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Op-Ed: How I learned to love firearms

4:00pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 18, 2004 Slate.com Guinea Get Your Gun By Emily Yoffe I pressed the Beretta AL391 Urika deep into my shoulder and against my cheek, as if gripping a shotgun stock were as natural as holding the strap of my purse. I said, "Pull," in a firm yet casual way, to convey that, sure I drove here in a Volvo, and the radio in the Volvo is tuned to NPR, but I'm actually the kind of woman who loves...

Who's responsible for Spada's anti-self-defense hit piece? The Blame Game begins

3:24pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 19, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Matius: Spada's gun barrel ad loaded with misinformation by Julie Carr Smyth Columbus - Some Cuyahoga County voters found themselves looking down the barrel of a gun a couple of days before the Nov. 2 election. In the form of a glossy campaign flier, that is. The startling gun barrel ad, distributed by the Ohio Republican Party for State Sen. Bob Spada,...

Dayton students carjacked on their way to school

3:23pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 17, 2004 WDTN Dayton (NBC Ch. 2) (click for complete story) Two Colonel White students were carjacked while stopped at a local store to buy drinks. Police say they stopped at the AM PM Market on Salem Avenue to buy sodas. The owner and driver of the car went in to by the sodas and his cousin stayed in the car. That is when the suspect came up, opened the driver’s door and got inside to...

Party swap: Pro-CCW representative feels more at home in among GOP Caucus

3:22pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 18, 2004 Columbus Dispatch A western Ohio Democrat who garnered national attention in 2000 when he became the youngest House member in state history at age 18 says he is joining the Republican caucus. Rep. Derrick Seaver of Minster in Auglaize County, now 22, said he plans to make the switch official at a news conference today with Ohio GOP leaders. Seaver declined to discuss his reasons...

Media coverage of Supreme Court ruling uniform: A WIN for CCW

3:17pm Friday, November 19, 2004
No matter what Ohio media citizens are exposed to today, the verdict is clear: Ohio CCW won a huge victory in the Ohio Supreme Court Wednesday. The most comprehensive story was prepared by T.C. Brown of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. We have prepared a commentary to accompany the story, which is provided in below. Links to other stories are also provided. Top court widens gun-license path in urgent...

President Bush pardons Ohio man convicted in a 1976 case

12:36pm Friday, November 19, 2004
Federal record barred hunting trip November 18, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Most people don't need a presidential pardon to go hunting. But an Ohio man did. On Wednesday, Fred Pitzer of Xenia got it. The 51-year-old machinist got word that President Bush pardoned his nearly 30-year-old federal conviction, clearing the way for Pitzer to obtain a weapons permit. "I was jumping up and down," his...

Ohio Supreme Court Unanimously Affirms OFCC Position on TELs

1:56pm Wednesday, November 17, 2004
Court says statement of imminent danger sufficient when applying for temporary emergency concealed handgun license (The following press release has been circulated to media via US Newswire ) Cleveland - November 17th, 2004 - The Ohio Supreme Court ruled today ( Lee v. Karnes, Sheriff - 2004-Ohio-5718 [.pdf]) that an applicant for a temporary emergency license (TEL) to carry a concealed firearm...

Another police officer's gun stolen from car

10:56am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
It was little more than a week ago that the Dayton SWAT team announced several firearms had been stolen from an officer's vehicle . And now this: Thief steals undercover officer’s gun November 17, 2004, Columbus Dispatch A veteran Columbus police detective will be investigated after losing his service pistol to a thief on the East Side yesterday. The thief was at large and likely armed with the...

Victim Zone State of Mind

10:38am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
From the anti-gun state of California comes a story of a (defenseless) woman chased through a parking lot by two kidnappers, while (defenseless) onlookers watch helplessly: Kidnapping Caught on Tape First Coast News (NBC 12) CORONA, CA -- A security camera recorded the scene as the woman walked from a parking lot to the sidewalk outside the mall entrance. When a black car pulled up sharply, the...

Paper: ''Gun control a loser in election''

10:25am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
This must be a result of that "lack of mandate" the Brady Campaign is talking about... November 15, 2004 Connecticut Post Online Assault weapons ban renewal unlikely in Congress Gun-control advocates lost ground in the 2004 elections, ending any shot that Congress will renew a federal ban on assault weapons in the next two years. "My general reading is that neither side wants it to come up," said...

