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In a lawsuit over the 2014 shooting by police of a Beavercreek Walmart customer, attorneys for Walmart plan to claim that another customer who called 911 was the cause of the incident and the store should not be held responsible. The attorneys contend the “blatant lies” and “intentional fabrication” led Beavercreek police to say the reason they came into the store was they believe an “active shooter” was present and that officers didn’t talk to any Walmart employee.

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The company disclosed to The Telegraph that its engineers are working on new technology which will, for the first time, allow internet search engines and other web firms to swap information about images of children being raped and abused. The new database, which is expected to be operational within a year, will allow child porn images which have already been “flagged” by child protection organisations such as the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) to be wiped from the web in one fell swoop.

AURORA, Colo. -- Christian Bale is meeting with victims of Friday's mass shooting at an Aurora hospital Tuesday afternoon. Bale plays Batman in the new movie 'The Dark Knight Rises,' the film that was playing when a gunman killed 12 people and wounded almost 60 at an Aurora movie theater Friday.

Summary From the Washington Administration to the present, Congress and the President have enacted 11 separate formal declarations of war against foreign nations in five different wars. Each declaration has been preceded by a presidential request either in writing or in person before a joint session of Congress. The reasons cited in justification for the requests have included armed attacks on United States territory or its citizens and threats to United States rights or interests as a sovereign nation. Congress and the President have also on a number of occasions enacted authorizations for the use of force instead of declarations...

This is a prayer request on behalf of my wife. She has been diagnosed with a brain tumor, the same kind that Ted Kennedy had. She will be operated on next week. She's in for testing right now. I may or may not be able to get to a computer. Sorry, I can't compose and type very well right now.

A local sheriff has asked state officials to press for legislation that would place guns in schools. Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones sent letters Thursday to Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland and State Rep. Courtney Combs calling for mandatory armed personnel in all public and private Ohio schools. Jones said his plan is intended to prevent a school shooting such as the one this week at Virginia Tech. Jones suggested assigning law enforcement officers to each school or training select school officials to handle weapons and enforce laws, and commissioning those officials as Ohio Peace Officers. Jones admitted his plan...

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Ohioans For Concealed Carry first heard of this news when numerous people saw a story on Channel 19 news indicating an instructor was using spring loaded guns other than firearms to provide training. The following is an OFCC Exclusive update on this unfortunate course of events. Some sixty-five people in Northeast Ohio are potentially carrying firearms on licenses that have been revoked -- and they may not even know it. Ohioans For Concealed Carry has learned that more than 106 individuals attempted to obtain a Concealed Handgun License from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff's Office with a certificate that the Sheriff's...

COLUMBUS | The officer who stopped a nightclub rampage by killing the gunman had been trained to head straight for the shooter in such a situation in order to save lives.  James D. Niggemeyer, answering 911 calls about shots fired, went through a door behind the Alrosa Village stage and, armed with a 12-gauge shotgun, approached the gunman, Nathan Gale. The officer killed Gale with a shot to the face, according to Franklin County Coroner Brad Lewis. His action reflected departmental training called Quick Action Deployment. Lt. Dave Wood, head of the SWAT Division and a police trainer, said he...

So, you've decided that Ohio's license is too much of a bother to get? Why get a license from Ohio, and reward their absurd regulations, when you can carry in Ohio on your Florida non-resident permit, right? Granted, Ohio's law leaves a lot to be desired, and there is a lot of work to come in improving Ohio's CHL. However, a large part of improving Ohio's CHL law is going to be in proving that there is a NEED to improve the law. Like it or not, Ohio's CHL program is going to be judged, in large part, upon the...

This is from Ohio. August 13, 2004 Chillicothe Gazette What began as a piece of equipment to grant concealed weapon licenses is now helping find missing children. The Ross County Sheriff's Office rolled out a program called KidPrint ID that gives parents an identification card containing a recent photo, physical description and thumb print. "This is just another tool that we could use to protect our children," Sheriff Ron Nichols said. The ID card can be created in minutes using a digital camera, laptop computer and portable card printer -- the same printer used to create licenses to carry a...

