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State Senator tries to turn CCW debate into class warfare battle

7:03pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
When Dan Williamson broke the story that Senator White admitted he had the votes to override a Taft veto on HB12 back on November 27 , we had hope that he was one of the more objective reporters in Ohio. But in this, his latest story on the subject, it's more of what we've come to expect from Ohio's liberal media elite. It's tough to know where to begin with this piece. At times, it reads more as...

Never enough for ultra-liberal Dayton Daily News editors

3:00pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Handgun secrecy is a cynical joke Dayton Daily News Editorial December 26, 2003 A MEMORABLE SCENE IN A CLASSIC MOVIE SET in the old West has comic legend W.C. Fields holding forth in the back of a moving passenger train that's clacking past desert cactus and sagebrush. He regales fellow travelers with a tale of personal bravery. The exchange goes something like this: "I was surrounded by 20,000...

Cincinnati: Killings at 26-year high

2:21pm Wednesday, December 31, 2003
As you read this article, we recommend you keep these words at the front of your mind: "Ohio's gun control laws are a colossal failure." Former police officer's son 75th victim in city By Jane Prendergast The Cincinnati Enquirer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cincinnati Enquirer) BOND HILL - A day after a bullet made his stepson Cincinnati's 75th homicide victim of...

Taft's Eleventh Hour Issue Still Delaying HB12

4:08pm Tuesday, December 30, 2003
Privacy issue stalls gun bill Taft, House at odds over access to conceal-carry permit lists December 30, 2003 Lee Leonard Columbus Dispatch For the second December in a row, Ohioans are within an inch of being allowed to carry concealed handguns under limited circumstances. Standing in the way of enactment of House Bill 12, which has overwhelming support in both chambers of the Ohio legislature,...

Letter to the Editor: Editorial omitted facts about concealed-carry bill

12:38pm Sunday, December 28, 2003
December 27, 2003 Columbus Dispatch The editorial, “Taking the Heat,” imploring Governor Taft to veto HB12 was not only factually flawed but proved the Dispatch editorial staff is vehemently anti-gun. Ohio’s longtime ban on concealed weapons has only served criminals well - allowing them to prey on unarmed and unsuspecting victims for far too long, leaving Ohioans vulnerable to violent attack...

Clashes between Taft, lawmakers typify turbulent year in state capital

12:29pm Sunday, December 28, 2003
December 28, 2003 By Jim Provance Toledo Blade (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Toledo Blade) COLUMBUS - Gov. Bob Taft and the General Assembly spent much of Ohio’s bicentennial year fighting over guns and what became the largest tax increase in state history. But then they stood together to trumpet passage of a unique prescription-drug discount program that could...

The Status of Ohio Concealed Carry Legislation

7:46pm Saturday, December 27, 2003
December 27, 2003 By Jeff Garvas, OFCC President Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been at the forefront to enact concealed carry reform legislation for nearly five years. We've worked with organizations like the Second Amendment Foundation, the Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association, the Ohio Gun Collector's Association, the National Rifle Association and many other grassroots gun owners and...

At defenseless Ohioans' expense, criminals having a merry Christmas

3:54pm Wednesday, December 24, 2003
His eleventh hour meddling having delayed concealed carry yet again, Bob Taft is spending another Christmas, whether in the Governor's mansion or in his private family retreat in socialist Canada, safe behind a wall of armed protectors. Meanwhile, the defenseless citizens of Ohio continue to be victimized by criminals who are undeterred by Ohio's current ban on concealed carry, or by any other...

Tale of Two Cities: Cincinnati murders up 5th straight year, Detroit crime down

10:10pm Tuesday, December 23, 2003
Officials in Michigan are crediting a new tough-on-gun crimes policy, modeled after Project Exile in Virginia, for inspiring part of the downward trend in crimes committed with firearms in Detroit. As we recently reported , the FBI has observed a 10.5% drop in crime across the state of Michigan in the first two years since passage of a concealed carry law there. For the first time in 40 years,...

Padgett and Aslanides file for legislative positions

9:29am Tuesday, December 23, 2003
December 23, 2003 Gannett News Service One would like to be a senator and the other would like to have another two years as a state representative. Joy Padgett, executive director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia, and state Rep. Jim Aslanides were at the Muskingum County Elections Office filing their intentions to run for the respective offices Monday. Padgett, a lifelong resident of...

