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Anti-gun politician switches sides after being made victim in mugging

12:15am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Philip Morris is reporting that State Rep. Michael DeBose, a Cleveland Democrat who has a solid history of anti-gun votes in the Ohio legislature, has changed his mind in the wake of a violent robbery attempt near his home. The op-ed begins with this: It's funny how a gun can in stantly change your perspective on things, make you wish you could...

ABC's 20/20 debunks myth that gun control reduces crime

12:10am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Given the typically uninformed and sometimes biased coverage of guns, gun crimes, and potential gun legislation, it can be extremely difficult for gun owners to read the newspaper or watch the television. But once in a while, a journalist shines through - not because they are pro-gun, but because they are fair. They weigh the facts and report the story. On the print side, the Cleveland Plain...

Op-Ed: Gun-free zones are fatal mistakes

12:05am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
By Dave Workman Reacting to questions from reporters about how to prevent future outrages like the murders of 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech on April 16, Texas Gov. Rick Perry dispelled any notion that common sense has been eradicated by political correctness in the United States. Perry's sensible solution: Allow legally armed citizens to carry their defensive firearms anywhere --...

Time for the sun to set on the Culture of Sheep

12:15am Tuesday, May 15, 2007
By Tim Inwood My first memory of encountering the “anti-self defense culture”, which I call the “culture of sheep”, was a cold morning in January 1975. I was in the sixth grade and was riding the school bus. Suddenly, another student sitting in the seat ahead of me turned and began striking me. This was completely unprovoked. Naturally I struck back in defense. The bus driver separated us and...

LTE: Conceal-carry was factor in stopping attack

12:05am Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The following letter was written in response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor by a gun ban extremist who attempted to mislead readers about two well-known cases of armed citizens stopping mass murderers during school shootings. May 11, 2007 Columbus Dispatch Michael Holloway's Tuesday letter "Little evidence guns make campus safer," responding to an earlier op-ed, was filled with...

SAF Leadership Conference better arms Regional Activists

10:51pm Monday, May 14, 2007
The Second Amendment Foundation held a leadership training conference on Saturday, May 12 at the Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky. This is also site of the 2007 Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) that will be held October 5-7. The event brought together leaders and activists from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana to network, share ideas, and learn from the experience and...

Self Defense Against Rogue Statistics

12:10am Monday, May 14, 2007
by Dean Rieck Mark Twain is often quoted as saying, “There are three types of lies - lies, damn lies, and statistics.” That’s another way of saying that while statistics are useful, they can be slippery. Much of the problem with statistics is ignorance about how they are created and what they mean. However, many people, including some anti-gun zealots, purposely misuse statistics, especially...

Gun licenses safe choice

12:05am Monday, May 14, 2007
By Karl Spaulding When Florida liberalized its restrictive and disjointed system of concealed carry laws in 1987, many states followed suit. In each case, naysayers predicted everything from "blood in the streets" to "parking lot shootouts." Just as regularly, after each state changed the law to allow more law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns, the results were peacefully anticlimactic...

Lunch wagon driver defends life when armed robbers attack

12:18pm Saturday, May 12, 2007
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a Hamilton County business man and CHL-holder was able to defend his life when attacked by two armed robbers. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati police Lt. Chris Matzen said two men tried to rob the driver of the lunch wagon at Millsdale Street at Curzon Avenue, just west of Anthony Wayne Avenue. During the attempted robbery, one suspect fired shots...

College professor tells OU students tragic event to change his viewpoint on guns

12:10am Friday, May 11, 2007
The Athens (OH) News reported earlier this week that, as a part of Firearms Awareness Week, the Ohio University Second Amendment Club hosted University of North Carolina Wilmington criminology professor Mike Adams as a guest speaker. Adams is a regular columnist for conservative news and opinion Web site Townhall.com. From the story: A criminology professor from North Carolina last Thursday told...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: And so it Begins.....Again

12:05am Friday, May 11, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... And so it Begins...

Officers volunteer to protect CHL-holder; Some politicians still don't get it

11:36am Thursday, May 10, 2007
By Chad D. Baus NewsChannel5 (ABC Cleveland) is reporting that police officers will volunteer their time to protect an Ohio CHL-holder who shot and killed an armed 15-year-old who was attempting to rob him. Since the April 21 shooting, the CHL-holder's home has been vandalized by friends of the dead robber, who already had a criminal record. Both Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett and...

Mindset – the key to winning a deadly encounter

12:10am Thursday, May 10, 2007
By Jim Irvine There are many components that go into winning a violent encounter; having the proper tools at hand, shooting ability, physical conditioning, tactics and all the particulars of the specific incident. But the most important aspect may be mindset. Having the pre-determined mindset that you will not be a victim, that you will win against any attacker, at any time, any place, and any...

Plain Dealer LTEs: Guns in the wrongs hands - and the right ones

12:05am Thursday, May 10, 2007
The Cleveland Plain Dealer has published several letters to the editor in response to its April 29 story entitled "Gun advocates: Statistics are inadequate" and to the continued discussion over the latest Ohio CHL-holder to defend his own life when attacked. Getting to the source of delinquents' angst? I see very little difference between the young criminal who was recently killed in Mount...

