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Enquirer: Police, politics and pistols part of the CCW controversy

9:35am Saturday, June 28, 2003

By Jim Siegel Gannett Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers once again failed to agree on a way to permit people to carry hidden weapons. Here is an attempt to explain what's going on. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. How long have state lawmakers been trying to pass a gun bill? Since 1996. It gets reintroduced with each new General Assembly. Why can't lawmakers get it passed...

Editorial: Liberals should stop opposing concealed handguns and start defending

9:24am Saturday, June 28, 2003

Columbus Alive June 26, 2003 Fired Up by J. Caleb Mozzocco It's only a matter of time, so maybe you should start getting used to the idea now: Eventually, it will be completely legal to carry a concealed handgun in the state of Ohio, just as the founding fathers envisioned when they wrote the Second Amendment. Or as the National Rifle Association intended when they started lobbying legislators...

How a Republican (who won't act like one) governor is stalling HB12

by Chad D. Baus

12:23pm Friday, June 27, 2003

Or perhaps a better headline: "How Republican dominance in Columbus is actually preventing the recognition of Ohioans' right to self-defense" The Ohio House has 62 Republican members, and the Senate has 22. To override a governor's veto, only 60 votes are needed in the House, and 20 in the Senate. So why is the media reporting that the Senate's Republican leadership is allowing Bob Taft's veto-...

Who elected Paul McClellan? Who voted for John Born?

by Chad D. Baus

10:12am Thursday, June 26, 2003

When it comes to reforming the state's concealed carry laws, the buck stops with a few unelected state employees. This according to Republican leadership in the Ohio Senate, and Gov. Bob Taft. According to media reports, Senate President Doug White has refused to appoint conferees to a committee to work out differences between the House and Senate's versions of HB12. He says the House needs to do...

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Cleveland Plain Dealer and New York Times have a lot common

9:27am Thursday, June 26, 2003

On June 20, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Doug Clifton, wrote and published a column that contained about as much truth as we now know was contained in articles by New York Times reporter Jayson Blair. Clifton told Plain Dealer readers that HB12 "exempts all gun licensing information from the state's open records laws" and that "the state wants to...prevent you from knowing ...a...

Letters to the Editor: What Bob Taft refuses to understand

6:57am Thursday, June 26, 2003

A number of excellent letters to editor have appeared across the state in recent days. Apparently these pro-self-defense letter writers have a better handle on the facts surrounding the concealed carry reform debate than does their Governor. Click on the "Read More..." link below for summaries and links to the letters. Sciotoville's RICK JONES: Bill allowing concealed weapons is way off target...

Editorial: Taft, Senate blocking rights

Lima News Editorial Board

5:25pm Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Gov. Bob Taft and Ohio Senate President Doug White stubbornly are blocking Ohioans' right to carry concealed weapons. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice last week altered a bill passed by the House of Representatives, and now White refuses to name conferees to iron out differences in the bills until the House and Taft resolve their differences. So much for political leadership...

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Stalled until fall: Taft insistent on 'Car-jacker Protection Act'

by Chad D. Baus

4:16pm Wednesday, June 25, 2003

Although two news organizations are reporting that HB12 appears to be "dead", most others are suggesting that the legislative summer break will be used as a cool-down period, and that the matter will be readdressed when the General Assembly reconvenes. Representatives from Governor Taft's office and the Legislature ended talks aimed at reaching a compromise Wednesday. Lawmakers are scheduled to...