Guns in the News

Gun control laws fail to keep Time Square terror-bomber from purchasing a gun, yet oblivious Bloomberg demands more

7:00am Friday, May 07, 2010
By Chad D. Baus Judging by the events of the past week, it's a good thing for billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg that he uses taxpayer funds to hire others to carry guns for his protection ( even when he's visiting his mansion in the "no guns" country of Bermuda). If he carried a gun himself, he'd constantly be shooting himself in the foot. Take for example Bloomberg's reaction...

Legislation to repeal D.C. gun control laws introduced in House and Senate

7:00am Friday, April 30, 2010
By Jim Shepherd Senators Jon Tester and John McCain have introduced bipartisan legislation that would repeal most gun laws in the District of Columbia. The Second Amendment Enforcement Act, would overrule the District's deliberately complicated registration requirements and would prevent enactment of regulations that prohibit the carrying of firearms in public places. It also puts the bridle on...

Mayors Against Illegal Guns TV ads pose question for DeWine & Kasich

7:00am Thursday, April 29, 2010
By Chad D. Baus In 2009, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), the gun control front group run by billionaire New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, made news for apparently having added the names of mayors to his group without permission . In 2010, Bloomberg hopes to make news for a different reason. According to a recent MAIG press release , the gun ban group is spending more than a quarter of a...

State numbers prove vast majority of CCW licensees comply with gun laws; Ohio gun ban extremist still unsatisfied

7:00am Wednesday, April 28, 2010
By Chad D. Baus Do a few bad apples truly ruin the bunch? Do groups of people truly deserve to be judged by the very worst among them? That's exactly what anti-gun extremists do when they exploit despicable acts of violence, or point to a random example of illegal firearms misuse to support their effort to ban firearms ownership and defensive use. Recently, The Cleveland Plain Dealer published a...

City of Campbell repeals ordinance banning gun sales after residents protest

3:00pm Friday, April 23, 2010
Youngstown's NBC affiliate, WFMJ, is reporting that a Campbell city ordinance banning the sale of guns within the city has been repealed after sparking controversy among council and residents. From the story : The ordinance was originally passed in January with the intention of stopping gun shops from opening in the city. Last weekend, protesters gathered to voice their opposition to the...

LTE: Newspaper opinion on concealed handguns is antiquated

7:00am Thursday, April 22, 2010
Editor's Note: As we recently reported, there is a coordinated (and misguided) effort to oppose SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) on the editorial pages of Ohio newspapers. The following letter was published in response to a recent editorial published by several Gannett-owned newspapers. To the Editor: Your continued bias against law-abiding Ohio citizens having the basic right...

Practicing Politics: Ignoring it will make things a lot worse for gun owners

7:00am Monday, April 19, 2010
By Chris & Jeff Knox Conditions have lined up for 2010 to be the year of the perfect electoral storm. But in order to create the kind of storm the Republic needs, one that cleans out an insubordinate and defiant Congress, GunVoters and pro-rights activists need to get organized. The time to start is now. Just as my friend, noted author and radio host Dave Ramsey says about saving money, it's...

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