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Letter to the Editor: Push to ban guns puts citizens, city at risk

10:11am Monday, December 27, 2004
December 24, 2004 Columbus Dispatch According to The Dispatch, motor vehicles kill more law-enforcement officers than guns (Dispatch article, Dec. 12). According to recent testimony by Columbus Police Lt. Stephen Schwab at a Columbus City Council hearing, the 9 mm handgun is the preferred weapon of criminals in Columbus. So what type of gun does Columbus City Councilman Michael Mentel want to ban...

Ohio Concealed Carry ranked as top state-wide story of 2004

7:49am Sunday, December 26, 2004
It got beat out by two national stories in the overall ranking (the Presidential election took two slots and the capture of Columbus "sniper" Charles McCoy Jr. in Las Vegas took third), but passage of Ohio Concealed Carry was the top Ohio-only story in 2004, and ranked an impressive fourth on the list of the 10 most memorable stories of the year. The stories were ranked by Ohio Associated Press...

Op-Ed: Justice Department To America: Lock and Load!

2:52pm Wednesday, December 22, 2004
But the shooting will continue in the political war over guns Article by Brian Doherty originally appeared at Reason Online on December 21, 2004 (republished with permission) Last week, the United States Justice Department publicly released a long document, signed by three deputy assistant attorneys general, spelling out in great detail the linguistic, historical, and case-law reasons why it...

More warnings from police not to leave valuables in cars

12:12pm Wednesday, December 15, 2004
Sec. 2923.16. (E) No person who has been issued a license or temporary emergency license to carry a concealed handgun under section 2923.125 or 2923.1213 of the Revised Code shall do any of the following: (1) Knowingly transport or have a loaded handgun in a motor vehicle unless the loaded handgun either is in a holster and in plain sight on the person's person or it is securely encased by being...

IT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU: Carjacking at Sparkle's Market

12:15pm Tuesday, December 14, 2004
The Akron Beacon Journal reported Dec. 11 that a 56-year-old man was knocked to the ground in broad daylight while leaving the Sparkle Market at 1028 Hammel Ave. on Thursday. His attackers grabbed his keys, and took his vehicle, a 1995 burgundy Oldsmobile Cutlass bearing the Ohio license plate BFS-5726. It has not yet been determined if this Sparkle's location is one of several which have posted...

Letter to the Editor: Alrosa incident shows flaw in concealed carry

10:09am Tuesday, December 14, 2004
December 12, 2004 Columbus Dispatch The shooting at the Alrosa Villa, ("5 killed in concert chaos," Dispatch article, Thursday) highlights a problem with Ohio’s concealed-carry law. License holders are prohibited by law from carrying their weapons in establishments that sell alcohol for consumption on the premises. As a result, Nathan Gale was the only one at the Alrosa on Wednesday night with a...

Letter to the Editor: Gun-permit decisions out of sheriff’s hands

12:18pm Monday, November 29, 2004
November 29, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Franklin County Sheriff Jim Karnes told central Ohioans how he really feels about the new concealed-carry law passed in January. In the Nov. 18 Dispatch article "Conceal-carry process clarified", he said: "You got to have a reason to be scared. Otherwise, I’m going to have people filing applications for an emergency permit that really don’t have a reason to...

Letter to the Editor: ''Wrong direction'' or misconception?

8:30am Friday, November 26, 2004
November 26, 2004 href="http://www.daytondailynews.com/opinion/content/opinion/daily/1126letters.html" target="_blank">Dayton Daily News I am really concerned about the direction the citizens of this great country of ours are going. Consider the new Ohio law that legalizes concealed weapons. Just exactly what good has it done for the Dayton area? We read about murders and shootings nearly...

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