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Obama Administration to Sign U.N. Arms Trade Treaty "In the Very Near Future"

3:00pm Monday, May 20, 2013

As we reported last month, on April 2, the United Nations General Assembly voted 153-4 to pass the Arms Trade Treaty, with the United States voting in favor and several countries abstaining. The vote in the General Assembly pushed the treaty process forward after negotiations twice failed to deliver on the goal of developing the treaty by consensus. The Obama Administration is expected to sign...

3D Printing is Way Scarier Than Plastic Guns

7:00am Saturday, May 18, 2013

Editor's Note: Today's feature is reproduced with permission from http://www.shellypalmer.com/2013/05/3d-printing-is-way-scarier-than-plas... . We might not agree with Shelly's characterization of printing guns as the "dark side of the technology" but we agree wholeheartedly with his description and assessment on the future of 3D printing. by Shelly Palmer Ever the publicity hound, Sen. Chuck...

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The Terrorists Won in Boston

3:00pm Friday, May 17, 2013

by Jeff Knox That demented, hate-filled terrorists could build bombs and detonate them in a crowded public place should not have come as news to anyone. That's what terrorists have been doing around the world for decades - centuries. That it could be done in the U.S. by people we had welcomed with open arms, should also have been no surprise. Islamist extremists have been promising, and...

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Attorney General Mike DeWine denies backing away from comments made in support of arming school employees

7:00am Friday, May 17, 2013

by Chad D. Baus and Jim Irvine This week, an Associated Press article by Julie Carr Smyth, entitled " Ohio's state school board urged not to arm teachers ," hit the wires and shot around the state and across the country. The article is making waves because, according to Carr Smyth, Attorney General Mike DeWine made comments at a State Board of Education meeting that go against his previously-...

Firearm Safety and Conservation Are Topics of Free Video-for-Schools Campaign from NSSF®

3:00pm Thursday, May 16, 2013

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation® has launched its annual nationwide offer to schools nationwide to receive--free of charge--educational videos that teach children about firearm safety and wildlife conservation. NSSF, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry, has been a leader in firearm safety and conservation education for...

Rep. Bob Hagan's gun control bill exposes impotence of "protection orders" and need for victim education

7:00am Thursday, May 16, 2013

by Chad D. Baus State Representative Bob Hagan (D), who recently announced that his candidacy for U.S. Senate is grounded in his anger that Sen. Rob Portman (R) stood up for gun owners' constitutional rights in recent votes against gun control, has apparently figured out that support for gun control is his ticket to gaining media attention for his fledgling candidacy. This week, Hagan introduced...

Op-Ed: Accidents Don’t Happen

3:00pm Wednesday, May 15, 2013

by C. D. Michel Teaching Americans gun safety is like teaching politicians how to lie. It comes naturally. Despite the National Rifle Association (NRA)’s high profile political activities, gun safety training and marksmanship comprise the overwhelming majority of its activities. Roughly 80% of its budget goes to these types of programs. Gun control organizations, recognizing a way to rebuild...

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Letters of gratitude for Sen. Rob Portman's pro-gun votes pour in

7:00am Wednesday, May 15, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Last week I wrote about the intense media effort to force Sen. Rob Portman into changing his vote on gun control legislation in the Senate. I pointed out that journalists, gun ban extremists and uninformed or misled letter-to-the-editor writers continued to use a discredited statistic which claimed that 91% of people preferred that that gun control bill had passed, all in an...