Gun Grabbers

Another elderly victim at ''no-guns'' business

6:56am Friday, February 04, 2005
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that an off-duty Summit County sheriff's deputy and a witness helped to catch two Canton men suspected in a purse snatching. According to a township police news release quoted by the newspaper, a 69-year-old woman was leaving the Stein Mart on Strip Avenue Northwest on Tuesday morning when a man approached her from behind and grabbed her purse. An...

VICTIM ZONE: Thief cuts man, 79, during assault in hospital garage

5:25pm Thursday, February 03, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a thief followed a West Toledo couple to their car in the St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center parking garage, brandished a knife, and cut the husband's hand yesterday while reaching for the wife's purse. What the Blade did NOT report is that St. Vincent's affirmatively disarms its customers by posting "no-guns" signs. The husband, 79, was treated for the wound to...

Man shot in chest during robbery attempt in VZ parking lot

4:58pm Saturday, January 29, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting a 28-year-old man was seriously wounded Friday night during a robbery attempt in the parking lot of the Collinwood Food Mart in the 16200 block of St. Clair Avenue. Cleveland police told the Plain Dealer the man was shot in the chest about 7 p.m. by a 17- or 18-year-old male. The robber ran off before police arrived. The newspaper said officials at Huron...

OFCC joins OCAGV in ''Changing the Culture of Fear'' push

8:13am Friday, January 28, 2005
In the wake of yet another mass shooting in a place where guns were banned (a UAW official told the Toledo Blade today even the security guards are disarmed at the Toledo Jeep plant!), and on the heels of a growing number of victimizations that prove gun control laws are impotent at stopping criminals, gun ban extremist Toby Hoover felt the need to make a statement. Hoover, who fronts what often...

Fifth Third Victim Zone: Female Bank Robber Captured

7:02am Friday, January 28, 2005
WHIOtv.com is reporting that police officials apprehended a Cathy Sams, 39, minutes after she had robbed the "no-guns" Fifth-Third Bank on Union Road in Englewood. The FBI announced this week it is pressing federal charges against the suspected bank robber on Tuesday. Investigators told WHIO a witness helped authorities find Sams. Peter Gilbert said he saw the car and watched the dye pack go off...

Workplace gun prohibitions = promises not kept

8:05am Thursday, January 27, 2005
By Chad D. Baus When companies prohibit employees who have concealed handgun licenses from bringing their protection on company property, they explain by way of making a lot of promises. They say without the prohibition, there is a risk of misuse, poor judgment or accident by license-holders. They say the prohibition will make a safer work environment. They say the prohibition makes the company "...

''No-guns'' Prime Outlets Mall circulates composite of Retail Rapist

1:07am Thursday, January 27, 2005
Ohioans For Concealed Carry first notified supporters about Prime Outlets Mall's discriminatory signs on May 3. The Jeffersonville mall holds a dubious distinction on the Do Not Patronize While Armed list, as the only retailer which has had employees victimized by the Tri-State "Retail Rapist" . Soon after employees at the Jeffersonville store were targeted by the Retail Rapist, mall management...

Predictable coverage of Ohio mass shooting by Akron newspaper

5:30pm Wednesday, January 26, 2005
It really shouldn't surprise us anymore, but the Akron Beacon Journal has done its duty for their friends in the gun ban lobby once again. A story by BJ reporter Stephen Dyer, entitled Portage killings spark debate , gives the Brady bunch/ Million Mom crowd a platform to assert that the expiration of the Clinton Gun Ban is somehow to blame for a tragedy involving a convicted felon with an...

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