Gun Grabbers

Anti-self defense extremists plead with Taft: ''Keep your promise''

2:21pm Wednesday, July 30, 2003
In case you had any doubts, Ohio's anti-self-defense extremists are not resting until the General Assembly returns from summer break. According to a recent email alert from them, they are creating yet another align="right"> deceptive name for themselves, and have launched a new web-based service to spit out form letters urging citizens to encourage Governor Taft to drop his "support" for House...

Four for Four: Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban defeated. BUT...

9:48am Thursday, July 17, 2003
As we first told you in December , a fourth attempt to ban so-called "assault weapons" is underway in Youngstown. OFCC's Mahoning County Coordinator, Rick Kaleda, has just sent us the following update (click on the "Read More...: link below): ----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Kaleda Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 8:53 PM Subject: Youngstown AW ban DEFEATED. . . BUT . In a surprising move,...

Dispatch: 130+ years of anti-self-defense rhetoric

8:55am Thursday, July 10, 2003
‘Dispatch’ amazingly consistent on issue Wednesday, July 09, 2003 I recently came upon a passage that appeared in the very first issue of The Dispatch on July 1, 1871, then known as The Daily Dispatch, that is astonishing: "Nothing can be more absurd than the carrying of concealed weapons in a civilized community without a special purpose, and that in times of tranquility is simply criminal. But...

A public service ad you can't ignore

10:23am Monday, June 30, 2003
The Other Paper in Columbus this week ran this rather one-sided article... ============ Without warning, begins the radio commercial, I can strike, shattering bone, tearing flesh. Crippling, disfiguring and paralyzing my victims. I don't discriminate. I don't care what color, creed, religion, shape, size, or even age a person is. I could get your sister when she's sitting on your porch. Think you...

Op-Ed: Less Citizen Opposition Means More Guns

4:01pm Monday, June 16, 2003
On Friday, we were informed that an anti-concealed carry op-ed, written by "Million" Mommer Lori O'Neill, had been printed in the Cleveland Free Times. The letter is not available online, but we did print one of what will likely be many responses from readers . Now, thanks to a self-defense rights supporter and Free Times reader, the O'Neill letter has been transcribed, and can be read below...

CWRU victim's mom: ''Trouble! Call the guys with the guns. No, not THOSE guys'

3:48pm Monday, June 16, 2003
It's such a weak, flawed argument, it's almost not worth addressing. But not quite... Eleanor Helper, who told Senators she became an "instant gun control advocate" when her daughter was shot at Case Western University, has written a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the letter, and comment. Armed citizens are not a foregone asset Sunday, June 15,...

Letter to the Editor: 'Million' Mom's claims ''dishonesty born of desperation"

4:04pm Friday, June 13, 2003
The Cleveland Free Times recently printed an anti-self-defense op-ed from Lori O'Neill, president of the "Million" Mom March's Cleveland chapter. Unfortunately, the op-ed is not available on the Free Times' website (though we've probably heard it all before). Click on the "Read More..." link below to view a response, written by pro-CCW supporter Chris Morton. We hope the Free Times has the...

Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban gets first public hearing

10:47am Friday, June 13, 2003
Wednesday's public hearing in city council chambers on a proposed ban on possession or sale of assault firearms brought out raw emotion on both sides. More than four dozen people attended the unusual pair of hearings, arranged by Artis Gillam Sr., D-1st, council's safety committee chairman. Massive feedback on the proposed law led him to set aside two hours in the afternoon and two hours in the...

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