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Op-Ed: Concealed-carry has begun, but the showdown is far from over

11:32am Monday, April 19, 2004

April 19, 2004 Columbus Dispatch by Lee Leonard As the ceremonial first pitches were thrown out to start the baseball season, so the first lawsuits were thrown into the courts to start the concealed-carry season in Ohio. Opponents of the new law cited several reasons for stopping sheriffs from issuing permits to carry concealed handguns and asked the Ohio Supreme Court to declare the law invalid...

Toledo Concealed Carry Advocate Fires Back

9:45am Monday, April 19, 2004

April 19, 2004 Fox Toledo Bruce Beatty has been shooting guns since he was a little kid. Not a big surprise he is also in favor of the new concealed carry law. Now he's taking shots at the city's new plan with some strong bullet points. "We're seeing a three to five percent drop in violent crime, all fields of violent crime per year in states with this law,"Beatty said. "If they'd spend ten...

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Concealed guns: Ohio, Kentucky deciding rules

7:40am Sunday, April 18, 2004

April 17, 2004 Cincinnati Post Ohioans with a valid concealed-carry permit will be able to bring their weapons into Kentucky, but Kentuckians should wait a while before taking their guns north of the Ohio River. In 1998, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a law that automatically accepted "valid carry concealed weapons licenses issued by other states." But Ohio -- whose concealed-carry law went...

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Caught: Gun Ban Lobby Attempts Rhetorical Revisionism

by Chad D. Baus

5:16pm Saturday, April 17, 2004

In an op-ed published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Columbus Dispatch and Toledo Blade, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence director Toby Hoover joins the chorus of opponents to concealed carry reform who are now backing away from dire predictions of what would happen in Ohio if concealed carry reform became law. Hoover now says she and the rest of the gun ban lobby "never painted lurid pictures...

Letter to the Editor: Criminals ignore concealed-carry law

3:52pm Saturday, April 17, 2004

A new comprehensive story on the subject of business bans, including news of new victories in getting signs removed, and new businesses that are "in need of attention" about how their signs will be interpreted by their customers, is coming soon. April 16, 2004 Toledo Blade Businesses and stores that post "No Firearms Allowed On These Premises" might just as well post a sign saying "Welcome...

City of Fremont: Not us. Let Toledo get sued over Section 9!

1:42pm Saturday, April 17, 2004

April 16, 2004 Fremont News Messenger Guns allowed in city parks Patrons of Fremont public parks will be able to carry concealed weapons after all. Instead of hearing the first reading of an ordinance to prohibit concealed weapons in public parks, Fremont City officials decided Thursday to see what larger cities will do. City Law Director Bob Hart told council that after much research on the new...

SIMPLE: Letter-writer understands; some Mayors stumped

8:19am Friday, April 16, 2004

Concealed-carry limits often are impractical April 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch While I can appreciate Mayor Michael B. Coleman’s concerns regarding concealed weapons on public property and city parks, I believe it is necessary to point out the practical reality of the concealed-carry law. The law applies to every person statewide, and if every local city and municipality had the authority to pass...

Dispatch: Gun law already subject of suits

8:05am Friday, April 16, 2004

Cuyahoga County sheriff sued because his office is refusing to process permits until later April 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch The ink is barely dry on the first conceal-carry permit issued in Ohio, as well as the first lawsuits filed in connection with the week-old law. Columbus resident Josephine Lee has asked the Ohio Supreme Court to compel Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes to issue her a...