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Written by Daniel White
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Friday, 28 July 2006 03:41 |
Updated Information! Continue reading for a statement from Representative Uecker.
According to the Cincinnati Enquirer, state Representative Joseph Uecker(R), a co-sponsor of HB347, is planning to introduce legislation to allow townships to regulate firearms according to a statement quoted in the paper. However, Rep. Uecker disputes he made such a statement.
"I am a firearms advocate," Uecker said. But, "I think it's common sense to believe you don't shoot in your backyard when you've got neighbors all around your house." |
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Thursday, 27 July 2006 11:13 |
On the internet spamming is known as the act of sending unsolicited emails to people who are not suspecting them nor have they asked to receive them. Some might argue that a commercial component is necessary for unsolicited email to be spam, while others would consider unsolicited email seeking votes and financial contributions for a candidate just as unwanted in their Inbox as the latest enhancement product regardless of the candidate.
Recently Ohioans For Concealed Carry was contacted by Brian Berry, an OFCC member, who asked if we'd received or seen the letter from Frances Strickland praising her husband and seeking support for his campaign, both financially and by voting for him in the General Election. While nothing in the otherwise generic message was pro-firearm this OFCC member had very strong reason to believe his gun-owner status caused him to be targeted.
Berry has the ability to make endless quantities of email addresses, and when he is asked for his address he generates one that gives away who he gave it to in the first place. This way if spam comes to his mailbox he knows which business gave away his identity to a third party spammer. In this case his email address was "SWguns" since he was working with none other than Smith & Wesson. Nobody else in the world had that email address.
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Written by Mike Kinsey
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Thursday, 27 July 2006 06:38 |
A July 27th letter to the editor published in the Cincinnati Enquirer entitled "Cincinnati Should Ban Handguns" called for legislation to do just that. The letter states,
We need a gun control ordinance like they have in Morton Grove, Ill., that bans the possession and ownership of handguns. We need a buy-back program where the city will buy back handguns. We need the churches to go out in the neighborhoods and beg people to bring their handguns and anonymously drop them off at the church office. We need to get some of those for whom guns are important symbols and means of livelihood to come on our side and preach the way of Jesus and Mohammed and Abraham, and not the way of the gun. We need to create a sense of community that says we don't need guns and we don't need murder
"A lot of killings have occurred because someone decided for the first time to use a gun - a first-time convenience store robbery or drug-related killing. The bad act is obtaining the gun and then using it.
Amidst this letter's many illogical conclusions, it neglects to clarify one important point: How would the enactment of a city-wide ban of handguns convince criminals that are robbing, raping, and murdering the citizens of Cincinnati to finally turn their lives around and abandon their weapons? |
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Written by Daniel White
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Wednesday, 26 July 2006 05:31 |
Yesterday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R.5013 by a 322-99 margin. This bill would prevent law enforcement agencies from onfiscating firearms during a time of national emergency.
Earlier this month, the Senate passed a similar provision in a homeland security funding bill, and numerous states (including Ohio) are either considering or have passed similar legislation.
The issue fo firearms confiscations during emergencies leapt to national attention following the actions of officials in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina last year.
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Written by Jeff Garvas
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Tuesday, 25 July 2006 20:21 |
Earlier this week we brought you news in the Daniel Sayers case and published this Motion to Dismiss the charges against Sayers in Oregon Municiple Court.
Today, Ohioans For Concealed Carry can report that Sayers' attorney Daniel Ellis filed a motion this week seeking to suppress evidence obtained from a warrantless search and seizure of Sayers vehicle, including statements, observations, officer opinions and physical evidence obtained by the police.
In this Motion to Suppress Ellis argues that the police had no lawful cause to stop and detain Sayers, nor did they have probable cause to arrest him without a warrant. When the police were called and Sayers was reported to the police he was "openly" carrying a firearm. In deciding there is no constitutional right to bear "conecaled weapons," the Supreme Court determined in Klein v. Leis that every citizen of Ohio has a right to bear arms "openly." What crime was Sayers committing at the Sunoco that justified a felony stop at gun point? |
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