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Ashland Co. CHL-holders taken hostage, Ohio newspaper style

9:08am Sunday, March 20, 2005
In a move that more closely resembles the behavior of a band of terrorists than a 155-year-old news organization, the editor of the Ashland Times Gazette has announced that he has taken the privacy of 400 or more concealed handgun license (CHL)-holders hostage, and will release the information unless the Ohio General Assembly bends to his will. In a March 19 editorial, Times-Gazette editor Ted E...

''No-guns'' Lawrence Federal Savings Bank robbed at gunpoint

5:05am Sunday, March 20, 2005
Submitted to OhioCCW.org by: (Jeffrey F.) The Ironton Tribune is reporting an armed robbery of a Lawrence Federal Savings and Loan in South Point, Ohio, a community of less than 5,000 in population. This is the second robbery at this bank in the past four years. "Someone made a withdrawal at the Lawrence Federal Savings Bank Thursday morning but he didn't use his checkbook. A lone gunman walked...

Violence around ''gun-free'' Head Start safety zone threatens center

5:15am Friday, March 18, 2005
The Cincinnati Post is reporting that Cincinnati officials are "reacting quickly" to help operators of a Head Start center in Over-the-Rhine improve safety after a teacher had a gun pointed at her head Tuesday afternoon in a robbery at a store across the street. Less than 10 minutes later, another Head Start staff member was mugged near the center. The stories say the incidents are the latest in...

Philly mayor's plan on permits is criticized

5:05am Friday, March 18, 2005
The Philadelphia Inquirer is reporting that the city mayor's call for a moratorium on CCL-issuance in the wake of a rash of 22 murders in 9 days is being met with incredulity, even by gun control proponents. From the story: A leading gun-control lobbyist said yesterday that Mayor Street's proposal to impose a moratorium on concealed-weapon "carry permits" would not do much to reverse the sharp...

Editorials: No problems (AND NO FIXES!) for OhioCCW

7:45am Wednesday, March 16, 2005
After a quick concession from the Hamilton Journal-News , which admits "we believe Ohio’s concealed-weapons law has worked well in its first nine months — especially here in Butler County," the newspaper immediately turns its editorial focus on what (but not why) not to improve in Ohio’s CCW law. While proponents of the new law are happy with the numbers coming out of Butler, Clermont and...

Change: Plain Dealer doesn't waste paper space on CHL list

by Chad D. Baus
7:30am Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Have editors at the Cleveland Plain Dealer finally realized its readers are not interested in seeing the names of Concealed Handgun License (CHL)-holders from Northeast Ohio printed in their newspaper? Have they finally realized that there is nothing to fear from fellow citizens who have broken no laws, violated no other persons' rights, and who simply wish to exercise their constitutional right...

Wisconsin church shooting could easily happen here

1:49pm Tuesday, March 15, 2005
According to the Associated Press , the church member who opened fire on his congregation in the “no-CCW” state of Wisconsin had time to empty one magazine, reload, and empty another. No one was capable of resistance, and he finally took his own life. align="right"> In all, this man murdered seven church-goers, and injured four more. Last year, concealed carry legislation was vetoed by...

"No-guns" London: Man held after daylight axe murder

1:38pm Tuesday, March 15, 2005
ThisIsLondon.com is reporting that a 61-year-old man was bludgeoned to death with an axe in a broad daylight attack in an upmarket area of north London. From the story: Shocked witnesses described how the victim's head was turned to "mush" after he was set upon in Eton Avenue, Swiss Cottage. Nick Blackford, 20, said the "calm and precise" killer seemed unworried as he handed himself over to armed...

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