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Op-Ed: Guns, speech and the courts

3:59pm Tuesday, October 07, 2003
By Sim Evans Each generation must ratify the Constitution, or else it is of no account. The founders were cognizant of this when they provided the amendment mechanism, whereby future generations might adjust the Constitution from time to time. The absence of amendments was deemed proof of its tolerability. But Americans have chosen a third course; they will neither abide by the Constitution, nor...

Second chance for rape victim's affirmative defense plea??

9:18am Friday, October 03, 2003
October 3, 2003 Concealed weapon case sent back to Common Pleas court An Ohio State Supreme Court ruling on the carrying of concealed weapons sent a local case that was in the Third District Court of Appeals back to the Seneca County Court of Common Pleas this week. After Judge Michael P. Kelbley ruled that the current law was unconstitutional in the case of a Fostoria woman, County Prosecutor...

Could the fear of a felony CCW arrest have led to this man's death?

3:47pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
[Homicide victim] had reported threat days before his death October 2, 2003 McARTHUR — Five days before Nicholas Wheeler was shot to death, he complained to authorities that a gun was pulled on him by the man who would later be charged with his murder. However, Thomas Craft had denied to a Vinton County sheriff’s deputy that the gun incident took place, and there was insufficient evidence to file...

More and more law enforcement expressing support for self-defense

2:42pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
October 2, 2003 Chillicothe Gazette Efforts to introduce versions of a concealed weapons law into legislation is like walking a fine line between public safety and constitutional rights, local law enforcement agencies say. With the battle to allow Ohio residents the right to carry handguns on their person raging in the House and Senate, local law enforcement agencies weighed in on the debate...

Letter to the Editor: A decided disadvantage

1:27pm Thursday, October 02, 2003
October 2, 2003 To the editors of the Toledo Blade: Do Buckeyes realize that the recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling affirming the ban on handgun concealed-carry will place them at a great disadvantage when we Wolverines move to reclaim our ancient, ancestral Toledo lands? DELMER O. GASCHE Morenci, Mich. Click here to read the letter in the Toledo Blade. The Toledo Blade editors' latest in a long...

Letters to the Editor: Views are divergent on pro-gun rally

9:01am Thursday, October 02, 2003
Letters edited for space - full letters can be read in the Cincinnati Enquirer . October 1, 2003 Timing of Gun Walk was in very poor taste - Mary T. Helmes, Northside Another day, another pro-gun article in the Enquirer. At least the reporter, Brenna R. Kelly, noted that "Not all residents" of Northside welcomed Hyde Park hairdresser Vernon Ferrier and his "gun walk" of armed pedestrians on...

Supremes uphold affirmative defense law; law immediately fails Seneca Co. woman

12:45pm Wednesday, October 01, 2003
Despite the fact that 45 states across the nation (including every state bordering Ohio) have some legal mechanism for law-abiding citizens to bear arms for self-defense, and despite the successful reduction of violent crime from such laws nationwide, Ohio's governor, certain Senators, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol bureaucracy still seem to believe that Ohioans are less responsible than the...

Toledo Blade: Conceal carry - Impact on Ohio?

6:47am Sunday, September 28, 2003
Study backs hidden guns against crime By JAMES DREW BLADE COLUMBUS BUREAU CHIEF COLUMBUS - For Lynn Wachtmann, Ohio’s failure to adopt a law allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns can be measured in flesh and blood, and the pain of crime victims. "It’s heart-wrenching to see the number of Ohioans who are being victimized while some continue to play politics," said Mr. Wachtmann...

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