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Op-Ed: Let Americans provide their own security

2:54pm Monday, August 30, 2004

August 30, 2004 Miami Herald By Benedict D. Larosa Gun-control laws, like all ill-advised measures, have unintended, often unfortunate, consequences. This is especially true in the post-Sept. 11 environment. Recently, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge upgraded the nation's alert status because of credible intelligence that several financial buildings in New York City, Newark, N.J., and...

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Friends don't let Ohio friends carry on a non-resident permit

9:07am Sunday, August 29, 2004

By Ken Hanson So, you've decided that Ohio's license is too much of a bother to get? Why get a license from Ohio, and reward their absurd regulations, when you can carry in Ohio on your Florida non-resident permit, right? Granted, Ohio's law leaves a lot to be desired, and there is a lot of work to come in improving Ohio's CHL. However, a large part of improving Ohio's CHL law is going to be in...

Wanted teen breaks park rules/CCW law; shoots self in Columbus park

11:36am Saturday, August 28, 2004

Complied from news reports by WBNS-TV and NBC4-TV in Columbus. August 27, 2004 An 18 year old boy, who police say has numerous misdemeanor warrants out for past crimes, accidentally proved the falacy of gun control and rules against firearms in parks Friday. Police said Andre Rayburn, 18, and his girlfriend were sitting at a picnic table at Krumm Park on the city's northeast side when Rayburn...

Home alone and defenseless, thanks to Akron police

10:12am Saturday, August 28, 2004

August 28, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal West Akron resident charged in incident at door of her home A West Akron woman is accused of pointing a gun at a saleswoman who knocked on her door. Police say Kelly Maurer scared the solicitor, but Maurer says she wasn't threatening anyone and only took the loaded 9 mm to the door because she was afraid for her safety. Maurer was charged with misdemeanor...

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Letter to the Editor: Clyde, editors should know better

10:04am Saturday, August 28, 2004

August 27, 2004 Fremont News Messenger General laws of the state cannot be ignored The News-Messenger is making the same knee-jerk reaction that Clyde officials made when they passed their misguided prohibition of concealed handgun license holders in parks. This paper argues that because you can ban grilling and loitering, you should be able to ban guns, too. Using that logic, Clyde officials...

Letter to the Editor: Change the name of your list

9:51am Saturday, August 28, 2004

August 26, 2004 Toledo City Paper Why are you reporting who carries guns and who doesn’t? I really hope you thought it through well before you made those law-abiding citizens’ names available on your Web site ["Packing heat," TCP Aug. 12-18]. The names you should be printing are the names of criminals who are illegally toting guns around for wrongful purposes. My mother is not on the list of...

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Evaluation: First 90 days with Ohio's Concealed Carry Law

6:09pm Thursday, August 26, 2004

The Ohio Attorney General's office has released data on the first three months of concealed handgun license issuance. ----> Concealed Carry Licensure Statistics Report - 2nd Qtr 2004 (.pdf) OFCC's overall assessment: Issuance: In the first 90 days under the new law, 26,307 standard licenses, and 30 temporary emergency licenses were issued to Ohio residents. Gun ban extremists and the liberal...

Editorial: List of permit holders shouldn't be a secret

12:51pm Thursday, August 26, 2004

August 26, 2004 Toledo City Paper "Morons" was all the letter said, but we knew immediately what had made the writer so angry. The anonymous letter, actually an e-mail, was one of many angry missives directed at the City Paper after we made the list of concealed-carry permit holders in Lucas County available on our Web site. The list included permit holders’ names, dates of birth and counties of...