Letter to the Editor: Kerry is threat to gun owners

October 20, 2004 Zanesville Times Recorder OK, folks in the central Ohio area, here's the thing; The National Rifle Association has, as I sit here in front of the computer, just announced that it is endorsing George Bush for president. align="right"> I agree with them. The Democratic ticket can be characterized as the "most anti-gun ticket for president of the U.S. ever to be run for the...

Gunman takes cash from ''no-guns'' credit union

On October 20, 2004, the Marion Star reported that Marion police and the FBI agents from the Mansfield office are investigating an armed robbery at yet another business on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . According to the article, a white male entered the Marion Community Credit Union Inc., 810 Kenton Ave., Oct. 19 at 1:22 p.m., brandished a semi-automatic handgun and demanded that...

2 weeks till election - What is different this time around?

Ohio is a "battleground" state. We are not only one of the important states, but in fact the most important state in the Union for this year's Presidential race. Both Republicans and Democrats are bringing in massive amounts of people and money to our state. There is a huge amount of information, and even more misinformation. So what? There are 80 million gun owner in the country. "Just" 4...

FOP: Police Call on Kerry to Stop Misrepresenting Their Support

October 14, 2004 US Newswire WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today Chuck Canterbury, the President of the nation's largest police labor organization, called on John Kerry to stop making misleading statements regarding his support from the law enforcement community. Both on the campaign trail and in Wednesday night's debate in Tempe, AZ, Senator Kerry has alluded that he has the support of...

OH Sportsmen for Bush rally to counter Kerry's latest photo op

COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Sportsmen For Bush Coalition has announced a press conference will be held (today) Wednesday, October 20 at 1:00 p.m. at th Austintown Sports Center in Youngstown. Former State Representative Democrat Michael Verich and Former Chief of the Ohio Division of Wildlife Mike Budzik will be joined by several other Ohioans in making remarks on John Kerry’s upcoming duck hunting...

NRA: ''We've found no evidence that [Kerry] owns a hunting license.''

URGENT! Like your grandfather's M1 Garand or Carbine? Like carrying your favorite semi-auto shotgun into the fields on a hunt? Like admiring collector guns like the Browning Auto-5? John Kerry wants to take your guns - period . There exists a bill, right now, in the U.S. Senate, which would go far beyond the anything the Clintons did to threaten your freedom. Click here to read the summary of S...

Toledo's gun control laws are a proven failure

October 17, 2004 Toledo Blade Islands of danger, safety shape map of Toledo crime statistics The differences between Helen Weaver and Jackie Lothery are obvious. Helen, 79, is white and lives in a mobile home in suburban Northwood. Jackie, 51, is black and resides in a 19th century, wood-frame home in Toledo's central city. But the women do share something: the heightened prospect of being a...

Politics, paranoia fuel war of words over guns

October 18, 2004 Albany (NY) Times Union It was July 1998. Newspapers were full of stories about a seeming rash of shootings in schools. About 40 representatives of law enforcement, public health and other fields were summoned to Washington, D.C., to talk about ways to deal with gun violence in America. Alan Lizotte, a University at Albany criminologist, recalls with certain satisfaction the way...

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