January 25, 2004 KPLC TV – Lake Charles/Layfayette, LA The number of crimes involving firearms is down, but still in 2002, more than 350-thousand people were the victims of a gun crime….
Zogby polls on voters’ views on CCW & other firearm owners’ rights
In a pre-9/11 poll, 67% of Ohioans said they preferred a CCW law that had training and background checks. Yet this isn’t what we’ve been hearing from the gun ban lobby, now…
Gun owner: I, not cops, got bad guy
Jan. 22, 2004 Chicago Sun-Times Three days after Christmas, someone broke into the DeMar family home in Wilmette through a dog door, stealing a television, an SUV and the keys to the…
Letter to the editor: Some gun bill provisions deserve to be repealed
Middletown Journal 01.17.04 Sour grapes. That’s what seeps out of the sardonic editorial (“Gun bill provisions will be next target”) in the Jan. 10 Journal. The most ludicrous of these “targeted provisions”…
Plain Dealer opinions spill onto news pages
Seemingly not content with their three editorials on the subject, the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s latest rant about the open records issue and concealed carry is written in the form of “news”. Concealing…
ABC News and 20/20 engage in a bit of truth-telling on guns
May wonders never cease. Nestled in amongst a 20/20 report on urban legends comes this little gem. So the question is, will ABC stop falsely reporting it? Lies, Myths and Downright Stupidity…
Cleveland lawyer shopping anti-self-defense op-ed
Attorney Stephanie E. Trudeau, a Cleveland employment and labor lawyer who can be reached at strudeau@ulmer.com or (216) 621-8400, has issued an anti-self-defense press release instructing businesses on the merits of banning…
Law enforcement cuts statewide – only YOU can protect you
Champaign County sheriff to cut force Tight budget blamed; 29 will lose jobs by month’s end January 24, 2004 Cox News Service URBANA — The Champaign County Sheriff’s Office will lay off…
Toledo police: Self-defense a ”right” you shouldn’t exercise
January 23, 2004 Toledo Blade Carryout owners have the right to defend themselves with guns and baseball bats, if necessary, Toledo police Chief Michael Navarre said yesterday. The chief, speaking at a…
Cleveland gun grabbers using tragedy to call for waiting periods
When violent offenders strike in a high-profile fashion, the gun ban lobby’s hypocracy comes in spades, especially, it would seem, in Cleveland. In the wake of the Case Western Reserve University shooting…