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Armed employee thwarts robbery attempt in company parking lot

9:15am Monday, November 29, 2004
The Youngstown Vindicator reported last week that when an employee of Larry's Lounge on Hillman Street exited the bar carrying cash, he was surprised to find someone waiting for him. After being greeted by the employee, the Vindicator says the man pulled a ski mask over his face and lifted an "Uzi-type" gun from under his coat, shouting "This is a holdup!" The news story goes on to say the...

Paper: Thieves ready to prey on opportunities holidays present

9:02am Saturday, November 27, 2004
This story could be no better reason to avoid shopping at businesses which post "no-guns" signs. These signs act as an advertisment to criminals that there are firearms waiting to be stolen in the parking lot, and that there are defenseless customers waiting inside. The Dayton Daily News is reporting that area police are warning shoppers to "stay alert", because shoppers are not the only folks...

Shots fired in two Cincy-area banks

8:05am Saturday, November 27, 2004
November 25, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Robbers get away in two bank robberies COLERAIN TWP. - Authorities are investigating two bank robberies Wednesday. In both cases, a lone robber fired a weapon inside the bank. No one was hurt in either robbery, police said. A masked gunman fired two bullets inside First Financial Bank, 10174 Colerain Ave., at 9:26 a.m., according to the Hamilton County...

Customer helps stop Victim Zone robbery attempt

8:22am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 22, 2004 Dayton Daily News The gunman picked the wrong time to try to rob the Barnsider restaurant. 'Every time he'd get up, I'd hit him. ... I wasn't going to give him the opportunity to hurt anybody. ... I told him that he was under citizen's arrest.' A customer, Troy Browder, 41, of Riverside, was sitting at the bar Sunday night as bartender Barbara Griggs was closing. A man walked in...

Police warn women of attacker in Lima

8:20am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 20, 2004 Toledo Blade LIMA, Ohio - Police are warning women walking near downtown to be wary of a man whom investigators say assaulted two women. Earlier this week a woman reported being attacked in the 200 block of North Main Street, and another was assaulted at Market and Elizabeth streets. In both cases, the man approached the women and asked what time it was before assaulting them...

Letter to the Editor: Consider every gun loaded

8:18am Tuesday, November 23, 2004
November 20, 2004 Dayton Daily News Re: the Nov. 16 Nicholas Kristof commentary "Fresh thinking on guns needed" : Kristof says that you can tell if a camera is loaded just by looking at it, and that the same should hold true to a gun. The only similarity between a camera and a gun is that they both use the term "shoot." Every gun, and I mean every gun, should always be considered loaded until...

Throats Slashed At Ohio Barbershop

4:16pm Saturday, November 20, 2004
November 18, 2004 NBC4.com Columbus Two people were slashed across the throat in an incident Thursday night at a local barbershop, NBC 4's Mike Bowersock reported. The slashings happened at about 7 p.m. at the First Clips at the corner of College and Livingston avenues. One man, believed to be a barber, was found inside the shop. His throat had been slashed with a razor from ear to ear. The 28-...

Op-Ed: How I learned to love firearms

4:00pm Friday, November 19, 2004
November 18, 2004 Slate.com Guinea Get Your Gun By Emily Yoffe I pressed the Beretta AL391 Urika deep into my shoulder and against my cheek, as if gripping a shotgun stock were as natural as holding the strap of my purse. I said, "Pull," in a firm yet casual way, to convey that, sure I drove here in a Volvo, and the radio in the Volvo is tuned to NPR, but I'm actually the kind of woman who loves...

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