Guns in the News

Cleveland Plain Dealer and New York Times have a lot common

9:27am Thursday, June 26, 2003
On June 20, the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Doug Clifton, wrote and published a column that contained about as much truth as we now know was contained in articles by New York Times reporter Jayson Blair. Clifton told Plain Dealer readers that HB12 "exempts all gun licensing information from the state's open records laws" and that "the state wants to...prevent you from knowing ...a...

Letters to the Editor: What Bob Taft refuses to understand

6:57am Thursday, June 26, 2003
A number of excellent letters to editor have appeared across the state in recent days. Apparently these pro-self-defense letter writers have a better handle on the facts surrounding the concealed carry reform debate than does their Governor. Click on the "Read More..." link below for summaries and links to the letters. Sciotoville's RICK JONES: Bill allowing concealed weapons is way off target...

Editorial: Taft, Senate blocking rights

Lima News Editorial Board
5:25pm Wednesday, June 25, 2003
Gov. Bob Taft and Ohio Senate President Doug White stubbornly are blocking Ohioans' right to carry concealed weapons. The Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice last week altered a bill passed by the House of Representatives, and now White refuses to name conferees to iron out differences in the bills until the House and Taft resolve their differences. So much for political leadership...

Seneca Co., OH: Vermont/Alaska for 5 months and counting - ''NO PROBLEMS''

8:35pm Tuesday, June 24, 2003
Sheriff, police chief see little impact from ruling on concealed-carry ban Local law-enforcement officials say a February ruling in Seneca County Common Pleas Court which found Ohio's law against carrying a concealed weapon to be unconstitutional has had little impact on day-to-day operations. Judge Michael P. Kelbley threw out a concealed-weapons charge against a Fostoria woman caught with a gun...

Letter to the Editor: 'Gun lobby' won't arm everybody

8:12pm Tuesday, June 24, 2003
June 24, 2003 In her Sunday guest column arguing against concealed carry in Ohio ( "Permit legislation puts safety at risk" ) Toby Hoover said "the gun lobby's single-minded campaign to arm every man, woman, and child in the United States." Is this truly the intention of the "gun lobby"? Let's think rationally here. Her statement clearly ruins her credibility and shows that she is thinking in an...

Senate OKs concealed-carry bill

6:09am Thursday, June 19, 2003
A much worked-over bill that would allow Ohioans to conceal weapons passed the Senate yesterday, despite lukewarm support from its backers. It may be changed more before it reaches the governor's desk. Officials from the National Rifle Association - who until Tuesday were the bill's leading proponents - stopped short of opposing the measure but hinted that revisions must be made to win back their...

Letter to the editor: Stanford University professor skews gun-crime data

5:33am Sunday, June 15, 2003
On June 10, we published a Capital University professor David Mayer's response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor from anti-gun extremist John J. Donohue III, and wondered aloud of the Dispatch would have the courage to print it. They did. The Dispatch printed Dr. Mayer's letter in the Friday, June 13 edition. Click here to read the letter in the Columbus Dispatch (subscription site -...

Alaska's new concealed carry law

10:17am Thursday, June 12, 2003
Law allows Alaskans to carry concealed guns without permit By MIKE CHAMBERS Associated Press Writer JUNEAU--Alaskans will no longer need a permit to carry a concealed weapon under a bill signed into law Wednesday. In signing the bill, Gov. Frank Murkowski lauded the work of the Legislature and the National Rifle Association in protecting the Second Amendment rights of Alaskans. The bill would...

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