Gun Grabbers

Cleveland Mayor: Armed robber is a 'victim'

By Chad D. Baus On March 14, 2007, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced that he was going to spend precious taxpayer money to sue the State of Ohio over its decision to make all gun laws in the state uniform. Jackson also informed citizens that he would continue to enforce the local gun control laws - laws which he claimed were necessary to protect the children of his city. On April 22 the...

As predicted: Ohio gun ban extremist screams ''It's all about the guns!''

In the hours after the massacre at Virginia Tech, we predicted that "in the coming days, gun control groups like the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, the Brady Bunch and the Joyce Foundation's Gun Guys, will be calling for tighter gun control measures as a result of this massacre." It didn't take days. In fact, gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman...

Op-Ed: May I Be Frank?

By David Codrea GUNS Magazine I do not carry guns on planes, I carry two guns,” Jackson, Miss., Mayor Frank Melton told WLBT Channel 3 reporters, according to the Jackson Free Press, which related the mayor “admitting that he had carried a weapon on almost every commercial flight for years.” “Melton has … been asked to no longer fly armed,” The Clarion Ledger attributed to “a federal...

Are today's criminals smarter than journalists?

By Chad D. Baus Before the media access loophole was inserted into Ohio's Concealed Handgun License law by Governor Taft as an 11th hour poison pill, legislators in Ohio were warned that newspapers would abuse the law and publish entire lists of concealed handgun license-holders. They were also warned that such lists could then be exploited by criminals wishing to steal firearms, and that...

A Church and the Second Amendment

By Ed Killoran Earlier this month I heard about a “discussion” of Second Amendment gun rights to be held March 20 at St. John’s Church in downtown Columbus. From the church’s website : “What is the Role of Guns in America Today? Join us for this provocative discussion as we explore the issue of gun control versus ownership rights.” and “Come separate fact from fiction and rhetoric from reality.”...

Ten Threats To Our Ohio Gun Rights In 2007

By Alex Payton In August of 2006, the Buckeye Firearms Association produced a list of ten people who are threatening your Ohio gun rights. Since then, Ohio gun owners successfully passed HB347 and helped elect several pro-gun candidates. To some degree, all of the people who were previously listed are still threatening your Ohio gun rights, but there are now new threats that need to be addressed...

Repeal the 2nd Amendment? The anti-gun left in panic over the Parker decision

By Tim Inwood This March has been wonderful. On Wednesday the 14th the provisions of HB347 became law. I no longer have to wrinkle my clothes trying to comply with the silly open carry provision in my car. That delighted me. But days before that, the great news came that the DC Circuit Court had finally issued a ruling in the Shelly Parker case , a ruling that turned out just as I had hoped it...

NBC Cleveland: City Police do not support Mayor's defiance of state law

Toledo and Columbus no longer enforcing failed local gun control laws On Wednesday, March 14, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson announced that he would defy the will of the Ohio General Assembly as expressed in HB347 - legislation which made all firearms laws uniform across the Buckeye State. At a press conference staged at the Police Briefing Room, Jackson told reporters that he will ignore state...

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