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Elderly paper carrier for ''no-guns'' Toledo Blade savagely beaten

6:58pm Monday, March 07, 2005
Just months after a Toledo Blade news carrier was raped while doing her paper route, WTOL.com (Toledo's CBS affiliate, News 11) is reporting that an elderly Toledo Blade paper carrier was savagely beaten in an attempted robbery last Friday morning. The Blade didn't cover the news of this employee's victimization on its website, just as it did not cover news that two of the paper's night employees...

State-mandated victim zone manager followed home, beaten, robbed

9:44am Sunday, March 06, 2005
The Ashtabula Star Beacon is reporting that Leo Caruso, owner of Caruso’s Pizza and Spaghetti House, left the restaurant for home about 10 p.m. carrying the day’s receipts in a zippered bank envelope. On the drive home he noticed the white SUV following him. From the story: After parking his car in the garage, Caruso said he was confronted in his driveway by a white male in his 20’s wearing a...

Letter to OFCC: Scotts Lawn Service lost my business over ''no-guns'' sign

9:35am Sunday, March 06, 2005
Sent: Mar 04 2005 Subject: Scotts Lawn Service I just submitted a CPZ notification form for Scotts Lawn Service. [I was informed] this is a corporate policy and the sign are at all Ohio stores, not just the one in West Chester . When I went in, I had already written a personal check for $500.88 to them to treat my lawn this year. After seeing the sign I asked to see the manager and told him of my...

Skyline Chili fears criminals might use DNPWA list?

9:25am Sunday, March 06, 2005
The following letter was sent to OFCC by an HR Director for Cincinnati-based Skyline Chili. After giving the company an appropriate amount of time to respond to our follow-up (they didn’t), we are now posting this exchange here, for the benefit of our readers. Subject: Do Not Patronize List From: Shari A. Bleuer Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 Dear Ohioans for Concealed Carry Public Relations team,...

Technical-speak weapons primer for writers

9:16am Sunday, March 06, 2005
By Charles K. Bush Feb. 27, 2005 As a writer and avid reader for at least 50 years, I am continually chagrined by the lack of knowledge in certain areas by many writers. Several best-selling novelists--all of whose works I enjoy very much--sometimes make blatant errors in a variety of fields. This I attribute to the writer first; then to his/her agent; then to the publishers' readers...then back...

Plain Dealer Editorial: ''Gunning for secrecy''

1:25pm Saturday, March 05, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has published an unsigned editorial criticizing a move this week in the Statehouse to close the Media Access Loophole. From the editorial: This attempt speaks volumes about Ohio's lawmakers and their skewed priorities. It's not enough that, while Ohio's economy continued to slide, the General Assembly spent nearly a decade debating the issue of guns. Now, legislative...

Gun-rights advocates dominate Columbus assault weapons hearing

12:27pm Saturday, March 05, 2005
Columbus police officer Mark J. Johnson, who was first on the scene in a recent shooting involving a criminal with a semi-automatic AK-47, testified Thursday at a Columbus City Council hearing that he is opposed to a ban on such firearms. From the Columbus Dispatch : A ban wouldn’t have prevented the incident, he said at a hearing last night on assault weapons. Criminals will continue to get...

AZ: Gun bill approved by Senate

11:29am Saturday, March 05, 2005
The Arizona Republic is reporting that under a bill that passed Thursday in the state Senate, carrying your loaded gun into a bar or restaurant that serves alcohol would be legal - as long as CHL-holder doesn't drink. "There are already guns in bars and restaurants now, but they are brought in by the criminals," Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu, who supported Senate Bill 1363, to the newspaper. "If...

Op-Ed: The Felon Vote

10:13am Saturday, March 05, 2005
March 1, 2005 New York Post By John R. Lott Jr. & James K. Glassman In the wake of their election defeat, Democrats have promised to mend their ways by emphasizing moral values. So, in their first major legislative initiative of the year, what are the party's two top senators offering? A bill to guarantee that millions of convicted murderers, rapists and armed robbers can vote. This week,...

