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LTE: Gun control empowers criminals

7:39am Saturday, April 23, 2005
April 20, 2005 Hamilton Journal-News Advocation of gun control as applied in New Jersey and so actively supported by “The Jersey Journal,” had the effect of empowering the criminal element and turning law-abiding citizens into helpless targets. Having failed so badly in New Jersey, now, after purchasing our JournalNews, it seems it your intention to apply the same gun control ideas here in...

Higher Education

6:58am Friday, April 22, 2005
Although not related directly to concealed carry in Ohio, the following pertains very much to the education of our youth in the shooting sports, and as such, deserves your consideration. Members of Cincinnati's Xavier University Rifle Team have been told that the storied team, which made history by winning the university's only NCAA Championships (1996 and 1998), which has had 17 individuals earn...

Concealed-carry activist pleads not guilty in court

6:21am Thursday, April 21, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a Luckey, Ohio, man who challenged Toledo police to arrest him earlier this month when he carried his concealed handgun into Toledo's Ottawa Park pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a minor misdemeanor. From the story: Bruce Beatty, 49, appeared for a brief arraignment yesterday before Toledo Municipal Court Magistrate David Smith. A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for...

Random acts of violence - will you be ready?

6:41pm Monday, April 18, 2005
No one wears seat belts only when expecting an accident. Why carry a gun only when "expecting trouble"? Sandusky Register, April 18, 2005 A New York man suspected of stabbing a 28-year-old Norwalk man and later attempting to stab another man in Lakewood, Ohio, was arrested Friday afternoon by the Lakewood Police Department. Michael Lofft, 30, of Seneca Falls, N.Y., allegedly went up to a Norwalk...

LTE: 'Gun-free' zones jeopardize innocent

5:23pm Sunday, April 17, 2005
April 15, 2005 Toledo Blade Again, the fallacy of "gun-free school safety zones" confirms the failure of "gun control." The deaths of 10 people in such a zone in Minnesota could have been prevented. The first step toward such prevention is to come to grips with the reality that "gun-free" zones do nothing except disarm the innocent, leaving them prey for cold-hearted killers who could care less...

Hundreds of Ohio fugitives arrested in federal sting

5:19pm Sunday, April 17, 2005
Headlines across the state Friday touted local law enforcement participation in a national roundup of fugitives that the U.S. Marshals Service dubbed "Operation FALCON." From the Cincinnati Enquirer : Federal and local law enforcement officers from across the country announced the arrests Thursday, saying 10,340 fugitives now are in custody. The arrests, which were made the week of April 4, were...

Column: Limiting gun access does not reduce crime

10:20am Saturday, April 16, 2005
April 13, 2005 Collegiate Times by Jon Laird One of the most common defenses for owning or carrying a handgun is "It's my Second Amendment right." Although this argument appeals to the strict constructionist, it is less convincing to progressives who view the Constitution as more of a "living document," free to be interpreted as necessary for the current times apart from the explicit intentions...

LTE: Concealed Carry [License] holders deserve privacy

7:04am Friday, April 15, 2005
04/07/2005 (Salem Ohio) Farm and Dairy Editor: It defies logic that some newspaper publishers advocate listing the identities of Ohio's concealed-carry permit holders - law-abiding and honest citizens who have a license to carry a concealed weapon. Why aren't they worried about the people carrying weapons who don''t have permits? What they are advocating is tantamount to saying that permit...

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