| Page 1197 | Buckeye Firearms Association

Extremists raging against self-defense. But will they post at their own homes?

5:15pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

We've been warning for months that the gun ban extremists' would resort to even more irrational scare tactics (mainly targeted at businesses) than already known for, after Ohio legislature finally passed a concealed carry law. On August 29, 2003, we published a story about how a man in Minnesota was actually working to put people in a great deal of danger, by offering "Carries No Gun" t-shirts...

AP: Glitch identifies Amazon reviewers

1:04pm Tuesday, February 17, 2004

February 14, 2004 The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Many sign their names. Many don't. They're the book reviewers on Amazon.com who use such words as "masterful," "page-turner" and "tear-jerker." But the ones who sign their critiques only as "a reader from (fill in the city)" lost their anonymity this week when their identities were revealed on Amazon.com's Canadian Web site. Among those named...

Read more about AP: Glitch identifies Amazon reviewers
1366 reads

Port Clinton rapist prompts ''Safety Awareness Rally''

9:45pm Monday, February 16, 2004

February 16, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald (click for the full story) PORT CLINTON -- Many women across the city are worried and fearful of the unidentified Port Clinton rapist, who has broken into homes and attacked victims twice over the past month. In response, organizers are planning a "Safety Awareness Rally" Tuesday night with local law enforcement officials to try to empower the public...

Ohio gun banners advocating prank ''man-with-a-gun'' calls

4:45pm Monday, February 16, 2004

As if Ohio law enforcement doesn't have enough to do, Toby Hoover's Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is now advocating a course of action that will waste even more of cops' precious time, and perhaps endanger CHL-holders: In a February 13, 2004 OCAGV media release , Hoover states as follows: "If you see someone with a gun, continue to assume their activity is suspicious. There is no way for...

Letter to the Editor: Negative trends will hurt Ohio

3:56pm Monday, February 16, 2004

February 15, 2004 Dayton Daily News SOMETIMES I DESPAIR OF OHIO. First, concealed weapons. Soon anyone in public places — supermarket, mall or movie, unless specifically barred — can be packing heat. And this is supposed to make me feel safe? True, it will still be against the law to actually shoot me, but perfectly OK to carry the means to do so. I am no longer listening to the claim that a "law...

Read more about Letter to the Editor: Negative trends will hurt Ohio
1218 reads

A few anti-self-defense cops still claim sky will fall April 8

8:10am Monday, February 16, 2004

Legislators finally realized the claims of opponents were not consistent with the experience in 44 other states who had passed similar legislation, and passed House Bill 12 into law. But that hasn't stopped gun ban lobby and a few anti-self-defense cops (with the willing help of our sour grapes press ) from using the same tired fear tactics. Cleveland Plain Dealer: Ohioans fired up about gun law...

Public officials' rush to ban CHL-holders could be illegal

2:05pm Saturday, February 14, 2004

URGENT UPDATE! Local Village Attempting Open Carry Ban (NE Ohio) by Chad D. Baus Some public officials may be guilty of violating Ohio's new concealed carry law before it even takes effect. On February 2, the Akron Beacon Journal reported that Summit County Executive James McCarthy issued an executive order "prohibiting guns in all county buildings and vehicles and on county property." On...

Masked robber fires shotgun inside bank

12:03pm Saturday, February 14, 2004

Ohio is one of the highest ranking bank robbery states in the nation. Meanwhile, someone in Hamilton County is more worried more about whether or not a concealed hangun license (CHL) -holder can be prevented from carrying a gun while traveling through a bank’s drive-thru night deposit or ATM, if the bank specifies that firearms are not allowed on the premises. Feb. 14, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal...