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Ohio's law enforcement bureaucrats: time for a little soul searching

4:27pm Monday, April 28, 2003
Do a few bad apples truly ruin the bunch? Do people truly deserve to be judged by the very worst among them? That's exactly what anti-gun extremists do when they exploit despicable acts of violence, or point to a random example of illegal firearms misuse to support their effort to ban firearms ownership and defensive use. Governor Taft's Ohio Highway Patrol, the Ohio Association of Chiefs of...

Vehicles outside Delaware-area day cares targeted by robber

10:52am Saturday, April 26, 2003
DELAWARE, Ohio -- Police are seeking a Columbus man accused in a series of vehicle break-ins outside day-care centers -- including one with a 5-year-old girl inside the car. Matthews is accused of casing four day-care centers in Delaware and Franklin counties between Jan. 15 and Jan. 23 and entering four unlocked cars, Delaware County Prosecutor David Yost said yesterday at a news conference. In...

National Reciprocity Proposal

9:19am Saturday, April 26, 2003
An Indiana congressman has introduced legislation in Washington that would make every state eligible to enter by legally armed citizens. Here is the link to the proposal and article that includes an e-mail form for contacting your representative in Washington. 3,000,000+ legally armed citizens across America are being called upon to band together and demand action and support by our...

Letter to the Editor: Ohioan moves to Florida, exercises right to self-defense

4:38pm Friday, April 25, 2003
"In the March 18 issue of The Advocate, there was a letter addressing the proposed Ohio concealed weapons law. I no longer live in Ohio, having moved to Florida. I have a concealed weapons permit and do carry a weapon. It has been shown since the implementation of this law that the crime rate on senior citizens here in Florida has fallen. The Ohio Highway Patrol and the public need not get...

Troy City Council candidate faces CCW charge

4:24pm Friday, April 25, 2003
Boyd Allen Tucker, the Democratic candidate for the 3rd Ward Troy City Council seat, has been charged with carrying a concealed weapon in connection to a March 31 incident in front of his Race Street home. Tucker, of 19 W. Race St., admitted Thursday he had the weapon but said he was attempting to help a man who had been "jumped" and was being beaten on the sidewalk of 22 W. Race St., across the...

Letter to the Editor: ''Michigan takes more civilized view'' on CCW

3:52pm Friday, April 25, 2003
David Volk of Blissfield Michigan wrote a letter to the editor which appears in Friday's Toledo Blade. Volk says his state is more civilized because it recognizes his right to self-defense. Since we're Buckeye fans at OFCC PAC, it's hard to say this, but...David's right - Michigan (or West Virginia, or Pennsylvania, or Indiana, or Kentucky) IS a better place to live for law-abiding people who...

Letter to the Editor: ''Police cannot protect citizens''

12:56pm Friday, April 25, 2003
Medina resident John J. Myers has written an excellent letter to the editor" in the Cleveland Plain Dealer addressing Ohio's status as one of only 6 states that denies its citizens the right to defend themselves, family and home with a firearm. John is fed up with the fact that, according to that city's police chief, Medina has become ''easy pickings'' for armed robbers" . Paradoxically, a second...

Dial 911 and your neighbor dies: Pt. II

10:52am Friday, April 25, 2003
Law enforcement bureaucrats like the OHP's Capt. John Born, and liberal media editorial writers like ThisWeek 's Vince Dunbar say we shouldn't defend ourselves, but rather need to "let the professionals do the threatening." Friday's Akron Beacon Journal contains yet another story about people who depended on the professionals for a neighbor's defense. Mother of four dead; 40 minute response time...

ThisWeek's Vince Dunbar: Record email on CCW...and "four that agreed with me"

5:40pm Thursday, April 24, 2003
Columbus ThisWeek 's Vince Dunbar, and the Columbus Dispatch's Joe Hallet are very likely cocktail party buddies. Or if they're not, they should be. Both are scared of firearms, and both admit to being absolutely unwilling to listen to reason. ThisWeek has published Dunbar's official response to all the attention he's been receiving over his admission that "The logic behind concealed weapon...

John Lott in Dispatch: ''Concealed carry would benefit Ohio''

2:48pm Thursday, April 24, 2003
Dr. John R. Lott Jr., a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and the author of More Guns, Less Crime and The Bias Against Guns , continues to contribute to efforts to restore Ohioans' right to self-defense. His latest offering is an op-ed about Ohio's concealed carry reform debate, which has been published in the Columbus Dispatch (perhaps the Dispatch was feeling guilty after...

