Guns in the News

Police fight for exception to gun limits off duty

7:31am Thursday, July 22, 2004
July 22, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Columbus - Restrictions on the right of off-duty police officers to carry concealed weapons could create headaches, Bob Beck, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolman's Association, said Wednesday. Beck reacted to an opinion released Monday by Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro that said off-duty officers can carry concealed weapons at any time in any...

Virginia Open Carry Still Making Waves

9:37pm Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Where were these elite media-handwringers when thousands of openly carrying Ohioans took to the streets in a mass action to protest a ban on their self-defense rights? Oh yeah, they, and even some Ohio media outlets, were avoiding the subject, lest they reveal just how much public outrage there was at Ohio's 150 year-old concealed carry ban. July 16, 2004 Washington Post Gun-Toting in Va...

AGAIN: Elyria Chronicle Telegram publishes list of CHL-holders

1:03am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
July 16, 2004 Elyria Chronicle Telegram Get your gun permits Nearly 500 Lorain County residents have signed up for concealed carry permits by Cindy Leise ELYRIA — They walk among us and we don’t have a clue. The gun might be in a pocket, a purse or a holster. Thomas Bowen, a retired Elyria police captain, has a couple of holsters, but he usually just tucks his gun into his pocket during the...

Montgomery County Concealed Carry Case Dismissed

12:38am Tuesday, July 20, 2004
The following news story by OFCC's Larry S. Moore was published in the July 26 issue of the Xenia Gazette & Fairborn Daily Herald (and perhaps others). July 20, 2004 by Larry S. Moore [Editors Note: Even though Mr. Lyons’ address is public record on the arrest report, the Ohio concealed carry law only permits the printing of the name, date of birth and county of residence. We are only...

"A collective sigh": Area sheriff departments see no problems with new CCW law

7:39am Monday, July 19, 2004
July 19, 2004 New Philadelphia Times-Reporter Ohio’s implementation of a concealed-carry weapons law in April caused some concern, but sheriff departments in the area say that they haven’t seen any problems. “To the best of my knowledge, we’ve not had a traffic stop with a concealed carry weapon as of yet,” Carroll County Sheriff Ralph Lucas said. Representatives from four other sheriff...

Indiana: Arming delivery drivers a tossup for pizzerias

4:12pm Sunday, July 18, 2004
Owners of Ohio pizza-deliveries, which are have posted discriminatory signs banning concealed handgun license-holders, need to read about how well-adjusted most of their peers in Indiana are when it comes to self-defense. July 16, 2004 Indianapolis Star Chains won't let workers carry guns, but local eateries say employees need protection from robbery hazards. Personal protection has become just...

Federal gun law faces uncertainty in Ohio

3:54pm Sunday, July 18, 2004
July 18, 2004 Toledo Blade Federal concealed-carry exemption affects off-duty, retired police Despite passage of federal legislation giving off-duty and retired police officers the right to carry concealed weapons in any state, uncertainty remains about how the law affects some Ohio law enforcement agencies - including Toledo police. The issue of what effect, if any, Ohio's concealed-carry law...

AGAIN: ''Posted'' Fifth Third bank inside Kroger robbed

11:38am Saturday, July 17, 2004
7/16/2004 WCPO.com Police Arrest Suspect In Loveland Bank Robbery Police have arrested a Batavia man as a suspect in Thursday's bank robbery in Loveland. Police said 37-year-old David Sharp came to the Fifth Third bank inside the Kroger store on Loveland-Madiera Road Thursday morning and passed a note to the teller demanding cash. The teller complied and the suspect fled the scene in his car. A...

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