Guns in the News

Toledo Blade editors wish recent robbery victims had been unarmed

7:00am Tuesday, March 23, 2010
By Gerard Valentino The Ohio media's opposition stance on changing laws to protect innocent people was inexplicable, until now. In the wake of two separate incidents recently where Toledo retail store workers used firearms to defend against armed robbers, The Toledo Blade has finally come right out and said that society would be a better place if criminals, not honest people, had the upper hand...

Early opponents to SB239 singing the same tired song

3:00pm Friday, March 19, 2010
By Chad D. Baus Many of the usual characters have come out with early opposition to SB239, Ohio's restaurant carry and car carry reform bill . But after years of hearing the same old, tired warnings, and years of experience which prove their predictions false, I'm hopeful their predictably dire warnings, some of which are outlined below, will be given much less attention in the Statehouse this...

FLASH: SB239 assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice

9:18pm Thursday, March 18, 2010
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that SB239, introduced this week by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer 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 license holder must transport a firearm in a car, has received a committee assignment.

When it came time to cover a Second Amendment story, this reporter decided it was time to face her fear of guns

7:00am Thursday, March 18, 2010
I had a good time learning about guns and I had an even better time using them, but I knew I hadn't yet conquered all my fears. ...It may take me years to understand that fear, but I know now that I am not afraid of guns. - Anne Adoryan, Real Law Radio By Chad D. Baus All too often, it is apparent in news articles involving the Second Amendment, guns, concealed carry, hunting and shooting rights...

Ohio's lone gun ban lobbyist says "this whole fear thing" is to blame for record increase in CCW licenses

3:00pm Wednesday, March 17, 2010
By Gerard Valentino & Chad D. Baus Despite suffering legislative loss after legislative loss over the past several years, Toby Hoover, seemingly the lone voice of Ohio's anti-gun movement, continues her crusade to destroy gun rights in Ohio. In her most recent comments, published by the Mansfield News , Hoover accused the pro-gun movement of using a culture of fear to foist concealed carry on...

This OSU student understands what too few state legislators do: It's time to allow CCW on campus

4:00pm Tuesday, March 16, 2010
A recent spate of crime on the campus The Ohio State University has brought the question of campus security once again to the forefront. And a letter to the editor of the OSU Lantern reveals that at least one college student has a better grasp on the problem than many legislators who spend their time just down the road from his campus.

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