Guns in the News

Concealed carry banned on college campuses: Increased safety or death sentence?

7:00am Friday, February 11, 2011
by Stacey Hess What was once the subject matter of fiction is now ingrained in the minds of many as concrete history. Campus shootings and violence have become a genuine concern in the lives of students, faculty and citizens across our nation today. Only several weeks into the new year, this nightmare has already become brutal reality for various Ohio college campuses. Over the course of two...

To the Editor: Professor's anti-gun column was poorly researched

7:00am Thursday, February 10, 2011
The following letter, written by Buckeye Firearms Foundation Board of Directors member Gerard Valentino, was published on February 4 in response to an anti-gun column written by a professor at Ohio University. To the Editor: Richard Scamehorn's recent anti-gun article that supposedly set the record straight on gun control was a one-sided hit piece hidden behind his academic standing. Based on his...

House committee hears sponsor testimony on HB45 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fixes)

3:00pm Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Representative Danny Bubp and Terry Johnson presented sponsor testimony for HB45 to the House Committee on State Government and Elections, chaired by Rob Mecklenborg. Representatives from Buckeye Firearms Association and the NRA were on hand and were joined by many interested media and citizens. Toby Hoover from the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence was also on hand. From the Gongwer News...

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman on guns: 'What's good for me is not good for thee'

7:00am Wednesday, February 09, 2011
by Gerard Valentino NBC News in Columbus is reporting that, while at the same time working to oppose the self-defense rights of his constituents and other Ohioans, Mayor Michael Coleman himself has used over $1 million in taxpayer funds to pay three police officers to protect him on a 24/7 basis. From the report : An NBC4 investigation finds that over the past four years, the City of Columbus has...

Formerly anti-gun Ohio newspaper editor admits "I was wrong" about concealed carry reform

7:00am Tuesday, February 08, 2011
by Chad D. Baus It took the editor of The Lorain Morning-Journal nearly seven years, but he has finally realized something Ohio's pro-self-defense rights community has always known: "[C]oncealed carry is safe for the public in general." From Morning-Journal editor Tom Skoch, in an opinion entitled " Facts top feelings, change views on gun issues ": After reading through reporter Taylor Dungjen's...

First-time gun buyers spiking in Scioto County following series of home invasions

7:00am Monday, February 07, 2011
Under Ohio's Castle Doctrine law, if someone unlawfully enters an occupied home or temporary habitation, or occupied car, citizens have an initial presumption that they may act in self defense, and will not be second-guessed by the State. Related Article : Scioto county home invasions end badly...for the criminals

Bloomberg Operating Outside NYC - Again

7:00am Wednesday, February 02, 2011
by Jim Shepherd Seems New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn't much care where he sends his officers outside their jurisdiction if it advances his anti-gun agenda. And it seems federal authorities have very little interest in slamming him for activities that would land a mere mortal in a federal penitentiary for being an accessory in a felonious act. [Earlier this week] The New York Times...

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