  Less than a week after the Cleveland Plain Dealer published Bill Singleton's name among a list of people who have chosen to obtain a license to bear arms for self-defense, Mr. Singleton is dead. When three robbers came to Singleton's business Tuesday morning - they allegedly shot before Singleton had time to react to their demands. In an exchange of gunfire, Singleton and a 17-year-old assailant were shot in the parking lot outside the United Check Cashing store on Lake Shore Boulevard near East 156th Street. Both later died at Huron Hospital.  “As I was outside I had seen...

The arrest of Douglas M. Lyons, Montgomery County, for attempting to carry a firearm into the Montgomery County Courthouse on June 16, 2004 made immediate headlines. He was charged with illegal conveyance of a deadly weapon or dangerous ordnance into a courthouse. The charge is a fifth degree felony. Lyons received his concealed handgun license earlier the morning of June 16. Major Jeff Busch of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office provided information regarding the arrest. Lyons told the deputies on duty at the courthouse that he is a concealed handgun license holder and was carrying his handgun. He presented his...

HOUSE BILL 12 STATUS -- PASSED IN BOTH HOUSES Ohioans For Concealed Carry will update this block until the Ohio House votes on House Bill 12 tonight. The Ohio Senate Voted 25-8 to accept the Conference Committee Report -- This is an affirmative vote on House Bill 12 by the Ohio Senate. The Ohio House Voted 69-27 to accept the Conference Committee Report House Bill 12, as reported by the Conference Committee, is on it's way to Governor Bob Taft's desk. The House Vote Tally will be printed here as soon as it is available. It is important to remember...

Why not include Mayor Daley of Chicago? (I mean Richard J. Daley, the father of present mayor Richard M. Daley.) Allegedly, he is presently co-located with a great many of those whose votes have been cast in recent elections in favor of the Democratic ticket. If he can get all of their votes by virtue of their common situation, he'd be a shoo-in in any election.

It is worth reflecting on the death of a very important person which almost went unnoticed. Larry LaPrise, the man who wrote "The Hokey Pokey" died peacefully at age 93. The most traumatic part for his family was getting him into the coffin. They put his left leg in...then the trouble started.

Judicial experiment to involve some area courts DAYTON | Pay attention, jurors! You may get the novel opportunity to have your own questions answered by a witness. A Montgomery County Common Pleas judge has been selected  as one of 50 judges in the state to experiment with juror    participation. Judge Mary E. Donovan said she could begin give to jurors a chance to pop a question to each witness at her next trial. The experiment will take about six months, she said. "Initially, I don’t intend to do it in every case," Donovan said.  "There may be some resistance from...

Government attorneys fighting an appeals court decision declaring Ohio's ban on concealed weapons unconstitutional could do little Thursday but wait for a response from the Ohio Supreme Court. “We filed our requests. We haven't heard back yet. We asked respectfully. We can't compel the justices to respond. We have no idea when or if they'll respond,” said Joe Case, a spokesman for Attorney General Betty Montgomery. On Wednesday, a three-judge panel from the 1st District Court of Appeals upheld an earlier decision by Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Robert Ruehlman, who sided with a group of residents that challenged the...

Ohioans For Concealed Carry issued the following press release today: CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 10 - Ohioans for Concealed Carry (http://www.OhioCCW.org) announced they were pleased with a unanimous ruling handed down Wednesday by Ohio's First District Court of Appeals (Combined cases: C020012, C020013, C020015 & C020021). The non-profit organization is one of the successful plaintiffs in the lawsuit, in Hamilton Common Pleas Court. Judge Robert Ruhlmamm declared an Ohio gun control law in violation of the Ohio Constitution. The Appeals court's unanimous decision in favor of the combined plaintiffs is a victory for Ohioans and the Ohio Constitution. Law-abiding citizens carrying...