Guns in the News

Retail stores and open carry: Responsible gun owners can knock down inaccurate stereo-types

7:00am Thursday, April 08, 2010
By Jim Irvine Across the nation, the media have been reporting on the controversy that some nationwide chains have found themselves in regarding store policy on firearms. In "Stores Land in Gun-Control Crossfire," the Wall Street Journal examines how Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other stores who allow guns are attracting law-abiding, gun-carrying customers. Best Buy spokesman Sue Nehring...

The national news' perverted priorities: Heroics ignored while villains become famous

7:00am Wednesday, April 07, 2010
By Tim Inwood Atrocities go national, but heroic news is buried. Why? For many years it has irritated me a great deal what the national media decides is worthy to become national news. On April 1, I sat reading of a drive-by shooting in my old stomping grounds, Washington D.C. In the shooting, four were killed and five were wounded. Sensational stories dealing with the misuse of firearms always...

Firearms Industry Concerned Over United Nations Request for Firearms Trace Data

7:00am Tuesday, April 06, 2010
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – has learned that the United Nations has filed its first firearms trace request . The move by the United Nations, which has long advocated for civilian disarmament, raised concerns from the NSSF. "Firearms trace data is a law enforcement tool to help aid in specific criminal investigations," said...

This is How Freedom Died – By Choice

7:00am Monday, April 05, 2010
By Gerard Valentino Two stories that any liberty-minded American should know about sneaked by unnoticed last week because of the overwhelming negative reaction to the health care debacle. Both were indicative of how little value some Americans put on their personal freedom and how some people are willing to turn over their well-being to the government, instead of taking responsibility for their...

Man shoots sex offender attempting home invasion; Columbus Dispatch describes aggressor as "victim"

3:00pm Friday, April 02, 2010
By Gerard Valentino Yet another potential home invasion ended with an honest law-abiding citizen using a gun for self-defense. According to The Columbus Dispatch , a convicted sex offender was shot while trying to break into an apartment and died from his injuries. From the story : Columbus police yesterday identified the victim in a Friday night shooting on the Northeast Side as Charles R...

Forget turkeys - it's POLLING season in Ohio

7:00am Wednesday, March 31, 2010
By Chad D. Baus It's election season, which means it's polling season. A few recent surveys are worth taking note of as some Ohio gun owners begin early voting, while many others make plans to head to the polls on May 4. From a March 11 The Washington Times editorial entitled " The NRA outshoots Obama ": The National Rifle Association has a higher mean approval rating among likely voters than...

Senate committee hears testimony on SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix)

3:00pm Thursday, March 25, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association leaders were on hand Tuesday at a Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee hearing. The committee is chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), heard sponsor and proponent testimony on Senate Bill 239 , which seeks to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a...

Editorials suggest coordinated (and misguided) opposition to SB239

7:00am Wednesday, March 24, 2010
By Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine In what could be viewed as an almost-sure sign that SB239 will become law in Ohio, the state's newspapers once again appear to have coordinated their editorials in opposition to the pro-self-defense bill over the weekend, just as they did with SB184 (Ohio's Castle Doctrine law), HB347 (Ohio's statewide preemption law), and HB12 (Ohio's original concealed carry law...

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