points made. Toby Hoover, of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, went first. She...

Citizens on Patrol block watch volunteer no ''vigilante''

12:35pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Harold McKinney put himself in harms' way daily as a volunteer for a neighborhood crime watch group. Since taverns in his neighborhood are often the targets of violent crime, he made the decision to carry the gun in case he ended up in trouble. So when Joseph Person and Demeico Hester, both 18, went into Junkers Tavern at 4356 Langland Ave., Cincinnati, about 11:12 p.m. last Thursday to hold up...

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