Education

Columbus Mayor Coleman trots out Mayors Against Illegal Guns "study" in latest call to overturn preemption law

7:00am Wednesday, September 29, 2010
by Chad D. Baus and Ken Hanson A report released by billionaire New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control front group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), has received excessive coverage from its willing friends in the media this week, and is being used by Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman as "proof" of the need to overturn Ohio's statewide preemption law that prohibits city governments from...

Good Samaritan couple with Ohio concealed carry licenses stop beating

3:00pm Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Cleveland area media are reporting that Wadsworth police are crediting a gun-carrying couple for helping them catch a man who was allegedly beating his girlfriend in a parking lot in front of her two small children. From NewsChannel5 (Cleveland's ABC affiliate) : Officers said the couple pulled into the Wadsworth McDonald's on High Street Sunday and saw a man hitting a woman in another vehicle...

Vote your conscience

3:00pm Tuesday, September 21, 2010
by Jeff Knox I've told this story before, but I think it's worth repeating. I started carrying on a regular basis over 25 years ago while I was a college student in Prescott, Arizona. I rented a room in the back of Bucky O'Neill Sporting Goods and worked part-time for J. & G. Sales, the firearms wholesaler. Guns had always been an important part of my life and that was especially true in...

More Evidence That More Guns Equals Less Crime

7:00am Tuesday, September 21, 2010
by Don Kates (reprinted with permission) In 1997 University of Chicago economists John Lott and David Mustard published comprehensive data which showed that in the preceding 25 years in which more and more states had enacted laws requiring police to license all sane and non-criminal applicants to carry concealed weapons (CCW laws) violent crime had sharply fallen in those states. Lott &...

Killer Empowerment Zones

3:00pm Monday, September 20, 2010
Editor's Note: This article first appeared at www.spartancops.com , and is being republished with permission of the author. by Ron Borsch The November 5th 2009 Ft. Hood TX rapid mass murder incident, as tragic as it was, should have some resultant positive ripple effects. The extended coverage time in the media commanded public attention toward two important areas that were previously not made...

Portman campaign issues Second Amendment-related campaign flyer

7:00am Friday, September 17, 2010
by Chad D. Baus Rob Portman, former Congressman and current Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, has begun distributing literature designed to inform voters about his record on the issue of gun rights. The flyer begins by pointing out Portman's strong history of support for Second Amendment-related issues, and grading resume from than National Rifle Association over his entire 12 years in...

Success marks 2nd anniversary of Castle Doctrine in Ohio; More work to be done

3:00pm Thursday, September 16, 2010
by Gerard Valentino Two years ago Ohio enacted Castle Doctrine self-defense reform despite the opposition of nearly all the mainstream media outlets and anti-gun forces statewide. The law returned the presumption of innocence to law-abiding citizens if they use deadly force after someone unlawfully enters their home, car or place of business. Once again the anti-gun coalitions predicted that law-...

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