New Jersey fourth-graders learn gun safety

10:13am Wednesday, November 17, 2004
November 13, 2004 Asbury Park Press (NJ) Union Beach students get smart about guns "If you find a gun, don't touch it," instructed Patrolman Lisa Griffin of the Union Beach police department. Griffin led a week-long program at the end of October on gun safety for kindergarten through fourth-grade students at Memorial School in Union Beach. On the last day she addressed Melanie Pozarwycki and...

The News (according to gun ban extremists)

3:46pm Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Despite having experienced another series of devastating losses on Election Day 2004, the early signs suggest gun ban extremists are no closer to understanding what a loser issue they are pushing, nor how Americans have risen above cheap fear-based "studies" that warp statistics into "proving" a point they set out to prove. Consider the following headlines from the Brady Campaign/ Million Mom...

Two messages from friends of Ohioans For Concealed Carry

12:48pm Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Please consider the following messages from organizations who have been extremely supportive of self-defense rights in Ohio. Solicitations for sheriffs' association disavowed A national non-profit organization claims it supports your local sheriff, but the Clermont County sheriff disagrees. Sheriff A.J. "Tim" Rodenberg is cautioning residents against donating to a national sheriffs' association...

Human right of self-defense doesn't end at the workplace

12:05pm Tuesday, November 16, 2004
Headed to work: Assault, robbery reported on Maple Avenue November 10, 2004, Sandusky: A Central Avenue man told police he was jumped by two or more men early Tuesday morning while he was walking to work. The man, from the 800 block of Central Ave., told Sandusky police he was walking to work shortly after 4 a.m. Tuesday near the 1000 block of Maple Ave. when two or three men grabbed him from...

It Can Happen to You, Mr. & Mrs. Ohio

11:27am Tuesday, November 16, 2004
As the following stories prove, no one leaves home expecting to be attacked, and no CHL-holder should plan to carry only when going into an area they deem to be high risk. Newark man injured in attack Nov. 7, 2004 - Heath: A Newark man is recovering in a Columbus hospital after an attack Friday night that left him with a fractured skull and broken nose. The 26-year-old was approached by two...

Clark County: ''Concealed carry law mostly popular with older people''

4:56pm Sunday, November 14, 2004
In addition to having been the only Ohio "blue" county from 2000 to have gone Bush Red in 2004 (a British newspaper's letter-writing campaign asking independent voters to choose Kerry couldn't have hurt), Clark County now has another interesting claim to fame: There are nearly 800 people who have made the choice to bear arms for self-defense in the county, and the average age of CHL-holders in...

Why do so many employee manuals render workers defenseless?

5:03pm Saturday, November 13, 2004
All employers put their workers at risk when forcing them to disarm. Businesses who send their employees into dangerous neighborhoods, such as construction, delivery, and public utility companies, are especially negligent. WDTN.com (NBC 2 Dayton) reported last week that a 47-year-old electrical contractor was on the job Tuesday when he was shot in a botched robbery. It happened at Northland...

Off-Duty Officer Charged In Road Rage Incident

11:10pm Friday, November 12, 2004
An apparent road rage incident on a local interstate led to charges being filed against an off-duty Columbus police officer, NBC 4's Duarte Geraldino reported on November 11. The incident occurred at 9:50 a.m. along Interstate 270 North at Westerville Road. Police told NBC 4 that Kristopher Montgomery, 25, of Newark, and off-duty Officer Mark Nelson, 33, of Johnstown, had a dispute while driving...

Letter to the Editor: Cleveland Free Times' "trifecta of political failure"

11:01pm Friday, November 12, 2004
November 10, 2004 Cleveland Free Times edited to topic PUT THAT IN YOUR QUIXOTIC PIPE I am writing now for two reasons. First, I'm a procrastinator and kept forgetting. Second, I was awaiting the last of three events to take place. Those three events are the passage of concealed carry in Ohio, the expiration of the sham “assault weapons” ban, and finally the reelection of George Bush. You not...

Why do some banks disarm customers who wish to patronize their business?

7:52am Thursday, November 11, 2004
WDTN.com (NBC 2 Dayton) is reporting on rash of ATM robberies in the Dayton area. The most recent hold-up happened Sunday in the Oregon District. WDTN says this was the third incident in the area since Thursday. Related Stories: Cincinnati's Northside Bank posts ''no-guns'' sign on outdoor ATM! Medina victim sues man who robbed her at First Merit ATM Victim Zone: Armed robbers strike on &...

