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Plain Dealer: Columbus police see alarming rise in assaults by serial rapists

11:44am Thursday, January 02, 2003

Here is yet another example of the sour irony that exists when law enforcement fails to protect citizens, yet opposes their right to protect themselves. What is made worse by this latest rapist is that he, like all criminals, ignores Ohio's laws, including the unconstitutional ban on carrying a concealed weapon. "Detectives are frustrated by an alarming increase in serial rapists, even while the...

Enquirer: Taft to name replacement for Justice Cook

11:56am Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Ohio Republicans are working on a list of candidates to replace Ohio Supreme Court Justice Deborah Cook, whose nomination to the federal appeals court will be taken up Jan. 14 by the Senate Judiciary Court. Once Justice Cook is confirmed, Gov. Bob Taft will choose a replacement. The governor has decided not to follow the recommendation of Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer, who asked him to set up a...

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Dispatch: Ohio justice won't hear cases as Senate weighs nomination

11:38am Tuesday, December 31, 2002

An announcement has been made that has potential and unknown implications for the Hamilton County lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Ohio's concealed carry ban. Justice Deborah Cook will not take part in any cases argued before the Ohio Supreme Court as the U.S. Senate takes up her nomination to a seat on the federal court of appeals in Cincinnati. In a letter yesterday, Cook agreed to...

Ohio Association of Convenience Stores supports Concealed Carry Reform

10:58am Tuesday, December 31, 2002

Concealed Carry Reform continues to have plenty of support heading into 2003. A Columbus Business First article notes that HB274 had the backing from the Columbus-based Ohio Association of Convenience Stores. "The group is represented by the 3,300-member Ohio Council of Retail Merchants, and Josh Sanders, legislative affairs director for the group, said mom-and-pop owners like the idea of being...

Speaker expects tests in '03

10:49am Tuesday, December 31, 2002

The Marion Star has published an article about expectations for the 125th General Assembly, and provides a look back at Larry Householder's first two years as Speaker, which were filled with challenges dealing with difficult budgets, caucus critics, and repeated spats with Senate leaders and Taft. In the end, Householder emerged golden, winning three additional House seats, approving a majority...

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Anti-CCW Republican Resigns Ohio Senate Seat

7:54pm Monday, December 30, 2002

Priscilla Mead of the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington, has resigned from her Senate seat, which represents the 16th Senate District (including north Columbus and the city's northern and western suburbs). She was elected to the Senate in 2001 after term limits forced her out of the House seat she held for eight years. Her resignation is effective January Sixth. As OFCC PAC reported on December...

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Take Four: Youngstown Trying To Ban ''Assault Rifles'' AGAIN!

7:04pm Monday, December 30, 2002

Although OFCC PAC's focus remains solely on Concealed Carry Reform, we've been asked to pass this information on by a very dedicated supporter. If you live anywhere near Youngstown, you may wish to make sure your voice is heard. Youngstown has apparently tried to ban "assault rifles" three times since the 1980's after a city-by-city trend of trying to pass such laws after the tragic schoolyard...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed carry gives us a chance

6:48pm Monday, December 30, 2002

The Toledo Blade has printed an excellent pro-CCW letter to the editor: "While hunting in Africa I learned a lesson in animal behavior. Predators never tangle with a prospective dinner if it believes it might be injured in the process. A leopard hunting a small Thompson gazelle looks for another meal when the Thompson turns on a dime and lowers its head, prepared to fight with 8-inch spike horns...