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2010 BFA endorsee Debe Terhar elected as president of the State Board of Education

3:00pm Friday, March 18, 2011
The Gongwer News Service is reporting that Debe Terhar, a 2010 Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, has been elected as president of the state board of education. From the article: The 10-9 selection of Ms. Terhar, who was elected to the panel in November, ousted previously elected Mr. Hovis, who in his eighth year on the board is the most senior member. ...The vote was conducted by the board's...

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...

February sees 13.6% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year

3:00pm Thursday, March 17, 2011
The February 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 963,746 is an increase of 13.6 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 848,036 from February 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2011 NICS figure of 1,463,138 is an increase of 18.2 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,237,617 from February 2010. The adjusted NICS data was...

NPR President and VP "Resign" After VP Calls Gun Owners "Seriously Racist"

3:00pm Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Copyright 2011, National Rifle Association of America, Institute for Legislative Action. Speaking of people who believe they are smarter than the masses, Fox News reports that National Public Radio president Vivian Schiller, already in trouble for other matters relating to political bias within the media organization, was forced to resign [last] week. Her resignation came after NPR Senior Vice-...

President Obama signals quiet surrender on gun control

7:00am Wednesday, March 16, 2011
by Ken Hanson This past Presidential election, gun owners had much cause for concern. John McCain, a lukewarm gun supporter or gun banner, depending upon the day, was running against eventual winner Obama, a former member of the Joyce Foundation board of directors, the Joyce foundation being a leading financial supporter of gun control activism. Since that time, President Obama has surprised his...

Obama officially, publicly calls for new gun control; [Update: NRA responds]

7:00am Tuesday, March 15, 2011
by Chad D. Baus On Sunday, March 13, 2011, the president of the United States began publicly call for new gun control limits against law-abiding citizens in hopes of curtailing the behavior of the lawless. Gun rights activists have known this day was coming since the day Barack Obama won his party's nomination (and since John McCain won his). In an op-ed published in the Arizona Daily Star ,...

Op-Ed: Banning guns is not the answer

3:00pm Friday, March 11, 2011
[Editor's Note: In 2006, a woman who identified herself as representing the NCJW testified against legislation which eventually codified Ohio's statewide preemption law . Just last week, the NCJW testified against HB45, Ohio's Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix legislation .] by Kenneth S. Kabb The National Council of Jewish Women's thinly disguised polemic in the article "Reforming gun safety...

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...

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