RAPIST PROTECTION ZONE: UD Student Raped On Campus

7:28am Thursday, November 11, 2004
WDTN.com (NBC 2 Dayton) is reporting on a warning for University of Dayton students after a female student was sexually assaulted on campus. According to the report, the student says two men approached her outside the mechanical engineering building near Stewart, early Saturday morning. One of them, a white college-age man with blond hair and a plaid shirt, sexually assaulted her. WDTN says...

Why does Ohio law prohibit self-defense at rest stops?

7:20am Thursday, November 11, 2004
The Fremont News-Messenger reported on November 10 that a Detroit man, who is a suspect in an armed robbery in Chicago, was arrested by Ohio State Highway Patrolmen early Tuesday morning after a high speed chase in Sandusky County. Police told the News-Messenger that troopers of the Milan Post observed Truman Manning, 42, of Detroit driving a 2005 Ford Taurus eastbound on the Ohio Turnpike at...

Woman kidnapped from bus stop, raped

7:06am Thursday, November 11, 2004
November 9, 2004 WKYC.com (NBC3 Cleveland) According to the Cleveland police chief, a 21-year-old woman was waiting for a bus on East 120th and Euclid when a man drove up asking for directions Monday. The unidentified man said he could not hear the young woman and asked her to come closer. She obliged but when she did he reportedly forced her into the vehicle. The suspect drove the victim around...

FLASH: Republican Sen. Spada's anti-CCW mailer paid for by OhioGOP

8:44am Wednesday, November 10, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has obtained a political mailer sent to voters in Senate District 24, which attacks a Democrat candidate for his support of concealed carry. On the eve of the election, an 8 ½” x 11” full color mailer bearing the name of the Ohio Republican Party, and Chairman Robert Bennett, was mailed to residents in Republican Sen. Bob Spada’s Senate district. The mailer attacked...

OFCC PAC Endorsee Jon Husted chosen as next House speaker

7:44am Wednesday, November 10, 2004
The Associated Press is reporting today that majority Republicans in the Ohio House have selected Rep. Jon Husted of Kettering as speaker for the 2005-2006 legislative session. Husted, 37, will succeed Speaker Larry Householder in January. Householder is leaving because of term limits. The wire report says Husted, a former vice president of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce, is completing his...

FAILURE: Gun control laws don't stop black market SWAT weapons transfers

3:46pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004
WDTN.com (Dayton 2News) is reporting that police have recovered several of the weapons stolen from a SWAT team officers' car last week. 2News reports a phone tip led police to the stolen weapons and to three suspects that are under arrest. But the suspects are not believed to be the ones who broke into the SWAT team members vehicle . According to a quote attributed to Dayton Police Department Lt...

Fifth Third Bank robbery: not even the guards are armed

3:10pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004
On November 9, 2004, WCPO.com reported that Cincinnati Police are looking for two bank robbers who struck a Fifth Third Bank in Corryville Tuesday morning. All Ohio Fifth Third Banks are listed on OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed database . According to the news story, just before 11 a.m., a man put a gun to the unarmed security guard's head while the other suspect robbed two tellers. What is...

So the criminals aren't smart enough to plot their crimes, right?

2:44pm Tuesday, November 09, 2004
Those in the media who recklessly abuse their privilege to obtain information on individuals with CHLs callously dismiss suggestions that publishing the names will lead to targeted gun theft. The Akron Beacon Journal has called it a "flimsy presumption", and Gannett News Columbus Bureau Chief Jim Siegel said warnings about the dangers of publishing the list of CHL-holders "elevate these criminals...

Violent convenience store robberies show need for self-defense prep

7:04am Monday, November 08, 2004
Think it can't happen to you? So did this employee and store customer... Armed men rob store, still at large November 2, 2004, Newark Advocate A convenience store clerk had a gun pointed at his head and was handcuffed by two men during a brazen mid-morning robbery on Hudson Avenue Monday. Rezene Ahferom was working the counter at the Old Town North Market, 322 Hudson Ave., at about 10:30 a.m...

Letter to the Editor: Cooked goose

6:21am Monday, November 08, 2004
November 7, 2004 Toledo Blade No shot in the dark As a conservative Ohio Buckeye, I'm happy to say that John Kerry may have shot our goose, but we cooked his! Jim Kimble Holland Click on the "Read More..." link below for another letter, describing how the Bush administration is achieving success at prosecuting gun crimes, and how worthless Kerryites' proposals would be. November 6, 2004 Columbus...

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