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Armed and ready -- Sheriff prepares for concealed carry law

8:06am Friday, March 26, 2004
March 26, 2004 New Philadelphia Times-Reporter It’ll be close, but the Tuscarawas County Sheriff Department should have all the necessary tools to process permit applications for the concealed carry weapons law that goes into effect April 8. The applications were received and are available in the lobby at the sheriff’s office from 8 to 4 Monday through Friday, Sheriff Walt Wilson said Thursday...

After much thought, list of gun permit holders will not appear online

7:12am Thursday, March 25, 2004
March 24, 2004 by Linda Austin Ft Wayne News-Sentinel Thomas Jefferson once wrote differences of opinion will arise "in this happy country," but free discussion clears away the "passing clouds" and leaves "our horizon more bright and serene." If that's true, we are in for a very bright and serene future here in Fort Wayne. About 3,000 of you responded to a question we asked last week about...

Toledo: Safe-gun classes filling rapidly

5:55pm Wednesday, March 24, 2004
March 24, 2004 Toledo Blade West Toledo resident Barb Korn grinned yesterday as she picked up a silver Smith & Wesson revolver - holding it with both hands and aiming it. "I like this," she said, staring down the gun's sights. Ms. Korn, 60, was among nearly 25 people taking a 12-hour class at Cleland's Outdoor World on Airport Highway. The training is required in order to carry a firearm...

Indiana newspaper hears loud voice of opposition to publishing CCW list

5:21pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
The State of Indiana has had nearly 70 years of quiet and successful experience with a concealed carry law. Unfortunately for Hoosiers, recent battles over public records in Ohio seem to have given a few Indiana journalists bad ideas: In a recent news story , the Ft. Wayne News-Sentinel raided the privacy of concealed handgun license-holders, and "outed" a few high-profile people. Most...

17-year old accused of robbing woman at gunpoint; burning another alive

12:53pm Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Only law-abiding citizens are waiting for April 8 to carry concealed firearms. As this story and the Ohio Crime Clock shows (top-right column at www.buckeyefirearms.org ), criminals are not waiting, nor will they bother with the extensive licensing process once available. Teen charged in killing also accused of robbery March 23, 2004 Columbus Dispatch First she was robbed at gunpoint outside her...

Police investigating shooting inside Toledo restaurant

7:15pm Monday, March 22, 2004
March 22, 2004 13abc.com - WTVG Toledo Robbery suspect shot several rounds into ceiling before getting away with woman's purse Quite a scare for people at a West Toledo restaurant Sunday night. Toledo police say just before 8 p.m., an armed gunman walked into Jalapeno's at 519 N. Reynolds, shot a couple rounds in the ceiling and ordered everyone to the floor. Police tell us the gunman got away...

Op-Ed: Shootings add new dimension to issue of privacy vs. gun rights

6:39pm Monday, March 22, 2004
Aside from the fact that the "fix" proposed by Toby Hoover and the Brady Bunch (reporting mental records from Ohio courts to the federal government) would not have prevented the Ohio sniper from purchasing his firearms, Leonard's piece gives the most objective look of this issue you'll read in the Ohio media. Whether or not he could have gotten a concealed carry license matters none. The Ohio...

Rotten Apples continue swipes at concealed carry (and own credibility)

4:33pm Monday, March 22, 2004
Journalists at Ohio's liberal newspapers often attempt to maintain the notion that they are impartial when it comes to reporting on firearms and self-protection rights. These ongoing editorial page rants betray the folly of their efforts to claim neutrality. Cleveland Plain Dealer: First things first "'My Second Amendment rights are just as important as your precious First Amendment.' I've lost...

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