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Outdoor Column: Dove season to take flight on Saturday

7:42am Friday, August 31, 2007

By D'Arcy Egan Cleveland Plain Dealer Outdoors Writer The Ohio dove hunting season opens Saturday, and veteran hunters know the more the merrier. Dove hunting on opening day is best when there are lots of hunters surround the dove fields to keep the swift-flying birds on the wing. The dove hunting fields managed by the Ohio Division of Wildlife are magnets for mourning doves and for hunters, a...

Op-Ed: More Guns, Not Less, Would Prevent Shooting Massacres

12:10am Friday, August 31, 2007

By John R. Lott, Jr. and Maxim C. Lott FOXNews.com Few tragedies make their victims feel more helpless than multiple-victim shootings. Imagine the terror: Unable to escape, simply waiting for the killer. With school starting, the April 16 attack at Virginia Tech that left 32 dead is still on many people’s minds. Some are looking for guarantees that such an attack won’t happen again. But Virginia...

CNSNews.com: Media Aim at Gun Rights with 'Loaded Coverage'

12:10am Thursday, August 30, 2007

The Cybercast News Service is reporting that, as gun-control advocates prepared to hold a "National Day of Protest Against Gun Violence" on Tuesday, a group dedicated to correcting misconceptions in the media about social conservatism and religious faith issued a study claiming that news outlets regularly "take potshots" at rights provided by the Second Amendment. Click 'Read More' for details...

Former Attorney General Petro to run for state Supreme Court in 2010

12:10am Wednesday, August 29, 2007

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Northeast Ohio native and former Attorney General, Jim Petro, has set his sights on becoming Ohio's next Supreme Court chief justice. From the story : Party leaders, including U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, had urged Petro, a moderate Republican who made an unsuccessful bid for governor in 2006, to run next year for a seat being...

Ohio Sheriff: Concealed carry works for citizens

12:05am Wednesday, August 29, 2007

August 28, 2007 Chillicothe Gazette By Ross Co. Sheriff Ron Nichols It was a law that had the support of politicians and law-enforcement personnel, alike, three years ago when it was enacted. The so-called "concealed carry" law gave honest citizens the right to apply for a permit to carry a concealed weapon - legally. The sheriff's office has issued hundreds of these permits, and we have yet to...

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Appropriately Suspected

12:10am Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Reprinted by permission of the National Rifle Association. By Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President National Rifle Association “Thousands Wrongly Listed on Terror Watch List”—Newsday “U.S. to Block Gun Buyers Tied To Terror”—New York Times Those two headlines tell the story of deep media duplicity. When it comes to well-placed fears over widespread errors, civil liberties abuses and injustices...

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Poll Finds 66% Of Voters Want No New Gun Laws

12:05am Tuesday, August 28, 2007

NRAILA.org A recent Zogby International poll conducted for Associated Television News found that 66% of the American voting public rejects the idea that new gun control laws are needed. The poll asked: “Which of the following two statements regarding gun control comes closer to your own opinion? Statement A: There needs to be new and tougher gun control legislation to help in the fight against...

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'Career criminals' case parking lots, drivers store valuables ripe for picking

12:10am Monday, August 27, 2007

By Chad D. Baus It's getting a bit confusing trying to come up with the reasons being offered for a crime wave in Cleveland. First anti-gun Mayor Frank Jackson pointed to a "drought" in the supply of powdered cocaine to his city that "could be to blame for a spike in certain violent crimes close to home". A week later, he decided to blame HB347 , a law which took effect in March, which acted to...