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Another Capitol city shooting: ''What is this city coming to?''

10:57am Thursday, October 02, 2003

Ohio's ban on carrying a concealed firearm has once again failed to protect a victim, and once again failed to stop a criminal. North Side man ‘critical’ after lunchtime shooting October 02, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Lisa Adams and her 3-year-old son, Isaac, were eating yesterday afternoon at a North Side fast-food restaurant when gunshots cut through their lunchtime chatter. "I heard 12...

Letters to the Editor: Views are divergent on pro-gun rally

9:01am Thursday, October 02, 2003

Letters edited for space - full letters can be read in the Cincinnati Enquirer . October 1, 2003 Timing of Gun Walk was in very poor taste - Mary T. Helmes, Northside Another day, another pro-gun article in the Enquirer. At least the reporter, Brenna R. Kelly, noted that "Not all residents" of Northside welcomed Hyde Park hairdresser Vernon Ferrier and his "gun walk" of armed pedestrians on...

Supremes uphold affirmative defense law; law immediately fails Seneca Co. woman

12:45pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Despite the fact that 45 states across the nation (including every state bordering Ohio) have some legal mechanism for law-abiding citizens to bear arms for self-defense, and despite the successful reduction of violent crime from such laws nationwide, Ohio's governor, certain Senators, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucracy still seem to believe that Ohioans are less responsible than the...

HB12 Sponsor: OSHP demands for unsecured firearms in vehicles ''ridiculous''

12:26pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003

Marietta Times by Brad Bauer The Marietta area's lawmakers say they would favor some kind of new law to allow citizens to carry a concealed weapon as the issue returns to the hands of the Ohio General Assembly. Ohio Rep. Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, the bill's House sponsor, said the citizens want their lawmakers to continue to pursue the issue even though it is proving to be a difficult one to...

Senator: ''Solidarity among Republicans'' destroying your right to self-defense

12:03pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003

By JIM SIEGEL Gannett News Service Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS -- The majority of Ohio senators support a concealed handgun bill, but fewer are willing to override a Gov. Bob Taft veto to make it happen. The Supreme Court last week put the issue squarely in the lap of the legislature, ruling that Ohio's ban on concealed handguns is constitutional, and it's an issue for lawmakers to decide. Both the...

AP: Legislature last hope for gun backers

4:52pm Monday, September 29, 2003

COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court's ruling last week upholding the state's ban on concealed weapons sent a signal that it will be up to lawmakers, not the court, to decide whether Ohioans can carry hidden guns, a law professor says. The problem for backers, though, is the Legislature has been struggling with the idea for eight years and seems nowhere close to resolving it. The bill exists...

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Ohio Crime headlines continue in wake of ruling, Senate obstruction

4:11pm Monday, September 29, 2003

The fight to restore the right to bear arms for self-defense has always been about two key issues: 1) Allowing citizens the right to choose not to be a victim. 2) Lowering violent crime. Amongst the recent Supreme Court and "Defense Walk" headlines, many Ohioans continue to be made victims by criminals who could care less about the fact that concealed weapons are illegal. Cleveland: Cleveland man...

Op-Ed: O’Connor’s textbook opinion shows she’s up to the high-court job

3:02pm Monday, September 29, 2003

Columbus Dispatch Lee Leonard September 29, 2003 The verdict is in: Anyone who thought Maureen O’Connor, a former prosecuting attorney and member of the Taft administration, was going to be a get-along, go-along Ohio Supreme Court justice needs to re-evaluate. O’Connor, ridiculed for pretending to be a sitting judge in a 2002 campaign commercial, demonstrated last week that her brief stint as a...