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Gun owners react to concealed carry law

9:54am Wednesday, July 09, 2003
By JOSIE McCORMICK Coshocton Tribune Staff Writer WARSAW -- Local gun owners enjoying the sunny weather at the Woodbury Shooting Range last week eagerly voiced their opinions about the concealed handgun bill that was recently considered by the House and Senate. "I am for it, but the ones that are going to carry a gun are going to do it with or without a permit," said Steve Cunningham of Coshocton...

Op-Ed: Hidden guns pose no problem to public

9:02am Wednesday, July 09, 2003
The Springfield News Sun has published an excellent opinion editorial from Champaign County resident Michael Wuest. From statistics to historical experience to political correctness, Wuest covers it all. Below are a couple of favorite exerpts: Exerpt #1: "How about those who say they wouldn’t want to sit in the next booth at a restaurant or near someone who is legally carrying a gun? Well, what...

Letter to the Editor: Dispatch’s coverage of gun bill too liberal

12:05pm Tuesday, July 08, 2003
Friday, July 04, 2003 Why does The Dispatch continue to print statements that either make no sense or clearly have no rational thought behind them? If the newspaper is going to lean left — and it always does — why not at least offset each article from the left with an opposing one from the right? For example, The Dispatch published the June 19 article "Gun bill fails to sway NRA." Sen. Eric D...

Letter to the Editor: Let us exercise our gun rights

10:52am Thursday, July 03, 2003
Word is obviously getting out about Taft's "Car-jacker Protection" provision. This Celina parent is concerned with the potential for criminals to profile cars when children are on board. Lima News July 3, 2003 Is anyone else concerned that the Ohio State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police are effectively dictating the fate of concealed-carry legislation in Ohio? This is...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed-carry bill makes parents targets

9:30am Thursday, July 03, 2003
More for the "What Bob Taft refuses to understand" file - this mom doesn't like the idea of having a bulls-eye painted on her car to appease the Ohio State Highway Patrol. Columbus Dispatch July 3, 2003 I completely concur with Dispatch Senior Editor Joe Hallett's stance on the concealed-carry issue, as stated in his June 22 column. Hallett is correct that substitute House Bill 12, as written,...

Preach It, Pastor!

5:08pm Wednesday, July 02, 2003
Thomas Brouwer, pastor of Messiah Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, in Middletown, wrote a reply to an anti-self-defense letter published by the mother of a CWRU shoting victim. His letter to the editor published in the Middletown Journal. Click the "Read More..." link below for an archived copy of the letter, and a link to the newspaper. Letters to the Editor, 07.02.03 For The Middletown Journal...

Letters to the Editor: What Bob Taft refuses to understand Pt. II

3:21pm Sunday, June 29, 2003
Leaders in the Senate and representatives of the dominant political party in Ohio, take note: Ohio's self defense rights activists, who are indeed some of the most active and numerous grassroots volunteers in Ohio politics, are speaking loudly and clearly in the days since HB12 was stalled. They have had it with the anti-self-defense actions of Bob Taft, and they are ready to take action against...

Enquirer: Police, politics and pistols part of the CCW controversy

9:35am Saturday, June 28, 2003
By Jim Siegel Gannett Columbus Bureau COLUMBUS - Ohio lawmakers once again failed to agree on a way to permit people to carry hidden weapons. Here is an attempt to explain what's going on. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. How long have state lawmakers been trying to pass a gun bill? Since 1996. It gets reintroduced with each new General Assembly. Why can't lawmakers get it passed...

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