FLASHBACK: Terrorists on buses and in malls: Ohio CHL important to Homeland Security June 14, 2004 NBC4Columbus.com COLUMBUS, Ohio — Federal authorities said Monday that they have charged a man from Somalia…
Author: Buckeye Firearms Association
Tale of Two Signs: Willoughby bank robbed; Middletown store welcomes CHL
Following the old adage that a picture says a thousand words, some Ohio businesses are choosing to use pictures say few words to would-be criminals who may target their stores. Consider the…
FirstMerit banks respond to complaints about ”No-guns” signs
The following bulk email is being sent to customers who contacted FirstMerit bank about their recent decision to post signs, and about to five subsequent bank robberies in their Ohio locations. From:…
Letter to the Editor: Stores should welcome concealed-carry law
June 13, 2004 Columbus Dispatch I respond to the June 5 letter from Lori A. O’Neill, president of the Greater Cleveland chapter of the Million Mom March (“Store owners who take on…
THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN A WEEK: Posted Mansfield business ”brutally” robbed
Volunteers in Mansfield have told OFCC that all three Puffs Cigarette and Tobacco stores in Mansfield are owned by the same individual, and that “no-guns” signs barring CHL-holders went up just a…
Sidney Daily News and Shelby Co. Sheriff maintain they committed no crimes
June 12, 2004 Sidney Daily News Calls for state and local investigations have followed publication Tuesday in the Sidney Daily News of a list of concealed-carry permit holders as released by Shelby…
Jogger attacked on bikeway; suspect nabbed
THIS IS WHY CONCEALED CARRY ON PUBLIC PROPERTY IS PROTECTED. 96% OF RAPISTS DO NOT USE FIREARMS. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO TAKE AWAY THIS WOMAN’S ABILITY TO DEFEND HERSELF??? June 11,…
Concealed weapon ban in parks not enforceable
June 12, 2004 Toledo Blade Communities that ban people from carrying concealed weapons in parks despite a new state law have misfired, according to state officials. Such local policies conflict with the…
A few Sheriffs’ difficult licensing procedures deterring applicants
June 10, 2004 StateNews.org Not as many Ohioans as expected are applying for permits to carry concealed weapons. That is sparking renewed debate about the law legislators passed last year to legalize…
Lorain Morning Journal editors come unglued
One day after it published a very fair and balanced story on the issue of businesses asking CHL-holders to stay away, the biased Lorain Morning Journal editors went on a tear, apparently…