''An Evening With Jim Petro'' and the OSU College Republicans

3:20pm Friday, March 04, 2005
In a March 3 op-ed in The (OSU) Sentinel , John Herrington describes a recent exchange with state Attorney General and gubernatorial-hopeful Jim Petro on several concealed carry issues. From the story: Jim Petro, Ohio’s Attorney General, spoke to the College Republicans Wednesday night to a crowd of about 50 or so. A couple of dedicated Columbus Townhallers sat in the back to keep an eye on...

WRONG: Findlay paper asserts demand for CHLs low in area

3:15pm Friday, March 04, 2005
The Findlay Courier published a story stating that residents from Hancock and surrounding counties “haven't exactly rushed to arm themselves” under Ohio's concealed handgun license la, and claiming that “in other counties around the state, the gun permits are more popular.” But an analysis of the data from the 8 counties mentioned by the Findlay Courier proves otherwise. Click on the “Read More...

Wounded wife calls for changes in way bail set for domestic abuse

3:10pm Friday, March 04, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that Amy Rezos, whose husband tried three times to kill her, including once from prison and once while out on bail, told Ohio lawmakers Wednesday, they should make it tougher for domestic-violence suspects to get out of jail on bond and prevent them from attacking their victims. Known as Amy’s law, the bill would ensure that suspects charged in domestic-...

Columbus teen watches robber shoot her dad to death

3:05pm Friday, March 04, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a man’s three children, aged 15, 8 and 4, were witnesses to their father being shot in the back of the head in a brutal robbery outside their Columbus apartment. From the story: The family returned from a shopping trip about 9 p.m. Tuesday and parked beside their East Side apartment building. The gunman approached as Madero stepped from the van. Madero’s...

Op-Ed: Good Samaritan Gun Use

3:00pm Friday, March 04, 2005
March 3, 2005 FOXNews.com By John Lott, Jr. A multiple victim public shooting last week outside the court house in Tyler, Texas, stemming from a custody dispute, resulted in the murder of two people and the wounding of four others. Killings like this frequently make the news, and this story was carried by all the television networks and most major newspapers. ABC and NBC evening news coverage was...

The Wicked Witch of the Ohio Media is Melting

10:10am Friday, March 04, 2005
by Chad D. Baus In late 2004, after a ten year debate on concealed carry reform in Ohio, the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA) succeeded in getting a poison pill inserted into Ohio's concealed carry legislation on the eve of passage. Despite warnings not to abuse the privilege they had won, the ONA advised members to collect entire lists of CHL holders, as if they belonged on a registry like sex...

More Ohio newspapers analyze 2004 OhioCCW data

4:06pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
Two more of Ohio’s newspapers have published stories on the recent release of CHL data from 2004. Both newspapers focused significant attention on Clermont County, where more licenses were issued than anywhere else in the state. From the Columbus Dispatch : While Ohio became the 45th state to allow residents to carry hidden guns, the Buckeye State is "ahead of the game in terms of licenses issued...

Sportsmen ask Division of Wildlife to allow concealed carry

3:59pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
By Larry S. Moore Cambridge Ohio - At the recent League of Ohio Sportsmen 97th annual convention held at Salt Fork State Lodge near Cambridge, the sportsmen delegates overwhelming adopted a resolution dealing with concealed carry. That resolution, number 05-02, concludes, "Resolved, That the League of Ohio Sportsmen requests that the Ohio Division of Wildlife review and update the hunting...

Violent crime UP in Toledo last year

3:53pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
Behind a headline shouting that “Crime rate falls considerably in city for 3rd straight year”, the Toledo Blade revealed that violent crimes - murder, manslaughter, robbery, aggravated assault, and rape - rose 3 percent, from 3,184 in 2003 to 3,276 last year. The story says Toledo's crime totals could not be compared to statistics in other Ohio cities because not all of the cities have compiled...

