Guns in the News

Kroger shooting highlights folly of gun bans

10:38am Tuesday, April 06, 2004
During the open carry 'Defense' Walks, Kroger corporate management informed inquirers that the company was enforcing its firearms ban under a very liberal interpretation of Ohio law regarding firearms prohibitions where liquor is being dispensed (served). When it was explained that this prohibition is only applicable to establishments which SERVE liquor by the drink, Kroger Customer Service...

OFCC to Ohio businesses: "[We] will obey your sign, but it will cost you money"

10:44pm Sunday, April 04, 2004
OFCC warned supporters about the next battleground in the concealed carry fight just hours after HB12 was signed into law. In Gun ban extremists' expected ''Business Blitz'' begins , we noted that Ohio's liberal media outlets were all-too willing to help "share the gospel" of business bans. But as April 8 draws near, Ohio's media is placing a new, increasingly objective eye on this issue. Click...

Section 9 violators starting to get the message

9:21pm Sunday, April 04, 2004
From the moment the first reports of counties or municipalities passing concealed carry bans on public property broke, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been informing our website readers that these laws were a violation of Section 9 of House Bill 12. Last week, OFCC acted to put the violators on notice . We are now pleased to report the first signs that city officials beginning to follow their...

HIPAA-proof: Attorney General confirms legality of mental health check rules

9:05pm Sunday, April 04, 2004
In the past few weeks, opponents of Ohio's new concealed handgun licensure law have been attempting to claim that a year-old Federal privacy law governing medical records (HIPAA) made it impossible to complete the background checks prescribed in House Bill 12 for CHL applicants. We told you weeks ago , and now the Ohio Attorney General has now confirmed it: they've been making much ado about...

New reality for nay-sayers: Their predictions will not come to pass; ours will

8:38pm Sunday, April 04, 2004
Ohio's news media have begun to struggle with reality: the general public is about to learn what proponents of this legislation have long known. Issuing concealed handgun licenses (CHL's) is not going to change daily living in Ohio. There will be no shoot-outs at fender-benders, or normal domestic arguments turned homicide. What is the anti-gun media doing to prepare for their readers to learn...

Police departments across state preparing for April 8

8:21pm Sunday, April 04, 2004
We've been giving Ohio's highest law-enforcement body in the land (our 88 county sheriffs) quite a bit of attention of late, but what about the lower, local law enforcement departments? For most, April 8 is being viewed as it should be - just another day on the job. "For so many years we’ve been trained to approach people as if they have a weapon," said Sgt. Kelly Hamilton of the Columbus Police...

So much for ''very little interest'' in concealed carry among Ohioans...

12:22pm Saturday, April 03, 2004
Ohio's media outlets are continuing to provide extensive coverage of the pending implementation of Ohio's new concealed carry reform law. As you read about the many thousands of applicants, keep in mind all the old claims from the gun control lobby that there was very little interest among Ohioans for concealed carry. Click on the "Read More..." link below for a long list of links to Ohio media...

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