When he rose in opposition to Sub. HB12 on the floor of the Senate today, Sen. Eric Fingerhut (D, Cleveland) told Senators that "no one has, in all these debates, shown me…
TAFT CONCEALED CARRY PLAN DEEMS CHILDREN UNWORTHY OF SELF DEFENSE
CLEVELAND, June 18, 2003 /PRNewswire/ — Ohioans For Concealed Carry has informed the Senate of its formal opposition to amended HB12, as passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee for Criminal Justice. In…
Senate Committee passes Amended HB12 in surprise move
In a surprise move, the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice today passed an amended House Bill 12 today on a 8-1 vote (vehemently anti-CCW Senator Goodman, was the lone dissenter)…
Ohio cities experience violent crime increase
There are two trends in this nation which Ohio is not following, and they are related. First, 35 states now have shall-issue right to carry laws, and another 9 have may-issue laws….
Op-Ed: Less Citizen Opposition Means More Guns
On Friday, we were informed that an anti-concealed carry op-ed, written by “Million” Mommer Lori O’Neill, had been printed in the Cleveland Free Times. The letter is not available online, but we…
CWRU victim’s mom: ”Trouble! Call the guys with the guns. No, not THOSE guys’
It’s such a weak, flawed argument, it’s almost not worth addressing. But not quite… Eleanor Helper, who told Senators she became an “instant gun control advocate” when her daughter was shot at…
Open Letter to OSHP Superintendant Paul McClellan: You Can’t Have it Both Ways
To Ohio Highway Patrol Superintendant Paul D. McClellan: In December 2001, OSHP Major J.P. Allen offered defense testimony in the Hamilton County concealed carry ban constitutionality lawsuit, on behalf of the state…
Letter to the editor: Stanford University professor skews gun-crime data
On June 10, we published a Capital University professor David Mayer’s response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor from anti-gun extremist John J. Donohue III, and wondered aloud of the…
Toledo Blade: Ohio ranks 6th in nation for bank robberies
Banks still a target June 14, 2003 FBI crime statistics for 2002 show Ohio sixth highest in the nation, for the number of robberies of its financial institutions. The state ranked third…
Cincy Post: ”Guns kill 1, hurt 1 in West End”
Two Friday the 13th shootings two blocks apart in the West End left one person dead and one person wounded. The fatal shooting occurred at the Parktown Café at 1726 Linn. The…