OH House Rep introduces Alaska-style CCW bill

3:50pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
Ohio House Representative Tom Brinkman (R-Cincinnati) has introduced a bill that would amend Ohio's Concealed Handgun License law to something similar to what the State of Alaska passed recently. Although a thorough analysis needs to be done, Ohio House Bill 91 appears to be a good beginning towards addressing some of the problems associated with current Ohio law. As with all of the concealed...

MO: A year later, concealed guns law in effect almost everywhere

3:34pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
The Kansas City Star is reporting that despite some initial confusion and several anti-gun lawsuits, Missourians everywhere outside St. Louis city and county today can apply for concealed gun permits. The newspaper reports the once confusing patchwork of counties issuing permits has cleared up, and that contrary to some predictions, there appears to be neither a verifiable spike nor decline in...

Op-Ed: Something’s Fishy at the John Glenn Institute

3:26pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
March 1, 2005 The (Ohio State University) Sentinel by Antonio Ciaccia Picture this: a public policy institute at Penn State University is awarded money to establish an abortion research center. The money to establish the center is donated by the Christian Coalition, and the appointed director of the center has written op-ed pieces in the past about how abortion is comparable to murder. Then the...

Lawmaker wants to close Media Access Loophole

8:01am Thursday, March 03, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that State Rep. William Seitz, R-Cincinnati, who chairs the pivotal House Civil & Commercial Law Committee, announced Wednesday he wants to use legislative proposal concerning "open records", which proponents say is needed to strengthen access to public records, to close public access to the names of Ohioans who have received concealed handgun licenses. From...

Ohio Newspaper Assn. shirks blame for abuse of Media Access Loophole

4:04pm Wednesday, March 02, 2005
In a story covering Attorney General Jim Petro’s release of 2004 Ohio Concealed Handgun License data, the Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that while license issuance is on par with other states’ experiences, the original sponsor of Ohio’s concealed carry legislation believes abuse of the Media Access Loophole has deterred even more applications. From the story: "The 45,000-50,000 range is...

Millon Mom March chapter president arrested after firearm found at home

3:41pm Wednesday, March 02, 2005
The Springfield (IL) State Journal-Register is reporting that the president of a Springfield, Illinois chapter of the Million Mom March, who began lobbying against gun violence after her son was shot to death in 2002, was arrested last week when police allegedly found an illegal gun and drugs in her home. Press reports also said Stevens did not have the ID card required of Illinois firearms...

“Expert” tells Toledo businesses job shootings aren't so rare

3:33pm Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Readers of the Toledo Blade business section were recently treated to a story on workplace shootings, which included some extremely biased and questionable information. The story was prompted by the recent a shooting in a “no-guns” Jeep plant , and featured details on a seminar in Toledo sponsored by SKY Insurance, and attended by 200 area business leaders. The seminar speaker, Paul Michael...

Woman carjacked while on her way to help church friends

3:20pm Wednesday, March 02, 2005
WDTN.com (Dayton’s NBC affiliate) is reporting that a woman was on her way to take some church friends to dinner when she was carjacked at gunpoint. The carjacker put a gun to her head in an alley near Grand Avenue as Joan Franks was taking dinner to her friends. Franks told WDTN it's one of the most frightening things that ever happened to her. "I asked him, please just take my car, and my purse...

45,497 Issued: Ohio sheriffs report NO problems with Ohio CCW

7:52am Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Toledo Blade Columbus Bureau Chief James Drew has filed a report on the Ohio Attorney General's release of data on the success of the concealed handgun license program in 2004. As noted in the story, Attorney General Jim Petro said the measure had a "smooth rollout.'' From the story: Of Ohio's 88 counties, Lucas ranked 13th in the number of licenses issued, with 882. "I have not heard of or...

Evaluation: First 270 days with Ohio's Concealed Handgun License Law

3:27pm Tuesday, March 01, 2005
The Ohio Attorney General's office has issued its annual report on concealed handgun license issuance for 2004 (April – December). This is the report which is required by Ohio law. ----> Concealed Carry Licensure Statistics Annual Report – 2004 (.pdf) OFCC's overall assessment: Despite unnecessary restrictions, OhioCCW is a success! OFCC has already documented several licensed citizens who...

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