Violent crime in Ohio continuing unchecked

10:41am Thursday, October 30, 2003

While all eyes look to the General Assembly for announcement about a meeting time for the HB12 Conference Committee, defenseless Ohioans continue to be victimized, and the Ohio Crime Clock tally (located at the top-right of the www.buckeyefirearms.org homepage) continues to rack up numbers of Ohioans who would not have been victimized if HB12 were already law.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for some of the tragic crimes that have been perpetrated on the innocent this week.

Cincinnati:
Woman raped by stranger in UC garage
This is a sickening example of why creating defenseless victim zones on college campuses, where young women are disallowed their Constitutional right to self-defense, is a very bad idea.

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Pizza drivers robbers' targets

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Beating shocks Hillsboro

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Thieves target cars in suburbs
Wonderful example of why requiring licenseholders to leave their firearms in their cars when shopping or going to church is a horrible idea. .44 cal. S&W revolver amoung items stolen.

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Dayton:
Armed men invade Harrison Twp. home

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Dayton police: Man shot in back

Middletown:
Woman's 'worst nightmare'

Portsmouth:
Man stabbed while returning from store

Toledo
Intruder binds woman with tape, steals her car

Xenia:
Robbery victim cut with machete

New Report Shows Ohio Violent Crimes Could Have Been Prevented