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City to arm itself against the new carry-concealed laws

11:55am Monday, March 15, 2004

At the recent Canfield City Council meeting, city manager Chuck Tieche reported on the new conceal-carry laws that will go into effect next month.He said there are several issues that need to be addressed as far as the city is concerned. One issue involves municipal buildings. Tieche said the citywill soon be posting a no firearms notice at the entrance. A person entering the building with a...

Anti-Gun attorneys in Ohio continue to give biased legal advice to businesses

11:46am Monday, March 15, 2004

This Toledo Blade story has been picked up by Knight Ridder News Service, and published in the Miami (FL) Herald. March 10, 2004 Toledo Blade Attorneys Advise Ohio Employers to Tighten Ban on Guns in Businesses Ohio employers may need to firm up their policies prohibiting guns -- or put such guidance in place -- if they want to ensure employees and visitors know they aren't allowed to carry...

Ex-con shot dead during home invasion

8:13am Saturday, March 13, 2004

Mar. 12, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Man shot to death in Canton Woman calls 911 to report acquaintance attempting to break into apartment. Officers say her daughter fired gun at intruder CANTON - The first time Carolyn Warren called police, she wanted to be rescued from a man she said was trying to break in her door. Three minutes later, she called back to say the man was in her apartment, but she...

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President Bush steers clear of Taft on Cleveland visit

8:32pm Thursday, March 11, 2004

(Compiled from Columbus Dispatch campaign report, March 11, 2004) Gov. Bob Taft, Ohio chairman of the Bush-Cheney re-election campaign, often introduces President Bush to Ohio audiences. But Taft was absent yesterday when Bush spoke to businesswomen in Cleveland. Taft, who’s approval rating was just 47 percent in a February Ohio Poll conducted by the University of Cincinnati, remained in Columbus...

Attacked at work: Robber shoots at employee during chase

11:49am Thursday, March 11, 2004

One more citizen who may have felt that Ohio's affirmative defense law was inadequate as a means of legal self-defense, even though she carries large amounts of cash for her job. April 8 cannot come soon enough for Ohio's crime victims. March 11, 2004 Dayton Daily News DAYTON | A robber shot at an employee of Benjamin's Burger Master, 1000 N. Main St., after the employee chased him into the...

Attacked at work: Police seeking vendor's shooter

9:56am Thursday, March 11, 2004

March 9, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer MONROE - Police are asking for the public's help to find clues to the shooting death of a veteran vendor at the popular Trader's World flea market. It's this city's police department's first homicide case in nearly three years. A police officer early Monday found William E. Doolittle, 41, of Findlay, dead in the back of his van in the parking lot of the Stony...

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Editorial points out that ''so many nowadays carry guns'' illegally

9:33am Thursday, March 11, 2004

Editors at the Cincinnati Enquirer seem to comprehend the problems facing their city. Gun control and Ohio's concealed carry ban has done nothing to deter criminals from using guns to commit crimes. We are left to wonder if the Enquirer has a plan to publish all the names of people illegally carrying concealed, since they advocated an amendment to House Bill 12 which will allow law-abiding CHL-...

Dayton: Husband attacks, wife uses firearm for self-defense

9:16am Thursday, March 11, 2004

March 10, 2004 Dayton Daily News Wounded man caught, arrested SOUTH VIENNA | A Mechanicsburg man who rode away on a bicycle after being shot in the neck Tuesday with a .45-caliber revolver during a domestic argument with his wife and her brother was later arrested on violence-related charges. Eric Champlin, 22, of 8546 Brigner Road was released from Community Hospital after being treated for the...