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July highest all-time for background checks on firearm sales

3:00pm Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Unadjusted data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,069,792 checks in July 2010, ranking the month the highest July for most NICS checks. This figure represents an increase of 10.7 percent over checks in July 2009. The total number of background checks reported since the beginning of NICS is 118,006,677. (FBI NICS disclaimer: These figures...

Home invasions in Dayton and Columbus end badly - for the perpetrators

7:00am Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Hamilton Journal-News is reporting that one suspected home invader is dead and another injured after the two men were shot by a resident who was trying to defend himself in Butler County's Hanover Twp. From the article : The shooting at about 1:45 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 8, left two men with multiple gunshot wounds, identified Monday as Steven Deshaun Davis, 23, of Middletown, and John Eric...

More Lead Ban Efforts Are an Assault on Our Second Amendment Rights and Freedom to Hunt

7:00am Tuesday, August 10, 2010
by Larry S. Moore More efforts are being aimed at eliminating lead - or are they simply aimed at our enjoyment of the shooting sports, fishing and outdoor recreation? Is the motivation behind the latest effort a real safety and environmental concern or is it a back-door attempt to ban firearms from our national parks? We saw efforts to roll back the right to carry in our national parks based on...

Ashtabula Co. citizens take judges' advice to heart, help county sheriff's department apprehend violent criminal

7:00am Monday, August 09, 2010
By Chad D. Baus In April, Ashtabula County Common Pleas Judge Alfred Mackey made national headlines after he advised residents to "arm themselves" in the face of severe budget cuts that have reduced the number of sheriff's deputies in the state's largest county by land area from 112 to 49, and parked all but one patrol car. Last weekend, a group of residents armed themselves and helped the...

History Channel's 'Top Shot' casting call deadline nears

3:00pm Wednesday, August 04, 2010
Show off your shooting skills with pistol, rifle and shotgun and earn a chance to win $100,000 in prizes on the History Channel's competition show "Top Shot." Producers are seeking participants with outstanding shooting skills and a big personality to take on the show's physical challenges with multiple guns. To apply, e-mail [email protected] with your name, city/state, phone number, a...

Anti-gun Columbus judge's comment elicits no outrage from sympathetic media

7:00am Wednesday, August 04, 2010
by Gerard Valentino The Columbus Dispatch ran an article this past week that included a quote which illustrates the insidious nature of the anti-gun mindset. The article in question covered the sentencing of two men who were convicted of having a gun in a bar. While letting the two convicted criminals know their fate, Common Pleas Judge John F. Bender stated: "If I had my way, handguns would be...

Washington Times: "Kagan's Snowe job on gun rights"

7:00am Monday, August 02, 2010
Obama nominee is a threat to the Second Amendment The more it looks like the Senate will confirm Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, the more gun owners should worry. Yesterday, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine became the fourth Republican to stand behind President Obama's nominee on the phony basis that Ms. Kagan supports gun rights. Mrs. Snowe explained in a press release that, "as a longtime,...

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