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Barack Obama and John Kerry: Geese of a Feather

12:05am Monday, September 15, 2008
By Gerard Valentino Barack Obama is on the campaign trail touting his support for the Second Amendment as an individual right to bear arms - a laughable assertion by a candidate who has tried to reshape himself as a moderate liberal once he secured the Democratic nomination for president. Luckily, for gun owners, Obama is more concerned with power than policy so he is unlikely to go after guns...

Philly police chief trains people to be sheep; Complains when they won't fight a wolf

12:10am Friday, September 12, 2008
By Jeff Riley On Sept 10th, 2008 I watched in dumbfounded amazement a Today Show news report covering the vicious beating of an unarmed man on the Philadelphia subway. The victim was attacked by a man wielding a hammer and took place over a 5 minute period all the while approximately ten onlookers watched but did not intervene. The surveillance video shows the attacker placing a young boy in a...

The Colt that got away

12:05am Friday, September 12, 2008
By Tim Inwood Recently at a gun show, I was looking over an old US service 1911 .45 pistol. Its serial number was low and the gun itself in only fair condition. The seller said the previous owner claimed the gun had been used in the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916. This comment brought back a flood of memories about why I have an interest in these early Colts. When I was a boy, we would...

"No-guns" DQ employees pistol-whipped, shot trying to follow robber's orders

12:10am Thursday, September 11, 2008
By Chad D. Baus The same anti-self-defense crowd that encourages businesses to post "no-guns" signs as a means of promoting "safety" is also fond of saying that the best way to avoid being hurt by a criminal is to just give them what they want, and wait for the police to get there. But once again, persons forced to work in the gun ban extremists' version of a "safe working environment" have found...

Leftist blog calls on Obama to bring gun control back to the campaign trail

12:05am Thursday, September 11, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Even while former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama seeks to cover up his anti-gun past with empty platitudes about an individual right to bear arms that can be "common-sense" limited into oblivion, and while his supporters attempted to make the case that the Supreme Court's ruling on D.C. v. Heller made “Guns a Non-Issue” in the Presidential campaign , there is at least...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:05pm Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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 church shooting to a gun accident, these articles should be a part of your required reading! What follows is...

Ohio elitists react to Castle Doctrine: "Innocent until proven guilty", OH MY!

12:05am Wednesday, September 10, 2008
By Chad D. Baus When is "innocent until proven guilty" a controversial concept? When is an Ohio law designed to protect a homeowner protecting themselves from an intruder interpreted a license for drug dealers to murder one another? And when are self-defense advocates and rank-and-file cops described as saying it's ok to shoot first and ask questions later? When you are a reporter for the...

“It's on the other foot now!”

12:05am Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Dear Mr. or Ms. Bad Person, The time has finally come that the “shoe is on the other foot”. For many, many years it was my responsibility to prove myself “justified” in using lethal force when you broke into my castle in the wee hours of the night. If you were injured, maimed, or even killed while you performed your illegal activities, you or your family could sue me personally for your injuries...

CAUTION: Erroneous media reports on Ohio Castle Doctrine implementation

1:14pm Monday, September 08, 2008
The Cincinnati Enquirer has published a poorly-worded and erroneous article about the implementation of Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, Senate Bill 184, and the Associated Press wire service has picked up the story and replicated a significant error at news outlets across the state and beyond. From the original Enquirer story , by Jennifer Baker: Changes take effect Monday that will make it easier...

Twelve Minutes

12:10am Monday, September 08, 2008
By Gerard Valentino Imagine what you can do with twelve minutes of your life. For some, the time is spent making a call to check on their mother, for others, it’s a quick smoke break while at work. One deranged murderer used his time to kill twenty people and wound twenty-one others. Just twelve minutes changed the life of at least one hundred people in the Killen, Texas Luby’s restaurant, and...

Beretta Group Pledges $1 million to Benefit the NRA-ILA and Civil Rights Defense Fund

12:05am Monday, September 08, 2008
New Pledge Brings Beretta’s Support to over $2 million The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced that the Beretta Group of companies, led by Beretta U.S.A., Benelli U.S.A., and Burris in the United States have pledged to give the NRA $1 million over the next five years. This gift will benefit the NRA Institute for Legislative Action and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund’s litigation...

Morale problem solved: Sarah invigorates army of pro-gun voters

12:10am Friday, September 05, 2008
By Chad D. Baus She didn't raise a musket above her head during her speech at the Republican National Convention, and there have not (yet?) been cries of "from my cold dead hands" on the campaign trail, but for all the renewed enthusiasm among the pro-gun voting block, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin might as well have done both. Many Americans are coming to the realization that Sarah Palin is truly...

My Two Cents In A Multi-Million Dollar Campaign For President

12:05am Friday, September 05, 2008
By John Longenecker Something for non-gun owner voters to understand about candidates' views on guns and a new ticket...a real new ticket. The subject came up in the Democrat Convention, 2008. The Democrat view of banning guns will never touch crime, because it focuses on the iron and not the behavior of criminals. It profoundly ties the hands of victims to respond, and this results in scarring...

Poll proves strong American majority opposes Obama's position on guns

12:10am Thursday, September 04, 2008
By Chad D. Baus According to an Associated Television News/ Zogby poll, a strong majority of likely voters disagree with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on firearms and self-defense related issues, and that the opposition to Obama's stance on these issues is widespread across multiple demographics.

Safety Begins in the Home – Your Home

12:05am Thursday, September 04, 2008
By Gerard Valentino As we inch towards another anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the cowardly attack on Beslan School Number 1 in Russia, we have to wonder what the world has learned in the intervening years. In America, partisan bickering continues over the future in Iraq, and in Russia borders skirmishes continue over disputed provinces of the Republic of Georgia. Hollywood has deemed...

SB184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine law, takes effect

2:49pm Wednesday, September 03, 2008
John Hohenwarter-NRA, Gov. Strickland, Ken Hanson-BFA at SB184 signing ceremony CAUTION: Erroneous media reports on Castle Doctrine implementation The bill Gov. Ted Strickland calls “common-sense legislation”, establishes Castle Doctrine in Ohio and clears up ambiguous sections of Ohio's concealed carry law goes into effect September 9, 2008. Castle Doctrine is arguably the most important part of...

The McCain-Palin ticket: A good choice for gun owners

12:10am Tuesday, September 02, 2008
By Tim Inwood This has been a most unusual political year for me--unusual in that I was having trouble working up real enthusiasm for the Republican nominee after the primary season, as I thrive on politics. But I had little joy this time. I will confess John McCain was not my first pick, nor even my second or third choice, in the primary process. His record on guns has not been good enough for...

Lott Op-Ed: Obama's gun ban rhetoric - For it before being against it, now no longer for it

12:05am Tuesday, September 02, 2008
By John R. Lott Jr. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign just won't let the gun issue rest. Mr. Obama and his campaign surrogates continue to assure gun owners that he is on their side, and it appears to be paying off. John McCain only leads Mr. Obama among hunters by 14 percentage points, just about half the 27-point lead that President Bush held over John Kerry in 2004. If Mr. McCain had a similar lead...

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