Don't send your other to jail: Get your concealed handgun licenses together!

By Bruce Knodel Spring is in the air and the daffodils are coming up. It is time once again to be thinking about self defense training and obtaining that CCW license you have been mulling around in your mind for the past two or three years. O.K. Now you've made up your mind, and you're going to go get the training you need to apply for an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). You may even have...

The national news' perverted priorities: Heroics ignored while villains become famous

By Tim Inwood Atrocities go national, but heroic news is buried. Why? For many years it has irritated me a great deal what the national media decides is worthy to become national news. On April 1, I sat reading of a drive-by shooting in my old stomping grounds, Washington D.C. In the shooting, four were killed and five were wounded. Sensational stories dealing with the misuse of firearms always...

Ohio Spring Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 19

Youth-only hunt set for Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18 Spring wild turkey hunting opens in all 88 Ohio counties on Monday, April 19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, May 16. "Although last year we experienced one of the poorest wild turkey hatches we have seen in recent years, good numbers of two-year-old...

Firearms Industry Concerned Over United Nations Request for Firearms Trace Data

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – has learned that the United Nations has filed its first firearms trace request . The move by the United Nations, which has long advocated for civilian disarmament, raised concerns from the NSSF. "Firearms trace data is a law enforcement tool to help aid in specific criminal investigations," said...

NSSF/Harris Survey: Support Grows for Applying 2nd Amendment to States

With the U.S. Supreme Court set to issue its decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago in a few months, a new NSSF poll conducted by Harris Interactive finds 8 in 10 Americans agree with this statement: "State and local governments are bound by law to comply with the Second Amendment." The 80 percent who indicated their support in the March 15 online survey of general population adults 18 and over...

This is How Freedom Died – By Choice

By Gerard Valentino Two stories that any liberty-minded American should know about sneaked by unnoticed last week because of the overwhelming negative reaction to the health care debacle. Both were indicative of how little value some Americans put on their personal freedom and how some people are willing to turn over their well-being to the government, instead of taking responsibility for their...

Man shoots sex offender attempting home invasion; Columbus Dispatch describes aggressor as "victim"

By Gerard Valentino Yet another potential home invasion ended with an honest law-abiding citizen using a gun for self-defense. According to The Columbus Dispatch , a convicted sex offender was shot while trying to break into an apartment and died from his injuries. From the story : Columbus police yesterday identified the victim in a Friday night shooting on the Northeast Side as Charles R...

A Tribute to Ben & Nikki Goeser

By Linda Walker One year ago today, the world lost a special man that I never had the privilege of meeting. Yet this man left a huge impact on the world after his death. On April 2, 2009, Hank Wise walked into Johnny's Sports Bar in Nashville, Tenn. He had stalked Nikki Goeser as she and her husband Ben Goeser ran their karaoke business at various clubs throughout the area. Wise had tormented...

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