Ohio Politics

Media exception to privacy protections abused again

11:40am Wednesday, August 18, 2004
This time it's two law enforcement officers whose home addresses were obtained by the media and inappropriately published August 18, 2004 Mt. Vernon News MOUNT VERNON — A hot button, and a somewhat confusing legal issue, was brought to the local forefront last week when the home addresses of two Mount Vernon Police officers were released in a complaint that eventually found its way into the...

Double-standard: Privacy a right for everyone but law-abiding gun owners

5:14pm Tuesday, August 10, 2004
The need for the protection of privacy has been in the news a lot lately, and it would appear liberals and the media elite supports such efforts for everyone but...you guessed it...law-abiding CHL-holders. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. ‘Scarlet plates’ single out DUIs August 9, 2004 Elyria Chronicle-Telegram It’s not a scarlet letter, but it’s close. The bright yellow license...

Victim Zone Prohibitions cannot protect the defenseless

7:15pm Monday, August 09, 2004
August 5, 2004 NewsNet5.com (Canton) Sex offender attacks child's mother on way to church CANTON, Ohio -- Police in Canton said a registered sex offender attempted to abduct a woman in broad daylight across the street from the church where she was headed to attend Mass. Detective Jack Angelo said the woman's 3-year-old son may have saved her by his crying. Angelo said the woman reportedly stooped...

More evidence of the need for self-defense in parks

7:01pm Monday, August 09, 2004
Despite repeated inquiries, city officials in Clyde, Elyria and certain other communities have offered no demonstration whatsoever that there is a need for ordinances banning concealed handgun license-holders from public places. No municipality has any facts or research to indicate that law-abiding, licensed gun owners pose any threat or danger, nor has any history of problems in other states...

BANK ROBBER HIDES IN COLUMBUS PARK

1:09pm Wednesday, August 04, 2004
On April 8, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman staged a press conference next to a jungle gym, lamenting the fact that the city was unable to protect children by posting signs banning concealed handgun license-holders. Responding to his antics, Columbus-area legislators introduced legislation to abolish Section 9 of House Bill 12. As the story below illustrates, these officials could better spend...

State senator gets promotion from Guard, faces call-up

1:40pm Tuesday, July 27, 2004
July 27, 2004 Columbus Dispatch State Sen. Steve Stivers is moving up the chain of command of the Ohio Army National Guard and could be called to active duty before the year is over. The Columbus Republican, assigned to the 237 th Personnel Services Battalion based at Rickenbacker Airport, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in June and now is battalion commander. He’s been in the guard 19 years...

Attacked in workplace parking lot

8:04am Saturday, July 24, 2004
Senators on the Committee which considered the bill, which was chaired by Sen. Steve Austria, saw fit to remove a parking lot exemption at the request of the cash-rich Ohio Chamber of Commerce. There is no place which can guarantee Ohioans their safety if their right of self-defense has been removed. July 24, 2004 Dayton Daily News Man's nose severed, woman stabbed after leaving packing area...

Ashland's Harris expected to become Ohio Senate president

7:45am Thursday, July 22, 2004
July 21, 2004 Gannett News COLUMBUS — Sen. Bill Harris, R-Ashland, is expected to take over as president of the Ohio Senate in 2005, after his primary rival dropped out of the race today and endorsed him. Harris, 69, a former U.S. Marine, auto dealership owner and state lawmaker for nearly 10 years, is expected to take over for Senate President Doug White, who is term-limited at the end of the...

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