American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) tries to bully the NRA

12:10am Wednesday, May 09, 2007
By Larry S. Moore American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) is clearly a master at the imitation game. As reported by Dave Workman in Gun Week on May 1, the organization rode into St. Louis on the coattails of the NRA Convention using the same type of deception the organization is known for in attempting to lure NRA members to their organization. The information all came to light when AHSA...

D.C. Gun Ban Update: U.S. Court of Appeals declines request to rehear case

12:05am Wednesday, May 09, 2007
NEWS RELEASE SAF SAYS D.C. CIRCUIT DENIAL ON RE-HEARING OF PARKER CASE WAS RIGHT BELLEVUE, WA – This morning’s decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to deny a petition from the District of Columbia for a hearing of Parker v. District of Columbia before the full court was “right and proper,” said Alan M. Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation. “This is a...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

11:53pm Tuesday, May 08, 2007
By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a robbery to a gun show without guns, these articles should be a part of your required reading! Click on the "Read...

It's time for another Plain Dealer Pulitzer: Self-defense commentary continues

12:10am Tuesday, May 08, 2007
More to be learned from latest Regina Brett columns By Chad D. Baus In 2004, ultra-liberal Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Connie Schultz (wife of Sherrod Brown, the recently-elected anti-gun U.S. Senator from Ohio) was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for commentary that, among other things, bashed Ohio CHL-holders as "Dirty Harry wannabe's". Schultz wrote the following commentary just days after Ohio...

Answering The Brady Center...Again: Academic Freedom and Guns DO Mix

12:05am Tuesday, May 08, 2007
By John Longenecker Because Freedom and Guns mix. They mix because they are the lethal force which backs citizen authority. Speaking of academic, the non-profit Brady Center hasn't learned about Freedom, if their May 3rd, 2007 release is any indication. The Center interferes with American Freedom as it claims to operate in the public interest making the argument against Freedom.

''I Thought This Would Never Happen to Me''

12:10am Monday, May 07, 2007
Real-life lessons from real-life threats to a retired man’s life By Bob Harsanje I liked Skip from the first time we shook hands. He’s a not so very tall man, but sports a physique a 40 year old would pretend to not envy. There’s a friendly but knowing twinkle in his eye that tips you off he’s experienced life from many perspectives. You’re not going to fool Skip. He’s been around. He’s tough. He...

4 myths of gun control shredded

12:10am Friday, May 04, 2007
By Jay Ambrose If Seung-Hui Cho hadn't gotten his hands on two semiautomatic pistols, he wouldn't have been able to slay 32 students and others, say some gun-control advocates who really ought to learn about Andrew Kehoe, who didn't stop at 32. In the deadliest violence inside a school ever in America, Kehoe killed 45 people, mostly children, and guns had nothing to do with it. It was 1927 in the...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Too Much or Too Little Training

12:05am Friday, May 04, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... Too Much or Too...

Acting Director of ATF: Don't buy Bloomberg claims about firearms trace data

10:16am Thursday, May 03, 2007
By Michael J. Sullivan During the past several weeks, numerous questions and articles have arisen in the media, regarding the ability of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to share firearms trace data among members of the law-enforcement community. With the recent tragic events surrounding the senseless criminal use of firearms; I felt the need to clarify this important issue...

A Criminal Mind

12:15am Thursday, May 03, 2007
By Jim Irvine Many people find the brutality of criminals “surprising” or “shocking.” Their behavior makes complete sense to those who understand the criminal mind. Most people understand that the lion choosing its prey looks for the young, the old, or the sick or injured when deciding which animal to “cut from the herd.” They never single out the biggest and strongest. This is normal behavior...

National FOP President: Don't buy Bloomberg claims about firearms trace data

12:10am Thursday, May 03, 2007
The Wichita Eagle By Chuck Canterbury Some of America's mayors, led by Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York City and Thomas M. Menino of Boston, would like you to believe that their Mayors Against Illegal Guns Coalition is about fighting illegal firearms in their cities and across the country. It's not. The principal goal of this coalition is the repeal of language that has repeatedly been passed...

Cleveland Mayor: Armed robber is a 'victim'

12:10am Wednesday, May 02, 2007
By Chad D. Baus On March 14, 2007, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced that he was going to spend precious taxpayer money to sue the State of Ohio over its decision to make all gun laws in the state uniform. Jackson also informed citizens that he would continue to enforce the local gun control laws - laws which he claimed were necessary to protect the children of his city. On April 22 the...

Note to Blade's Dan Simpson: There are some more Amendments after the First

12:05am Wednesday, May 02, 2007
The Toledo Blade has published a number of pro-gun letters in response to editorial board member Dan Simpson's recent tirade against the United States Constitution. Click 'Read More' for the letters, including two the Blade refused to print. Did columnist forget about Constitution? Having just read Dan Simpson's April 25 column on the disarming of America, I can only think of one question: Where...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:03am Wednesday, May 02, 2007
By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a dog attack in a park to a gun accident, these articles should be a part of your required reading! Click on the "...

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