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Gun-Show Promoter Targets Dewine
15 December 1999
Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
A gun-show promoter yesterday took aim at Sen. Mike DeWine by filing petitions to run against him in the March 7 Republican primary election.
Ronald R. Dickson, 53, of Oxford Ohio, filed petitions containing 3,600 signatures. He needs valid signatures of 1,000 registered voters to qualify for the ballot.
Calling DeWine a "turncoat Republican" for his vote last May to require background checks at gun shows, Dickson accused DeWine of trying "to shut down gun shows and... (GunPolicy.org)