Guns in the News

Would-be robber shot by potential victim

3:00pm Wednesday, July 28, 2010
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a man was fatally shot Sunday while trying to rob someone in a North Side parking lot. From the article : Shawn Mitchell, 23, died behind 6121 Zumstein Dr. after being shot about 5a.m. Police said Mitchell was trying to rob a person in a parked car and was shot by that person. Police would not name the shooter but said evidence in the case will be given to...

Provenance of anti-gun Lee Fisher quote undetermined; Fisher's record as anti-gun politican is fact

8:03am Monday, July 26, 2010
by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer , in partnership with PolitiFact.com, has begun a new series "addressing the claims, ads and statements of players in the political world." According to the newspaper, "political reporters, assisted by news researchers at times, will review the bills and statistics that are cited. They'll examine data and studies to see if they back up the claims, and...

Tight budgets and fewer cops; time for citizens to 'arm up'

7:00am Friday, July 23, 2010
By Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman Plunging government revenues may have the unintended consequence - so far as tax-and-spend (and spend some more) public officials are concerned - of reminding people that we are ultimately responsible for our own safety. The pie plate is empty and inevitable cutbacks in important public services, including law enforcement, are on the horizon. It is already...

Let's Face It, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley Wants to Ban Guns, All Guns

3:00pm Tuesday, July 20, 2010
by John Lott As always, gun control proponents say they merely want "reasonable" gun control laws. Yet, when listing the actual laws they favor, they go well beyond what most people would possibly consider "reasonable." Just look at the gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C. that local politicians and gun control organizations such as the Brady Campaign and the Violence Policy Center have...

City of Franklin, OH considers enacting gun control laws, decides otherwise after residents show up in force

8:52am Monday, July 19, 2010
Akron's South Side Leader is reporting that despite pressure from one local resident, the City of New Franklin's council has decided not to make any changes to gun control laws in the city. The newspaper reports the decision was announced July 7 after Council members heard from a room packed with people who came out to support the gun laws as they stand. From the article : Currently, the city...

NRA Supporting Chicago Residents New Suit Against Mayor Richard Daley and the City of Chicago

3:00pm Friday, July 16, 2010
The National Rifle Association is supporting a lawsuit against Mayor Richard Daley and the City of Chicago's newly adopted gun control ordinance, which violates the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling in McDonald v. City of Chicago . Last Friday [July 2], the City Council rushed through passage of this ordinance in response to the Court's June 28th decision rendering Chicago's draconian handgun...

Democrats mistaken to think Supreme Court ruling took guns off the table in 2010 election

7:00am Friday, July 16, 2010
by Chad D. Baus As the dust begins to settle on the historic McDonald v. Chicago Supreme Court ruling, the analysis of the political fallout has begun in earnest. One opinion piece, scurrilously mislabeled as a "news article" by The Politico , deserves some attention. According to a June 29 article by Kasie Hunt, entitled " Democrats quietly cheer high court gun ruling ", Democrats "won the day...

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