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Plain Dealer: Speaker will deal to save gun bill

7:17am Wednesday, November 26, 2003
After the campaign waged by the Ohio Newspaper Association and various liberal editorial boards to advance Taft's latest agenda , we would've espected declarations of victory in today's headlines. Yet only the Plain Dealer is among the conspirators who informed their readers of this update, which undoubtedly indicates they were not successul in "sinking" HB12 with the public records issue. 11/26/...

Op-Ed: Taft’s late monkey wrench throws concealed-carry for a loop

9:58am Tuesday, November 25, 2003
November 24, 2003 LEE LEONARD The recent wrangling over a concealed-handgun bill in the General Assembly resembled a badly played game of rock-paper-scissors. That’s the game, played with handgestures, where scissors (two fingers) cut paper (flat hand), but paper wraps rock (fist) and rock smashes scissors. Lately, the players in the concealed weapons game have all been rocks trying to smash the...

Michigan: Few problems cited with concealed gun law

7:03am Tuesday, November 25, 2003
South Bend Tribune November 23, 2003 By ROBERT A. REED Berrien County Sheriff Paul Bailey said he's pleased with a recent Michigan State Police report that shows almost no problems that can be attributed to the state's 2-year-old "shall issue" concealed pistol license law. "I supported the law and I'm very pleased with how it's gone," Bailey said. "I thought the controversy was a lot of fuss over...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry would halt many criminals

3:06pm Monday, November 24, 2003
Columbus Dispatch November 23, 2003 Last week, a woman was raped and robbed in a restroom Downtown in the middle of the day. I will get straight to the point: When will our elected officials quit dragging their feet and provide a law that says the concealed carry of handguns in Ohio is legal? Do women now have to find someone to go the restroom with them to ensure their safety? Not all women...

"Already Been Dead"

7:23am Sunday, November 23, 2003
House Bill 12 has been declared dead more times than Michael Jackson's music career. In June, hopeful headlines screamed: AP: Concealed Carry Appears To Be Dead Newest gun bill may fail as well State says no deal on concealed guns Five months later, HB12 has a conference committee, a plan for two issues to be settled on a compromise, and a coalition representing one quarter of a million angry...

To Akron Beacon Journal, 'Defense' Walks (almost) never happened

11:59am Wednesday, November 19, 2003
It seems they've tried very hard at the Akron Beacon-Journal not to cover the statewide news story that is the 'Defense' Walk movement. Leave it to one of their own - another gun-grabbing open carry advocate - to "out" the subject in a letter to the editor: Holstered guns act as deterrent One wonders if Beacon Journal readers have the slightest idea what Mr. Harrison was talking about, given the...

Letter to the Editor: Youngstown Police - Abuse of Power?

9:19am Wednesday, November 19, 2003
The following letter was written by OFCC Mahoning County Coordinator and Youngstown 'Defense' Walk Organizer Rick Kaleda. Youngstown Vindicator November 17, 2003 Oh what a difference two blocks and 4 hours can make! That is the approximate distance and amount of time that separate the 75+ participants of the Youngstown 'Defense' walk and Joseph Wilhelm, the YSU ROTC cadet who faced the drawn...

Editorial: Aim for a sensible concealed carry law

6:49am Monday, November 17, 2003
Note: the Conference Committee meeting, scheduled for the day this piece was first published, was delayed for one week due to the death of a former colleague. The committee will meet on Wednesday, November 19, and would do well to keep the ideas reiterated this Cincinnati Enquirer editorial in mind. Click on the "Read More..." link below to read the entire editorial. Cincinnati Enquirer November...

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