Report: Crime down despite overturn of city gun bans
3:00pm Monday, March 12, 2012
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Fight over Tennessee's "Employee Safe Commute bill" provides food for thought for Ohio legislators and business-owners
7:00am Monday, March 12, 2012
The following was prepared by the Tennessee Firearms Association's Legislative Action Committee. Some permit holders and firearms owners are giving pause to support of the Employee Safe Commute bill (SB3002 HB 3560). They are asking questions that some in the legislature who are true conservatives are concerned with. These legislators are not the ones opposing this legislation because Big...
Op-Ed: Disarming the Myths Promoted By the Gun Control Lobby
3:00pm Thursday, March 08, 2012
by Larry Bell As much as gun control advocates might wish otherwise, their attacks are running out of ammo. With private firearm ownership at an all-time high and violent crime rates plunging, none of the scary scenarios they advanced have materialized. Abuse of responsibility by armed citizens is rare, while successful defensive interventions against assaults on their lives and property are...
Man found with stolen gun days after weapons conviction (or "Why gun control laws are entirely impotent")
7:00am Wednesday, March 07, 2012
by Chad D. Baus WHIO (CBS Dayton) is reporting that a Dayton man, who was convicted on Tuesday, February 21 of carrying a concealed weapon without a license, was caught carrying a stolen gun just five days later. From the article : According to a Dayton Police arrest report, Mark A. Hinton, Jr., 25, was detained by security officers at Good Samaritan Hospital Sunday evening for drinking in the...
A Parent’s Guide to School Shootings
3:00pm Friday, March 02, 2012
by Greg Ellifritz I walked into the high school wearing two guns and a bullet resistant vest. I had a rifle, six spare magazines, and a ballistic helmet stashed close by in my car. It was Wednesday, April 21st 1999, the day after what had been the worst school shooting in United States history. Two high school kids had just killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher at Columbine High School...
Time to arm willing teachers to stop spree killers
7:00am Wednesday, February 29, 2012
by Jeff Thomas By now everyone has heard about the Chardon High School shooting that left three students dead and two others wounded this week. Many believed it was just a matter of time before a school shooting reached Ohio. On Monday morning it happened. This just highlights the need to arm willing teachers to serve as the last line of defense of our children. While a lot remains unknown about...
Shootings at Chardon, Ohio high school prompt calls for answers, but first we need to ask the right question
7:00am Tuesday, February 28, 2012
The most negligent, unprofessional, obscene words anyone can ever say are: "It will never happen here." - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman The nationwide media are reporting that five children have been shot at Chardon High School, and that three of the victims have died. Early reports indicate that the shooter used a .22 caliber handgun in the shooting. Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims,...
Study: "Tough Targets - When Criminals Face Armed Resistance from Citizens"
3:00pm Monday, February 27, 2012
The Cato Institute is offering a special publication by Clayton Cramer and David Burnett, which uses an extensive collection of news reports from over an eight-year period to survey the circumstances and outcomes of defensive gun uses in America. Federal and state lawmakers often oppose repealing or amending laws governing the ownership or carrying of guns. That opposition is often based on...
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