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Predictable coverage of Ohio mass shooting by Akron newspaper

5:30pm Wednesday, January 26, 2005

It really shouldn't surprise us anymore, but the Akron Beacon Journal has done its duty for their friends in the gun ban lobby once again. A story by BJ reporter Stephen Dyer, entitled Portage killings spark debate , gives the Brady bunch/ Million Mom crowd a platform to assert that the expiration of the Clinton Gun Ban is somehow to blame for a tragedy involving a convicted felon with an...

WRONG: Ohio Watercraft officers say ''No CCW'' on Boats

4:48pm Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Thanks to the attention of an astute supporter, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Division of Watercraft has been incompletely/ incorrectly informing its officers and the general public about how the state's concealed carry law, passed a year ago, affected the practice of bearing arms on watercraft. OFCC can also report that we have made some...

5 reasons why bearing arms isn't just an ''on the road'' thing

3:09pm Wednesday, January 26, 2005

Akron: Woman Uses Body To Shield Son A woman used her body to shield her son before both were killed by her boyfriend, authorities said. James Trimble, 44, of Brimfield Township, was arrested Saturday and charged with three counts of aggravated murder. He is accused of killing Sarah Positano, 22, a Kent State University student from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, his girlfriend, Renee Bauer, 42, and...

Georgia store owners refuse to be victims

2:28pm Wednesday, January 26, 2005

The Associated Press is reporting that two criminals have been permanently retired by Bobby Doster and Gloria Turner, who own Shoats Grocery & Package, where the criminals attempted a robbery. According to the story, two men walked into a popular country store outside Atlanta, and announced a holdup. After one robber fired a shot at Turner's husband (and missed), his gun jammed. Doster and...

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Letter to OFCC: Montgomery confronted at Republican meeting over anti-CCW stance

12:05pm Tuesday, January 25, 2005

From: Tim Inwood Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 7:22 AM Subject: Betty Montgomery put on the spot Here is a report from last night's Blue Chip Republicans meeting [in the Hamilton County/ Cincinnati area], which featured State Auditor and gubernatorial-hopeful Betty Montgomery. Rep. Tom Brinkman spoke earlier in the evening. Montgomery arrived about 30 minutes late from a fundraiser. She got...

Letter to the Editor: Why deny serfs' right to self-defense?

9:32am Tuesday, January 25, 2005

January 25, 2005 Toledo Blade One of the bodyguards for Michael Moore, who has made millions of dollars producing movies that call for the end of private gun ownership in America, was arrested at JFK International Airport for carrying an unlicensed handgun. Rosie O'Donnell, a spokeswoman and supporter of the notoriously anti-self defense group and horribly misnamed Million Mom March, also had a...

Walmart kidnapping/ murder suspect apprehended, thanks to armed citizen

7:29pm Monday, January 24, 2005

By Phil Shiflet The nation's cable news channels were filled late last week with reports about the kidnapping of a 19 year-old Walmart clerk as she walked to her car at the outer limits of a deserted Walmart parking lot Wednesday, January 19. The kidnapping of Megan Holden was caught on the store's video surveillance cameras (which, incidentally, did nothing to deter the kidnapper or prevent the...

Disgruntled employee didn't need CHL to threaten former boss

7:10pm Monday, January 24, 2005

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a Square D employee who had been fired returned to work armed with a loaded .22 revolver and pointed it in the chest of his former boss on January 14. Craig Z. Buck, 54, of 5274 Stillwell-Beckett Road was enraged by his firing, which was prompted by a dispute with another employee who still works there, authorities told the newspaper. Click on the "Read...