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Crime hits home for OFCC Membership Coordinator

8:47am Wednesday, November 24, 2004

The following news account documents an incident that occurred in the neighborhood of OFCC Membership Coordinator Dan White. Commentary from White follows the story. November 22, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal Man arrested after foot chase with cops Police arrested man who led officers on a foot chase about 11:30 p.m. Saturday, and six police cruisers converged in the yard of a West 17th Street...

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Op-Ed: This isn't Dan Rather's first time in hot water

8:44am Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Some hunters may well cringe while recalling when the broadcast journalist hosted the 1975 CBS special titled "Guns of Autumn" By Ron Schara ESPNOutdoors.com Dan Rather's fall from journalistic grace happened — for some of us — a long time ago. The evening of Sept. 5, 1975, to be exact. On that night, a much younger and very dashing Dan Rather was the host of a CBS special titled "Guns of Autumn...

Ohio man seeks to organize workers in one of nation's most dangerous professions

8:40am Wednesday, November 24, 2004

On November 17, 2004, the Associated Press reported that a fledgling national union for pizza drivers is demanding better wages and training, saying the large chains have been taking advantage of them for years. Tim Lockwood, treasurer for the Association of Pizza Delivery Drivers (Hendersonville, TN), said the union started just a couple of years ago with a few drivers talking in an Internet...

Customer helps stop Victim Zone robbery attempt

8:22am Tuesday, November 23, 2004

November 22, 2004 Dayton Daily News The gunman picked the wrong time to try to rob the Barnsider restaurant. 'Every time he'd get up, I'd hit him. ... I wasn't going to give him the opportunity to hurt anybody. ... I told him that he was under citizen's arrest.' A customer, Troy Browder, 41, of Riverside, was sitting at the bar Sunday night as bartender Barbara Griggs was closing. A man walked in...

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Lawsuit: Business ''failed to properly train and supervise security personnel''

8:21am Tuesday, November 23, 2004

November 20, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer (click for complete story) A 21-year-old woman's federal court suit ended with $148,000 in settlements promised from a Fairfield night club, Butler County and a former Butler sheriff's deputy who raped her in 2002. But the woman says she got something more important than money: An admission from the officer and the club that they were wrong. "I'd rather be...

Police warn women of attacker in Lima

8:20am Tuesday, November 23, 2004

November 20, 2004 Toledo Blade LIMA, Ohio - Police are warning women walking near downtown to be wary of a man whom investigators say assaulted two women. Earlier this week a woman reported being attacked in the 200 block of North Main Street, and another was assaulted at Market and Elizabeth streets. In both cases, the man approached the women and asked what time it was before assaulting them...

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Headline: Aiming to Change Image

8:19am Tuesday, November 23, 2004

Advocates for concealed weapons laws have some points to make November 13, 2004 Chicago Tribune Howard Witt, Tribune Southwest Bureau Chief, recently on assignment in Phoenix PHOENIX -- Depending on your point of view, the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Phoenix was either the safest or most dangerous place in the nation one Saturday night this fall. Inside the main banquet hall, some 400 assorted...

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Letter to the Editor: Consider every gun loaded

8:18am Tuesday, November 23, 2004

November 20, 2004 Dayton Daily News Re: the Nov. 16 Nicholas Kristof commentary "Fresh thinking on guns needed" : Kristof says that you can tell if a camera is loaded just by looking at it, and that the same should hold true to a gun. The only similarity between a camera and a gun is that they both use the term "shoot." Every gun, and I mean every gun, should always be considered loaded until...