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Announcing the First Annual OFCC/TDI Fun 'n Gun!

4:12pm Friday, December 31, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry would like to invite you to join senior OFCC staff at the First Annual OFCC/TDI Fun 'n Gun! This fun event will be hosted by the Tactical Defense Institute, Ohio's premier tactical training facility. This event will be a combination of basic tactical training and IDPA type scenario shoots. Geared for both beginning and advanced shooters, it promises to be a day of fun...

Tale of Two Countries: "Batterings more likely for Britons"; Crime falls in US

9:01am Friday, December 31, 2004
The (UK) Sun is reporting that the rate of armed attacks against British citizens continues to soar out of control. In the news story, Chief Inspector of Constabulary Sir Keith Povey blasted the rise in violence recorded by police as “unprecedented”. He stressed: “The public, police and the Government are rightly concerned about the level of violence routinely displayed on our streets. align="...

Paper: Sheriff reduces staff, felons to be released

8:17am Friday, December 31, 2004
On Christmas Eve, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported that the Brown County Sheriff's office would be down to just one cruiser starting at the beginning of the year. The Brown County News Democrat has published a more detailed story , which reveals that the sheriff's office is preparing to release felons because they do not have the funding to keep them incarcerated. While residents learned of staff...

Another good Samaritan beaten, robbed in ''setup''

7:54am Friday, December 31, 2004
Two days after a Greene Co. couple was shot at and assaulted after stopping to help a woman who was flagging them down on a roadside, another violent attack on a would-be good Samaritan in Akron highlights the need to be prepared to defend your life in ANY situation. The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a 59-year-old good Samaritan was jumped and beaten after he stopped to help a woman...

Op-Ed: Shooting Blanks

7:30am Friday, December 31, 2004
December 29, 2004 New York Post by Dr. John Lott Jr. This month the National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report on gun-control laws. The big news is that the academy's panel couldn't identify any benefits of decades-long effort to reduce crime and injury by restricting gun ownership. The only conclusion it could draw was: Let's study the question some more (presumably, until we find the...

Losing on all fronts, Brady left trying to spin numbers of CHLs issued

10:51am Thursday, December 30, 2004
by Chad D. Baus Having lost legislative battles against concealed carry reform in Ohio and across the country, having seen the unsuccessful Clinton Gun Ban go down in flames, having watched another anti-gun Presidential candidate get beat on the gun issue, and having witnessed crime rates fall nationwide even as more and more Americans carry firearms for self-defense, the Brady Campaign (formerly...

Masked men with handguns rob ''no-guns'' FirstMerit

7:26am Thursday, December 30, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that authorities are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday morning in Kenmore. The story says employees at the FirstMerit Bank in the 1000 block of Kenmore Boulevard reported that three ski-masked men with handguns entered the bank about 9:40 a.m., and demanded money. FBI officials were quoted as saying two of armed criminals jumped over the...

FLASH: Armed robbery at ''no-guns'' Bureau of Workers' Comp garage

5:29pm Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that there has been a robbery at a parking garage that is leased to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in Columbus. While information is still sketchy, initial information is that a female attendant who was working in a ticket booth (behind prominently displayed "no-guns" signs) was robbed on Wednesday morning, December 29. The criminal informed the...

Quid pro quo: Taft taps former Senate president to lead Commerce Department

8:08am Wednesday, December 29, 2004
FLASHBACK: Sen. White admits to existence of HB12 vote trading for Taft job appointments According to sources for the Cleveland Plain Dealer , term-limited Senate President Doug White will join the governor's Cabinet as director of the Ohio Department of Commerce. The appointment, which the newspaper says is expected to be announced today, allows Gov. Bob Taft to fill the vacancy created when he...

Warren Tribune Chronicle publishes ''firearms shopping list'' again

7:28am Wednesday, December 29, 2004
The assault by a few media outlets in Ohio on thousands of concealed handgun license-holders who have broken no laws, violated no other persons' rights, and who simply wish to exercise their constitutional right to self-defense continues: An OFCC supporter has alerted this organization that Trumbull County's Warren Tribune Chronicle has once again abused the media access loophole and published...

