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FLASH: Temporary Restraining Order issued against City of Clyde

3:04pm Thursday, August 12, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge Harry A. Sargeant, Jr. has granted our request for a temporary restraining order , which prohibits the City of Clyde from enforcing Ordinance # 2004-41 (a concealed carry ban). The City of Clyde has been ordered to remove its signs within 24 hours. Text of the order can be reviewed by clicking on the "Read More..."...

Ohioans For Concealed Carry Sues City of Clyde Over Concealed Handgun Ban

1:20pm Thursday, August 12, 2004

Self-Defense Advocacy Group Says City Ordinance Unconstitutional CLEVELAND - Ohioans For Concealed Carry, the state's largest grassroots organization working to reform, defend and enforce Ohio's self-defense laws, announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Clyde in the Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas against the City of Clyde and each individual elected and appointed...

More than 600 Lucas Co. CHL-holders' names published by Toledo freebie rag

by Chad D. Baus

1:15pm Thursday, August 12, 2004

A Lucas Co. freebie rag called the Toledo City Paper has joined the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sidney Daily News and three other Ohio newspapers who have abused the media exception provision to the law which protects CHL-holders' private information: The list of more than 600 names appears as a "web-only exclusive" , and is promoted in the August 12, 2004 issue, which is available free of charge at...

More Ohioans use firearms to stop crimes/ protect lives

3:10pm Wednesday, August 11, 2004

Ohio newspapers publish two more examples of the 2 million-plus defensive uses of firearms that occur each year in our nation... Athens Messenger: Burglary victim holds suspect at gunpoint COOLVILLE — A Dixon Road man faces charges of burglary and child endangerment after he allegedly kicked in the door of a Brimstone Road residence while his child was waiting in his truck. Danny Lantz Jr., 31,...

Several guns stolen from home

12:14pm Wednesday, August 11, 2004

More headlines like this on the way, courtesy of five Ohio newspapers who have published shopping lists of gun owners for criminals. August 11,2004 Dayton Daily News SPRING VALLEY TWP, Greene County — Law officers are searching for the suspect or suspects who stole rifles, shotguns, handguns and a crossbow from a home in Spring Valley Twp., Greene County sheriff's Maj. Eric Prindle said Tuesday...

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Letter to the Editor: A more valid examination of Texas gun statistics

11:57am Wednesday, August 11, 2004

August 11, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Karen Tucker states (Letters, Aug. 3), "Texas permit holders were arrested for weapons-related offenses at a rate 66 percent higher than that of the general population of the state." Since by definition, 100 percent of permit holders have weapons and only a small percentage of the general population have weapons, this statistic proves what, exactly? When one...

Double-standard: Privacy a right for everyone but law-abiding gun owners

5:14pm Tuesday, August 10, 2004

The need for the protection of privacy has been in the news a lot lately, and it would appear liberals and the media elite supports such efforts for everyone but...you guessed it...law-abiding CHL-holders. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. ‘Scarlet plates’ single out DUIs August 9, 2004 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram It’s not a scarlet letter, but it’s close. The bright yellow license...

Strike Two: Another PD editor tries to justify discriminatory actions

3:08pm Tuesday, August 10, 2004

Those who catch the headline of Phillip Morris' latest column in the Cleveland Plain Dealer may gain the impression that at least one member of the editorial board is coming to understand how damaging its decision to publish the names of concealed handgun license-holders has been. Some may believe it is evidence that the paper has been asking itself what role it played in the death of Bill...