January 1, 2004 Mansfield News Journal MANSFIELD — Seven people were killed in the city in 2003, the highest number since the police department began keeping computerized crime records in 1988. Last…
Cleveland: 252 police to lose jobs on Monday
01/01/04 Cleveland Plain Dealer (edited for space- click here to read the entire story in the Cleveland Plain Dealer) Mayor Jane Campbell will cut $21 million from the 2004 police budget, mostly…
Will they finish the job? Legislators about to return to Columbus.
FLASHBACK: Senate President Doug White (R – 14th District) speaking at a March 2003 US Sportsmen Alliance legislative reception said: “I am a strong proponent of the right to carry. I do…
Tale of Two Cities: Dayton store owner killed; Hartford robbers jailed
Trotwood man shot, killed in robbery DAYTON | A 46-year-old Trotwood man was shot and killed during a robbery as the man closed up his Dayton business on New Year’s Eve, according…
OFCC Supporter: Excuse for public records demands left twisting in the wind
The following was submitted by OFCC Supporter Paul Barnett. (In Lee Leonard’s recent Columbus Dispatch story on the delay of Ohio CCW, Governor Taft’s spokesperson, Orest) Holubec said records show that more…
State Senator tries to turn CCW debate into class warfare battle
When Dan Williamson broke the story that Senator White admitted he had the votes to override a Taft veto on HB12 back on November 27, we had hope that he was one…
Never enough for ultra-liberal Dayton Daily News editors
Handgun secrecy is a cynical joke Dayton Daily News Editorial December 26, 2003 A MEMORABLE SCENE IN A CLASSIC MOVIE SET in the old West has comic legend W.C. Fields holding forth…
Cincinnati: Killings at 26-year high
As you read this article, we recommend you keep these words at the front of your mind: “Ohio’s gun control laws are a colossal failure.” Former police officer’s son 75th victim in…
Taft’s Eleventh Hour Issue Still Delaying HB12
Privacy issue stalls gun bill Taft, House at odds over access to conceal-carry permit lists December 30, 2003 Lee Leonard Columbus Dispatch For the second December in a row, Ohioans are within…
Letter to the Editor: Editorial omitted facts about concealed-carry bill
December 27, 2003 Columbus Dispatch The editorial, “Taking the Heat,” imploring Governor Taft to veto HB12 was not only factually flawed but proved the Dispatch editorial staff is vehemently anti-gun. Ohio’s longtime…