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Letter to the Editor: Investigation into police call is warranted

7:58pm Monday, September 15, 2003

Toledo Blade September 10, 2003 The fact that it took Toledo Police 20 minutes to arrive at the scene of the stabbing death of 4-year-old Skylar Burnard and the stabbing of two-month-old Gavin Harmon, allegedly by their mother’s live-in boyfriend, is reprehensible. I challenge The Blade to hold Chief Mike Navarre’s feet to the fire on this horrific crime. An outside investigation of the events...

Letter to the Editor: Pepper ball guns are no threat to society

7:40pm Monday, September 15, 2003

Saturday, September 13, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer What in the world is wrong with our police officers ("Police concerned over civilian pepper guns," Sept. 10)? I have been firing handguns and long guns since I was around 10 years old and am now 70. I have yet to see a handgun that looks like the pepper ball gun, and so what if it does? I think it looks more like a paint ball gun. I don't believe...

Toledo gun control laws amount to colossal failure

7:34pm Monday, September 15, 2003

It's getting hard to keep up with the crime headlines in Toledo. While the council and mayor chase smokers, vote to reinstate failed laws aimed at disarming the poor, and write letters to Gov. Taft opposing HB12, the innocent citizens of that city are under seige. The following headlines were all published in the past week in the Toledo Blade: Police take 20 minutes to respond to 911 call; 4 yr...

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Ohio Should Follow Missouri's Lead and Pass Concealed Carry, Says CCRKBA

10:59pm Thursday, September 11, 2003

BELLEVUE, Wash., Sept. 11 /U.S. Newswire/ -- State lawmakers in Ohio should take a signal from their counterparts in Missouri, who just voted to override a veto by Gov. Bob Holden, making it possible for residents of the Show Me State to begin legally carrying concealed firearms for their personal protection, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) said today. Both the...

Columbus Dispatch: Mom seeks answers in son’s death

12:35pm Thursday, September 11, 2003

Saturday, September 06, 2003 Police investigating savage thrashing of 36-year-old man in Northland area As her only son lay in a hospital bed, Pamela A. Smith shuddered as she thought of the brutality he had faced. "The blows to the head. The irreversible brain damage. It’s beyond me how they could do that. "Someone, somewhere saw something," she said. "They had to. I just pray that God touches...

Columbus Dispatch: City could top 100 homicides

12:17pm Thursday, September 11, 2003

September 08, 2003 Police seeking explanations for violent year With nearly four months of 2003 remaining, Columbus has already surpassed the number of homicides it recorded in 2002 Columbus police say they have no explanation for the increase in homicides this year. It’s not the worst year: The city had 139 in 1991, many of which police connected to drug gangs. But the last time Columbus hit 100...

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Cincy Police: When we say we want you defenseless, we mean DEFENSELESS

11:48am Thursday, September 11, 2003

September 10, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer Police concerned over civilian pepper guns SYCAMORE TWP. - Outside Kenwood Towne Centre on Saturday, shoppers will find a pepperball gun company pitching its weapons as the latest thing in home protection. They look enough like real handguns to have police officers concerned. But PepperBall Technologies Inc. (San Diego) says citizens are clamoring for ways...

Tale of Two Cities: Cincy woman, 78, raped; Charlotte woman kills attacker

11:35am Thursday, September 11, 2003

September 8, 2003 Cincinnati Post A routine household chore turned into a horrible experience for a 78-year-old Mount Healthy woman -- and resulted in a rape indictment today for her accused attacker. A Hamilton County grand jury indicted Jason Turner, 19, of Mount Healthy, for rape, attempted rape, aggravated robbery, kidnapping and aggravated burglary, charges carrying a maximum sentence of 50...