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Park flasher problem highlights needs for armed self-protection in parks

12:55pm Thursday, April 29, 2004
To hear the gun ban extremists tell it, there is no need for self-defense in parks, and those who make preparations to defend themselves in case they do, are "buying into a culture of fear." Notice how this news outlet suggests that having a cell phone can make you safer, but says nothing of Ohio's new concealed handgun license law. Flasher exposes himself to young woman in North Chagrin...

Armed citizen apprehends rapist after he victimizes 84-year old woman

12:23pm Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Gun ban extremists want us to believe that crimes are never thwarted; that the presence of firearms in the hands of law-abiding citizens will make bad situations worse; that vigilante justice will be meeted out if a criminal is ever apprehended by an armed citizen in an emotionally charged situation. Why should their lies continue to be put in print or taken into account? April 27, 2004 WKYC.com...

Police: Woman Raped In Downtown Parking Garage

12:36pm Thursday, April 22, 2004
April 22, 2004 NewsNet5.com (Cleveland) CLEVELAND -- Security has been increased in the parking lot of a downtown building after a woman was reportedly sexually assaulted Tuesday evening in the parking garage of her office building, reported NewsChannel5. Huntington Building officials said they have informed all tenants about the incident and have increased security staff, who will escort female...

Mother: restraining order, cameras & pepper spray didn't save my daughter

12:01pm Wednesday, April 21, 2004
April 21, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Mother relives fatal shooting of daughter HAMILTON - Janie Turley took extraordinary steps to protect her daughter from an ex-boyfriend. Turley let her daughter move in with her; they shared a small one-bedroom apartment. She installed a surveillance camera in the building's hallway and watched parking-lot arrivals from a monitor in her living room. align="right...

Toledo Concealed Carry Advocate Fires Back

9:45am Monday, April 19, 2004
April 19, 2004 Fox Toledo Bruce Beatty has been shooting guns since he was a little kid. Not a big surprise he is also in favor of the new concealed carry law. Now he's taking shots at the city's new plan with some strong bullet points. "We're seeing a three to five percent drop in violent crime, all fields of violent crime per year in states with this law,"Beatty said. "If they'd spend ten...

Tale of Two Cities: Detroit woman kills attacker; Akron home invasion spree

4:33pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004
April 14, 2004 Detroit Free Press A woman shot an armed man to death Tuesday after he attacked her as she was entering her east-side Detroit home, police said. The woman, who owns a car dealership, was at the side door of her home in the 15200 block of Troester at 7:45 p.m. when a man ran up behind her brandishing a nickel-plated handgun, Officer Derek Jones said. "He said, 'I got you,"' Jones...

Woman Reports Rape At I-77 Rest Stop

1:07pm Wednesday, April 14, 2004
April 14, 2004 Compiled from press reports by NewsNet5.com , WKYC.com , and the Akron Beacon Journal . BATH TOWNSHIP -- A 27-year-old woman told police that she was attacked and raped at a rest stop along I-77 early Tuesday morning. The rest area off I-77 northbound in Bath Township near Ghent Road reopened after officials collected evidence. The Ohio State Highway Patrol said the alleged assault...

BIG MISUNDERSTANDING: Henry Bierce Co. pulls ''no guns'' signs

2:45pm Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry is happy to report that the Henry Bierce Company has removed their "no guns" signs, just two days after we first reported on the signs' existence. According to a store representative, the whole thing was based on a big misunderstanding. Representatives from the Henry Bierce Co. recently attended an informational meeting held by the Tallmadge Chamber of Commerce. At...

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