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Cincy Enquirer: Northside unsafe, activist says, defending carrying gun in bar

7:03am Thursday, May 15, 2003

The anti-crime activist getting national attention for shooting a masked robber in a bar last week plans to defend himself by saying Northside has become so unsafe he had to carry a gun. Hal McKinney doesn't want to besmirch the reputation of his historic city neighborhood, where he has spent countless hours walking the streets as a volunteer with Citizens on Patrol. But as he faces charges of...

HB12: Senate ''public'' hearings scheduled May 20 & 21

4:39pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003

House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for public testimony on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. and May 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room, Second Floor, Senate Building. The purpose for Tuesday's hearing for HB12 is, essentially, to hear testimony from The Buckeye State Sheriff's Association (which supports the bill), as well as from the Fraternal...

House Bill 12 receives third hearing in Senate committee

4:24pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it's third hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. In the interest of time and sanity, we have taken great pains to reduce much of the anti-self-defense blather to the most basic points made. Toby Hoover, of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, went first. She...

Citizens on Patrol block watch volunteer no ''vigilante''

12:35pm Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Harold McKinney put himself in harms' way daily as a volunteer for a neighborhood crime watch group. Since taverns in his neighborhood are often the targets of violent crime, he made the decision to carry the gun in case he ended up in trouble. So when Joseph Person and Demeico Hester, both 18, went into Junkers Tavern at 4356 Langland Ave., Cincinnati, about 11:12 p.m. last Thursday to hold up...

Letters to the Editor: Taking a professor to school

10:51am Wednesday, May 14, 2003

It speaks volumes about our educational system that, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, one can read a four sentence letter from a pro-CCW writer that has more truth in it than the lengthy and horribly misinformed letter from a Kent State University professor who teaches on the Constitution. 5/13/03 To the Editor: I can't help but think about how the tragic death of that student could have been...

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Op-Ed: There are no gun-free, safe zones

9:39am Wednesday, May 14, 2003

Dr. John R. Lott Jr. has written an excellent opinion editorial in the wake of the Case Western shootings, which has been published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Autographed copies of Dr. Lott's book are still available in the OFCC Store, but they're going fast! Click here for more information. The entire op-ed may be read at the PD website . An copy has been archived on this website in case the...

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Odd Cast of Characters assaulting Statehouse today

7:20am Wednesday, May 14, 2003

It's quite a diverse bunch that have assembled together today for the third Senate committee hearing on HB12. They're joined at the hip - all for the purpose of defeating attempts to restore your right to self-defense. • The Ohio Chamber of Commerce is testifying in opposition to language which prevents businesses from banning firearms from your personal vehicle in their parking lots. But...

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PD reporter: Objectivity only possible if both sides hold press conference

5:08pm Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Approximately 12 hours after the Case Western Reserve University shooting, Ohioans For Concealed Carry issued a brief remark concerning the tragedy , explaining our belief that to comment before all the facts were known (and while the families of dead and injured were still grieving) would be totally inappropriate. We also predicted that the anti-self-defense activists would observe no such...