Good samaritans shot at, assaulted on highway

6:56am Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Where will you be when it happens to you? Will you have the means to defend yourself and your family? The December 29, 2004 Dayton Daily News story begins like this: "With two shots fired and a gun now at his head, a Medway man driving home from a mall Monday night fought for his life, wrestling a gun away from an assailant on Ohio 444, local law enforcement reported Tuesday. Greene County...

Letter to the Editor: Gun bans don't ensure safety

6:36am Wednesday, December 29, 2004
December 28, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Two Dec. 14 letters to the editor, under the headline "Bars are last place where guns should be allowed," call for a response. Rosie Craig wrote, "If anyone is really interested in saving lives, they should join the crusade for a comprehensive nationwide, public-health policy to prevent and reduce gun violence." Has Craig ever heard the term "dedicated...

Off-duty officer's CCW foils bank robbery

6:31am Wednesday, December 29, 2004
On Christmas Day, the Toledo Blade reported that police are seeking information about two men who tried to rob the University of Toledo/Medical College of Ohio Hospitals credit union but were thwarted by an employee and an off-duty police officer. The masked suspects got out of their car about 9:30 a.m. Dec. 6 and approached the credit union, 5248 Hill Ave. An employee saw them as they were...

Evaluation: First 180 days with Ohio's Concealed Carry Law

8:54pm Monday, December 27, 2004
The Ohio Attorney General's office has released data on the second three months of concealed handgun license issuance (July - Sept 2004). ----> Concealed Carry Licensure Statistics Report - 3rd Qtr 2004 (.pdf) OFCC's overall assessment: Issuance: In the first 180 days under the new law, 38,434 standard licenses, and 42 temporary emergency licenses were issued to Ohio residents. No matter what...

Criminals use Plain Dealer to pre-plan armed robbery

1:02pm Monday, December 27, 2004
This wasn't supposed to happen. Time and again, when told that publishing lists of gun owners (CHL-holders) would provide criminals lists of homes from which to steal guns, the media (led in many ways by Cleveland Plain Dealer editor Doug Clifton) responded by saying that criminals just weren't smart enough to utilize the newspaper to premeditate their crimes or select their targets. The Akron...

Victim zone robbery: Another Family Dollar gets hit

11:56am Monday, December 27, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a Family Dollar discount store was robbed Thursday night after a man posing as a customer said he had a gun and demanded cash, police said. The holdup occurred at the Family Dollar store in the Wooster-Hawkins Shopping Plaza in West Akron. A clerk reported that a man entered shortly after 9:30 p.m. and approached the counter as if he were going to buy a...

Letter to the Editor: Columnist had biased gun information

11:44am Monday, December 27, 2004
December 27, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer In regard to the "Your voice" column "Let's make peace one of our 'values,'" (Dec. 20): The Brady organization is probably the most untruthful anti-gun outfit extant. According to the U.S. government and the National Safety Council (which, by the way, closely monitors such things and keeps records), the rate of accidental deaths among children under 14 is the...

Letter to the Editor: Push to ban guns puts citizens, city at risk

10:11am Monday, December 27, 2004
December 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch According to The Dispatch, motor vehicles kill more law-enforcement officers than guns (Dispatch article, Dec. 12). According to recent testimony by Columbus Police Lt. Stephen Schwab at a Columbus City Council hearing, the 9 mm handgun is the preferred weapon of criminals in Columbus. So what type of gun does Columbus City Councilman Michael Mentel want to ban...

Ohio Concealed Carry ranked as top state-wide story of 2004

7:49am Sunday, December 26, 2004
It got beat out by two national stories in the overall ranking (the Presidential election took two slots and the capture of Columbus "sniper" Charles McCoy Jr. in Las Vegas took third), but passage of Ohio Concealed Carry was the top Ohio-only story in 2004, and ranked an impressive fourth on the list of the 10 most memorable stories of the year. The stories were ranked by Ohio Associated Press...

What a difference a year makes! Merry Christmas from OFCC

9:26am Friday, December 24, 2004
It seems difficult to believe that one year ago this week, Ohio was still suffering under a 150-year old ban on armed self-defense, and the final open carry 'Defense Walk' had just ended with much success in Vermilion, Ohio. Christmas 2003: Self-defense ambassadors bring good will to Vermilion Thanks for helping make 2004 a very Happy New Year... Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at...

