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Al Qaeda Cell in Ohio? FBI Says Suspect Plotting To Blow Up Columbus Mall

4:27pm Monday, June 14, 2004

FLASHBACK: Terrorists on buses and in malls: Ohio CHL important to Homeland Security June 14, 2004 NBC4Columbus.com COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Federal authorities said Monday that they have charged a man from Somalia with plotting to blow up a Columbus-area shopping mall. According to the FBI, Nuradin M. Abdi, a 32-year-old Somali national, was indicted and charged with conspiracy to provide material...

Tale of Two Signs: Willoughby bank robbed; Middletown store welcomes CHL

3:49pm Monday, June 14, 2004

Following the old adage that a picture says a thousand words, some Ohio businesses are choosing to use pictures say few words to would-be criminals who may target their stores. Consider the message received by all who view this picture of law enforcement agent dusting for fingerprints next to a "no-guns" sign at a Fifth Third bank. The photo appeared on the front page of the Willoughby News...

FirstMerit banks respond to complaints about ''No-guns'' signs

8:39am Monday, June 14, 2004

The following bulk email is being sent to customers who contacted FirstMerit bank about their recent decision to post signs, and about to five subsequent bank robberies in their Ohio locations. From: Karen Rose [ mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 Subject: Re: Why does FirstMerit discriminate? Dear Mr. XXXXXXX, Your e-mail in regard to the recent Concealed Carry Weapon...

Letter to the Editor: Stores should welcome concealed-carry law

8:20am Monday, June 14, 2004

June 13, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I respond to the June 5 letter from Lori A. O’Neill, president of the Greater Cleveland chapter of the Million Mom March ("Store owners who take on gun lobby deserve thanks"). O’Neill fails to mention that the only people who are banned from these businesses are the law-abiding, licensed, trained, screened, fingerprinted and honest concealed-carrying public. Those...

THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK: Posted Mansfield business ''brutally'' robbed

7:02am Sunday, June 13, 2004

Volunteers in Mansfield have told OFCC that all three Puffs Cigarette and Tobacco stores in Mansfield are owned by the same individual, and that "no-guns" signs barring CHL-holders went up just a short time ago. June 11, 2004 Mansfield News Journal ONTARIO -- City police are looking for a suspect they say brutally attacked a clerk at Puffs Cigarette and Tobacco shop a little after 8 p.m...

Sidney Daily News and Shelby Co. Sheriff maintain they committed no crimes

10:37am Saturday, June 12, 2004

June 12, 2004 Sidney Daily News Calls for state and local investigations have followed publication Tuesday in the Sidney Daily News of a list of concealed-carry permit holders as released by Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary. The publication of addresses was listed as illegal by the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms and by Ohioans For Concealed Carry. The former...

Jogger attacked on bikeway; suspect nabbed

8:31am Saturday, June 12, 2004

THIS IS WHY CONCEALED CARRY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IS PROTECTED. 96% OF RAPISTS DO NOT USE FIREARMS. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO TAKE AWAY THIS WOMAN'S ABILITY TO DEFEND HERSELF??? June 11, 2004 Dayton Daily News DAYTON | Attacked on a bikeway under a bridge, her cries drowned out by construction noise, the jogger battled her knife-wielding attacker for 20 minutes. "She did fight him back," Dayton...

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Concealed weapon ban in parks not enforceable

7:44am Saturday, June 12, 2004

June 12, 2004 Toledo Blade Communities that ban people from carrying concealed weapons in parks despite a new state law have misfired, according to state officials. Such local policies conflict with the state's concealed-carry law and are not valid. Their enforcement could be challenged in the courts, said Kim Norris a spokesman for Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. "If you are a licensed...