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Gun control study fails attempt to prove myth that gun possession doesn't make you safer

12:10am Wednesday, October 14, 2009

By Eugene Volokh "Guns Did Not Protect Those Who Possessed Them from Being Shot in an Assault." So reports a press release posted at ScienceDaily.com, which also says: The study estimated that people with a gun were 4.5 times more likely to be shot in an assault than those not possessing a gun. “This study helps resolve the long-standing debate about whether guns are protective or perilous,”...

House Members Join Senators in Support of Traditional Ammunition in National Parks, Drawing Praise from Industry

12:05am Wednesday, October 14, 2009

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- A letter signed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives' Second Amendment Task Force raising important questions about the National Park Service's intent to ban the use of traditional ammunition in parks that allow hunting has been sent to Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The letter, which follows a similar message sent to Salazar by U.S. senators, was...

City of Sharonville exposes Mayor Bloomberg's lack of concern for enforcing firearms law

12:10am Tuesday, October 13, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Last Wednesday, anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg staged a press conference to announce that he had hired private investigators to attempt to make purchases at gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and claiming they had proved "just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked." One of the shows invaded by the Mayor of...

Supremes take a second look at Second Amendment rights

12:05am Tuesday, October 13, 2009

By Jeff Knox On September 30, the Supreme Court announced that they were going to review the Second Amendment case McDonald v. City of Chicago and decide whether the Second Amendment applies at the state and local level. Application of the Bill of Rights to the states has been a long and convoluted battle with the Second Amendment being the last major article left out in the cold.

Let's put a Buckeye on the NRA Board of Directors!

3:13pm Monday, October 12, 2009

We have a chance to get Ken Hanson, our legal guru and author of The Ohio Guide to Firearm Laws, on the NRA Board of Directors. Not only would this be a great honor, it would help put Ohio gun issues front and center with the most powerful pro-gun organization in the country. First, we have to get him officially nominated and we need more petition signatures. Will you help us? Here's what you...

Gun registration leads to gun confiscation

12:10am Monday, October 12, 2009

By Dean Rieck Gun control advocates see gun registration as a benign and commonsense means to create a safer society. Pro-gun advocates see gun registration as a nefarious and senseless infringement on Second Amendment rights that invariably leads to confiscation. Who is right? We are. Gun registration has always been a back door to gun confiscation. Just look at what our neighbors to the north...

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Background checks up 12.4% in September on firearm sales

12:05am Monday, October 12, 2009

Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,093,230 checks in September 2009. This figure is a 12.4 percent increase from the 973,003 reported in September 2008 and demonstrates that sale of new and used firearms are remaining strong and continuing to grow. FBI background checks are required under federal law for all individuals purchasing either...

SCOTUS Hears Arguments In Animal Cruelty Case

12:10am Friday, October 09, 2009

By Jim Shepherd "Use a scalpel, not a buzz saw," was advice offered to Congress yesterday during Supreme Court arguments regarding the Federal Depiction of Animal Cruelty Statute. The ten year old law was written to outlaw "crush videos" -dominatrix videos in which women crushed small animals with bare feet or stiletto heels, but opponents argue the law is drawn so broadly as to negatively impact...