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Ohio Supremes consider Cleveland's challenge of statewide preemption of local gun control laws

11:51am Wednesday, October 13, 2010

by Chad D. Baus The Ohio Supreme Court heard arguments from the City of Cleveland in defense of the city's assault-weapons ban and registration requirement for handguns on Tuesday, as well as reasons why the State Attorney General's office says the anti-gun laws should be struck down. From The Columbus Dispatch : Cleveland officials said their local regulations would not violate a 2007 state law...

Senators to Secretary Clinton: Backdoor Gun Ban Violates Americans' Constitutional Right

7:00am Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Cornyn Leads Bipartisan Letter to Sec. Clinton on the Sale of Antique Rifles U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today led a bipartisan group of Senators including Senators Mike Enzi (R-WY), Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK), and others in sending a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, urging her to reverse the State Department's reported decision to ban the sale of surplus antique rifles from South...

Op-Ed: Guns and the Drop in the Violent Crime Rate

3:00pm Tuesday, October 12, 2010

by John Lott President Obama undoubtedly didn't intend it, but he deserves some credit for the recent report that all violent crime rates dropped in 2009, murder rates by 7.4 percent, robbery rates by 9 percent: His election caused gun sales to skyrocket, and crime rates to plummet. Gun sales started notably rising in October 2008, and sale really took off immediately after Obama won the...

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NRA-PVF releases new television/ radio ads in support of Rob Portman for U.S. Senate

7:00am Tuesday, October 12, 2010

With early voting already underway, the NRA is seeking to make sure voters are aware of pro-gun candidates running in Ohio so that they can cast their vote prior to or on November 2. To raise awareness among NRA members and pro-gun voters, the NRA Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF) is running ads across Ohio in support of Rob Portman for U.S. Senate. A 60 second radio commercial with similar...

Op-Ed: Why Gun Bans Still Don't Work

3:00pm Monday, October 11, 2010

The following op-ed appeared at FOXNews.com on September 29, the day after yet another attempted mass murder on yet another "gun-free" campus. by John Lott Yesterday's wild shooting spree at the University of Texas fortunately ended without anyone being hurt before the gunman shot himself. Naturally, the incident has yet again raised the question over gun bans, such as the ban currently in effect...

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State Supreme Court to hear preemption case this week!

7:00am Monday, October 11, 2010

The Ohio Supreme Court will hear oral arguments for an important gun rights case, City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio , tomorrow, October 12, 2010. The case came about after the Ohio General Assembly voted to override Governor Bob Taft's veto of HB347 - Ohio's "preemption" law - which codified R.C. 9.68, ensuring that firearms laws would be uniform throughout the state. The City of Cleveland...

Grassroots Activism: The Power of One

3:00pm Friday, October 08, 2010

by Jeff Knox What can I do? I'm just one person. I don't know anything about campaigning and I don't have much money. How can I impact an election in which thousands – or millions are going to be voting? I hear that a lot and the simple answer is: Pick your candidate and then do your very best to make sure that everyone you know, and everyone you meet, knows why you have picked that candidate. To...

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Springfield, Ohio man wins Springfield 1911 in second gun giveaway

7:00am Friday, October 08, 2010

Congratulations to Craig Kieffer of Springfield, Ohio, who is the winner in our second gun giveaway. As you can see from the photo, Craig is one happy gun owner. When he confirmed receipt of the firearm from his FFL, he wrote to us and said, "I went shooting over the weekend and had a helluva lot of fun with it. It's a great shooting gun." Craig is a lucky guy because this gun giveaway came with...