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Sexual predators abound

9:52am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

February 2, 2004 Mansfield News Journal MANSFIELD -- Connie Hostettler is well aware of Richland County's dubious distinction as the sex-offender capital of Ohio. Now she is trying to determine why. Hostettler, records supervisor for the Richland County Sheriff's Department, has been in charge of the sheriff's sex-offender notification and registration program since Megan's Law went into effect...

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Political donors go wild in Ohio

9:22am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

January 31, 2004 Associated Press GOP has $3.6 million to spend on elections; Democrats far behind COLUMBUS - The Ohio House Republican Campaign Committee raised an off-year record $3.6 million in 2003 for this year's elections, led by a $510,000 donation from Rep. Jon Husted's campaign, reports filed Friday with the secretary of state's office showed. Just six campaign committees were...

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Letter to the Editor: Armed citizens are happy, free people

8:01am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

February 4, 2004 Toledo Blade Drivers never expect to need the air bags in their car, but we are grateful for them when the unexpected happens. No one wakes up thinking, "today I will be robbed, beaten, raped, or murdered." But when the unthinkable occurs, a concealed firearm is often the best - and only - insurance that person has to survive a violent encounter. Marilou Johanek claims the 145-...

What is the MATRIX? A privacy advocate's worst nightmare

7:37am Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Ohio joins multistate antiterror database Police can search billions of records; privacy invasion, some say Dayton Daily News February 04, 2004 COLUMBUS -- Despite privacy concerns, Ohio is one of six states signed up to use powerful computer technology that will allow police to search billions of records to root out criminal and terrorist suspects with lightning speed. MATRIX — Multistate Anti-...

Wisconsin gun banners show just how extreme they are

3:17pm Tuesday, February 03, 2004

Having already seen his veto on concealed carry legislation overridden in the Wisconsin Senate, Democrat Governor Jim Doyle is holding out hope today that he can avoid being overridden in the Assembly - perhaps for the same reason Taft avoided the same in Ohio - some pro-CCW legislators may care more for party politics than defenseless citizens. ( UPDATE: Wisconsin Assembly falls one vote short...

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The Truth about Concealed Carry and Business

1:08pm Monday, February 02, 2004

by Chad D. Baus After failing to scare business lobbyists into the fight in 2003, and after loosing in the legislative arena just weeks ago, gun ban lobbyists are now hoping to convince business owners to discriminate against employees and customers who choose to obtain a concealed handgun license (CHL) for self-protection, as witnessed in the Jan. 26 letter to Crain's Cleveland Business magazine...

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Columbus homicide rate increasing...OSU prof imagines ties to CCW

12:36pm Monday, February 02, 2004

Homicide rate increasing January 30, 2004 The (OSU) Lantern Thirty days into January, Columbus has already seen six homicides. At this rate, the city may accumulate even more murders than last year, when it reached 112 - one of the highest murder rates in the last two decades. "If we look back in the files over the last couple decades, it's just been a rollercoaster," said Sherry Mercurio,...

Gun prohibitionists seek traction in Akron restaurants

8:03am Monday, February 02, 2004

Feb. 02, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Restaurants, county keep guns at bay New concealed-carry law leaves prohibiting firearms up to operator Restaurant owner Ed Davidian said when it comes to his Country Diners, guns will be joining cigars and pipes on the list of unwelcome items. "We're a family type of restaurant. I don't see where a gun is necessary in our businesses. I just don't see that,''...