Detroit Mayor ‘Finally Gets It’ About Thugs With Guns Following Shooting

As one OFCC volunteer put it upon hearing news of this shooting, "this is EXACTLY why I carry in parks and why we need to be able to carry in parks. You never know where there is (as the Mayor called the shooter) an "idiot" like this." For Immediate Release: 6/25/2004 BELLEVUE, WA— The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today applauded Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick for “finally getting it” about...

Letter to the Editor: [Publishing my private] info was 'shameful'

June 25, 2004 Sidney Daily News Shameful is what I think of The Sidney Daily News for publishing the names and addresses (of law-abiding citizens) of the CCW permit holders. I feel the newsworthy story ended with the statistical facts of how many permits have been issued. A newspaper like SDN is one of the reasons why the lawmakers had such a hard time passing the CCW bill. SDN has abused its...

Letters to the Editor: Opponents' actions endanger others

June 25, 2004 Dayton Daily News Sheriff's actions endanger others Re: "Gun law changes sought," JUNE 10: I read with interest the article concerning Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary's disclosure of the addresses of people who had completed Ohio's concealed-carry course, as I am one of them. Much has been made about "those dangerous people" who are licensed to carry firearms. Contrary to...

Ohio Supreme Court to hear lawsuit against Franklin Co. Sheriff Karnes

COLUMBUS - Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that the Ohio Supreme Court, on a 6-1 vote with Justice Pfeifer dissenting, has issued an alternative writ of mandamus, declining Franklin Co. Sheriff Jim Karnes' request to have a lawsuit against him thrown out. The lawsuit, filed on April 9 by Josephine Lee, centers around Josephine's application with Sheriff Karnes for a Temporary Emergency...

Ohio's Carter Lumber posts discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders

UPDATE! TEN: Another national chain removes discriminatory signs Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that Carter Lumber, an Ohio-owned and operated building materials chain, has ordered its Ohio stores to post discriminatory signs banning CHL-holders. Carter Lumber has over 240 stores in ten states. According to several store managers in Indiana and Pennsylvania, they do NOT post...

Some seniors securing guns and training for safety measures

June 21, 2004 Northwest Indiana Times Granny get your gun In the 52 years of business for Blythe Sport Shop, Les and Mike Blythe have watched their clientele grow and mature with age. With store locations in Griffith, Valparaiso and Portage, Les, 48, and Mike, 45, educate customers of all ages about their merchandise and wares, include guns. A new customer demographic even includes a growing...

Letter-writer responds to Sidney Daily News' act of publishing CHL-holders

June 23, 2004 Sidney Daily News Licensee is law-abiding citizen Please call me your friend, your associate or your family member. I may be your delivery person, your meter reader or your minister. Call me your brother or sister, your nurse, care giver or a citizen who assist you in an emergency. I have probably owned a gun my whole adult life and lived next to you for 20 years. I have never...

It Can Happen To You

Armed resistance to thugs increases the opportunity to save innocent lives. Resistance by any other method - or no resistance at all - can be deadly. June 23, 2004 ChannelCincinnati.com Shootings Followed Botched Robberies, Police Say CINCINNATI -- A 14-year-old boy who is already being held on murder charges is now being charged with killing another person days after the first homicide. David...

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