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Letter to the Editor: Taft should sign concealed carry bill

3:09pm Monday, February 17, 2003
A well-written letter to the editor was published in the Toledo Blade Sunday, February 16. The letter was written in response to the Blade's latest anti-CCW editorial, "No, again, to concealed carry" , published last January 30. Gary Schoenrock, of Holland, observes that that "the Blade is attempting to discredit and distort the issue of concealed carry legislation in the state of Ohio. Using...

Dispatch: Backers in House set to resurrect divisive concealed carry gun issue

1:52pm Monday, February 17, 2003
The Columbus Dispatch has published a lengthy and informative article about the expected progress of Ohio House Bill 12 in Sunday's edition. You need an account to access the Dispatch Website, but we've archived the story in the "Read More" section of this story block. At the end of the article, Representative Ed. Jerse has finally said something we can agree with: Rep. Edward S. Jerse, D-Euclid...

Appeal on concealed-carry ruling filed with higher court

10:09am Saturday, February 15, 2003
Any stay of a local ruling that Ohio's law against carrying a concealed weapon is unconstitutional now will have to be determined by a higher court. Friday afternoon Seneca County Common Pleas Judge Michael P. Kelbley, a Democrat, denied a motion filed by County Prosecutor Ken Egbert Jr. for an emergency stay of the decision in the case of a Fostoria woman who was charged with one count of...

Seneca County Prosecutor seeks stay of decision on gun law

11:08am Friday, February 14, 2003
2:45 p.m. 2/14/03 - The motion has been denied. Click here for the full story . TIFFIN - Seneca County's prosecutor has taken the first step in appealing a decision that made Ohio's law against carrying a concealed weapon unconstitutional in the county. County Prosecutor Ken Egbert Jr. filed a motion Thursday afternoon in Seneca County Common Pleas Court asking Judge Michael P. Kelbley for an...

CCW Ban ''unconstitutional'', but who's telling?: Ohio News Blackout Pt. II

4:12pm Thursday, February 13, 2003
Those who have been following the "Klein et. al. v. Leis et. al" lawsuit in Hamilton County (for which Ohioans For Concealed Carry is a funding co-plaintiff), will recall that in the days following the concurrent ruling on appeal, a virtual media blackout occurred across the state. The Los Angeles Times and FOX News Channel provided more coverage of the 1st District Court of Appeals' unanimous...

AGAIN! Concealed gun ban overturned by Seneca County judge

10:01am Wednesday, February 12, 2003
2 DOWN, 86 COUNTIES TO GO!: AGAIN! Yet another Ohio judge has ruled that Ohio's law against carrying a concealed weapon is unconstitutional. "The statute deprives Ohio citizens of an effective means of self-defense," said Seneca County Common Pleas Judge Michael P. Kelbley in an 18-page ruling filed Tuesday. "The Constitution states in clear terms that the people of Ohio have the right to bear...

Wapakoneta Daily News: CCW Bill Returns

12:13pm Thursday, February 06, 2003
"A bill allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons reintroduced last week into the state House has a better chance of passage this year," local representative Rep. Derrick Seaver (D-Minster) says, despite differing little from the measure that died [after being gutted in the Senate] last session. Click on the "Read More..." link below for a great interview with Democrat Rep. Derrick Seaver,...

Story: Gun bill back again, and so are its critics

1:23pm Wednesday, February 05, 2003
A story by reporter Leo Shane III, covering the introduction and outlook for HB12, has been published in the Lancaster Eagle Gazette, the Mansfield News Journal, the Newark Advocate and the Coshocton Tribute this week (all four papers are owned by Gannett's "Newspaper Network of Central Ohio"). The article lends itself to the idea that the anti's have forfeited the Ohio House in 2003, and will be...

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