FBI: Ohio bank heists with violent component on the rise

October 17, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Robbery trend worries officials It’s not just the increase in bank robberies this year across central Ohio that has officials concerned. It’s how the heists are being carried out. There have been 95 robberies so far this year in and around Columbus, compared with 64 for the same period last year, according to the FBI. "Typically (80 percent) are nice and quiet...

Police say [''no-guns''] gas station was robbed

On October 15, 2004, the Mansfield News Journal reported that Mansfield police are investigating an armed robbery at yet another business on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . The newspaper report says a 26-year-old woman at BP Duke & Duchess, 595 S. Main St., told police a man walked into the store at 6:17 a.m. He pulled out a gun and demanded money, police said. The man fled the...

Plain Dealer's Clifton a part of Ohio Supreme Court PRIVACY Subcommittee

The following information was submitted by a reader to the www.ohioccw.org website. It appears that Doug Clifton, editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer is a member of the Privacy Subcommittee of the Supreme Court of Ohio. This is very disturbing given his actions violating the privacy of Northeast Ohio CCW holders. http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/ACTC/subcommittees/privacy/Privacy_Roster.pdf It is...

Britain: A gun crime every five hours since shooting of Danielle

If he succeeds in fooling gun owners, and is elected, this is what those who support John Kerry for President will be asking him to do to America's gun laws - disarm the victims, and even disarm the police! October 16, 2004 The (UK) Times Online As a man faces court charged with murdering Danielle Beccan, a Times survey finds that shootings are becoming commonplace. The scale of gun crime in...

Two Ohio appearances for Dr. John R. Lott this month!

John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime" and "The Media Bias Against Guns" will be in Ohio for two debates against what will no doubt prove to be uninformed, emotion-based gun ban extremists. Oct. 26, Ohio State University: Dr. Lott will be on OSU's campus to debate Jim Kessler, Americans for Gun Safety Policy Director. The focus of the debate will be: "Should Government in a Free Society...

Applicant: Lorain Co. CHL application logjam breaks?

The following message was posted by a subscriber to OFCC's CCW-Talk discussion list. Tue, 12 Oct 2004 11:02:49 -0400 Subject: [ccw-talk] Lorain County - quick turnaround! Greetings, Just wanted to give a heads-up to everybody regarding Lorain County Sheriff's office. Turned in my app on 9/22, got call last friday 10/8. That's 17 days! Hat's off to the folks at Lorain County SO. Very professional...

Letter-writer: Plain Dealer practices ''life threatening, dirty journalism''

The following letter, addressed to the Cleveland Plain Dealer editor, was CC'd to OFCC. It is written in response to the Plain Dealer's latest abuse of a provision giving the media an exception to the privacy of concealed handgun license records. The Plain Dealer published still more names of Ohio CHL-holders in its October 6, 2004 edition. October 14, 2004 Dear Editor, I have probably bought my...

Op-Ed: The good guys carry guns, too

October 9, 2004 The Roanoke (VA)Times by Ed Mitchell Jake is a good friend, and I'm sure he'll forgive me for not using his real name here. One of the reasons I like Jake so much is that he carries a gun. But you'd never know it. He's a big, friendly guy with a lot of friends, and he likes to help people. Jake's wife and two kids love him. From our long friendship, I know there's not a mean bone...

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