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''No-guns'' Fifth Third bank earnings down 60%; competitors' up

2:56pm Wednesday, January 19, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Fifth Third Bancorp (NasdaqNM: FITB) experienced a 60 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings. The DDN notes the announcement came the same day two other Ohio banks posted quarterly gains. align="right"> The Cincinnati-based bank holding company announced that fourth-quarter net income was $176 million, or 31 cents per diluted share, compared to $442...

Gun ban lobby's own web poll shows support for CCW

10:17am Sunday, January 16, 2005
This probably wasn't what they were hoping for. A group of gun ban extremists by the name of "Women Against Gun Violence" have posted a web poll asking visitors "Should civilians be allowed to carry concealed weapons?" The website promotes its guiding principles to be: We have the right to be free from gun violence in our homes, streets, schools, places of work and communities. The presence and...

THREE ''no-guns'' banks, and a customer in another, robbed around Ohio this week

8:14pm Friday, January 14, 2005
It's been yet another dangerous week for customers of "no-guns" banks in Ohio. Just days after a Columbus police officer was killed in a Fifth Third bank in that city, two more Fifth Third branches were robbed. And as the first report reveals, the long list of robberies in these unsafe businesses is likely much longer, but are not always reported in the newspapers. · Cleveland Fifth Third Robbery...

VICTIM ZONE: Police seek pair who robbed elderly man

7:02pm Friday, January 14, 2005
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that Akron police are searching for two men who abducted an elderly man at gunpoint from the parking lot of a "no-guns" business, robbed him and forced him to drive them to Canton on Wednesday. According to the story, the men approached the man from behind around 6 p.m. in the parking lot of the Acme grocery at 2905 Whipple Ave. The newspaper says they...

Fifth Third: Signs not posted to keep criminals out; They want to keep YOU out

3:36pm Thursday, January 13, 2005
The following story was published by American Banker Online on January 7, 2004. The Wall Street Journal republished the story on its subscription website, www.online.wsj.com (and mentioned OFCC in its Morning Update email blast), that same day. It is being republished here with permission. When reading this story, it is important to keep in mind that the striking comments made by Fifth Third Bank...

Almost There: Brady Lowers Ohio’s Grade to D-minus

1:11pm Thursday, January 13, 2005
One year ago, and on the heels of passage of Ohio's concealed handgun license law, a Columbus Dispatch reporter asked OFCC's Chad Baus his reaction to the Brady Campaign's (Handgun Control Inc.) annual grade card, which gave Ohio a D-plus for its "ability to protect children from gun violence." "I was hoping for an F," Baus was quoted as saying. "The Brady Campaign has a history of giving states...

Ohio gun ban lobbyist admits ''no-guns'' signs won't stop criminals

8:11am Wednesday, January 12, 2005
In the wake of the shooting of Officer Bryan Hurst in a "no-guns" bank , and on the heels of a growing number of victimizations in "no-guns" businesses, gun ban extremist Toby Hoover has finally felt the need to make a statement. Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman show at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, sent a blast email just hours after the latest Fifth Third bank...

Advertiser on Cleveland Plain Dealer’s abusive CHL-list: ''Don't email me''

6:00am Saturday, January 08, 2005
Frustrated with continued abuse of the media access loophole by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, an OFCC supporter tried new angle at expressing displeasure with Cleveland Plain Dealer: He complained to the advertisers who are sponsoring the pages... -----Original Message----- Date: Mon Dec 27 14:13:03 2004 Subject: Re: Permits issued to carry concealed firearms in Northeastern Ohio ...I posted a...

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