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Letter to the Editor: CCW lament focused on the wrong people

7:38am Friday, May 14, 2004

May 13, 2004 Toledo Blade I read with amusement Toby Hoover's hand-wringing lament in Readers' Forum on Ohio's new concealed-carry law. A culture of fear? You bet. But she's focused on the wrong group of people. The "fearful" ones are now the perpetrators and criminals who reside in this state. They now know that they are very likely to make a serious and perhaps terminal mistake in their victim...

Fearforprofit Inc.

3:44pm Thursday, May 13, 2004

May 13, 2004 The (Cleveland) Sun Press "No guns allowed" signs popped up at local municipal buildings and schools laws month when Ohio's new concealed carry weapons law took effect. (Accompanying photo contains the following caption: "Signs such as this one outside the Chagrin Falls library will soon be as common everywhere as no smoking signs.") Enter gun safety advocate Lori O'Neill and her...

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Ohio newspaper editor arrested, charged with kidnapping

10:35am Thursday, May 13, 2004

The Ohio Newspaper Association is encouraging it's members to publish every name of citizens who choose to obtain a concealed handgun license. They say it's in the "public interest". We are beginning to wonder if it is in the public interest to publish the home addresses of every Ohio newspaper editor. After all, they can be quite dangerous... May 13, 2004 Springfield News-Sun WILMINGTON, Ohio —...

Raging Against Self-Defense: Anti-gunners react to Do Not Patronize list news...

8:15am Thursday, May 13, 2004

As news of OFCC's Do Not Patronize While Armed list was reported across the state and even across the nation (including USA TODAY ) this week, we have received an increasing amount of emails from people who seem to need a few anger-management classes. The following person didn't have the courage to leave his real name or email address: How pathetic are you people? Let me guess- you are so bitter...

Concealed-carry process goes smoothly in Athens County

7:52am Thursday, May 13, 2004

After initial holdups over a misunderstanding about what was necessary to complete mental health records check (see Athens Co. Sheriff needs help with the definition of ''OR'' , things seem to be moving right along now in Athens Co. May 12, 2004 Athens Messenger Sheriffs' offices throughout Ohio are being accused of approving concealed carry licenses too slowly, but not in Athens County. Ohioans...

States careful about permits, UT researcher says

5:24pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004

May 7, 2004 Toledo Blade All of the states that allow citizens to carry concealed handguns have been careful about issuing permits, Brian Patrick, an assistant professor of communication at the University of Toledo, said during a taping of The Editors television program. Ohio on April 7 became the 46th state with some form of concealed-carry law. No state has issued permits to just anyone, Dr...

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Gunman holds up over half dozen businesses in Warren

5:08pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004

May 11, 2004 WFMJ NBC Ch. 21 Youngstown Employees are in fear after a gunman held up at least a half dozen businesses in Warren. We talked with one woman who quit her job after the confrontation. Employees at The Wet Spot Bar in Warren are in fear that the robber will strike again. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. A woman we'll call "Gloria" was tending bar when the gunman,...

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Dam breaks in Columbiana County; Fingerprinting begins

3:32pm Wednesday, May 12, 2004

May 12, 2004 (Lisbon) Morning Journal News Fingerprinting of concealed carry applicants to begin LISBON —The first applicants for concealed weapons permits will be getting fingerprinted Thursday, beginning the final step in the process before permits can be issued. County Sheriff David Smith said they’ve begun scheduling applicants to be fingerprinted because the fingerprint scanning equipment is...