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Tellers thwart robbery

6:58am Monday, June 28, 2004

Ohio has one of the highest rates of bank robbery in the nation. Certain banks disarm customers by hanging discriminatory signs banning concealed carry. The signs, which are often obtained from the Ohio Bankers League, have done nothing to deter robbers. June 26, 2004 Columbus Dispatch A would-be bank robber walked away empty-handed this week after two tellers simply ignored him. A man walked...

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Kroger security guard charged after shooting robber

6:51am Monday, June 28, 2004

June 26, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Guard shoots man he says stole groceries Shot fired into car after fight in Kroger parking lot A struggle over a shopping cart full of meat led to the shooting of a man by a security guard at a grocery on the Far East Side yesterday. Early this morning, police charged the security guard in the incident. The man who was injured was in stable condition at Grant...

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When Businesses Disarm Employees...

6:32am Monday, June 28, 2004

June 25, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Barberton man sought in robbery AKRON - A Barberton man is wanted in connection with a violent robbery Wednesday night. Ozzie M. Mannwright, 22, of the 1000 block of South Avenue faces charges of aggravated robbery, felonious assault and assault. The robbery took place outside Onyxx Marketing, 1522 Home Ave., around 10:20 p.m., according to the Akron Police...

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Letters: An unconcealed attempt to scare gun opponents

1:45pm Saturday, June 26, 2004

June 26, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer The June 20 pdQ article "Ohio concealed-weapon law carries its own smoking gun" portrayed a 12-gun-toting, villainous fictional character, "Captain Ohio." I see this as another misrepresentation of the character of law-abiding citizens who have earned the privilege to carry concealed weapons. To carry a concealed weapon, one must first get an application from...

First Year of MN CCW Finds No Predicted 'Bloody Streets'

1:35pm Saturday, June 26, 2004

June 20, 2004 Gun Week Late June marks the anniversary of the first issuance of a “shall-issue” concealed pistol license (CPL) in Minnesota, and in the past 12 months, none of the gunfights in the streets, shootouts at traffic lights or any of the other dire predictions from anti-gunners has come to pass. “I think the big story,” observed St. Louis Park attorney David Gross, “is that there is no...

Op-Ed: More Lott, Less Moore

1:30pm Saturday, June 26, 2004

June 24, 2004 TownHall.com By Mike S. Adams Last semester, one of my students told me that he was down on America. In fact, he said that he was ashamed to be an American. He didn’t keep me guessing as to the reason for his shame and depression. He immediately disclosed that he had seen “Bowling for Columbine,” on one of the two occasions the Women’s Center sponsored its showing last year. It is...

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Op-Ed: Docs Gun for a Ban

1:24pm Saturday, June 26, 2004

June 23, 2004 National Review Medical journals trade science for antigun propaganda By Timothy Wheeler The gun-control movement's stock has tanked. Violent crime overall has continued to drop, leaving partisans to fret over the much smaller problem of accidental gun injuries. Most of the holdout states have now passed laws allowing citizens to carry personal-protection firearms — and civilization...

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Toby Hoover admits posting discriminatory signs is a ''business risk''

8:16am Saturday, June 26, 2004

On Thursday, OFCC made readers aware of the fact that Ohio-based Carter Lumber is discriminating against its Ohio customers who choose to bear arms for self-defense by posting signs, but that the company does not and has not post signs in other concealed carry states such as Indiana and Pennsylvania. One of our readers is the woman who fronts the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, Toby Hoover...