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It’s the Criminals, Stupid - Man is dead after City of Cleveland fails to get violent felon off the streets

7:00am Wednesday, August 17, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is once again reporting on gun violence in Cleveland , and once again dedicating the majority of the ink to "getting the guns off the streets" and "prevention programs." In what I am sure is an unintended omission, this article makes reference to seven people shot in a 10 day span beginning July 26, 2011. Had The Plain Dealer extended their...

SAF/SCCC "Supporting Campus Concealed Carry" Forum in Washington D.C. airs live on C-SPAN

3:00pm Tuesday, August 16, 2011
On August 8, C-SPAN televised live video of a forum hosted by two groups that support giving college students the ability to carry a concealed weapon on campus. From the article : The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) argue that colleges would be safer if students were allowed to possess firearms. "Colleges have entered into an informal alliance...

Report: Gun crimes drop at Virginia bars and restaurants

7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In the days before concealed carry became the law of the land in Ohio, opponents like the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence's Toby Hoover decried the proposed law , claiming that "If we have more use of guns, then we're going to have more people who are injured and die," and that "A person who has a gun sees danger. We will have more shootings, more accidents." During the debate...

Op-Ed: How an Imaginary Gun Saved My Life

3:00pm Monday, August 15, 2011
The following op-ed was originally published at Advocate.com . Repubilshed with permission of the author. by Jimmy LaSalvia Two years ago the federal government passed a law ostensibly aimed at preventing violent hate crimes against LGBT people. Many gay conservatives, including me, said at the time of its passage that the law would do nothing to actually prevent hate crimes. After this weekend,...

The Criminal Steering of Gun Control

3:00pm Friday, August 12, 2011
by Ron Borsch World history tells us of tyrants and dictators that have deprived the populace of their God given rights, especially the right to keep and bear arms. The Jewish Defense League ( www.JDL.org ) has advised that everywhere in World history where genocide has been committed, the genocide was always preceded by disarming the population. The party or government responsible for disarming...

Innovative, historically important "Tommy" gun born in Cleveland

3:00pm Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Cleveland Plain Dealer , in one installment of a series of articles highlighting inventions, ideas and and innovations that originated in Northeast Ohio, recently published an article noting that the Thompson submachine gun finds its origins in Cleveland. From the article : Betsy Hanak, of Concord Township, said her father, Theodore Eickhoff, who helped design the first Thompson submachine...

Castle Doctrine - it's not just for gun owners

7:00am Wednesday, August 10, 2011
by Chad D. Baus WDTN (NBC Dayton) reported recently that a man had been fatally stabbed by his girlfriend, who was at the home of her bed ridden parents when he kicked in the door. From the article : Homicide detectives are called to a Dayton home after a man is fatally stabbed, but the woman behind the knife may not be facing charges, according to police. Detectives interviewed the suspect as...

Op-ed: Responsibly protecting our right to bear arms

3:00pm Monday, August 08, 2011
Editor's Note: The following guest op-ed was originally published in The Ironton Tribune . by Terry Johnson As United States citizens, we are all endowed with certain inalienable rights, protected from government restrictions and limitations. In 1791, the Bill of Rights was adopted by our young nation, cementing our basic personal liberties. Among the most fundamental of these freedoms is the...

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