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Shell station manager removes ''no-guns'' signs

12:38pm Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Date: 4 Mar 2005 From: Scott Subject: RE: Posting of signs To: OFCC CCW Discussion List Had a discussion with a nice chap who owns a Shell station down here in the Columbus area--he had a "GhostBusters" [gun w/ circle-slash] sign up that had "fine print" to the effect that "Unlawful Carry" was prohibited. The sign came in a package with other stuff (Min. Wage, Workman's Comp., etc. from Shell, I...

Op-Ed: Cutting the red tape in concealed-carry law

8:49am Wednesday, March 09, 2005
March 7, 2005 Toledo Blade By James Drew Columbus Bureau Chief When the Ohio attorney general's office released a report last week on how many law-abiding citizens have received licenses to carry concealed handguns, Toby Hoover had a question. "Are we ever going to stop talking about this?" asked Ms. Hoover, executive director of the Toledo-based Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. The answer,...

Media continues writhing in agony over proposal to close loophole

by Chad D. Baus
2:37pm Tuesday, March 08, 2005
As reported last week, Rep. Bill Seitz (R-Cincinnati) has proposed that House Bill 9, a piece of legislation which addresses public access to government records and which is endorsed by the Ohio Newspaper Association (ONA), be amended to close the Media Access Loophole , a provision which allows the media to access lists of concealed handgun license (CHL)-holders. Hearings are now being held in a...

Plain Dealer Editorial: ''Gunning for secrecy''

1:25pm Saturday, March 05, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has published an unsigned editorial criticizing a move this week in the Statehouse to close the Media Access Loophole. From the editorial: This attempt speaks volumes about Ohio's lawmakers and their skewed priorities. It's not enough that, while Ohio's economy continued to slide, the General Assembly spent nearly a decade debating the issue of guns. Now, legislative...

AZ: Gun bill approved by Senate

11:29am Saturday, March 05, 2005
The Arizona Republic is reporting that under a bill that passed Thursday in the state Senate, carrying your loaded gun into a bar or restaurant that serves alcohol would be legal - as long as CHL-holder doesn't drink. "There are already guns in bars and restaurants now, but they are brought in by the criminals," Sen. Ron Gould, R-Lake Havasu, who supported Senate Bill 1363, to the newspaper. "If...

WRONG: Findlay paper asserts demand for CHLs low in area

3:15pm Friday, March 04, 2005
The Findlay Courier published a story stating that residents from Hancock and surrounding counties “haven't exactly rushed to arm themselves” under Ohio's concealed handgun license la, and claiming that “in other counties around the state, the gun permits are more popular.” But an analysis of the data from the 8 counties mentioned by the Findlay Courier proves otherwise. Click on the “Read More...

More Ohio newspapers analyze 2004 OhioCCW data

4:06pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
Two more of Ohio’s newspapers have published stories on the recent release of CHL data from 2004. Both newspapers focused significant attention on Clermont County, where more licenses were issued than anywhere else in the state. From the Columbus Dispatch : While Ohio became the 45th state to allow residents to carry hidden guns, the Buckeye State is "ahead of the game in terms of licenses issued...

MO: A year later, concealed guns law in effect almost everywhere

3:34pm Thursday, March 03, 2005
The Kansas City Star is reporting that despite some initial confusion and several anti-gun lawsuits, Missourians everywhere outside St. Louis city and county today can apply for concealed gun permits. The newspaper reports the once confusing patchwork of counties issuing permits has cleared up, and that contrary to some predictions, there appears to be neither a verifiable spike nor decline in...

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