Ohio Crime Clock ticks up while committee delays

9:34am Thursday, November 06, 2003

Ohioans were forced to wait four months for the Senate's HB12 conference committee appointments. Now they've been forced to wait another three weeks until all the committee members can find the time to meet together.

While all eyes look to the General Assembly for leadership on this issue, defenseless Ohioans continue to be victimized, and the Ohio Crime Clock tally (located at the top-right of the www.buckeyefirearms.org homepage) continues to rack up numbers of Ohioans who would not have been victimized if HB12 were already law.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for some of the tragic crimes that have been perpetrated on the innocent this week.

Akron:
Kids bound; girl raped
This is a sickening example of how restraining orders are wholely bankrupt as a means of self-defense.

and
Elderly couple robbed of $12,000 in jewelry

Cincinnati:

Fatal shooting in Glendale baffles
So they say people in rural communities don't need to be concerned about violent attack.

also:
Glendale residents not accustomed to violence

and
Man shot in robbery attempt
This man was sitting in his parked car when a criminal jumped in the back seat. The man couldn't take the Ohio State Highway Patrol's suggestion to just drive away, so he tried to run, and was shot.

and
One dead in 5 weekend shootings

and
Pizza robberies highlight danger
For a great look at how persons in this profession are put in danger when disarmed by Ohio law, and a comparison to how persons in the profession have been able to save their own lives when legally armed, click here.

Columbus:

Men in late teens suspected in holdups of 5 restaurants

Dayton:

78-year-old robbed at flea market

Toledo
79 year-old man robbed in alley near downtown Toledo

and
W. Toledo bank robbed by gunman in a mask

and
Fleeing man shot by masked gunman

New Report Shows Ohio Violent Crimes Could Have Been Prevented