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Scope of Best Buy's discriminatory practices against gun owners still not known

3:04am Friday, May 20, 2005

As OFCC first reported on Monday, the posting of "no-guns" signs at Ohio Best Buy stores has been confusing from the start. From store managers who offered opposing excuses, to the appearance that the retail chain had been mislead by national office materials company g.Neil via the labor law "compliance kits" the company sells to Ohio businesses, there has been no clear sense of who ordered the...

Cleveland City Council aims low in attempt to keep kids from guns

2:56am Friday, May 20, 2005

Cleveland’s NewsChannel5 is reporting that Cleveland council members are waging a new campaign to stop gun violence, and it appears as though they are prepared to walk down the same tried and true (and failed) path of efforts that have been occurring for years. From the story: Many Cleveland residents are afraid and concerned about the increasing gun violence in their neighborhoods. At a public...

Just ''drive off'' if attacked in your car? More defenseless Ohioans get Borned

2:51am Friday, May 20, 2005

With every new victim who is attacked in their car comes a fresh reminder of just how horribly irresponsible was the advice of Ohio State Highway Patrol Capt. John Born in 2003 when explaining why the OSHP claimed people didn’t need to carry a firearm in their motor vehicle: “We do not want a loaded firearm readily accessible to the driver of a car,'' said Born. When presented with the fact that...

More victims of crime in places where guns are banned

2:47am Friday, May 20, 2005

Police Suspect String Of UC Robberies Related Ohio law bans firearms on college campuses, preventing students their right to self-defense Two suspects are in police custody in connection with a robbery on the University of Cincinnati's Clifton campus. Both Cincinnati and UC campus police are trying to determine whether a string of robberies near the campus are related. Police say on Tuesday...

Petro Releases First Year Concealed Carry Statistics

4:21am Thursday, May 19, 2005

Press Release Ohio Attorney General's Office May 17, 2005 COLUMBUS - Ohio sheriffs issued 51,998 licenses to carry concealed handguns between April 8, 2004, when the state law went into effect, and March 31, 2005, according to the statistics gathered by Ohio’s Sheriff’s and complied by the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission. “I am the chief public official charged with implementing this law...

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Cleveland Channel 5 news anchor arrested at crime scene

4:18am Thursday, May 19, 2005

Judging strictly by the headlines, there is now one more reporter arrested for disobeying a lawful order from the police than concealed handgun license-holders this year. May 17, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer Maple Heights police arrested WEWS Channel 5 anchor Curtis Jackson at a crime scene Sunday as he followed a woman to her apartment for an interview. Chief Rich Maracz said that Jackson was...

LTEs: Dispatch's support for Clyde ''not surprising'', but hypocritical

4:16am Thursday, May 19, 2005

May 18, 2005 Columbus Dispatch Section of House bill clear on gun licenses In its May 11 editorial, "Safety is a local issue," The Dispatch states that "(Ohio Attorney General Jim) Petro contends that the state — and only the state — can restrict where people holding licenses to carry guns can go." Fortunately for the law-abiding citizens of Ohio who have taken the time to get the required...

Three home invasions stress that only you can protect you

4:14am Thursday, May 19, 2005

Gun ban extremist Toby Hoover has voiced her support for making CHL-records public by insisting she needs to know if anyone she hires might be carrying a firearm. This story fairly screams what most reasonable Ohioans think – when hiring, be concerned about the criminals amongst us - not the background checked law-abiding citizen. There is no media list of criminals, so perhaps Toby can explain...