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Interest in gun permits soaring

7:40am Saturday, March 27, 2004
What is it about journalists that insist on using phrases like "pack heat" in writing their stories? Few if any persons who apply for licenses would ever be caught referring to this serious responsibility so flippantly. March 27. 2004 Cincinnati Post A lot of people in Hamilton County apparently want to pack heat. Even though a new law that allows Ohioans to carry concealed weapons doesn't go...

A Letter to Drugmart.....

7:39am Friday, March 26, 2004
UPDATE!! Discount Drug Mart: There will be no corporate policy on signs To: Discount Drugmart I shop at your store frequently in Chesterland and Mentor. If you continue to post signs turning away citizens who have had proper training and taken on the huge responsibility of carrying a concealed handgun, LEGALLY, then I will be among them!! Guess what, people who ILLEGALLY carry, will STILL wind up...

Bad times for defenseless victims in Akron

12:12pm Thursday, March 25, 2004
After devising a knee-jerk executive order banning CHL-holders from all county property and from county vehicles, OFCC can now report that Summit County officials are now reexamining the order, in light of OFCC's notification (with the assistance of Tim Dimoff, SACS Consulting and Investigative Services of Akron), that the order is a violation of Section 9 of House Bill 12. After reading these...

Toledo convenience store owners anxiously await April 8

2:49pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
In recent months, Toledoans have endured a rash of violent and even deadly convenience store robberies: WTOL Toledo 11: Store Attack highlights result of Taft's deadly game Toledo bureaucrats' ''solutions'' not working to prevent terrible crimes Toledo: Disarmed (smoke-free) citizens, well-armed criminals Toledo's gun control problem: only the criminals have guns Toledo gun control laws amount to...

Woman kills intruder

12:13pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Springfield News-Sun March 23, 2004 A Springfield woman shot and killed a 21-year-old man early Sunday, reportedly after the victim and a companion broke into her Chestnut Avenue home, police said. Matthew J. Marino, 21, whose address was not immediately available, was pronounced dead at Mercy Medical Center at 3:45 a.m., Springfield police Lt. Michael Hill said. Officers found Marino lying on...

Michigan woman's gun may have saved her life

11:19am Monday, March 22, 2004
Yet another story of a licensed CHL-holder using their firearm to defend their life. This woman was on her way to work - no doubt to an employer with the good sense not to prevent her the ability to defend herself. Even the head of Michigan's Police Chief's assocation who was (formerly) opposed to CCW admits that this woman's life was saved because she was armed. March 20, 2004 Daily Oakland...

Former LEO from CCW state writes ''Ohio CCW will work!''

7:46am Tuesday, March 16, 2004
03/15/04 By: David Shull - OFCC supporter The City of Stow kicked off its Neighborhood Watch program tonight (03/15/04). A special guest speaker from the City’s law department gave an overview of the new CCW law. Four Stow police officers were in attendance along with around 30 citizens. The speaker stuck to the facts available, giving a fair and balanced presentation. The citizens had numerous...

Missouri man repels 3 robbers by firing hidden pistol

12:33pm Monday, March 15, 2004
03/11/2004 St. Louis Post-Dispatch Robbers pointed a gun at Bryan Rutherford and demanded that he hand over valuables from his pickup Tuesday evening in Lemay. Rutherford didn't pull out cash or jewelry. He pulled out a .22-caliber pistol hidden in his vehicle and opened fire in what authorities believe is the first instance of self-defense with a concealed firearm since the Missouri Legislature...

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