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FINAL 2003 OHIO OPEN CARRY ''DEFENSE'' WALKS ANNOUNCED

8:40pm Friday, October 03, 2003

WHAT: Local organizers in nearly twenty Ohio cities held "Defense" Walks in late 2003, at which local activists interested in protesting Governor Bob Taft's obstruction of concealed carry legislative reform "openly carried" their sidearms on a walk through the neighborhood. WHY: These "Defense" Walks offered a "visual display" of the choice Ohioans and legislators have before them as a result of...

AP: Can gun control cut violence? Even anti-gun CDC finds NO proof

10:23am Friday, October 03, 2003

October 3, 2003 A sweeping federal review of the nation's gun control laws - including mandatory waiting periods and bans on certain weapons - found no proof they reduce firearms violence. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appointed a group of scientists to conduct the review, which could be used to undercut the gun-control movement. The task force reviewed 51 published studies about...

Second chance for rape victim's affirmative defense plea??

9:18am Friday, October 03, 2003

October 3, 2003 Concealed weapon case sent back to Common Pleas court An Ohio State Supreme Court ruling on the carrying of concealed weapons sent a local case that was in the Third District Court of Appeals back to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas this week. After Judge Michael P. Kelbley ruled that the current law was unconstitutional in the case of a Fostoria woman, County Prosecutor...

Could the fear of a felony CCW arrest have led to this man's death?

3:47pm Thursday, October 02, 2003

[Homicide victim] had reported threat days before his death October 2, 2003 McARTHUR — Five days before Nicholas Wheeler was shot to death, he complained to authorities that a gun was pulled on him by the man who would later be charged with his murder. However, Thomas Craft had denied to a Vinton County sheriff’s deputy that the gun incident took place, and there was insufficient evidence to file...

More and more law enforcement expressing support for self-defense

2:42pm Thursday, October 02, 2003

October 2, 2003 Chillicothe Gazette Efforts to introduce versions of a concealed weapons law into legislation is like walking a fine line between public safety and constitutional rights, local law enforcement agencies say. With the battle to allow Ohio residents the right to carry handguns on their person raging in the House and Senate, local law enforcement agencies weighed in on the debate...

Op-Ed: O'Connor opinion ''good news for anyone who believes in the rule of law''

1:49pm Thursday, October 02, 2003

O'Connor a ray of hope in Klein gloom Michael J. Maurer The Ohio Supreme Court's Klein decision on the constitutionality of concealed carry laws is good news for supporters of gun rights: They lost by only a 5-2 vote. My own prediction was that they would lose 7-0, with a slim chance at 6-1 with Chief Justice Tom Moyer in dissent. But things turned out more favorably. For one thing, the court's...

Letter to the Editor: A decided disadvantage

1:27pm Thursday, October 02, 2003

October 2, 2003 To the editors of the Toledo Blade: Do Buckeyes realize that the recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling affirming the ban on handgun concealed-carry will place them at a great disadvantage when we Wolverines move to reclaim our ancient, ancestral Toledo lands? DELMER O. GASCHE Morenci, Mich. Click here to read the letter in the Toledo Blade. The Toledo Blade editors' latest in a long...

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Columbus Dispatch: Another life saved by ''gunman''

11:38am Thursday, October 02, 2003

Husband tells police man he shot had knife to wife’s neck October 02, 2003 Screams from the driveway brought Deshawn Davis outside early yesterday to find his wife in the grasp of a man holding a knife to her throat, Columbus police said. Davis, 22, who had armed himself with a handgun, shot Jeremy Andrews in front of the Davis home, 1699 E. Columbus St., on the South Side. Andrews, 21, was at...