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Ohioan helps KY cops nab fleeing probation violator

July 30, 2003 Cincinnati Post A special Kenton County sheriff's squad corralled a probation violator from Cincinnati Tuesday evening in Covington with an assist from a bystander who saw the officers chasing the man. Rodney J. Hail, 31, of East Price Hill, was running from deputies when Patrick Burns of Cincinnati tackled him near the confluence of the Licking and Ohio rivers, said Col. Ron...

New York Post quotes OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine

OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine, who is a major airline pilot, was quoted for a story concerning New York Mayor Bloomberg's comments that the NY City Hall shooter slipped past security the same way pilots and "stewardesses" do at airports. The only disappointment in this very short story is how much of Irvine's comments were not printed. In the interview, he explained that these types of shootings...

Akron paper: Attempted abduction proves that no place is totally free of worry

At the request of Bob Taft, the Ohio Senate added restrictions to House Bill 12 that would prevent parents from protecting their children while in a motor vehicle. Had the bad guy in this Six Flags Wyandot Lake camp ground been armed, the unintended result of Taft's "car-jacker/ kidnapper protection" provision might well have been fully displayed. "It happened so quickly, it took me by surprise...

Learning from experience: N.Y. and D.C. gun follies

The anti-self-defense extremists want to make sure we don't look at other states' experience when considering passage of a concealed carry reform law here in Ohio. They have a bit of trouble making their blood-in-the-streets, crime-will-go-up, shoot-outs-at-fender-benders predictions in light of these state's experience. Would they be any more interested in looking at states which have laws more...

Dispatch: Pit bull attacks woman in wheelchair

White dog with black spots still at large after biting woman in University District Friday, July 25, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH A woman in a wheelchair was attacked by a pit-bull terrier this week, leaving her with bites on her arms and legs. Authorities still are trying to find the dog and who owns it, Columbus police said. Debra Ballin, 50, said she usually keeps an eye out for the many pit...

Dispatch: Crime rate around Ohio State scares students, parents

Every chance they get, the editors at the Columbus Dispatch publish commentary opposing legal self-defense in the state of Ohio. Judging by the state of affairs in Columbus and around the OSU campus, the Dispatch prefers that only the bad guys be armed. The crime wave around campus has gotten so bad, Columbus police have even told volunteers at the Community Crime Patrol to stay out of the area...

In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

Cincinnati Enquirer Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one pound of powder and four pounds of lead. They also were...

Plain Dealer: Women embracing martial arts

07/19/03 Molly Kavanaugh Plain Dealer Reporter Oberlin- In a warm second-floor dance studio on the Oberlin College campus, Jen Resnick scampered across the floor, demonstrating how to use a knife for self-defense. About 300 women from the United States, Canada and elsewhere are attending the four-day camp, which is held at a different college each summer. The students, ranging in age from 6 to...

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