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Store owner: ''We're going to have to start carrying guns to protect ourselves''

10:51am Wednesday, August 18, 2004
August 18, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal Rolling Acres jewelry store robbed Shop owner complains about security after men escape with two necklaces Akron police are investigating an armed robbery at a Rolling Acres Mall jewelry store. Two men -- one displaying a handgun -- entered the Diamond Castle at 2400 Romig Road about 12:40 p.m. Tuesday. The robbers took two necklaces before fleeing. The men...

Man shot while mediating dispute

12:57pm Tuesday, August 17, 2004
One can't help but wonder if any of the parties involved (including the innocent victim) had read the arbitrary "Conflict Avoidance and Alternative Dispute Resolution" commentary provided in the Ohio Concealed Carry Law booklet....? August 16, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal AKRON - A 21-year-old Akron man who was shot in the abdomen after trying to intervene during an argument was in critical...

More Ohioans use firearms to stop crimes/ protect lives

3:10pm Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Ohio newspapers publish two more examples of the 2 million-plus defensive uses of firearms that occur each year in our nation... Athens Messenger: Burglary victim holds suspect at gunpoint COOLVILLE — A Dixon Road man faces charges of burglary and child endangerment after he allegedly kicked in the door of a Brimstone Road residence while his child was waiting in his truck. Danny Lantz Jr., 31,...

''Paper Protection'' fails another battered wife

7:21pm Monday, August 09, 2004
August 5, 2004 Middletown Journal HAMILTON — A Liberty Township woman who police say survived two murder attempts by her estranged husband, Thursday said she may not have lived had it not been for the prayers and support she received. “It is miraculous that I survived such a violent attack, but survival was only possible through the support of friends, family and faith. I am recuperating and we...

Workplace Violence: What No-Guns Signs or Policies Will NEVER Prevent

11:03pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 16, 2004 USA TODAY In an average week in U.S. workplaces, one employee is killed and at least 25 are seriously injured in violent assaults by current or former co-workers. Many of those attacks might have been prevented. In nearly eight of 10 cases, killers left behind clear warning signs --sometimes showing guns to co-workers, threatening their bosses or talking about attacking. But in the...

Op-Ed: It’s Time For Some Gun-Rich Zones

3:55pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Sometimes a bit of humor is just as effective at making a point as are serious discourses on violent crime statistics or criminal protection zone robberies... American Handgunner September/October 2004 By John Conner I’ve just about had it with this “Gun-Free Zone” crap, you know? True, I live in a fairly sissy-rich environment but, usually, the only visible effects are too many restaurants with...

86-year-old scares off teen thief

7:33am Wednesday, July 21, 2004
July 20, 2004 Newark Advocate PATASKALA -- Eighty-six year-old Alice Hill isn't what you would typically think of as a crime-fighter, but she did stop a felony in progress on Friday, chasing off a burglar a fraction of her age. Hill was sitting in her son's Lynns Road residence watching the 700 Club on television when an unidentified white male kicked in the front door. "I didn't have time to be...

Letter to Mall management

11:33pm Tuesday, July 20, 2004
To the Westland Mall Management, As a member of Ohioans's for concealed carry, and as a former police officer in Indiana, I read with great interest a CNN report that talked about a rapist who's been stalking a Wisconsin mall for 6 years. See this link: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Midwest/07/15/mall.rapist.ap/index.html Here's an excerpt from that story that explains how he operated: "Prosecutors...

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