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The Truth about Concealed Carry and Business

1:08pm Monday, February 02, 2004
by Chad D. Baus After failing to scare business lobbyists into the fight in 2003, and after loosing in the legislative arena just weeks ago, gun ban lobbyists are now hoping to convince business owners to discriminate against employees and customers who choose to obtain a concealed handgun license (CHL) for self-protection, as witnessed in the Jan. 26 letter to Crain's Cleveland Business magazine...

Columbus homicide rate increasing...OSU prof imagines ties to CCW

12:36pm Monday, February 02, 2004
Homicide rate increasing January 30, 2004 The (OSU) Lantern Thirty days into January, Columbus has already seen six homicides. At this rate, the city may accumulate even more murders than last year, when it reached 112 - one of the highest murder rates in the last two decades. "If we look back in the files over the last couple decades, it's just been a rollercoaster," said Sherry Mercurio,...

Letter to the Editor: There won't be any shootouts

4:49pm Friday, January 30, 2004
January 30, 2004 Akron Beacon Journal The only thing loaded about the concealed-weapon issue is the media and certain elected officials. The Jan. 9 story about the new Ohio law ("Concealed guns a loaded issue'') amazed me. Too bad I have to wait until April for the shootouts in the streets. Our elected officials and the Beacon Journal insult all Ohioans with the assumption that we can't be...

Letters to the Editor: Toledo Blade's concealed carry law attitude patronizing

4:39pm Friday, January 30, 2004
January 30, 2004 Toledo Blade I was offended by your "we know what is really good for you attitude." You spoke harshly and inanely against the concealed-carry law just passed in Ohio. When was the last time any of you walked the mean streets of Toledo? Those of us who live and work in Toledo have been under fire from the criminals for a very long time, and it seems to be intensifying. If I, for...

Freud does journalism?

10:32pm Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Recently, asute readers have been treated to a couple of tasty freudian slips in mentions of Ms. Toby Hoover's personal anti-gun campaign, the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. In a recent article, an OSU Lantern writer referred to Hoover's group as the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Control , and said Hoover "would applaud Taft's efforts on initiating background checks, only if he plans to update...

More Senior Citizens Armed with Guns

5:35pm Tuesday, January 27, 2004
January 25, 2004 KPLC TV - Lake Charles/Layfayette, LA The number of crimes involving firearms is down, but still in 2002, more than 350-thousand people were the victims of a gun crime. Some people have said "enough" and are fighting back and arming themselves. The majority of gun owners used to be mostly middle aged, but now, seniors -- those 65 and older -- are most likely to be armed. align="...

Letter to the editor: Some gun bill provisions deserve to be repealed

4:25pm Sunday, January 25, 2004
Middletown Journal 01.17.04 Sour grapes. That’s what seeps out of the sardonic editorial (“Gun bill provisions will be next target”) in the Jan. 10 Journal. The most ludicrous of these “targeted provisions” in Ohio’s new concealed carry law is this one: Reporters are allowed to learn the names of permit-holders. Now why would our beloved newspaper object to this provision being removed from the...

Plain Dealer opinions spill onto news pages

3:12pm Sunday, January 25, 2004
Seemingly not content with their three editorials on the subject , the Cleveland Plain Dealer's latest rant about the open records issue and concealed carry is written in the form of "news". Concealing weapons & records 01/25/04 Julie Carr Smyth Columbus - A battle is under way in America over whether you deserve to know who is carrying a concealed handgun - and Ohio is at its heart. When Gov...

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