Letter to the Editor: Posting won't make library patrons safe

March 8, 2004 Toledo Blade The Toledo-Lucas County Public Library's plan to post gun-ban notices may have good intentions, but is not very well thought out and could possibly work to the disadvantage of its patrons. It is true that libraries are exempted under the new concealed-carry law. However, it is not necessary to post the information. Anyone who is issued a CCW permit will have clearly...

Another defenseless employee for ''Sour Grapes'' newspaper carjacked

Man carjacks carrier for (Middletown News) Journal March 8. 2004 Middletown News Journal A Middletown man was shoved to the ground and his vehicle carjacked early Friday morning while he was delivering The Journal. Ethan Long, 23, was beginning his route at about 5:45 a.m. in Midtonia Village on South Sutphin Street when a man shoved him against an open vehicle door. Long banged his head, then...

Akron Beacon-Journal: Some unlikely candidates are ready to carry firearms

Why is it so hard for the media to understand that these are EXACTLY the types of people that we expected to "pack heat"? It is only their bigotry that stereotyped all proponents as white middle-aged men. Concealed weapons law takes effect soon March 8, 2004 Akron Beacon-Journal One is a fifth-grade teacher, another a stroke victim who walks with a cane. Not exactly the folks you would expect to...

Zanesville City Council latest to consider illegally banning CHL-holders

City council to discuss concealed carry law March 8, 2004 Zanesville Times Recorder ZANESVILLE -- Ohio's new concealed carry law will be part of the discussion at city council tonight. Council will meet at 7 p.m. with a work session at 6:15 p.m. to review changes to the budget. On the agenda for the meeting is an ordinance which would establish policies concerning weapons. House Bill 12, known as...

Armed Ohioans required to be on target

Schools emerge after concealed-carry law March 8, 2004 Dayton Daily News VANDALIA | The students fire their guns repeatedly. Some put tight clusters of bullet holes on 9-inch paper plates mounted 7 yards away. Others scatter their shots; they often hit the cardboard behind the plates. One older man can barely hit the plate. Nine out of 10 shots from his revolver fly elsewhere. His chances of...

Handgun process may start on time

March 06, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Handgun owners may be able to apply for permits to carry concealed weapons on April 8, the day the new law takes effect, because the state has been moving faster than expected to put the mechanics in place. "I think we will be up and running by the effective date," Robert A. Cornwell, executive director of the Buckeye State Sheriffs’ Association, said yesterday...

Proof positive: Anti-gun extremists are the true sufferers of paranoia

Lesson #3 in the OFCC PAC Education Guide is 'Raging Against Self-Defense', an excellent essay by Dr. Sarah Thompson, Executive Director of Utah Gun Owners Alliance, and a columnist who writes a monthly column on individual rights. Thompson's essay examines the anti-gun mentality from a psychiatric perspective. Not only does she explain how such people think, but she gives excellent advice on how...

2002 OFCC PAC Endorsee Bryan Williams resigns House seat

Democrats drop opposition to him as Summit elections board director March 6, 2004 Akron Beacon-Journal State Rep. Bryan Williams is giving up his seat in the legislature to work full time as the director of the Summit County Board of Elections. Williams' resignation announcement -- made Friday during the elections board's biennial reorganization meeting -- headed off an anticipated fight with...

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