Aslanides: Meetings to hone HB12 amendments continue

December 5, 2003 Gannett News Service COLUMBUS -- Any potential compromise on the bill allowing Ohioans to carry concealed handguns likely will wait until next year, although talks will continue next week. Rep. Jim Aslanides, R-Coshocton, who is sponsoring the bill, said he and Senate President Doug White agreed the two should meet again next week to discuss amendments in hopes of getting the...

Op-Ed: Allison Gets Her Gun (Almost)

It's always nice to welcome a new convert, especially a former "Million" Mom. Since many of her former associates read our website, we thought it'd be worth sharing Allison's story. By Allison Brown November 12, 2003 LewRockwell.com As a child, I was pretty much fearless. My mom relates plenty of stories – me, at the age of three, marching down the street to confront a bully who had tormented my...

OFCC Announces Vermilion Open Carry Shopping Day!

OFCC's Dan White, organizer of the highly successful Lorain 'Defense' Walk in October , is getting in the Holiday spirit, and he's inviting you to join him! Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. Date: December 4, 2003 From: Dan White After the great success of all of the Self-Defense Walks, it is time for something a little different. On most previous Walks, you have been asked not to...

Word for Word: Newark Advocate editors mirror Plain Dealer editorial

On November 21, the Gannett-owned Newark Advocate published an editorial praising Bob Taft for his latest opposition to House Bill 12. That editorial was published in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette (another Gannett paper) three days later , on November 24. Eagle-Gazette editors gave no credit to the editors of the Newark Advocate on their website - readers were left to assume editors in Lancaster...

Why cops don't open carry off-duty, and why we shouldn't be forced to either

Dec. 04, 2003 Akron Beacon Journal Akron SWAT trainer foils possible robbery Plainclothes officer, sensing he's target, arrests man Rule One for would-be criminals: If you're planning a robbery, don't make the lead instructor for the police SWAT team your target. Akron police officer Kevin R. Davis, in plainclothes, was on his way to the Peanut Shoppe on South Main Street at lunchtime Wednesday...

Sen. White's latest survey reveals ''ability to override a veto'' on HB12

Can it be that Sen. Pres. White only made these statements to this one newspaper, or is it perhaps much more likely that the larger Ohio dailies, in collusion with Taft on opposing concealed carry, simply refused to print this major news? He's no straight shooter How the guv makes lawmakers crazy by Dan Williamson The Other Paper, Nov. 27 - Dec. 3, 2003 Columbus The governor clearly and...

Letter to the Editor: Which son faces the worst danger?

November 26, 2003 Cincinnati Enquirer Earlier this month my wife and I traveled to Fort Benning, Ga., to witness our son Tony, a 25-year-old Georgetown University graduate, graduate from infantry basic training. At the time, he told us his decision to join the Army. I was pleased that he had made that decision. His reasoning was that he had to get out of his safety zone. He prefers cities to...

Letter to the Editor: Citizens should be as protected as governor

December 03, 2003 Columbus Dispatch As I read the "Capital notes" column Nov. 25, regarding a protest march over the long delay of passage of a concealed-carry bill caused by our governor, I was struck by the irony of the closing paragraph, that the "protesters pose no problem" and the governor is "very well-protected." Too bad Gov. Bob Taft doesn’t think those who elected him deserve the same...

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