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OOPS! Brady Campaign touts study proving OUR point (again)

11:36am Wednesday, May 19, 2004

May 10, 2004 Jointogether.org Calif. Survey: One in Five Teens Live with Guns A survey by the University of California at Los Angeles finds that nearly 20 percent of 5,801 California adolescents polled live in homes were firearms are present, the Health Behavior News Service reported April 29. According to the survey, white, male Americans ages 14 to 17 living in higher-income or rural households...

Letter to the Editor: Doctor vows his office won't be a gun-free zone

11:23am Wednesday, May 19, 2004

May 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch "Dr. Johnston," a colleague asked me yesterday, "Aren’t you going to fill out the application to keep concealed weapons out of your office?" A physician wouldn’t want guns in his office, right? I walked into the hospital to see a patient yesterday, and I saw one of the placards: "No weapons of any kind are allowed inside this building." Buses have them posted. We...

Editorial Claim: “No need for fast guns”

10:42am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

May 14, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Sheriffs should take time necessary to handle concealed-carry permits Like it or not — and The Dispatch doesn’t — the legislature has given Ohioans the right to carry concealed weapons after they have been issued a permit by a county sheriff. The state’s 88 sheriffs now have the responsibility of taking applications and screening them to make sure applicants have...

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GM pays for employees 12 hr. Gun Safety class

10:38am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Stuka Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 Attention everyone who is an employee of General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler: The GM Parma, OH. plant has agreed to pay for a 12 hour gun safety class for its employees. This $165 will now be covered under the Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP). At the Parma plant, we have had approx. 600-800 people sign up for this class, making...

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TARTA’s illegal victim zone signs didn't stop this ''armed'' criminal

10:23am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

TARTA learns what Dairy Mart now knows...criminals don't care about weapons prohibitions. TARTA got a bonus - they learned that if all the firearms in the world magically disappeared, criminals would simply switch to items as innocent as a broomstick. May 17, 2004 Toledo Blade Man arrested in robbery of East Toledo carryout A man who, police say, menaced a carryout clerk with a broomstick during...

Minster man guilty of stalking woman

10:14am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

This woman moved, changed her phone number, and even obtained a protection order to hide from this stalker. Had she obtained a CHL, some Ohio newspapers would have aided this man with his goal of pursuing her, by publishing her name with other CHL-holders, as callously as they would publish a list of sex offenders. May 6, 2004 Dayton Daily News XENIA | A Minster man will be sentenced June 18...

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Op-Ed: Guns, like abortion, are a matter of choice

10:10am Tuesday, May 18, 2004

Polls suggest less than half of the country will agree will this editorialist on her opinion about abortion. Polls show nearly 80% of the country will agree with her on protecting the right to choose to bear arms for self-defense. We are sharing this article not to enter into the debate over abortion, but rather to encourage consideration by those liberals (we know you’re reading!) who believe in...

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Past week tough on defenseless Ohioans; Columbus eatery customers fight back

5:53pm Monday, May 17, 2004

Cincinnati: Violent murder seen as "public relations nightmare" for city Police said Friday that a 17-year-old robbed Robbie Harris of cash before shooting him to death at Seventh and Vine streets about 12:20 a.m. Thursday. "When a 17-year-old man leaves home with a gun, intent on doing a bad thing, there is virtually nothing any of us can do to prevent it,'' Capt. James Whalen, commander of...