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Dispatch: Academy will train residents to fight crime

9:24am Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Mayor to launch program on South Side October 08, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Mayor Michael B. Coleman outlined the final piece of his crime-fighting plan yesterday: the creation of the Neighborhood Safety Academy. The academy doesn’t have a building or charge tuition — it’s a curriculum that would travel to different neighborhoods where city employees would teach residents to prevent and report...

Ohio 'Defense' Walk news goes national

6:47am Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Gun Rights Advocates Take Aim at Concealed Carry Bans By Robert B. Bluey CNSNews.com Staff Writer October 15, 2003 (CNSNews.com) - After victories in five states already this year, concealed carry advocates are turning their attention to the handful of remaining states that continue to prohibit gun owners from carrying a concealed firearm. Battles are brewing in the Ohio and Wisconsin...

Letter to the Editor: Moving forward on concealed-carry

6:28am Sunday, October 12, 2003
Toledo Blade October 12, 2003 Senate President Doug White has violated the trust of the people of Ohio by refusing to appoint senators to a conference committee that will work to reconcile differences in the concealed-carry bills adopted by the House and Senate. As a leader of a bicameral legislature, Senator White is obliged to work with his counterparts in the House to adopt legislation that...

''Person of common intelligence'' convicted: affirmative defense law fails again

9:35am Saturday, October 11, 2003
Jury decides a homeless man's fear can't excuse a loaded gun at Hopkins 10/11/03 Cleveland Plain Dealer A Cuyahoga County jury deliberated less than two hours yesterday before rejecting a novel defense offered by a homeless Cleveland man arrested carrying a loaded gun at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. Robert Igoe, who has a history of mental instability, had a new, loaded .40-caliber...

13-year old girl wrestles firearm from deputy, pulls trigger

1:41pm Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Girl admits trying to shoot caseworker, deputy sheriff October 08, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH In the hallway that opened into the crowded lobby of Franklin County Children Services, a 13-year-old girl and a deputy sheriff scrapped until the deputy was on her knees and the girl held her gun. Hafsa Aboi Hassan pointed the 9 mm handgun at the back of Deputy Betty Ashley’s head and pulled the trigger...

MORE pro-self-defense letters to editors!

9:30am Wednesday, October 08, 2003
Concealed-carry ban offends good citizens Cincy Enquirer October 6, 2003 I'm offended, and every law-abiding citizen in Ohio should be too. Why? There were 45 states with some kind of concealed-carry law and the crime has gone down in most of those states. Either our lawmakers don't want crime to go down or they think the citizens of Ohio are more dangerous than people of the other 45 states. Jim...

Letter to the Editor: Pfeifer lives in fantasy world

9:18am Wednesday, October 08, 2003
October 4, 2003 Re "Court upholds ban on concealed guns," Sept. 25: How does Justice Paul E. Pfeifer believe prohibiting "the carrying of concealed weapons helps maintain an orderly and safe society?" I guess if I lived in the same neighborhood Pfeifer lives in, I would feel as safe as he does. Or perhaps, if I had armed bodyguards watching out for me at home, work and at play, I would feel safe...

Letter to the Editor: Court ruling not just racist, but sexist

4:17pm Tuesday, October 07, 2003
Portsmouth Daily Times Ohio’s Supreme Court, by a 5-2 decision, has now joined the Ohio State Patrol and Governor Taft in the continued depriving of law abiding Ohioans from defending themselves with a concealed weapon. It matters not that [45] other states allow their citizens such defense. Opponents say this ruling reflects the will of a majority of Ohioans. This is an unproven statement. It...

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