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Pizza Hut fires deliveryman for defending own life on company time

12:05pm Thursday, May 27, 2004

May 18, 2004 Indianapolis Star Deliveryman: 'It was my gun or his' Marion County prosecutors will decide if any charges will be filed against a pizza deliveryman who killed an armed man during an apparent robbery attempt Monday night on the city's Far Eastside. "I'm just satisfied it was him and not me," said Ronald B. Honeycutt, 38, of Carmel this morning. Click on the "Read More..." link below...

Op-Ed: Whither Gun Control?

11:53am Thursday, May 27, 2004

May 23, 2004 By John R. Lott, Jr. What is happening to the gun control movement? This month, the Million Mom March in Washington drew an anemic showing of only 2,000 people, while this year, all of the Democratic presidential candidates— however unenthusiastically— spoke of Americans’ Second Amendment right to own guns. These are just a few of the signs that the facts finally seem to be catching...

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Business' CCW bans contribute to increased potential for firearms theft

2:51pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004

May 26, 2004 NewsNet5.com Don't Park On Street In Downtown Cleveland CLEVELAND -- Car theft happens every day in America. And not too long ago it happened to Debbie Trevarthen twice. "My husband came and said, 'Where did you park the car?' and I said, 'Right on the corner.' and it was gone," she said. Thieves stole Trevarthen's 1994 Pontiac Sunbird two times in less than three months. The second...

Concealed carry process going smoothly

12:12pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004

May 26, 2004 Mt. Vernon News MOUNT VERNON — “Very smoothly” is how Knox County Sheriff David Barber describes the process of applying for concealed carry permits since April 8, when the law went into effect. “I’m in the middle of reviewing approximately 70 applications,” said Barber, adding about 25 concealed handgun licenses have been issued as of Tuesday. Those interested in applying for a...

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Ottawa Co. Sheriff changes CHL application system to serve you better

12:04pm Wednesday, May 26, 2004

May 25, 2004 Port Clinton News Herald Sheriff's office changes CCW application policy Appointments begin June 1 PORT CLINTON -- The Ottawa County Sheriff's Office is slightly changing the administration process for its concealed weapons applications. Beginning Tuesday, June 1, staff members will begin scheduling appointments. This will ensure a more prompt and efficient process. In effect, the...

FirstMerit victim zone - 4th robbery in two weeks

11:48am Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Last week, a new policy of banning firearms in FirstMerit Bank began to be enforced. Signs were posted in several branches, with word that they will be posted in all Ohio branches. Unfortunately for residents in Pennsylvania, who have been able to bank at FirstMerit for several years without being confronted with discriminatory signs, we have learned the bank plans to post them there too. That...

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Brown Publishing's knee-jerk reaction to ''editor-gone-mad''

11:30am Wednesday, May 26, 2004

The following letter has been submitted by OFCC Senate District 10 Coordinator Larry Moore to his employer, Brown Publishing. The letter is written in response to the company's decision to force its newspapers (see the list here ) to post signs banning concealed carry. The decision was made AFTER Jeff Hibbs, then-editor of the Wilmington News Journal, illegally concealed a firearm, and allegedly...

Conceal-carry may violate a privacy law

4:32pm Tuesday, May 25, 2004

We tried to tell them... May 25, 2004 Cincinnati Post The Ohio Attorney General's Office is looking into whether it's legal for sheriff's departments to require Social Security numbers from applicants of concealed-weapon permits. The state was prompted by William J. Miller Sr., an architect from Mount Lookout, who questioned whether it violates a 1974 privacy law. Ohio's concealed-carry law took...