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Mea culpa: Bureau of Workers' Comp buries ''apology'' on page 9

6:57am Thursday, September 16, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that, in response to questions raised about the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's use of its quarterly newsletter's front page this summer to promote an anti-concealed carry agenda, has buried a short "clarification" on page 9 of the Fall issue of Worker's Comp Quarterly. Begin QUOTE- Clarification The summer 2004 issue of Workers' Comp Quarterly (...

Law not followed in release of Lucas Co. CHL-holders' private information

9:45am Wednesday, September 15, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that on at least two occasions, Lucas Co. Sheriff James A. Telb's office released the private information of Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL)-holders to journalists without having received the proper request forms. On September 8, 2004, WNWO NBC24 submitted a request "copies of all records" relating to people who have obtained concealed carry permits"...

FINALLY, THE END OF A SAD ERA - CLINTON GUN BAN STRICKEN FROM BOOKS!

9:31pm Monday, September 13, 2004

September 13, 2004 NRA-ILA SPECIAL Grassroots Alert 09/13/04 Today, the Clinton gun ban expired. The ban's enactment in 1994 was political chest-thumping and deceit at its worst. Now that the ban is over, as was the case for decades prior to and during the life of the ban, criminals still will not legally be able to possess these firearms. Law-abiding citizens, however, will once again be free to...

Op-Ed: Assault Weapons Ban Was Useless Anyway

3:46pm Monday, September 13, 2004

September 10, 2004 Los Angeles Times by John R. Lott With the federal assault weapons ban sunsetting on Monday at midnight, the gun-control movement has a lot to fear, but not what most people think. Despite claims that letting the 10-year-old ban on some semiautomatic weapons expire will result in a surge in gun crimes and police killings, the fact is that letting the law expire will probably...

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Crime at 30-year low; DOJ has trouble figuring out reason

11:48am Monday, September 13, 2004

In a September 13, 2004 Associated Press story on a newly released Justice Department report, the Associated Press reported the nation's crime rate last year held steady at the lowest levels since the government began surveying crime victims in 1973. According to the study, the 2003 violent crime rate - assault, sexual assault and armed robbery - stood at 22.6 victims for every 1,000 people age...

NRA Ads Focus on Kerry Gun Rights Record

11:01am Monday, September 13, 2004

September 8, 2004 Associated Press (click here for complete story) WASHINGTON - The National Rifle Association mocks John Kerry's attempts to portray himself as friendly to hunting and other gun sports, putting the Democrat in its sights with a $400,000-a-week television ad buy in several presidential battleground states. "There's a 20-year record he's trying to run away from," said NRA chief...

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Toledo's NBC24 goes against wishes of 88% of viewers, publishes CHL list

by Chad D. Baus

10:33am Monday, September 13, 2004

On Thursday, September 9, NBC24 (WNWO Toledo) republished a list of Lucas County CHL-holders on its website. The list had previously been published by the Toledo City Paper. In a statement published with the list of 650 names , the television station openly admits to violating the will of the Ohio General Assembly: "...the law says those permits are not public record. Only the media and law...

Secretary of State Blackwell Addresses Group

10:32am Monday, September 13, 2004

The following story, authored by Larry S. Moore, was published Friday, September 10, 2004 in the Greene County Dailies (Xenia Gazette, Fairborn Daily Herald, Beavercreek News). Republished with permission of the author. POWELL, OH - Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell was the keynote speaker for the Ohioans For Concealed Carry 'Party In The Park' over the Labor Day Weekend. Blackwell...