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Gun Control March Lacked Numbers and Impact, Critic Says

2:27pm Monday, May 10, 2004

May 10, 2004 CNSNews.com (CNSNews.com) - It wasn't a "Million Mom March" -- it was a "thousand gang limp," said one Second Amendment supporter, describing Sunday's anti-gun march in Washington. The Washington Post, which ran the story on page B-1, said "thousands" of people, mostly women, marched to "end gun violence" on Sunday. The newspaper described the rally as "the largest gun-control...

Cincy Biggs mega-grocery removes signs; great shopping alternative to Kroger!

1:07pm Monday, May 10, 2004

For those former Kroger customers in Cincinnati who are searching for a new place to purchase food for your family, Biggs Eastgate has removed signs barring CHL-holders, and has thus been removed for the "Do Not Patronize While Armed" list. They now join Walmart SuperCenters, Meijer's and a long list of other Cincinnati-area grocers that do not discriminate against people who choose to bear arms...

Concealed carry licensees from area are pleased with newfound freedom

1:22pm Saturday, May 08, 2004

May 6, 2004 Zanesville Times Recorder ZANESVILLE -- More than a hundred residents in Muskingum, Morgan, Licking and Guernsey counties have received their concealed carry weapons licenses, and applications keep coming. Major Bryan Hoover of the Muskingum County Sheriff's Office couldn't determine who the first person to receive the license was, but 116 have been issued to applicants from those...

Advocates of the conceal/carry gun law say system is moving too slowly

8:02am Saturday, May 08, 2004

This story has been picked up by the Associated Press and is being printed in newspapers across the state . Permit process takes time May 08, 2004 Columbus Dispatch More than 450 conceal/carry licenses have been issued in central Ohio since a new state law took effect one month ago today, but proponents say sheriffs still must do more to ease the application process. In Franklin County, where 246...

Applications steady for concealed-carry

7:40am Saturday, May 08, 2004

May 8, 2004 Dayton Daily News The April 8 start of the new concealed-carry law was expected to generate a rush of gun permit applicants, but officials in Montgomery, Miami, Greene and Warren counties say the process is steady and manageable. "The first day, the computer was overwhelmed, but that was fixed and since then we haven't had any problems," Montgomery County Sgt. Larry Schroeder said. "...

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Dear Kroger...

5:10pm Friday, May 07, 2004

May 7, 2004 I have been a Kroger customer all my adult life. The reason I'm writing today is to ask you if you wish to continue to earn my business. I've learned that you are enabling criminals and discriminating against my fellow American's civil rights in your Cincinnati-area stores by prohibiting their right to protect themselves. Specifically, you don't want armed customers in your stores...

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MicroCenter signs come down; Kroger digs in for a fight

4:45pm Friday, May 07, 2004

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is pleased to announce that MicroCenter has made a corporate decision to treat their Ohio customers exactly as they've been treating customers across the country for years. Discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders in Ohio stores are coming down, effective today. ----- Original Message ----- From: Customer Relations Sent: 5/7/2004 1:18:45 PM Subject: New policy Dear Mrs...

Court asked to void suit aiming to bar gun permits

3:09pm Friday, May 07, 2004

You heard it here first.... May 07, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus- Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro asked the Ohio Supreme Court on Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to stop sheriffs from issuing applications for concealed-handgun permits. The Toledo-based Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence filed the suit just a week after the new concealed-handgun law went into effect April 8. The...