Crain's Cleveland Business prints OFCC response to business-scare op-ed

In late January, we told you that Crain's Cleveland Business had published an opinion editorial attempting to scare Ohio businesses about Ohio's new self-protection/defense law. The op-ed was written by the president of the "Million" Mom March chapter of greater Cleveland. In their February 9, 2004 edition, Crain's published the official OFCC response, as submitted by OFCC's northwest Ohio...

Tale of Two Cities: Toledo couple dead; Sacramento woman shoots intruder

February 11, 2004 Toledo Blade Man, wife found dead in home in N. Toledo Police probe deaths as possible slayings A man and his wife were found dead last night in their house at 1405 North Erie St. in North Toledo, and police were investigating their deaths as possible homicides. Police declined to release the names of the victims. However, neighbors identified them as Anthony and Tammy Griffin...

Ohio doctor registered as sex offender permitted to continue practice

Editor's Note: Judging from their new concealed carry website , even the Ohio Hospital Association won't speak up about this absurdity - as long as his patients don't try and exercise their right to self-defense at his office. February 6, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - With four doctors serving 15,000 people in Monroe County, a judge said she had no other choice but to allow a doctor registered as a...

Letters to the Editor: More Toledoans respond to ''Miss-Led''

On January 13 and 18th, the Toledo Blade published two anti-concealed carry editorials - Legally armed and dangerous and Ohioans held hostage by the Republicans . The responses are STILL coming in from angry readers. February 10, 2004 Toledo Blade Concealed-carry: Some predictions A Jan. 13 editorial proclaimed that passage of Ohio's new concealed carry law will "make the dangerous business of...

OhioCCWTraining website posts statewide training schedule!

Ohioans For Concealed Carry is happy to announce the release of the training schedule on the OhioCCW Training website! Please visit http://www.ohioccwtraining.org/schedule.html to locate training in your area. Because the system is so new, the number of available classes in your area may not be sufficient. More and more affiliates are registering and posting classes every day. The system will e-...

Ohio Hospital Association encouraging victim zone mentality

Now that concealed carry is law in Ohio, businesses across the state are working to learn how they should respond in terms of policies within their own facilities. Some state-level business associations and organizations are offering help to their members, and delving into an area they obviously know very little about. In the case of the Ohio Hospital Association, the "help" seems to consist only...

Profiling people who dare to seek help

Pop quiz: What do sufferers of eating disorders, combat veterans, rape victims, grief sufferers and police officers who have experienced traumic events have in common? If, as a means of recovery, they checked themselves into a counseling facility or stress center (or if a family member helped them check in), they share in common being profiled by the Ohio gun ban lobby and certain Ohio newspaper...

Dayton: Violent serial robbers at work

Sadly, even had the police been informing people of this threat, history shows they would likely be recommending against the most effective form of deterrence and self-protection - armed citizens. February 9, 2004 Dayton Daily News (click for complete story) DAYTON -- Leslie Bloodsoe limped into her upstairs bathroom, stepped gingerly into her bathtub and instinctively pulled the shower curtain...

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