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Welcome to life in a ''gun-free'' society

5:00am Sunday, February 20, 2005
According to a story in The Courier Mail of Queensland, a United Nations-sponsored survey found that "Australia has the worst prevalence of crime among 17 industrialised countries." From the story: Federal Government statistics show increases in crimes against people, rather than property. "That's the basic picture in Australia at the moment – we're getting more violent," said Dr Tim Prenzler,...

Op-Ed: The Klan's Favorite Law

4:55am Sunday, February 20, 2005
Gun control in the postwar South by Dave Kopel If you believe everything that Michael Moore says in Bowling for Columbine and his books, then you would think that "pro-gun" people are white racists, and that "gun control" would be a wonderful way to help minorities. But a look at America's past reveals what historian Clayton Cramer has accurately called "The Racist Roots of Gun Control." After...

''Near riot'' at ''no-guns'' Dayton RTA hub

1:25pm Wednesday, February 16, 2005
The WDTN-TV Dayton is reporting that police were called to control a crowd at a busy intersection downtown. When they arrived, the story says, a brawl had broken out at the downtown RTA Hub, and police faced an out of control mob at the scene. From the story: Witnesses say it looked like a near riot. They say it started when two guys started fighting while getting on an RTA bus. Soon everyone at...

Police seeking leads in gun theft, burglary

1:08pm Wednesday, February 16, 2005
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that police are seeking tips in finding whoever was involved in burglarizing a Chamberlain Road home and stealing firearms last week. A police investigator told the newspaper that eight rifles and shotguns and one handgun were stolen from the home between 7:30 a.m. and 3:45 p.m. Friday. According to the paper, the owner told police his garage door was open...

Letter to the Editor: Confronting violence with nonviolence

7:28pm Monday, February 14, 2005
February 14, 2005 Akron Beacon Journal The headline on the Jan. 25 front-page story got it right: "Calm words halt vow to kill.'' But the quote in the last paragraph was off base. The story told how a Brimfield Township man, Rick Reichard, saved his and his mother's lives by facing up to a killer. The suspect had an AR-15 rifle and, police say, had just shot and killed his girlfriend and her 7-...

Betty Montgomery to OFCC Coor.: No CCW because of ''dastardly'' attacks on cops

10:15pm Friday, February 11, 2005
On January 25, OFCC published a letter from Tim Inwood, recounting his experience questioning gubernatorial-hopeful and State Auditor Betty Montgomery about her anti-CCW record. Just over a week later, on February 8, it was (OFCC Central Region Coordinator) Gerard Valentino's turn to query Betty on her opinion of law-abiding citizens who choose exercise their constitutional right to bear arms for...

Even the founder of Michael Moore's bodyguard company is anti-gun

5:08pm Tuesday, February 08, 2005
In the wake of a January 20 FOXNews report that Michael Moore's bodyguard had been arrested in at JFK airport on a gun charge, and following aggressive attempts at silencing follow-up reports on the subject from the security company, Ohioans For Concealed Carry Senate District 10 Coordinator Larry S. Moore (no relation to Michael, and we suspect he's thankful for that) decided to look into the...

Elderly female customer robbed outside Fifth Third bank

7:54am Saturday, February 05, 2005
The Brown County People's Defender is reporting that on Feb. 1, at approximately 1:30 p.m., an elderly woman carrying a moneybag from the Fifth Third Bank in Peebles was assaulted and the moneybag stolen. The thief was described in the newspaper as a tall, thin man with black hair, facial stubble, wearing a navy blue, nylon hooded jacket with white pin stripes down the sleeve, tan jeans and white...

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