Toledoans wishing to exercise their recently-upheld Constitutional, “fundamental individual right” to bear arms for self-defense cannot do so in Toledo. The following ordinance is being cited by Chief Mike Navarre as reason…
Author: Buckeye Firearms Association
Dispatch: Academy will train residents to fight crime
Mayor to launch program on South Side October 08, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Mayor Michael B. Coleman outlined the final piece of his crime-fighting plan yesterday: the creation of the Neighborhood Safety…
Ohio ‘Defense’ Walk news goes national
Gun Rights Advocates Take Aim at Concealed Carry Bans By Robert B. Bluey CNSNews.com Staff Writer October 15, 2003 (CNSNews.com) – After victories in five states already this year, concealed carry advocates…
Youngstown city bureaucrats infringing on multiple Constitutional rights
As the grassroots effort to draw attention to the absurdity of the Supreme Court ruling rolls across the state in the form of open carry ‘Defense’ Walks, organizers have met with overwhelming…
Lima open carry ‘Defense’ Walk brings record turnout
Lima brought out a healthy mix of its finest citizens in record Walk numbers yesterday. Men and women, people young and old, families with children, persons from multiple ethnic backgrounds – about…
Dayton-area open carry ‘Defense’ Walk earns ”thumbs up” from locals
Drivers honked car horns and waved, or gave a thumbs-up sign, to Walkers in Xenia yesterday. Here is a quick summary from Walk organizer Larry Moore: WKEF said about 100 people walked…
Columbus-area open carry ‘Defense’ Walk ”couldn’t have gone better”
They forgot the red carpet. But Gahanna’s mayor and police chief had pretty much everything else covered for the 100+ Walkers who came to town Sunday for their open carry demonstration. Here…
Letter to the Editor: Moving forward on concealed-carry
Toledo Blade October 12, 2003 Senate President Doug White has violated the trust of the people of Ohio by refusing to appoint senators to a conference committee that will work to reconcile…
Advocates walk to defend the right to carry gun
Gahanna News October 8, 2003 By Jef Benedetti Walking to support a cause will get a new twist at 2:00 p.m. Sunday in Veterans Memorial Park, 73 Johnstown Road, in Gahanna. Columbus…
Dispatch: Marchers will have guns on hip
Gahanna event designed to display support for legal concealed weapons Saturday, October 11, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH They will gather Sunday, openly wearing their handguns for a march through Gahanna. Robert Maroldy…