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Will they finish the job? Legislators about to return to Columbus.

3:27pm Thursday, January 01, 2004

FLASHBACK: Senate President Doug White (R – 14th District) speaking at a March 2003 US Sportsmen Alliance legislative reception said: "I am a strong proponent of the right to carry. I do not own a gun. I served in Uncle Sam’s Army where I used a sidearm and the M-14. I understand the proper use of a firearm and the power of a firearm. I absolutely and totally, to the bottom of my soul, understand...

Tale of Two Cities: Dayton store owner killed; Hartford robbers jailed

2:52pm Thursday, January 01, 2004

Trotwood man shot, killed in robbery DAYTON | A 46-year-old Trotwood man was shot and killed during a robbery as the man closed up his Dayton business on New Year's Eve, according to Dayton police. The man and his adult son were closing Gina's Party Store, 3025 Salem Ave., around 10:50 p.m. when the man was accosted in the parking lot by a male wearing a blue stocking cap, according to Dayton...

OFCC Supporter: Excuse for public records demands left twisting in the wind

2:33pm Thursday, January 01, 2004

The following was submitted by OFCC Supporter Paul Barnett. (In Lee Leonard's recent Columbus Dispatch story on the delay of Ohio CCW, Governor Taft's spokesperson, Orest) Holubec said records show that more than 400 felons received permits in Texas. "We want to avoid that in Ohio," he said, "and the easiest way to avoid it is to allow the sun to shine on the records." I'm getting tired of this...

State Senator tries to turn CCW debate into class warfare battle

7:03pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003

When Dan Williamson broke the story that Senator White admitted he had the votes to override a Taft veto on HB12 back on November 27 , we had hope that he was one of the more objective reporters in Ohio. But in this, his latest story on the subject, it's more of what we've come to expect from Ohio's liberal media elite. It's tough to know where to begin with this piece. At times, it reads more as...

Never enough for ultra-liberal Dayton Daily News editors

3:00pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003

Handgun secrecy is a cynical joke Dayton Daily News Editorial December 26, 2003 A MEMORABLE SCENE IN A CLASSIC MOVIE SET in the old West has comic legend W.C. Fields holding forth in the back of a moving passenger train that's clacking past desert cactus and sagebrush. He regales fellow travelers with a tale of personal bravery. The exchange goes something like this: "I was surrounded by 20,000...

Cincinnati: Killings at 26-year high

2:21pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003

As you read this article, we recommend you keep these words at the front of your mind: "Ohio's gun control laws are a colossal failure." Former police officer's son 75th victim in city By Jane Prendergast The Cincinnati Enquirer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cincinnati Enquirer) BOND HILL - A day after a bullet made his stepson Cincinnati's 75th homicide victim of...

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Taft's Eleventh Hour Issue Still Delaying HB12

4:08pm Tuesday, December 30, 2003

Privacy issue stalls gun bill Taft, House at odds over access to conceal-carry permit lists December 30, 2003 Lee Leonard Columbus Dispatch For the second December in a row, Ohioans are within an inch of being allowed to carry concealed handguns under limited circumstances. Standing in the way of enactment of House Bill 12, which has overwhelming support in both chambers of the Ohio legislature,...

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Letter to the Editor: Editorial omitted facts about concealed-carry bill

12:38pm Sunday, December 28, 2003

December 27, 2003 Columbus Dispatch The editorial, “Taking the Heat,” imploring Governor Taft to veto HB12 was not only factually flawed but proved the Dispatch editorial staff is vehemently anti-gun. Ohio’s longtime ban on concealed weapons has only served criminals well - allowing them to prey on unarmed and unsuspecting victims for far too long, leaving Ohioans vulnerable to violent attack...