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Proof: Clinton Gun Ban failure highlighted in Columbus just weeks before sunset

10:29pm Monday, July 12, 2004

Gun control has failed to live up to its promises. Nearly ten full years after the Clinton Gun Ban was passed, with far-reaching claims that it would rid our streets of such crimes, and on the eve of the final sunset of what even the CDC agrees is a failed law, we have yet another example of this simple truth: If owning guns is made criminal, only criminals will own guns. July 12, 2004 Columbus...

Proof: Legislators right to protect CCW in parks, bike paths & many public spots

10:16pm Monday, July 12, 2004

July 12, 2004 WDTN-TV (Dayton-Springfield) A morning walk turns dangerous for a Dayton man after he is robbed on a local bike path. It happened Monday morning around 8:00 near the Dayton Riverside border. Three men approached him threatening him with a baseball bat. Police believe the 79 year-old man was not the suspect's only victim. The men are also suspected of breaking into a car parked near...

Letter to the Editor: The facts on concealed-carry law

4:49pm Sunday, July 11, 2004

July 11, 2004 Toledo Blade One woman's recent Forum letter bemoaning the new concealed-carry law and predicting doom and gloom is a shining example of people drawing conclusions based on their own bias and remaining blindly ignorant to the facts. Fact: Almost every state now has a concealed-carry law; Ohio is one of the last. In no state have firearms crime or accidental shootings increased. In...

10 years of CCW in AZ: No data to suggest increase in gun crime

4:43pm Sunday, July 11, 2004

July 10, 2004 Arizona Daily Star Ten years after it became legal to carry a concealed weapon in Arizona with a permit, proponents say the law has been an absolute success, increasing self-defense options for law-abiding adults without a consequential increase in crime. While law enforcement officials still keep a close eye on the process and opponents continue to fight attempts to ease...

Op-Ed: Reducing crime, but not in the nation’s capital…

4:35pm Sunday, July 11, 2004

July 8, 2004 Townhall.com As readers of C-Log know, I am interning this summer at The Heritage Foundation, located on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. I had the good fortune of finding an apartment right next to Heritage, close to a lot of the other fun stuff in town. But where I live is also fairly close to some not-so-great parts of town – and from that hangs a tale. I moved in the very weekend...

300,000 Hoosiers have gun permits

4:29pm Sunday, July 11, 2004

July 11, 2004 Indianapolis Star Indiana second only to New York in number per 1,000 adult residents, Star survey shows By Mark Nichols and John R. O'Neill [email protected] In May, when pizza deliveryman Ronald B. Honeycutt was confronted by a gun-toting robber, he drew his own 9 mm and pulled the trigger, pumping more than 10 bullets into the Indianapolis man, killing him. Two months...

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Women and guns, a sign of the times

4:13pm Sunday, July 11, 2004

July 10, 2004 WKYC.com SUMMIT COUNTY -- In Summit County, nearly 1,000 people have received concealed carry permits and one in 12 of those gun carriers are women. “A gun makes me feel confident very confident because I can’t wrestle a man to the ground,” said disabled Sharon Pulling. “I look very vulnerable in a wheelchair, so people may want to take advantage of me more. If I have a gun, I feel...

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Letter to the Editor: Selective concern for wasted tax dollars

7:23am Saturday, July 10, 2004

July 10, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal To the Editor: In reference to your July 3 "Frowns" editorial about the lawsuit filed against the state regarding the "plain view" car provision of the concealed carry law: I agree the state should not have to spend money hearing this lawsuit. Using the court to change and-or create laws is normally a popular liberal tactic; utilizing a loophole to our...