Guns in the News

Another news story omits CHL details, so I asked DDN writer why

12:10am Tuesday, December 05, 2006
By Chad D. Baus On November 27, Dayton Daily News staff writer Steve Bennish filed a story detailing events involving a store clerk who defended himself against an armed robber. From the story: Police said a man entered the Express Mart, 3999 Necco Ave., about 9 p.m. armed with a handgun. The clerk behind the counter pulled out a handgun of his own and both men discharged their weapons, Dayton...

Op-ed: Gun Control - Examining the 2005 FBI Crime Statistics

12:05am Tuesday, December 05, 2006
Gun ban extremists are trying to make something of a small increase in violent crime last year, ignoring the fact that there are 70 million more guns in private hands than in 1991, and 38 percent less violent crime. In an op-ed for Newsbusters.org, writer Howard Nemerov asks "wouldn’t you like to know where those murders and robberies occurred? Was it diffused throughout the country, or are there...

HB347 earns predictably inaccurate media coverage

12:05am Thursday, November 30, 2006
If the media is ashamed of their biased news coverage in the days leading up to passage of Ohio's concealed carry laws, or if journalists have been convinced by the overwhelming evidence in Ohio that gun ban extremists were wrong about their "wild west" rhetoric, they sure aren't showing it. Media reports on HB347 in recent days have been equally disingenuous, and in some cases provably factually...

Cleveland CHL-holder defends lives; Plain Dealer mum

12:10am Wednesday, November 29, 2006
By Chad D. Baus In late 2003, when it became clear that the Ohio General Assembly was preparing to send a concealed carry reform bill to the governor's desk, Bob Taft and his anti-gun allies at the Ohio Newspaper Association interjected an eleventh-hour attempt to stall the bill by objecting to the Assembly's intent to protect the privacy of concealed handgun license-holders. ONA member...

Crime Stoppers chief draws handgun to fend off attacker; AP mum

12:10am Wednesday, November 22, 2006
By Mark Noble On Tuesday morning, November 21, Columbus awoke to the news that the president of Central Ohio Crime Stoppers, Kevin Miles, had been attacked near his home on Sunday morning by a bat wielding assailant. The Columbus Dispatch reported that the attack was stopped when Miles "had to draw his handgun to stop a man from beating him". Other news media, however, omitted Miles' defensive...

Cincinnati: Victims fighting attackers

12:05am Wednesday, November 22, 2006
In a story that varies between the encouraging (law enforcement defending citizens' right to self-defense) to the ridiculous (the media warning of the consequences of defending oneself, while ignoring the often deadly alternative), the Cincinnati Enquirer has published a story examining an apparent increase in self-defense shootings in that city. From the story : It's a split-second decision all...

Officials rule car thief shooting self-defense; D.C. gun banners cry foul

12:10am Monday, November 20, 2006
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph Deters announced Friday that charges would not be filed against an Ohio concealed handgun licenseholder who shot and killed a car thief in Kennedy Heights late last month. From the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office : Around 6 a.m., Bennie Hall, Jr., 61, went outside to warm up his car before leaving for work and then went back into his house. Mr. Hall...

Crime Victims: Deadly Force vs. Self Defense

12:05am Thursday, October 26, 2006
Cincinnati's WCPO.com is reporting on two recent incidents involving cases of property owners using a gun to protect themselves during robberies. In each case, the prosecutor is working to decide if these two property owners were justified in using force. From the story : The latest shooting took place at S&S Deli on Winton Road in Winton Place. A male suspect struck the owner with a soda can...

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