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Update: VCDL petition effort to carry in National Parks

8:08am Wednesday, May 25, 2005

On Saturday, January 29, OFCC President Jeff Garvas announced that OFCC had recently has recently signed on to a petition effort started by the Virginia Citizens Defense League that calls upon the United States Department of the Interior to lift a ban on bearing arms for self-defense in our vast national park system. “Today, every National Park in the state of Ohio is off-limits to Ohioans and...

Newspaper polls prove strong support for privacy/ protection in parks

7:56am Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Two recent webpolls reveal there is strong support for issues that Ohioans For Concealed Carry is callign on the Ohio General Assembly to address in future legislation. For the past week, the Fremont News Messenger has been polling readers on whether or not the City of Clyde should be allowed to ban concealed weapons in their parks. At present, the poll is running 92% against the City of Clyde...

LTE: Banning guns in city parks makes sense

7:49am Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Every so often, it's good to remind ourselves just how uninformed our opponents truly are. OFCC PAC Commentary provided in blue . May 23, 2005 Port Clinton News Herald At last, someone with good sense has stood up and said enough; "Stay out of our parks when carrying arms!" and refusing to back down when confronted by the so-called hidden gun carriers. Yes, if you're a non-gun owner who likes...

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Budget cuts: Some Lawrence Co. residents seeking own means of self-protection

7:46am Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Although gun ban extremists often suggest that rural people have no need to bear arms for self-defense because crime rates are low where they live, the Ironton Tribune is reporting that area residents have much to be concerned about when it comes to crime these days. From the story: They say when it rains, it pours and perhaps no one can understand the truth of that adage right now better than...

Crime spree suspects target chinese restaurants

7:43am Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Cincinnati's WCPO.com is reporting on a crime spree in the Tri-state that apparently targets owners and employees of Chinese restaurants. According to the news station, the crime spree spans three counties and the past month-and-a-half. Crimes have been reported in Mason in Warren County; Liberty Township in Butler County; and in Springfield Township, Price Hill and Norwood in Hamilton County. In...

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Education Guide Lesson #10: The Second Amendment

7:37am Tuesday, May 24, 2005

Yet another eye-opening study course has been added to the OFCC PAC Education Guide . From: NRA-ILA: The Second Amendment On December 17, 2004, the U.S. Department of Justice published an exhaustive Second Amendment memorandum. It concludes without reservation that "the Second Amendment secures a personal right of individuals, not a collective right that may only be invoked by a State or a quasi-...

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Cincy police want to get handle on increasing car break-ins

11:25am Monday, May 23, 2005

The Cincinnati Post is reporting that thefts from autos have jumped 3.5 percent in the first three months of 2005 over the same time period last year. From the story: With thefts from auto break-ins up dramatically in downtown Cincinnati, police hope a forum for downtown parking lot owners later this month could help reverse the trend. Lt. Mike Neville, commander of the Downtown Services Unit,...

Teachable moment: School teacher's gun fires live round

11:24am Monday, May 23, 2005

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Kettering police confiscated a muzzle-loading .50-caliber rifle from a Van Buren Middle School teacher Friday who was demonstrating a Civil War lesson and accidentally shot off a round in front of about 30 students outside the school. From the story: Kettering police said seventh-grade social studies teacher Thomas Saylor apparently didn't know the weapon...