OFCC PAC Endorses Jean Schmidt for Senate District 14

2:46pm Monday, December 22, 2003
Choosing among friends Two pro-concealed carry Republican candidates have announced that they will compete in the March primary for the chance to replace Senator Doug White in District 14. White is term-limited, and cannot seek re-election. Both Rep. Tom Niehaus and Rep. Jean Schmidt have good voting records for concealed carry reform in the Ohio House. Both will certainly continue that record in...

Self-defense ambassadors bring good will to Vermilion

10:03pm Saturday, December 20, 2003
by Jim Irvine, OFCC PAC Chairman December 20, 2003 Seventy people attended today’s open carry shopping day in Vermilion, Ohio including about 15 women. From noon until 2 O’clock, we shopped and committed random acts of commerce. Unlike all the other open carry walks, participants of today’s walk were there not just to send a message, or display the absurdity of current law verses HB12. Today,...

Gannett: Senate may be able to override gun bill veto

3:19pm Saturday, December 20, 2003
December 20, 2003 By JIM SIEGEL and LEO SHANE III Gannett Newspapers Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS -- Senate President Doug White continues to insist that he doesn't have the votes to override a potential veto of a bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed handguns. But others in his caucus disagree. "Based on the senators I've talked to, we would have enough votes to override the governor," said Sen...

Gardner quits quest to be next Ohio Senate leader

1:19pm Saturday, December 20, 2003
Toledo Blade December 19, 2003 By JAMES DREW BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - Randy Gardner yesterday dropped out of the race to become the next president of the Ohio Senate, paving the way for old rival Jeff Jacobson to become the chamber’s most powerful member. "I would rather be president, but there are some factors that make it more difficult to do that at this time," Mr. Gardner said...

Comments show necessity of events like Vermilion's

9:55am Saturday, December 20, 2003
Today, December 20, from 12:00 to 2:00, there will be an Open Carry Shopping Day in the Harbour Town historic district of Vermilion, OH. The Cleveland Plain Dealer's Question of the Day for December 16 asked: What do you think of the "Vermilion Open Carry Shopping Day" event? Open Carry "Defense' Walks have always been about showing the absurdity of a state law and Supreme Court which bans...

Governor, House working on new CCW compromise

9:16pm Friday, December 19, 2003
December 18, 2003 Gongwer News Service Officials representing Governor Bob Taft and majority House Republicans are back at the negotiating table in an effort to resolve continuing differences on legislation that would allow law-abiding Ohioans to carry concealed weapons. Mr. Taft said Thursday he would like to be able to sign a measure that grants the ability to carry weapons, but said the...

Lorain Morning Journal Editorial Can't Handle The Packed Heat

11:28am Friday, December 19, 2003
It should come as absolutely no surprise that the liberally left of left Lorain Morning Journal is opposed to concealed carry reform. Likewise, it should be no surprise that they're having an editorial spasm over the fact that a few hundred people carrying firearms are going shopping in Vermilion this weekend. Are you coming to shop? The editorial can be found right here , or you can click Read...

Letter to the Editor: To veto CCW bill would breach oath

11:47am Thursday, December 18, 2003
December 18, 2003 Gov. Bob Taft acknowledges that the recently passed concealed-carry legislation completely satisfies his public safety concerns. Nonetheless, he has threatened to veto this legislation because he believes that the public should have unrestricted access to concealed-carry permit applications. When Governor Taft took office, he swore to protect the Constitution of the State of...

Gannett News: Gov. Taft at work to avoid veto of gun bill

6:23am Thursday, December 18, 2003
By JIM SIEGEL Gannett News Service December 18, 2003 COLUMBUS -- One week after promising to veto the bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed weapons, Gov. Bob Taft now says he hopes that will not happen. On Wednesday, Taft said his office is negotiating with the Ohio House to develop a new bill that would address his concerns regarding the openness of concealed-carry permitting records. The...

Dayton Daily News: Taft aims to calm concealed-carry foes

6:18am Thursday, December 18, 2003
Governor wants rights legislation By William Hershey, Laura A. Bischoff Dayton Daily News December 18, 2003 COLUMBUS -- Gov. Bob Taft said Wednesday that his aides and staffers from the Ohio House are negotiating in a last-ditch effort to avoid a veto of legislation passed last week that would give law-abiding Ohioans the right to carry concealed handguns. "I would hope that we could get this...

AP: Governor hoping for concealed weapons compromise

7:37pm Wednesday, December 17, 2003
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS The Associated Press 12/17/2003, 6:39 p.m. ET COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Gov. Bob Taft said Wednesday he's hopeful a compromise on legislation allowing Ohioans to carry concealed weapons can still be reached, probably early next year. Taft raised the possibility less than a week after insisting he would veto a bill approved by lawmakers on the last session day of the...

Sen. White admits to existence of HB12 vote trading for Taft job appointments

4:29pm Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Ohio Public Radio: Senate May Not Have Enough Votes to Override Concealed Weapons Veto December 17, 2003 That proposal that Ohio legislators passed to legalize concealed weapons is in trouble once again. The president of the state senate is admitting he doesn't have the votes to override a looming veto from Governor Bob Taft. Statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen has more on this latest development...

Senate Veto-Override Outlook

9:47am Wednesday, December 17, 2003
On November 27, Senate President Doug White told Dan Williamson of Columbus' The Other Paper "his most recent survey of senators revealed 'a very, very thin ability to override a veto on the bill.'" On December 10, in the hours before the final House and Senate vote, White told the Lee Leonard of the Columbus Dispatch he "absolutely does not have enough override votes." By December 12, White was...

AP: Concealed weapons backers plan armed shopping trip

11:16am Tuesday, December 16, 2003
VERMILION, Ohio (AP) -- Supporters of a concealed weapons bill plan to holiday shop Saturday while wearing holstered guns. "Handguns only, please. Longarms risk knocking over merchandise and crowding other customers. It will be your choice whether to carry your firearm loaded," Dan White advises on his Web page promoting "Vermilion Open Carry Shopping Day." The 29-year-old Lorain man is...

AP: Taft's hidden-gun veto promise could rile fellow Republicans

1:55pm Monday, December 15, 2003
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS AP Statehouse Correspondent COLUMBUS (AP) -- Gov. Bob Taft's promise to veto a concealed weapons bill reflects political considerations that go beyond the Republican Party. Taft has long been uneasy about giving Ohioans the right to carry a concealed gun. At first he refused to support legislation without the backing of law enforcement groups. This fall, as that opposition...

Senator: "Republicans sometimes forget that they're Republicans''

6:30am Monday, December 15, 2003
'Tis the season for Taft veto By William Hershey COLUMBUS BUREAU Dayton Daily News December 13, 2003 COLUMBUS -- Peace at the Statehouse? Good will toward fellow Republicans? Bah, humbug.' It should be the season to be jolly for Gov. Bob Taft, House Speaker Larry Householder, Senate President Doug White, Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell and the rest of the Republican crew. All their...

Reporter admits he'd submit phone book to check for licensees

6:21am Monday, December 15, 2003
In the past few days, the same sorry cast of newspaper editors who helped Taft tote open records water in the first place, and who were given access to the concealed carry license database in the HB12 Conference Report, have issued editorials complaining that it's still not enough. They want the public to have access, saying no criminal would be smart enough to use the database to assess their...

Letter to the Editor: Should we publish lists of HIV-infected persons?

11:17am Saturday, December 13, 2003
December 12, 2003 Newark Advocate I wasn't at all surprised to read The Advocate was once again urging the governor to veto any legislation, specifically House Bill 12, authorizing the carrying of concealed, defensive firearms. The Advocate thinks it is "ridiculous" for supporters of HB12 to want to keep the names, birth dates and counties of residence private. Yet, they have no rational reason...

Sen. Carnes Appointed As ODNR Deputy Director

5:59am Saturday, December 13, 2003
"Sen. Jim Carnes, R-St. Clairsville, is among those who supports a concealed handgun bill but would not override Taft's veto. He points to a respect for the executive branch and solidarity among Republicans." "We have a bill the governor will sign," he said. "I think we take that, go with that and get it done." Oct. 1 - Gannet News Service Or so he thought. But as he has for so many others, Gov...

Dispatch: Uncertainty still surrounds conceal-carry bill

5:30am Saturday, December 13, 2003
December 12, 2003 Lee Leonard THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Ohio is closer than ever to having a law permitting citizens to carry concealed handguns, but it’s still far away. "It’s disappointing and it’s frustrating," said Jim Irvine, political-action chairman of Ohioans for Concealed Carry, on what should have been a day for rejoicing after the legislature passed House Bill 12 and sent it to Gov. Bob...

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