House Bill 12 slated for Senate consideration

12:33pm Thursday, April 24, 2003
House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice 's agenda for sponsor testimony only on April 30 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room, Second Floor, Senate Building. Due to security checkpoints, it is recommended that those planning to attend should ARRIVE MUCH EARLIER. Citizens are more than welcome to attend. But remember, THIS IS SPONSOR TESTIMONY ONLY...

Two Ohio home invasions, two very different outcomes

2:35pm Wednesday, April 23, 2003
Two recent home invasions in Ohio had two very different outcomes for the victims, and for the perpetrators. In Case #1 , a 23-year-old Akron woman, Ms. Raysean Clark, was shot in the chest by Timothy D. Secession, after he forced his way into her home and began beating her. Clark is still slowly recovering. In Case #2 , a Columbus homeowner used his gun to stop David A. Griffin when he crashed...

Dispatch Editorial: ''Arguments against gun restrictions carry no water''

11:47am Wednesday, April 23, 2003
The Columbus Dispatch's latest editorial on the concealed carry debate presents readers with an interesting problem: On one hand, the Dispatch editors admit there most certainly is a problem with the current law, which finds persons guilty until they prove themselves innocent. Yet on the other hand, they still claim two lower courts' rulings (which correctly found the law to be unconstitutional)...

Dispatch Column: ''NRA doesn't know when to hold fire''

10:19am Wednesday, April 23, 2003
The senior editor from the Columbus Dispatch, Joe Hallet , doesn't want to hear from you. Joe doesn't care what you think, and he dreads the email and voicemail messages he anticipates receiving (and plans on ignoring) after writing his latest anti self-defense editorial (which has been archived, and can be read by clicking on the "Read More..." link below). NRA doesn't know when to hold fire...

Runner saves woman from assault

11:06am Monday, April 21, 2003
Gary Stewart, 36, of Green Township is winning praise for getting involved when he realized a man was viciously beating a woman in Miami Whitewater Forest Thursday morning. "His presence stopped the attack," said Sgt. Dale Reatherford, a Hamilton County Park District ranger. "He did detain the guy." Stewart, who is training for next month's Flying Pig Marathon, was running in the park shortly...

Column: ''Ohio's new (Supreme Court) palace in Columbus''

10:45am Monday, April 21, 2003
Given how much the Ohio Supreme Court has been in the news of late, we thought this April 21 Peter Bronson column, published in the Cincinnati Enquirer, would be of interest: "While Ohio is digging in the couch cushions for spare change like a wino in a bus station, the Ohio Supreme Court is building a new palace bigger than the Capitol. Lawmakers gave the Court $85 million to repair, renovate...

These Akron victims couldn't ''just drive away'' when attacked

10:25am Monday, April 21, 2003
The bureaucrats at the Ohio State Highway Patrol have repeatedly voiced opposition to any concealed carry reform law that allows persons to exercise their right to self-defense in an automobile. In opponent testimony before the Ohio House Criminal Justice committee, Capt. John Born argued in favor of keeping in place a ban on carrying loaded weapons in cars , stating that if a person is attacked...

Providing the logic that eluded ThisWeek's Vince Dunbar

9:53am Monday, April 21, 2003
On April 10, Columbus community newspaper ThisWeek published an editorial opposing the reformation of concealed carry laws in Ohio, entitled "The logic behind concealed weapon proposal eludes me" . OFCC President Jeff Garvas submitted a response, which was published in the April 18 edition of ThisWeek . The entire response has been archived, and can be accessed by clicking here .

Police Chief: ''Easy pickings'' for armed robbers in Ohio

11:40am Thursday, April 17, 2003
Medina- Police Chief Dennis Hanwell fears he can explain the city's recent spate of robberies: Medina has become easy pickings. In less than four months, since layoffs shrank the police force by 25 percent, six armed robberies have been reported in Medina, as many as were reported in all of 2002, Hanwell said. "Armed robbery is a high-risk crime," Medina Detective Scott Thomas said. "You have to...

Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial: Unconstitutional arms control?

9:05am Thursday, April 17, 2003
Who's up for a smoke? Because after this article from PD associate editor Phillip Morris, some concealed carry reformers may be ready to buy stock... 04/15/03 The Ohio Supreme Court turns its attention today to guns and begins to ponder what the framers of the Ohio Constitution really meant when they wrote: "The people have the right to bear arms for their defense and security; but standing...

