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Op-Ed: More Lott, Less Moore

1:30pm Saturday, June 26, 2004

June 24, 2004 TownHall.com By Mike S. Adams Last semester, one of my students told me that he was down on America. In fact, he said that he was ashamed to be an American. He didn’t keep me guessing as to the reason for his shame and depression. He immediately disclosed that he had seen “Bowling for Columbine,” on one of the two occasions the Women’s Center sponsored its showing last year. It is...

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Op-Ed: Docs Gun for a Ban

1:24pm Saturday, June 26, 2004

June 23, 2004 National Review Medical journals trade science for antigun propaganda By Timothy Wheeler The gun-control movement's stock has tanked. Violent crime overall has continued to drop, leaving partisans to fret over the much smaller problem of accidental gun injuries. Most of the holdout states have now passed laws allowing citizens to carry personal-protection firearms — and civilization...

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Toby Hoover admits posting discriminatory signs is a ''business risk''

8:16am Saturday, June 26, 2004

On Thursday, OFCC made readers aware of the fact that Ohio-based Carter Lumber is discriminating against its Ohio customers who choose to bear arms for self-defense by posting signs, but that the company does not and has not post signs in other concealed carry states such as Indiana and Pennsylvania. One of our readers is the woman who fronts the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, Toby Hoover...

Detroit Mayor ‘Finally Gets It’ About Thugs With Guns Following Shooting

5:19pm Friday, June 25, 2004

As one OFCC volunteer put it upon hearing news of this shooting, "this is EXACTLY why I carry in parks and why we need to be able to carry in parks. You never know where there is (as the Mayor called the shooter) an "idiot" like this." For Immediate Release: 6/25/2004 BELLEVUE, WA— The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for “finally getting it” about...

Letter to the Editor: [Publishing my private] info was 'shameful'

4:56pm Friday, June 25, 2004

June 25, 2004 Sidney Daily News Shameful is what I think of The Sidney Daily News for publishing the names and addresses (of law-abiding citizens) of the CCW permit holders. I feel the newsworthy story ended with the statistical facts of how many permits have been issued. A newspaper like SDN is one of the reasons why the lawmakers had such a hard time passing the CCW bill. SDN has abused its...

Letters to the Editor: Opponents' actions endanger others

8:05am Friday, June 25, 2004

June 25, 2004 Dayton Daily News Sheriff's actions endanger others Re: "Gun law changes sought," JUNE 10: I read with interest the article concerning Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary's disclosure of the addresses of people who had completed Ohio's concealed-carry course, as I am one of them. Much has been made about "those dangerous people" who are licensed to carry firearms. Contrary to...

Ohio Supreme Court to hear lawsuit against Franklin Co. Sheriff Karnes

3:34pm Thursday, June 24, 2004

COLUMBUS - Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Supreme Court, on a 6-1 vote with Justice Pfeifer dissenting, has issued an alternative writ of mandamus, declining Franklin Co. Sheriff Jim Karnes' request to have a lawsuit against him thrown out. The lawsuit, filed on April 9 by Josephine Lee, centers around Josephine's application with Sheriff Karnes for a Temporary Emergency...

Ohio's Carter Lumber posts discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders

11:37am Thursday, June 24, 2004

UPDATE! TEN: Another national chain removes discriminatory signs Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Carter Lumber, an Ohio-owned and operated building materials chain, has ordered its Ohio stores to post discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders. Carter Lumber has over 240 stores in ten states. According to several store managers in Indiana and Pennsylvania, they do NOT post...