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OFCC announces establishment of Ohio Media Monitoring Task Force

4:21pm Thursday, February 19, 2004

CLEVELAND, February 19, 2004 – Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Ohio’s largest grassroots concealed carry rights organization, has announced the formation of the OFCC Media Monitoring Task Force ( [email protected] ). The organization, comprised totally of grassroots volunteers from across the state, will monitor Ohio's media outlets, documenting any instances of abuse of the public records...

Nugent in Oxford tonight; Rocker praises Open Carry 'Defense' Walkers

12:37pm Thursday, February 19, 2004

OFCC's Larry Moore had the opportunity to interview Ted Nugent for a story to promote his appearance at Miami University at Oxford tonight. In addition, Larry Moore’s upcoming February 27 column Moore Outdoors will be featuring Ted Nugent. "Bring your friends to Miami University," Nugent said. "We need to get the word out there. The truth is a beautiful thing. It is contagious. Everyone has an...

Op-Ed: Waiting for gun permit can be deadly

12:23pm Thursday, February 19, 2004

February 15, 2004 (New Hampshire) Union Leader By BERNADETTE MALONE NEVER DID I expect to wind up living alone, in a new area, with a violent acquaintance threatening me because of some perceived offense. Never did I expect to ever need to carry my handgun to and from work in case that man tracked me down and physically threatened me. So naturally, I didn’t have the paperwork I needed to defend...

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Toledo's rage against self-defense takes a TARTA bus ride

11:33am Thursday, February 19, 2004

by Chad D. Baus The City of Toledo has quite a history of discrimination against Second Amendment rights, especially when lower income residents try to exercise their rights. According to the Toledo Blade, Toledo's controversial ban on inexpensive firearms (which was renewed in 2002 after a tie-breaking vote from Mayor Jack Ford ), has been used for just one conviction since 2000 . The ban has...

Youngstown: Some hail, others fear concealed-carry law

5:33pm Wednesday, February 18, 2004

One local gun shop has had a large increase in business in recent weeks February 18, 2004 Youngstown Vindicator Diane Demetrios remembers well the intruder who once entered her Boardman candy shop and robbed a teenage worker at knife-point. Standing in her business, where shiny, decorative hearts dangle over a tempting array of treats, Demetrios cited the episode in explaining why she backs the...

Op-Ed: Ohio sniper and disarmed populace

2:25pm Wednesday, February 18, 2004

February 18, 2004 Joseph Farah WorldNetDaily.com The case of the Ohio sniper is a perfect illustration of the dangers of disarming the public – and leaving crime-prevention and deterrence to the government. The sniper has been shooting at people and cars since November of last year. He is linked to at least 24 shootings, including one murder. Last weekend, he took a potshot at a Chevrolet...

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Reminder: Ted Nugent at Ohio University Thursday!

5:31pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

Press Release - February 12, 2004 Oxford, OH - Today, the Miami University College Republicans announced that the keynote speaker for the annual club sponsored Conservative Week will be Second Amendment activist and author of the New York Times Bestseller God, Guns, and Rock-n-Roll , Ted Nugent. Conservative Week is an annual celebration of conservative thought at Miami University sponsored by...

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Extremists raging against self-defense. But will they post at their own homes?

5:15pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

We've been warning for months that the gun ban extremists' would resort to even more irrational scare tactics (mainly targeted at businesses) than already known for, after Ohio legislature finally passed a concealed carry law. On August 29, 2003, we published a story about how a man in Minnesota was actually working to put people in a great deal of danger, by offering "Carries No Gun" t-shirts...