Police Suspect String Of UC Robberies Related Ohio law bans firearms on college campuses, preventing students their right to self-defense Two suspects are in police custody in connection with a robbery on…
Petro Releases First Year Concealed Carry Statistics
Press Release Ohio Attorney General’s Office May 17, 2005 COLUMBUS – Ohio sheriffs issued 51,998 licenses to carry concealed handguns between April 8, 2004, when the state law went into effect, and…
Cleveland Channel 5 news anchor arrested at crime scene
Judging strictly by the headlines, there is now one more reporter arrested for disobeying a lawful order from the police than concealed handgun license-holders this year. May 17, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer…
LTEs: Dispatch’s support for Clyde ”not surprising”, but hypocritical
May 18, 2005 Columbus Dispatch Section of House bill clear on gun licenses In its May 11 editorial, “Safety is a local issue,” The Dispatch states that “(Ohio Attorney General Jim) Petro…
Three home invasions stress that only you can protect you
Gun ban extremist Toby Hoover has voiced her support for making CHL-records public by insisting she needs to know if anyone she hires might be carrying a firearm. This story fairly screams…
AGAIN: Associated Press awards Cleveland Plain Dealer for anti-CCW reporting
by Chad D. Baus For the second time in as many months, a liberal national media entity has patted the Cleveland Plain Dealer on the back for its anti-concealed carry coverage in…
No longer the ”Best” Buy in the Buckeye State for gun owners
Several weeks ago, Ohioans For Concealed Carry began receiving reports of new “no-guns” signs appearing at Best Buy locations in Ohio. Initially, it appeared this may have been a result of store…
Tight budgets causing police departments to shrink
The Ironton Tribune is reporting that funding problems are prompting a reduction of law enforcement officers in Lawrence County. From the story: Lawrence County law enforcement officers may not be extinct yet,…
Mansfield police train for school crisis
The Mansfield News Journal is reporting that law enforcement officers recently engaged in a mock assault on a local high school in a drill designed to help prepare for the eventuality of…
Letters to Dayton Daily News Editor favor privacy
In the wake of a Round Table discussion of whether or not CHL-holders’ records should be kept private, Dayton Daily News readers were just as overwhelmingly supportive of privacy in their letters…