Gun Grabbers

Canton police officer who threatened to execute concealed carry licensee is trying to get his job back

by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that notorious Canton Police Officer Daniel Harless, who was fired after being caught on his own police dash cam video last June verbally assaulting a concealed carry license holder and threatening to "execute" him, is trying to get his job back. From the article : Patrolman Daniel Harless is proceeding with the arbitration process, said Kristen...

Armed robbery at "no-guns" Applebee's

WSYX (ABC Columbus) is reporting that a gunmen held up the employees at the Applebee's on Morse Rd. near Easton about 1:45 a.m. last Wednesday. What the report doesn't mention is the fact that this Applebee's, along with others in Ohio, posted "no-guns" signs in response to the passage of Ohio's restaurant Carry bill last year. From the article : The restaurant was closed at the time when the...

Legislator: Trayvon Martin case doesn't appear to apply to Stand Your Ground law I wrote

by Rep. Dennis Baxley The tragic story of Trayvon Martin's death in Sanford, Florida has ignited a great deal of passion and concern regarding the circumstances of his death and the defense applied by the attacker, George Zimmerman. The fact that Trayvon Martin unnecessarily lost his life is troubling and an investigation into the surrounding circumstances is certainly warranted. First of all I'd...

DeWine says 2012 is final year as Ohio Republican Party chair; Will anti-gun Betty Montgomery take his place?

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Kevin DeWine, who was elected unanimously as chairman of the Ohio Republican Party in 2009 after receiving the endorsement of former chairman Bob Bennett, and who was re-elected unanimously in 2011, has announced he will not run for re-election at the end of his current two-year term, which ends in December. Despite having achieved a...

Op-Ed: If lead bullets are banned, it could compromise self-defense

by John Lott Lead poisoning from bullets? Sounds scary, but the push by the Center for Biological Diversity in a petition to the EPA is nothing new. The claim has been brought up many times, and even the EPA during anti-gun Clinton administration dismissed the fears about traditional, lead ammunition. The lead in ammunition has never been shown to produce any health hazards, but a ban would...

VIDEO: Eric Holder 1995 - We must "brainwash" people against guns

by Chad D. Baus Brietbart.com has unearthed video from a 1995 CSPAN2 broadcast which shows Eric Holder, then a U.S. attorney under President Clinton and now President Obama's Attorney General, calling for a program in America's schools and U.S. media that would "brainwash" people against guns. Holder's Department of Justice is responsible for the ATF "Fast & Furious" gun-running scandal,...

Another accidental firearm fatality prompts question yet again: Who is to blame when children have accidents with guns?

by Chad D. Baus As the editor of news content at BuckeyeFirearms.org, I peruse a great deal of gun-related news each and every day, and am usually among the first to learn of incidents involving accidental shootings. While nationwide statistics prove that at the same time gun ownership in America is at an all-time high , and firearm accident fatalities are at an all-time low (it is 3 times more...

VICTIM ZONE: Four stabbed at downtown Columbus office building

by Chad D. Baus The stabbing of four people in a downtown Columbus office building, and subsequent shooting of the knife-wielding assailant by police, has made national news headlines over the past two days. Glaringly absent from news coverage, however, is any mention of the fact that the building is a "no-guns" zone, thanks to Ohio laws which prohibit concealed carry in government buildings (the...

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