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OhioCCW one-year anniversary stories blanket newspapers

8:25pm Monday, April 04, 2005

Newspapers across the state are marking the first anniversary of Ohio's concealed carry law this week. As the stories are published throughout the week, we will provide the links here, along with a highlight or two, and occasional commentary. Cincinnati CityBeat: Armed and next to us This article is one of the most interesting, objective, and sincere pieces of journalism on Ohio concealed carry...

Headline: 'No guns' signs called a joke

8:19pm Monday, April 04, 2005

The Columbus Dispatch is has, to its credit, finally done what other Ohio newspapers have failed to do. As part of its "Conceal-Carry Anniversary" coverage, the newspaper has published a story examining the problem of criminals taking guns into businesses and public areas posted with "no-guns" signs, and investigated two recent incidents of disarmed CHL-holders being victimized because they had...

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UDF hears from customers, issues canned response, then letter from Security Dir.

8:17pm Monday, April 04, 2005

Judging by the letters we’ve been copied on, Ohio-based United Dairy Farmers recent posting of “no-guns” signs in one of the heaviest CHL-licensed areas of the state is not going over well. And why should it? The company has been doing business with CHL-holders in Indiana and Kentucky for decades without incident, and only made the decision to post signs in the wake of passage of OhioCCW. What do...

Letters to the Editor: Posting signs won't keep parks safe

8:15pm Monday, April 04, 2005

April 2, 2005 Toledo Blade If he wants to prevent crime in Toledo's city parks, Mayor Jack Ford is looking in the wrong direction. Despite having these rules declared "invalid" by the Ohio Attorney General, there is no doubt Toledo Police Chief Michael Navarre will carry out Mr. Ford's attempts to enforce a ban on concealed handgun license-holders in secluded parks and hiking trails by pressing...

1st Annual OFCC/TDI Fun 'n Gun HUGE success

11:17am Monday, April 04, 2005

By Dan White This weekend, the first annual (we hope!) OFCC/TDI Fun 'n Gun, which benefited the OFCC PAC and which sold out weeks in advance, was a spectacular event yesterday! After heavy rain on Saturday (set-up day), the weather cleared to a beautiful sunny spring day on Sunday for the event. It was a little chilly in the morning, but warmed up in the afternoon after the wind died down a bit...

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Now available: ''An Evening With Jim Petro'' streaming video

5:10am Sunday, April 03, 2005

On March 4, this website published excerpts from an op-ed written by a person who attended a College Republicans event at the Ohio State University, where Attorney General and gubernatorial-hopeful Jim Petro was the keynote speaker. At that meeting, Mr. Petro was asked about whether he supports reforming the concealed carry law in Ohio, and how he feels about the publishing of lists of concealed...

LTE: Identify sex predators, not CHL-holders

5:05am Sunday, April 03, 2005

April 1, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer In light of Jessica Lunsford's murder in Florida and Jetseta Gage's murder in Iowa, both at the hands of convicted sexual predators, why doesn't The Plain Dealer publish the names of known sexual predators instead of publishing the names of concealed-carry license holders? I, for one, am not really concerned about who is licensed to carry a concealed weapon...

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Bucyrus crime spree affects area businesses

5:00am Sunday, April 03, 2005

Just days after is reporting that nine city employees, including two police officers and two police dispatchers, are being laid off effective April 1, the Bucyrus Telegraph Forum is reporting that local businesses are experiencing a rash of break-ins. From the story: In the past week, six local businesses have been broken into after hours. In some instances, the doors were forced open or glass...