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Editorial: Aiming for passage

10:03am Wednesday, June 11, 2003
The Akron Beacon-Journal has printed it's latest anti-self-defense editorial. The editors, of course, ignore proponents concerns with making further changes to HB12, while outlining opposing groups' suggested Senate amendments in detail. After reading the closing line, you may not find it necessary to read the entire editorial : "The Ohio Coalition on Gun Violence has it right -- any law...

Letter to the Editor: Daddy, why do you sell guns?

9:48am Wednesday, June 11, 2003
June 9, 2003 In 1958, a first-grader learned a fact that is beyond the comprehension of Sarah Brady and anti-gun radicals. "My teacher asked everyone what their father did for a living. When I explained my father owned a gun shop, I immediately saw the negative reaction in my teacher's face.'' That evening, Nancy First asked her father: "Why do you sell guns? They're bad.'' The father's reply: "...

Two new ''shall issue'' states report firearms sales and training on the rise

2:51pm Wednesday, June 04, 2003
In recent weeks, both Colorado and Minnesota legislatures revised their concealed carry laws from "may issue" to "shall issue". Even though these states laws previously recognized SOME citizens' right to self-defense, their law had been abused in many places by the political whims liberal sheriffs. And despite their experience with concealed carry, anti-self-defense extremists in those states are...

Letters to the Editor: Guns are part of the solution, not the problem

12:30pm Wednesday, June 04, 2003
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has printed two excellent responses to an anti-HB12 column published in that paper recently by Case Western Reserve shooting victim Susan Helper. Marc K. Myers' and Tom Meder's letters are both worth a read , but their most basic point can be summed up here: Since everything Biswanath Halder did at CWRU is already illegal, refusing to pass House Bill 12 would do...

Letter to the Editor: Concealed carry can aid public safety

9:21am Friday, May 30, 2003
The Toledo Blade has printed an excellent letter to the editor addressing the exploitation of the CWRU shooting by anti-self-defense extremists . Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. 5/29/03 To the Editor: It was inevitable that insensitive anti-gunners would try to capitalize on the unfortunate shooting at Case Western Reserve University to attempt to derail Ohio’s passage of "...

Letter to the Editor: Patrol's fears not based on facts

7:24am Thursday, May 29, 2003
May 29, 2003 Dayton Daily News The Ohio State Highway Patrol has opposed numerous bills introduced in the General Assembly that would allow private citizens to carry concealed firearms, including firearms in motor vehicles. The OSHP's stated reason is the fear that concealed-carry licensees will shoot officers during traffic stops. In an e-mail dated May 5, 2003, the OSHP stated: "... There is...

Hearing slated on appeal of concealed gun ruling

6:45am Thursday, May 29, 2003
Tiffin Advertiser Tribune - A hearing date has been set for the appeal of a local decision that declared unconstitutional Ohio's law against carrying a concealed weapon. The hearing is set for 9 a.m. June 17 in the Third District Court of Appeals in Lima before Judges Sumner E. Walters, Stephen R. Shaw and Robert R. Cupp, according to the court's schedule. A Fostoria woman, riding as a passenger...

Letter to the Editor: Editorial cartoon missed point of concealed carry

7:43am Wednesday, May 28, 2003
Cincinnati Enquirer May 28, 2003 In the Mike Keefe cartoon published on May 25, a man explains to his female companion that the "violent sociopath" holding a gun on her has a concealed weapon's permit, so it's OK. Well, are we supposed to believe that the violent sociopath has a gun only because of a concealed carry law? The violent sociopath doesn't need a permit; his permit comes from the...

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