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Fearing homeowner has gun, BURGLAR dials 911

7:00am Tuesday, March 29, 2011
by Gerard Valentino According to a recent report at USAToday.com, the mere inference of an armed victim was enough to force a burglar to cower in a bathroom and then dial 911 so the police would protect him. The incident took place in Portland, Oregon and was set in motion when a hapless crook was still in the process of robbing a home when the homeowner returned. From the article : Timothy...

Law-abiding citizens respond to drug war explosion in southern Ohio by purchasing firearms and licenses to carry concealed

7:00am Friday, March 25, 2011
[Editor's Note: The following article was written by long-time leader at Buckeye Firearms Association, who lives in the area recently depicted by the media as an area where an escalating drug war has forced a "it's kill or be killed" environment.] by Rick Jones Seems the days of the unlocked front doors are gone forever! I can remember as a child in my Southern Ohio home that we, as well as many...

Celebrating the Model 1911 and Ronald Reagan

7:00am Wednesday, March 23, 2011
by Gerard Valentino This year, on March 29th, we commemorate the 100th Anniversary of the United States armed forces adoption of the Model 1911 as the general issue handgun. Since that day, whenever or wherever Americans went to war, the John Browning-designed combat masterpiece went along as well. American GI's carried the 1911 in the trenches of WWI and while storming the beaches of Normandy...

Op-Ed: Should Bans Against Carrying Concealed Weapons Be Lifted On College Campuses?

7:00am Monday, March 21, 2011
[Editor's Note: In a recent article on the subject of concealed carry on college campuses, Marietta, OH Police Capt. Jeff Waite said he wouldn't have a problem with such a measure being implemented locally because it would give people an opportunity to defend themselves. "I don't have a problem with anybody who is legally entitled to carry a gun to carry one and that would include (on) college...

Report: "It's kill or be killed" as southeastern Ohio drug violence escalates

7:00am Friday, March 18, 2011
by Chad D. Baus NBC-affiliate WSAZ, which covers southeastern Ohio, central West Virginia, and eastern Kentucky, is reporting that a man was shot and killed Thursday night after an armed robbery attempt at a Portsmouth carryout. From the report : The shooter was a store clerk, the victim -- the intruder In a city that's now ground zero in a state war on drugs, it's kill or be killed. Debbie...

In America Today, a Gun Saved a Life

7:00am Monday, March 14, 2011
Editor's Note: This commentary was also published recently at TheLandoftheFree.net . by Gerard Valentino Statistics tell us that today, somewhere in America, a gun saved someone's life. The person alive because they chose to own a gun and use it for self-defense might be a teacher, or a factory worker, or a computer programmer. Unlike the mainstream media portrayal of gun owners, they are not all...

Gun 'buy back' minister charged with kidnapping, assault

7:00am Friday, March 11, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Akron Beacon-Journal recently reported that a local minister had been charged with felonious assault, kidnapping and abduction after allegedly of speeding off in his Lexus with a repo man on hood. Falzini said that while he was standing in front of the car reporting the repossession to Akron police, Neal got inside and turned the key. "I said, 'Hey what are you doing?' And he...

Police Chief Dennis Murphy's testimony on HB45 offers stark contrast to police union's rhetoric

3:00pm Wednesday, March 09, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The chief of police of a Columbus suburb provided testifimony for HB45 on Tuesday that starkly contrasted with that provided to the House Committee on State Government and Elections by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police two weeks ago . From the Gongwer News Service: Gahanna Chief of Police Dennis Murphy said his city of 35,000 in northeast Franklin County has had zero...

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