Gun Grabbers

Around the country, gun owners stop potential mass murder; Here in Ohio, more violence in places where guns are banned

7:00am Thursday, December 27, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Nearly two weeks later, the nation is talking about the horrific deaths in a "gun-free" zone in Connecticut. In their arguments for the creation of more and more "no-guns" zones (more appropriately termed "victim zones"), gun rights opponents like to make claims such as college students having a "right to a gun-free" campus, and that the public has a "right to know" who has a gun...

Amidst Tragedy, Logic and Reason Must Prevail

3:00pm Wednesday, December 26, 2012
by Tim Inwood Like all of you I was reeling for days over the horror of what happened in Newtown, Connecticut. The victims for the most part were so young, so innocent. There is no reason to bother to try to rationalize what this lunatic did as it was evil and insane. As a parent my deepest sympathies and condolences go out to the families suffering at what should have been a happy time of year...

Transcript of NRA Press Conference: "The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun."

1:17pm Friday, December 21, 2012
WAYNE LAPIERRE The National Rifle Association's 4 million mothers, fathers, sons and daughters join the nation in horror, outrage, grief and earnest prayer for the families of Newtown, Connecticut … who suffered such incomprehensible loss as a result of this unspeakable crime. Out of respect for those grieving families, and until the facts are known, the NRA has refrained from comment. While some...

Op-Ed: Guns, Mental Illness and Newtown

7:00am Thursday, December 20, 2012
There were 18 random mass shootings in the 1980s, 54 in the 1990s, and 87 in the 2000s. by David Kopel Has the rate of random mass shootings in the United States increased? Over the past 30 years, the answer is definitely yes. It is also true that the total U.S. homicide rate has fallen by over half since 1980, and the gun homicide rate has fallen along with it. Today, Americans are safer from...

Across the nation and around the world: BFA brings facts to an extremely emotional nation following Connecticut killings

7:00am Wednesday, December 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the Auroro, CO "no-guns" theater shooting, Buckeye Firearms Association published an article entitled " How long is too long to wait to defend the Second Amendment? ," in which we discussed the dilemma we face each time another deranged lunatic decides to murder as many people as they can in a "no-guns" zone. In the article, I outlined how the media and gun control...

Op-Ed: I am Adam Lanza’s Mother

3:00pm Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Friday's horrific national tragedy, the murder of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, has ignited a new discussion on violence in America. Liza Long, a writer based in Boise, says it's easy to talk about guns. But it's time to talk about mental illness. by Liza Long Three days before 20 year-old Adam Lanza killed his mother, then opened fire on a...

Headline: Kasich Will Not Delay Signing Of New Gun Bill

7:00am Tuesday, December 18, 2012
by Chad D. Baus WBNS (CBS Columbus) is reporting that Gov. John Kasich said he will sign House Bill 495, even after calls on him to postpone his decision in wake of the Connecticut shooting. The liberal group Progress Ohio, possibly acting as a mouthpiece for Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns , had requested Kasich hold off signing the law. From the article : "I'm a Second Amendment...

Bloomberg’s “Mayors Against Illegal Guns” Has Barely-Bipartisan Support in Ohio

3:00pm Monday, December 17, 2012
by Jesse Hathaway The "bipartisan" support claimed by Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), a national coalition of more than 700 mostly progressive mayors, is slim and dwindling in Ohio. MAIG, founded by anti-Second Amendment New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, has coordinated with leftist groups and staffers in Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office to target Ohioans' gun rights. Between 2009...

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