Ohio Supreme Court Audio - Now Available Publicly

3:34pm Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has acquired cassette tape quality audio, and we've converted it to a 6.5k mono stream for size purposes. To hear this stream you must have Windows Media Player installed. It is recommended that you use the latest version of Windows Media Player, especially if you have problems opening the stream. To hear the low-quality audio, click here (6k low-speed stream)...

Cincinnati Post reveals multiple personalities

12:52pm Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Readers and subscribers of the Cincinnati Post were presented with a bit of a paradox in their April 16 issue. The Page 1 headline screams: Homicides on record pace Police want to target hotspots Two killed, others injured in shootings But on the editorial page , the paper argues in favor of regulating "hidden" weapons, stating that "of all the arguments that can be made about Ohio's concealed...

New online poll asks why you don't exercise your right to open carry

12:00pm Wednesday, April 16, 2003
A new survey has been added to the OFCC PAC website, inquiring as to why you don't exercise your Constitutional right to 'open carry'. Vote on the upper-right corner of the homepage, or click here . If you haven't already done so, you can still weigh in on whether or not you would shop a business that bans CCW, by clicking here .

War May Redefine Gun Control - a feminist view

7:25am Wednesday, April 16, 2003
Despite the high emotions that surround war — or perhaps because of them — people are focusing again on "normal" life. But what is normal has shifted in ways both obvious and subtle. Consider how war has affected just one issue: the debate over gun control. align="center"> Click here to read the entire article on foxnews.com, written by ifeminists.com editor Wendy McElroy.

High Court Hears Case on Concealed Weapons

5:25pm Tuesday, April 15, 2003
Members and leadership representing Ohioans For Concealed Carry were in attendance at the Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday, April 15th, to attend oral arguments in the more than two-year-old "Hamilton County Concealed Carry" lawsuits. Canton Repository - the Repository offers on of the best objective summaries of the testimony offered at the hearing by both sides, and the key issues about which the...

Concealed carry goes before Ohio Supreme Court this week

12:56pm Monday, April 14, 2003
This week, the state’s highest court will hear arguments on one of the most controversial issues facing Ohio’s lawmakers. Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court will hear arguments in a lawsuit over the state’s law banning concealed carry. The Second Amendment Foundation and Cincinnati residents question the constitutionality of state law that makes it illegal to conceal a gun, unless it’s used for self...

AP: State lawmaker Grendell won't seek re-election

12:42pm Monday, April 14, 2003
The Associated Press 4/14/03 12:55 AM CHARDON, Ohio (AP) -- State Rep. Tim Grendell has decided against seeking election to a third two-year term, and instead plans to run for a pending Geauga County Common Pleas Court judgeship vacancy. With the announcement, the 49-year-old Republican abandoned his oft-stated goal of succeeding Larry Householder as House speaker. Grendell, an OFCC PAC 2002...

Cincinnati Homicide Crisis

3:56pm Thursday, April 10, 2003
The plight of Cincinnatians continues, as law-abiding citizens there continue to suffer (with the rest of Ohio) from the denial of their self-defense rights. As we have previously reported, Cincinnatians are under a violent crime seige . Cincinnati has recorded two more homicides in the past two days -- bringing the total for the year to 23 and putting the city on a pace for a record 84 homicides...

Column: The logic behind concealed weapon proposal eludes me

1:04pm Thursday, April 10, 2003
On April 10, Columbus community newspaper ThisWeek published an editorial opposing the reformation of concealed carry laws in Ohio, entitled "The logic behind concealed weapon proposal eludes me". Logic isn't the only thing that eludes the author, a Mr. Vince Dunbar . Truth and fact seem to stray far afield as well. UPDATE! OFCC President Jeff Garvas submitted a response, which was published in...

Sean Penn’s downtown lunch marred by car, gun theft

12:53pm Thursday, April 10, 2003
This isn't Ohio CCW news, but it's too good to pass up: When actor Sean Penn's wife (actress Robin Wright Penn, of The Princess Bride fame) and her kids were the victims of a carjacking in 1996, Penn spoke out about his desire for justice for the bad guys . Now, we have learned he believes in self-defense with a hand gun as well, in spite of his vocal opposition to the self-defense actions...

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