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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...

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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...

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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'...

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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...