Another man with a gun in ''no-guns'' Holland Oil station

9:12am Friday, December 24, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that an employee at a Copley Road gas station ran and locked herself in a back room during a holdup attempt Wednesday, causing the would-be robber to flee with nothing. The incident occurred about 8 p.m. at the Holland Oil in the 1200 block of Copley. The newpaper reports that a man entered the station and passed a note stating he had a gun and ordering the...

Only YOU can protect you: Brown Co. sheriff patrol will be down to 1 cruiser

9:04am Friday, December 24, 2004
"You don't need a gun - let the police protect you", right? The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that residents throughout Brown County won't see as many sheriff's deputies on patrol and will have to go to the sheriff's office to report non-emergency crimes beginning Jan. 2. Sheriff Dwayne Wenninger told the Enquirer his office will lay off 10 employees from its 42-member staff and will not fill...

Employees: It can happen to you. Does your employer care?

8:52am Friday, December 24, 2004
Akron: Restaurant driver robbed at gunpoint - just drive away, right? A restaurant delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night in the 500 block of Elbon Avenue in East Akron, police said. The driver, who is employed by Juwuan Kitchen, told officers he had made a delivery about 8:30 p.m. and was walking back to his car when a man with a gun approached. The gunman demanded money. After...

Snow Job? It may be more than the white stuff causing delays in Shelby Co.

6:06pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry continues to receive requests for updates on problems with Shelby Co. Sheriff Kevin O'Leary and Jeffrey Billiel, editor of Brown Publishing's Sidney Daily News. In recent weeks, we have received information about Miami Co. Prosecutor Gary Nasal's "investigation" that is deeply discouraging. Before that, some background: On June 17, Nasal was appointed special...

SIGNS COME DOWN: ACE Hardware points to ''numerous'' letters from OFCC members

3:48pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004
Yet another Ohio-based business has made the corporate decision to remove discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders from their restaurants. Like Frisch's, MicroCenter, Home Depot, Giant Eagle, Perkins Family Restaurants, Kroger, and the Ohio Auto Dealers Association (to name a few), Handyman ACE Hardware has responded to customers' questions about why these businesses were posting signs in Ohio...

Op-Ed: Justice Department To America: Lock and Load!

2:52pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004
But the shooting will continue in the political war over guns Article by Brian Doherty originally appeared at Reason Online on December 21, 2004 (republished with permission) Last week, the United States Justice Department publicly released a long document, signed by three deputy assistant attorneys general, spelling out in great detail the linguistic, historical, and case-law reasons why it...

Guilty conscience? Blade offers reward for information in rape

12:54pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The Toledo Blade announced yesterday it is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who raped a female newspaper carrier in northwest Toledo early Sunday. Police said the man forced himself into the car of the woman in the 2800 block of Tremainsville Road about 5:30 a.m. and sexually assaulted her. Commentary: How sensitive. The Blade is offering a...

Armed men rob ''no-guns'' Fifth Third bank

12:37pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that two men entered Fifth Third Bank at 6301 Wilmington Pike about 3 p.m. and took an undetermined amount of cash at gunpoint, Centerville police Lt. Bruce Robertson said. The first suspect, who brandished a silver semiautomatic handgun, wore a hooded gray sweatshirt with the logo "Old Navy" in black letters across the front, blue jeans and black boots,...

Police say gunman robbed (no-guns) credit union

11:57am Wednesday, December 22, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that a man brandishing a handgun robbed a credit union Tuesday afternoon. The story says the robbery happened at the Seven Seventeen Credit Union, 4450 Belden Village Ave., about 1:50 p.m. Police told the newspaper a man demanding money from a teller placed a handgun on the counter. The teller gave the man an undisclosed amount of cash. Police said he left in...

''Life after the legislature'': Doug White likely Taft pick for commerce dir.

11:13am Tuesday, December 21, 2004
FLASHBACK: Sen. White admits to existence of HB12 vote trading for Taft job appointments The Columbus Dispatch is reporting today that outgoing Senate President Doug White is likely to find the "life after the legislature" that he so eagerly sought during 2003 deliberations on concealed carry reform. The December 21, 2004 Dispatch story reports as follows: Gov. Bob Taft today is expected to...

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