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TRAGEDY: Shots fired (again) at ''no-guns'' Fifth Third Bank

9:19pm Thursday, January 06, 2005
For the second day this week, shots have been fired in a robbery of a Fifth Third Bank branch in Columbus. The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a Columbus police officer died this afternoon after being shot in an armed robbery at the Fifth Third Bank at 6265 E. Broad Street at McNaughten Road on the Far East Side. Police told the Dispatch Officer Bryan Hurst, 33, was working special duty at...

Spate of robberies at ''no-guns'' banks continues

10:40am Wednesday, January 05, 2005
WBNS10TV.com is reporting an off-duty Columbus police officer fired at a fleeing robber outside a "no-guns" Fifth Third bank Tuesday. The suspect was not hit, and was later apprehended. Fifth Third posts "no guns" signs, but despite a prior conviction for armed robbery, the robber wasn't shy about entering. According to the Columbus Dispatch, the branch at 809 S. High St. has been robbed at least...

Where is the Ohio Coalition Against CAR Violence?

9:13am Wednesday, January 05, 2005
Two recent accounts in Ohio newspapers highlight the absurdity of gun controllers' logic which suggests that guns are any more inherently evil than other inanimate objects. Akron: Police say car nearly runs over officer An Akron police officer just missed being run over after a woman sped toward his cruiser over the weekend, police said. Police said officer Joseph Sidoti was standing outside of a...

''Rob Me'' signs work wonders: Two more ''no guns'' banks hit at year-end

6:34pm Monday, January 03, 2005
They probably wish their normal advertising worked this well... Authorities hunt man who robbed Lima bank A lone bank robber held up the Union Bank branch on Elida Road just before noon yesterday. According to the FBI, the robber walked into the bank and demanded cash, saying he had a weapon. He fled on foot with an undetermined amount of money heading west toward Eastown Road. Search continues...

FBI: More bank robbers used guns in their crimes last year

9:59am Sunday, January 02, 2005
A story in the Sunday, Jan. 2 Columbus Dispatch will come as no surprise to those OFCC supporters who have been following the posting of "no-guns" signs in banks across the state. The story starts like this: Bank heists were more dangerous last year. Robbers threatened tellers or patrons with guns in 30, or 28 percent, of the bank jobs in central Ohio. In past years, guns have been used in only...

Losing on all fronts, Brady left trying to spin numbers of CHLs issued

10:51am Thursday, December 30, 2004
by Chad D. Baus Having lost legislative battles against concealed carry reform in Ohio and across the country, having seen the unsuccessful Clinton Gun Ban go down in flames, having watched another anti-gun Presidential candidate get beat on the gun issue, and having witnessed crime rates fall nationwide even as more and more Americans carry firearms for self-defense, the Brady Campaign (formerly...

Masked men with handguns rob ''no-guns'' FirstMerit

7:26am Thursday, December 30, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal is reporting that authorities are investigating a bank robbery that occurred Wednesday morning in Kenmore. The story says employees at the FirstMerit Bank in the 1000 block of Kenmore Boulevard reported that three ski-masked men with handguns entered the bank about 9:40 a.m., and demanded money. FBI officials were quoted as saying two of armed criminals jumped over the...

FLASH: Armed robbery at ''no-guns'' Bureau of Workers' Comp garage

5:29pm Wednesday, December 29, 2004
Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that there has been a robbery at a parking garage that is leased to the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation in Columbus. While information is still sketchy, initial information is that a female attendant who was working in a ticket booth (behind prominently displayed "no-guns" signs) was robbed on Wednesday morning, December 29. The criminal informed the...

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