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ThisWeek's Vince Dunbar: Record email on CCW...and "four that agreed with me"

5:40pm Thursday, April 24, 2003

Columbus ThisWeek 's Vince Dunbar, and the Columbus Dispatch's Joe Hallet are very likely cocktail party buddies. Or if they're not, they should be. Both are scared of firearms, and both admit to being absolutely unwilling to listen to reason. ThisWeek has published Dunbar's official response to all the attention he's been receiving over his admission that "The logic behind concealed weapon...

John Lott in Dispatch: ''Concealed carry would benefit Ohio''

2:48pm Thursday, April 24, 2003

Dr. John R. Lott Jr., a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and the author of More Guns, Less Crime and The Bias Against Guns , continues to contribute to efforts to restore Ohioans' right to self-defense. His latest offering is an op-ed about Ohio's concealed carry reform debate, which has been published in the Columbus Dispatch (perhaps the Dispatch was feeling guilty after...

House Bill 12 slated for Senate consideration

12:33pm Thursday, April 24, 2003

House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice 's agenda for sponsor testimony only on April 30 at 9:00 a.m. in the North Hearing Room, Second Floor, Senate Building. Due to security checkpoints, it is recommended that those planning to attend should ARRIVE MUCH EARLIER. Citizens are more than welcome to attend. But remember, THIS IS SPONSOR TESTIMONY ONLY...

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Two Ohio home invasions, two very different outcomes

2:35pm Wednesday, April 23, 2003

Two recent home invasions in Ohio had two very different outcomes for the victims, and for the perpetrators. In Case #1 , a 23-year-old Akron woman, Ms. Raysean Clark, was shot in the chest by Timothy D. Secession, after he forced his way into her home and began beating her. Clark is still slowly recovering. In Case #2 , a Columbus homeowner used his gun to stop David A. Griffin when he crashed...

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Dispatch Editorial: ''Arguments against gun restrictions carry no water''

11:47am Wednesday, April 23, 2003

The Columbus Dispatch's latest editorial on the concealed carry debate presents readers with an interesting problem: On one hand, the Dispatch editors admit there most certainly is a problem with the current law, which finds persons guilty until they prove themselves innocent. Yet on the other hand, they still claim two lower courts' rulings (which correctly found the law to be unconstitutional)...

Dispatch Column: ''NRA doesn't know when to hold fire''

10:19am Wednesday, April 23, 2003

The senior editor from the Columbus Dispatch, Joe Hallet , doesn't want to hear from you. Joe doesn't care what you think, and he dreads the email and voicemail messages he anticipates receiving (and plans on ignoring) after writing his latest anti self-defense editorial (which has been archived, and can be read by clicking on the "Read More..." link below). NRA doesn't know when to hold fire...

Runner saves woman from assault

11:06am Monday, April 21, 2003

Gary Stewart, 36, of Green Township is winning praise for getting involved when he realized a man was viciously beating a woman in Miami Whitewater Forest Thursday morning. "His presence stopped the attack," said Sgt. Dale Reatherford, a Hamilton County Park District ranger. "He did detain the guy." Stewart, who is training for next month's Flying Pig Marathon, was running in the park shortly...

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Column: ''Ohio's new (Supreme Court) palace in Columbus''

10:45am Monday, April 21, 2003

Given how much the Ohio Supreme Court has been in the news of late, we thought this April 21 Peter Bronson column, published in the Cincinnati Enquirer, would be of interest: "While Ohio is digging in the couch cushions for spare change like a wino in a bus station, the Ohio Supreme Court is building a new palace bigger than the Capitol. Lawmakers gave the Court $85 million to repair, renovate...