Ohio Politics

2004 Election Results and Analysis

11:34am Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Ohio gun owners have a lot to be proud of this 2004 election season. Upon the nomination of John Kerry by Democrats last spring, grassroots activists in Ohio quickly realized that the most intense threat to our self-defense rights came not from a state candidate, but from a liberal Massacheusetts Senator with a 20-year history of opposing the Second Amendment and of voting to ban the very guns we...

KEY RACE: Anderson campaign finances in question

7:52am Wednesday, October 27, 2004
The following press release was sent out by 2004 OFCC PAC endorsee Joy Padgett's campaign earlier this week. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, October 25, 2004 ANDERSON CAMPAIGN FINANCES IN QUESTION (Columbus, Ohio) - Monies provided to fund the state senate campaign of Terry Anderson may violate Ohio campaign finance laws it was discovered this week. Following the required disclosure of campaign...

Why NOT to vote for these Cleveland-area candidates...

3:41pm Sunday, October 24, 2004
Michael DeBose (D), House District 12 Michael DeBose told the Cleveland Plain Dealer it's tough to be a Democrat in the Republican-controlled Ohio legislature... He was appointed to fill the vacant Ohio House of Representatives District 12 seat in 2002. DeBose opposes allowing people to carry concealed weapons. "I have seen too many people killed by guns over the years," he told the Plain Dealer...

Ross Co. Sheriff finds another use for CHL equipment

3:22pm Sunday, October 24, 2004
The Chillicothe Gazette is reporting that Ross Co. Sheriff Ron Nichols has found yet another important use for the equipment sheriffs purchased to issue concealed handgun licenses. His office is making good use of the machinery it purchased to make concealed- carry weapon permits by making photo identifications of each poll worker who will be working on November 2. The ID cards are created in...

FBI: Ohio bank heists with violent component on the rise

7:43am Monday, October 18, 2004
October 17, 2004 Columbus Dispatch Robbery trend worries officials It’s not just the increase in bank robberies this year across central Ohio that has officials concerned. It’s how the heists are being carried out. There have been 95 robberies so far this year in and around Columbus, compared with 64 for the same period last year, according to the FBI. "Typically (80 percent) are nice and quiet...

CRIMINAL CASHES IN: One, possibly two more ''no-guns'' banks robbed

4:00pm Friday, October 15, 2004
This week, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported that at least one more "gun-free" bank has drawn the attention of an armed robber. According to the article, "the first robbery occurred at 1:45 p.m. Sept. 23 at a U.S. Bank branch at 5659 Broadview Road." "At 1:15 p.m. on Sept. 27, the same man held up a FirstMerit Bank branch at 6891 Ridge Road," FBI Special Agent Robert Hawk said. As OFCC has...

Oct. 26, OSU campus: John Lott/Gun Control Debate

6:54am Thursday, October 14, 2004
John Lott, author of "More Guns, Less Crime" and "The Media Bias Against Guns" will be on OSU's campus to debate Jim Kessler, Americans for Gun Safety Policy Director. The focus of the debate will be: "Should Government in a Free Society Limit Gun Ownership?" and will be at OSU's Ohio Union East Ballroom at 7:30PM on October 26, 2004. The moderator is James Luck. This will be a formal debate with...

KEY OH Senate race: Pro-CCW Padgett faces challenge in Appalachia

10:39am Monday, October 11, 2004
The battle for Ohio's 20th Senate district (Muskingum, Washington, Athens, Guernsey, Coshocton, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Noble Counties) may be one of the most important in terms of improving the makeup of the Ohio Senate to one that is willing to override a veto, if necessary, to improve Ohio's concealed carry law. Senator Joy Padgett served in the Ohio House from 1992 to 1999, and accepted...

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