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Senator: ''Solidarity among Republicans'' destroying your right to self-defense

12:03pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003

By JIM SIEGEL Gannett News Service Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS -- The majority of Ohio senators support a concealed handgun bill, but fewer are willing to override a Gov. Bob Taft veto to make it happen. The Supreme Court last week put the issue squarely in the lap of the legislature, ruling that Ohio's ban on concealed handguns is constitutional, and it's an issue for lawmakers to decide. Both the...

AP: Legislature last hope for gun backers

4:52pm Monday, September 29, 2003

COLUMBUS (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court's ruling last week upholding the state's ban on concealed weapons sent a signal that it will be up to lawmakers, not the court, to decide whether Ohioans can carry hidden guns, a law professor says. The problem for backers, though, is the Legislature has been struggling with the idea for eight years and seems nowhere close to resolving it. The bill exists...

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Ohio Crime headlines continue in wake of ruling, Senate obstruction

4:11pm Monday, September 29, 2003

The fight to restore the right to bear arms for self-defense has always been about two key issues: 1) Allowing citizens the right to choose not to be a victim. 2) Lowering violent crime. Amongst the recent Supreme Court and "Defense Walk" headlines, many Ohioans continue to be made victims by criminals who could care less about the fact that concealed weapons are illegal. Cleveland: Cleveland man...

Op-Ed: O’Connor’s textbook opinion shows she’s up to the high-court job

3:02pm Monday, September 29, 2003

Columbus Dispatch Lee Leonard September 29, 2003 The verdict is in: Anyone who thought Maureen O’Connor, a former prosecuting attorney and member of the Taft administration, was going to be a get-along, go-along Ohio Supreme Court justice needs to re-evaluate. O’Connor, ridiculed for pretending to be a sitting judge in a 2002 campaign commercial, demonstrated last week that her brief stint as a...

For 2 hours, Cincy's Northside was ''Safest Neighborhood in the State''

8:45am Monday, September 29, 2003

Concealed gun ban protested with a march through Northside The Cincinnati Post NORTHSIDE - In a scene reminiscent of the Wild West, about 75 people paraded through Northside with handguns strapped to their sides Sunday. Unlike the Old West, though, it was a modern-era media publicity stunt to protest last week's Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholding the state's ban on carrying concealed weapons...

Toledo Blade: Conceal carry - Impact on Ohio?

6:47am Sunday, September 28, 2003

Study backs hidden guns against crime By JAMES DREW BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - For Lynn Wachtmann, Ohio’s failure to adopt a law allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns can be measured in flesh and blood, and the pain of crime victims. "It’s heart-wrenching to see the number of Ohioans who are being victimized while some continue to play politics," said Mr. Wachtmann...

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Op-Ed: Supremes are disarmingly wrong again

6:20am Sunday, September 28, 2003

September 28, 2003 by Peter Bronson The Left Coast Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals tried to ban "God'' from the Pledge of Allegiance and blocked the California recall election, claiming voters are too stupid to use punch cards. No wonder California's Clinton-Carter court is reversed 80 percent of the time by the U.S. Supreme Court - a record of boneheaded rulings exceeded only by the Ohio Supreme...

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Youngstown Police: 46 minute response to armed robbery 911

7:42am Saturday, September 27, 2003

A caller asked if she should dial something other than 911 to reach police. Victim: "They have 'em at bingos and everything. Why aren't the here?" By PATRICIA MEADE VINDICATOR CRIME REPORTER YOUNGSTOWN — When the city council president asked a police dispatcher if cops were responding to a robbery that involved a gun, the dispatcher said there was "no mention of a gun" for the call from East...