In the past few weeks, opponents of Ohio’s new concealed handgun licensure law have been attempting to claim that a year-old Federal privacy law governing medical records (HIPAA) made it impossible to…
New reality for nay-sayers: Their predictions will not come to pass; ours will
Ohio’s news media have begun to struggle with reality: the general public is about to learn what proponents of this legislation have long known. Issuing concealed handgun licenses (CHL’s) is not going…
Police departments across state preparing for April 8
We’ve been giving Ohio’s highest law-enforcement body in the land (our 88 county sheriffs) quite a bit of attention of late, but what about the lower, local law enforcement departments? For most,…
Gearing Up for Concealed Weapons
April 8 is the day that Ohioans who want to take advantage of the new concealed weapons law can begin to apply for a permit to carry a hidden gun. Sheriffs are…
So much for ”very little interest” in concealed carry among Ohioans…
Ohio’s media outlets are continuing to provide extensive coverage of the pending implementation of Ohio’s new concealed carry reform law. As you read about the many thousands of applicants, keep in mind…
Sheriffs prepare for rush
Columbus Dispatch April 2, 2004 Attorney General Jim Petro speculated yesterday that 100,000 Ohioans will apply for permits to carry concealed handguns in the first six months after the new law takes…
100,000 expected to seek [licenses]
Sheriffs brace for gun applicants Dayton Daily News April 2, 2004 COLUMBUS | As many as 100,000 Ohioans are expected to apply for licenses to carry concealed handguns in the six months…
BSSA President: ”ALL 88 SHERIFFS WILL ACCEPT APPLICATIONS APRIL 8”
Over the past two weeks, Ohioans For Concealed Carry has been working tirelessly with the Buckeye State Sheriff’s Association to investigate reports of sheriffs telling reporters and constituents that they would not…
Ohio Attorney General’s office emails constituents re: reported sheriffs’ delays
Wed, 31 Mar 2004 Mark Gribben Director of Constituent Services Office of Attorney General Jim Petro Thank you for your message on the difficulty you are having with the County Sheriffs. Unfortunately,…
DDN prints reponses to ”Mad” Mary McCarty
Despite the thousands of federal and state gun control laws on the books, Charles McCoy still walked around carrying a concealed gun, shooting willy-nilly at anything that moved, immortalizing himself as the…