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Sarasota Co.: Crime down, paper credits armed citizens

7:33am Thursday, February 03, 2005
February 2, 2005 Venice (FL) Gondolier Sun Violent and nonviolent crime was down in Sarasota County in 2004. Many law enforcement officials agree -- and the numbers show -- there is a direct relationship between an armed citizenry and reduced crime. Since adopting concealed weapons permits in 1987, Florida's homicide rate has fallen 21 percent while the U.S. rate has risen 12 percent. From Oct. 1...

TX media asks: ''Could Self Defense Have Saved A Texas Woman From Capture?

7:31am Friday, January 28, 2005
In the wake of the kidnapping (and eventual murder) of a Walmart employee as she walked to her car, one Texas television station is pondering how things might have been different if the victim were capable of defending herself. Strangely, however, even in Texas, the media just can't bring itself to mention the one self-defense option that might really have made a difference. From the story:...

AP reporter takes Ohio-CHL class; not yet sure she'll carry

7:46am Monday, January 24, 2005
A story written by Associated Press writer Anita Chang has been published in news outlets across the country in the past few days. The story , which has been republished in Ohio newspapers like the Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Coshocton Tribune, Middletown News Journal (and many others across the nation), tells of a woman who has personally experienced the need for self-protection, yet...

Op-Ed: Fear, Loathing and Obstruction of Justice in Ohio

12:30pm Tuesday, January 18, 2005
By Chad D. Baus and Gerard Valentino CNSNews.com Commentary January 18, 2005 Dan Rather and CBS News continue to make national headlines due to their forgery-induced attack on President Bush during the 2004 presidential campaign. This high-profile case shows just how far the media is willing to go to push their left-leaning agenda. It also underscores the need for diligence in dealing with the...

Michigan paper: ''Shall-issue gun law: Any objections now?''

7:12pm Monday, January 17, 2005
January 13, 2005 The Jackson (MI) Citizen Patriot It was a contentious debate that led lawmakers in 2001 to add Michigan to the roster of states with shall-carry gun laws. The debate is over, and a recent Citizen Patriot review of the past three years makes us wonder what all the fuss was about. Many feared that if you let lots of people carry concealed guns, there would be shoot-outs,...

Robberies in ''no-guns'' victim zones continue

1:10pm Sunday, January 16, 2005
It's been yet another dangerous week for customers of "no-guns" businesses in Ohio. Criminals just don't seem to be able to grasp the idea that guns aren't allowed in places like the (Wisconsin-owned, northwest Ohio-based) Sterling Food Stores chain... · Findlay Sterling Food Stores Robbery The Findlay/Hancock County Crime Stoppers program is seeking help in finding a man who robbed a Sterling...

Op-Ed: Why Liberals Love Gun Control

6:37pm Friday, January 14, 2005
By Justin Darr MichNews.com Jan 11, 2005 If there is one thing liberals love more than banning Christianity from public schools it is creating ineffective gun control laws. Despite centuries of evidence that gun control laws do not lower crime, stop violence, or make society safer in any way, liberals keep plugging away at our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. I am not going to weary...

Letter to the Editor: Prevent death with concealed weapon

11:23pm Tuesday, January 11, 2005
In response to a misguided second-year economics student's letter to the editor, a Senior at Ohio State University who was there when the bullets began to fly has written an excellent rebuttal, which has been published in the University newspaper: January 10, 2005 The (OSU) Lantern I would like to respond to Kent Cherny's Jan. 3 comments regarding the Damage Plan concert, where four people were...

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