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One arrested after armed robbery at ''no-guns'' bank

11:38pm Tuesday, May 31, 2005

The Fremont News Messenger is reporting that a Columbus man was arrested for his alleged involvement in a robbery Friday morning in which three men held up the “no-guns” Croghan Colonial Bank at gunpoint. The other two suspects are still on the loose. From the story: Michael Kevin Gainous, 37, was arrested after he tried to elude police in a vehicle during a pursuit just outside Fostoria...

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The Culture of Fear

4:38pm Monday, May 30, 2005

By Chad D. Baus These days, there seems to be little else for the gun ban lobby to do than to attempt to create an irrational fear of law-abiding citizens who chose to bear arms for self-defense. The latest example, by Toby Hoover, who often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, comes in the form of a press release shouting “OHIO’S KIDS AT RISK OF BEING SHOT...

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JoinTogether to stop gun violence? Only if the money flows…

7:58am Saturday, May 28, 2005

Last week, after JoinTogether.org announced that it would soon cease its practice of publishing gun violence news (without explanation), OFCC offered a few tongue-in-cheek guesses as to what the reasons could have been: “Did JTO decide to stop publishing gun violence news because they: A) Finally realized publishing story after story about how criminals with guns were hurting people was actually...

Activist aims to scare officials into protecting personal data

7:56am Saturday, May 28, 2005

OFCC raised the ire of news editors when we published the home address of Cleveland Plain Dealer editor and open records extremist Doug Clifton on our website. If BJ Ostergren had been running the show, Clifton’s social security number would likely have also been part of the equation… May 24, 2005 Washington Post Betty (but call her BJ) Ostergren, a feisty 56-year-old from just north of Richmond...

Defenseless in Dayton

7:50am Saturday, May 28, 2005

Comments below provided by OFCC Senate District 14 Coordinator Larry S. Moore: Police Search for Purse Snatchers A woman, who already lost a kidney to a robber, becomes a victim again. Now, police need your help to catch three people who may be robbers and thieves. Police say the three people they are looking for victimized a woman last Saturday. Someone shot her in the stomach, then took her...

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British doctors call for KNIFE control

7:37am Saturday, May 28, 2005

May 27, 2005 New York Times Warning: Long, pointy knives may be hazardous to your health. The authors of an editorial in the latest issue of the British Medical Journal have called for knife reform. The editorial, "Reducing knife crime: We need to ban the sale of long, pointed kitchen knives," notes that the knives are being used to stab people as well as roasts and the odd tin of Spam. The...

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Op-Ed: Sarah and James Brady - The Anger From Another Time

7:32am Saturday, May 28, 2005

May 20, 2005 MensNewsDaily.com By John Longenecker Violence. Conflict. As if these were useless and undesirable societal dynamics. As a matter of fact, without them, we would be stomped by those who use coercion as an everyday tool to get their way. Perhaps that's why there's a worldwide movement to discourage resistance to issues in general. It's made its way here, and we're feeling it big time...

Perrysburg police reduce DARE, but reportedly have time to hang "no-guns" signs

9:01am Friday, May 27, 2005

The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Perrysburg Police Division is planning to reduce the number of officers it assigns to teach Drug Abuse Resistance Education in the schools, known as DARE, which has some area educators and students worried about the future of the program. From the story: Police Chief Richard Gilts said he decided to reassign Officer Don Humphrey to road patrol full-time...