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| Tale of Two Cities: Two Columbus women car-jacked; Baton Rouge woman defends |
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| Written by Jeff Garvas | |
| Thursday, 10 July 2003 | |
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Thursday, July 10, 2003 THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH Two women were abducted at gunpoint and their cars stolen yesterday in what police described as a one-day crime spree by two men. Despite a daylong search and a stakeout at a North Side motel, the men were still at large last night. One of the women was sexually assaulted before being released along Rt. 161 about 5 a.m., police said. She had been abducted in her car near Ferris Road and Cleveland Avenue a half-hour earlier. Police would not give additional details about that incident. About 7:30 a.m., another woman, stopped at a Speedway station at Maple Canyon Avenue and Rt. 161, was forced at gunpoint to drive less than 2 miles away. She was released unharmed. Meanwhile, in a state that allows its law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense, a different outcome resulted when this woman was car-jacked by a would-be rapist: The Morning Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA After being kidnapped at knifepoint in her own car, a New Orleans woman managed to slip a .25 cal. pistol into her purse from a hiding place in her car. She was taken to a house under construction; and when the would-be rapist turned to look out the window for the arrival of his accomplice, the woman drew her gun and fired three times, mortally wounding her attacker. His body was discovered later in a parked car. • Could the lifting of Ohio's unconstitutional ban on carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense have saved these Columbus kidnap victims? Could the rape have been prevented? • Why didn't these women "just drive away", as OSHP Capt. John Born claims Ohioans can do, when they were attacked in their cars? Contact information for the area's elected officials is provided below: State House of Representatives • \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it >Rep. Linda Reidelbach (R-21) - Rep. Reidelbach is a strong pro-self-defense voter. Thank her! Phone: (614) 644-6030 Fax: (614) 644-9494 State Senate • \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it >Sen. David Goodman (R-3) - Sen. Goodman is a consistent anti-self-defense voter Phone: (614) 466-8064 Click here to read the entire story in the Columbus Dispatch. |
