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LTE: Carrying a weapon helps lower crime rate

7:14am Tuesday, May 03, 2005

May 1, 2005 Marion Star Dear Editor: Re: "' The gun demands respect ,'" April 4: I'm curious - what made Ms. Daley chose Mr. White out of the 299 people who have received licenses up to the end of last year? Would readers have been more interested, perhaps, in a woman protecting herself from an abusive former husband or a newspaper or pizza carrier who works in a job with risks rivaling that of...

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Ashtabula sheriff to recall 23 of 42 laid off in March

7:02am Tuesday, May 03, 2005

The Cleveland Dealer is reporting that Ashtabula County Sheriff William Johnson will recall 23 of the 42 staff members laid off in March to increase public safety. From the story: That is good news to homeowners like Barb Sivko who called 9-1-1 last week and was told there were no deputies to help her fend off a gun-toting neighbor at her Twitchell Road property in the southeast corner of the...

More gun incidents in ''no-guns'' Ohio school ''safety'' zones

7:01am Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Metal detectors will keep our kids safe in schools, right? Dayton: Gun seized at Dunbar High A 14-year-old boy was arrested Thursday morning on a charge that he brought a .380-caliber semiautomatic handgun to Dunbar High School, a Dayton City Schools official said. The ninth-grader was in the Family Court Center pending a delinquency charge of carrying a concealed weapon, Dayton police Sgt...

Ironton: C&S Guns robbed

6:59am Tuesday, May 03, 2005

Once again, gun control laws which were passed with claims that they would keep guns out of criminals' hands (but that in actuality succeed only in making purchases more difficult for law-abiding citizens) have been completely circumvented by people who care nothing for the law. The Ironton Tribune reported last week that a local firearms store, C&S Guns, was robbed. From the story: Ironton...

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LTE: Avoiding unsafe businesses

6:57am Tuesday, May 03, 2005

April 28th, 2005 The (Cleveland) Sun Messenger As a long-time resident of South Euclid, it saddens me to see the notices posted at many South Euclid businesses that prohibit concealed firearms on their premises. It has been over one year since Ohio's state senators and congress people passed Ohio House Bill 12, which was signed into law by Governor Taft. Many people thought that with the new law...

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Attorney General Jim Petro Defends Concealed Carry Law

8:46am Monday, May 02, 2005

Monday, May 2, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Attorney General’s Office COLUMBUS - Attorney General Jim Petro today defended the constitutionality of Ohio's concealed carry law against a challenge by the City of Clyde in Sandusky County. Petro intervened in the case, Ohioans For Concealed Carry, Inc. v City of Clyde , in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas, arguing Ohio's concealed...

House Passes ''Amy's Law''

8:32am Monday, May 02, 2005

WCPO.com reported Friday that lawmakers in the Ohio House of Representatives have passed House Bill 29, named for a local survivor of domestic abuse. "Amy's Law" will make it tougher for first-time domestic violence offenders to get out on bond. The measure is named for Amy Rezos, a Liberty Township woman whose husband tried to kill her three times. The bill now goes before the Senate. The...

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Dayton Daily News: Fight rages on gun disclosure

8:35am Sunday, May 01, 2005

As a set-up for a roundtable forum the Dayton Daily News is sponsoring this Thursday, May 5, the newspaper has published a story which attempts to examine both sides of the debate. As most readers have come to expect from the DDN, however, their story leans heavily towards the position the writers and editors themselves hold personally. From the story: Kettering resident Patt Duffy figures she...