Guns in the News

Another Plain Dealer news story fit for the editorial page

3:09pm Monday, June 21, 2004
June 20, 2004 Cleveland Plain Dealer Ohio concealed-weapon law carries its own smoking gun John Campanelli Plain Dealer Reporter Is that a dozen handguns under your coat or are you just happy to see the loophole in Ohio's concealed-carry law? The state's new law, which allows permit-holding citizens to carry a hidden handgun, doesn't say you can't have more than one. Ohio Attorney General Jim...

Op-Ed: Mall safety: Take a cue from Israel

7:33am Saturday, June 19, 2004
June 18, 2004 Cincinnati Enquirer Your voice: Chad D. Baus The specter of suicide bombers in shopping areas has long been a concern for citizens in Israel. That country has responded by encouraging citizens to be trained in defensive firearms use. Stories like this prove the success of Israel's efforts to curb terror: • March 7, 2003 - The Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz reports that a young...

Associated Press: Prosecutor to probe release of gun permit holder addresses

6:45pm Friday, June 18, 2004
6/18/2004, 5:26 p.m. ET The Associated Press SIDNEY, Ohio (AP) — A prosecutor will investigate whether a sheriff violated Ohio's new concealed weapons law by releasing the addresses of people granted permits to a newspaper that published the information. Bob Beasley, spokesman for the Ohio attorney general's office, said he knew of no similar investigation elsewhere in the state. At issue is what...

BSSA tells O'Leary ''county of residence'' means ''county of residence

3:49pm Thursday, June 17, 2004
June 17, 2004 Sidney Daily News Prosecutor to probe release of information Miami County official to investigate why addresses for CCW permit holders issued A special prosecutor will investigate allegations against Shelby County Sheriff Kevin O'Leary regarding information on people issued permits in Shelby County to carry concealed weapons. Shelby County Prosecuting Attorney Jim Stevenson...

''No Warnings'' for accidental felonies in Montgomery Co.

12:11pm Thursday, June 17, 2004
June 17, 2004 WHIOtv.com Deputies Arrest Alleged Concealed Carry Law Violator DAYTON, Ohio -- A Dayton man reportedly becomes Montgomery County's first person to violate the concealed carry law after deputies said he took a gun into a court building. Investigators said Douglas Lyons walked into the Common Pleas Courts building in downtown Dayton on Tuesday with the gun. Law enforcement officials...

National Association of Chiefs of Police Strongly Supports CCW

2:36pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 15, 2004 Insight Magazine The National Association of Chiefs of Police recently released its 16th Annual Survey of Police Chiefs and Sheriffs and, according to Vice President and Public Affairs Specialist Jim Kouri, some of the survey findings are surprising and compelling. "The survey had some surprising results on topics including terrorism, gun control, homeland security, drug enforcement...

Letter to the Editor: Gun crusader fires back at critics, editorial on CCW

12:13pm Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 16, 2004 Lorain Morning Journal Toby Hoover (executive director of the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence) has yet again proven her hypocrisy when she stated in a June 10 letter that only a fraction of Ohioans will acquire concealed handgun licenses (she incorrectly referred to them as permits). We've said for years that only a small percentage of Ohioans will acquire these licenses, yet...

''Brother, they don't read signs''

11:16am Wednesday, June 16, 2004
June 15, 2004 Columbus Dispatch 25-year-old man slain in University District A 25-year-old man was killed yesterday after being shot behind the wheel of a sport utility vehicle on a University District street. Mark Warren, 25, had pulled over on E. 8 th Avenue near the N. 5 th Street intersection when a man on foot shot him at about 5:20 p.m. Police said he had stopped the SUV to talk to someone...

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