Opponents of a bill to allow Ohioans to carry hidden handguns argued yesterday it is so vaguely worded that it could permit carrying assault weapons similar to one used last week by…
Cincy Enquirer: Northside unsafe, activist says, defending carrying gun in bar
The anti-crime activist getting national attention for shooting a masked robber in a bar last week plans to defend himself by saying Northside has become so unsafe he had to carry a…
HB12: Senate ”public” hearings scheduled May 20 & 21
House Bill 12 has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice’s agenda for public testimony on May 20 at 10:00 a.m. and May 21 at 9:00 a.m. in the…
House Bill 12 receives third hearing in Senate committee
Representatives from Ohioans For Concealed Carry and OFCC PAC were on hand today at the Statehouse, as HB12 received it’s third hearing in the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. In the interest…
Citizens on Patrol block watch volunteer no ”vigilante”
Harold McKinney put himself in harms’ way daily as a volunteer for a neighborhood crime watch group. Since taverns in his neighborhood are often the targets of violent crime, he made the…
Letters to the Editor: Taking a professor to school
It speaks volumes about our educational system that, in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, one can read a four sentence letter from a pro-CCW writer that has more truth in it than the…
Op-Ed: There are no gun-free, safe zones
Dr. John R. Lott Jr. has written an excellent opinion editorial in the wake of the Case Western shootings, which has been published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Autographed copies of Dr….
Odd Cast of Characters assaulting Statehouse today
It’s quite a diverse bunch that have assembled together today for the third Senate committee hearing on HB12. They’re joined at the hip – all for the purpose of defeating attempts to…
PD reporter: Objectivity only possible if both sides hold press conference
Approximately 12 hours after the Case Western Reserve University shooting, Ohioans For Concealed Carry issued a brief remark concerning the tragedy, explaining our belief that to comment before all the facts were…
Editorial: ”Sad statistic – Gun control doesn’t work in California”
The Findlay Courier recently printed an excellent editorial calling for passage of HB12, and exploring the failure of some of the nation’s toughest gun control laws to reduce violent crime or murder…