Guns in the News

Sheriffs prepare for rush

11:21am Saturday, April 03, 2004
Columbus Dispatch April 2, 2004 Attorney General Jim Petro speculated yesterday that 100,000 Ohioans will apply for permits to carry concealed handguns in the first six months after the new law takes effect Thursday, and that 95 percent will qualify. Petro, saying he could be off by 15 percent either way, made his guess at a news conference attended by six county sheriffs among the 88 assigned to...

100,000 expected to seek [licenses]

11:17am Saturday, April 03, 2004
Sheriffs brace for gun applicants Dayton Daily News April 2, 2004 COLUMBUS | As many as 100,000 Ohioans are expected to apply for licenses to carry concealed handguns in the six months after the state's concealed-carry law takes effect next Thursday, Attorney General Jim Petro said. Petro on Thursday said he expects 95 percent of those who apply to qualify. His office prepared the pamphlet...

DDN prints reponses to ''Mad'' Mary McCarty

12:41pm Thursday, April 01, 2004
Despite the thousands of federal and state gun control laws on the books, Charles McCoy still walked around carrying a concealed gun, shooting willy-nilly at anything that moved, immortalizing himself as the Ohio sniper suspect. Whether or not he could have gotten a concealed carry license matters none. The Ohio sniper didn't wait until April 8 to begin his sickening crime spree, and yet Dayton...

Deadly in Dayton: Gun control laws' failure displayed

11:37am Thursday, April 01, 2004
After reading these headlines from TWO DAYS in the Dayton Daily News, it appears the next Senate President, Jeff Jacobson, calls a very dangerous place home. We hope Sen. Jacobson is ready to lead the charge on making corrections to Ohio's concealed carry reform law, which was severely corrupted at the hand of Governor Taft, and a few term-limited Senators. He is expected to take the position...

Dayton VA Hospital shooting proves folly of gun prohibitions

10:02am Thursday, April 01, 2004
Federal law prohibits firearms inside federal buildings. State law prohibits this felon from being in possession of a firearm. Ohio's concealed handguns law isn't yet in effect. And yet this madman was able to victimize this nurse, before being stopped by someone with a gun (in this case, a hospital guard). This should be a lesson to the Ohio Hospital Association, which is encouraging hospitals...

AGAIN: Dayton man shot while taking advice of Ohio Highway Patrol

4:05pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Dayton authorities still haven't found Tony Gordon's killer . And despite yet another attempt by the victim to follow the Ohio Highway Patrol's advice to "just drive away" when attacked, another Dayton man has been seriously injured in a carjacking strikingly similar to Gordon's. April 8 cannot come soon enough. For a look at how obstruction by the OHP and Gov. Taft has cost Ohio's defenseless...

Councilperson responds to letter to editor re: Section 9 violation

3:06pm Wednesday, March 31, 2004
March 27, 2004 New Philadelphia Times Reporter To the Editor: Recent headlines in The Times-Reporter have me very alarmed that the cities of New Philadelphia and Dover are trying to pass legislation restricting where Concealed Carry permit holders can carry their weapons. I do not live in either city, but I do often go to parks and other places in their cities. I spend a lot of money in these two...

Ignoring his ''duty under the law'': Cuyahoga sheriff not ready to process apps

10:20am Wednesday, March 31, 2004
March 29, 2004 Crain's Cleveland Business If you plan to get a license to carry a concealed weapon, don't go to Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul's office. At least not right away. Although the new Ohio law goes into effect April 8, Pat Kresty, chief of staff for Sheriff McFaul, said the office won't be ready to process licenses until sometime in May. "We're going to be giving out licenses to...

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