Buckeye Firearms' Ken Hanson discusses Ohio Supreme Court case on ONN
7:00am Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Another Ohio concealed handgun license-holder protects lives during criminals' attack
8:00am Monday, March 15, 2010
"The bad guy got it and the good guys didn't." - Mark Bilger, Toledo store owner By Chad D. Baus Toledo media are reporting that another Ohio concealed handgun license-holder has defeated an armed criminal and protected lives. Police say that at 12:30 PM on Friday afternoon, the owner of Allied Music in Toledo, who has an Ohio concealed handgun license, was forced to shoot a man who entered the...
February second highest all-time for background checks on firearm sales
7:00am Friday, March 12, 2010
Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,243,211 checks in February 2010, ranking the month the second highest February (eighth highest month overall) for most NICS checks. This figure, while being a 1.3 percent decrease from the 1,259,078 checks conducted in February 2009 -- the early stage of an ongoing surge in firearms and ammunition sales...
McDonald v. Chicago: What constitutes a win?
3:00pm Thursday, March 11, 2010
By Jim Shepherd Most of the conversational around the industry since [last] Tuesday's Supreme Court oral arguments in the McDonald v. Chicago case has been pretty optimistic. It seems a foregone conclusion that the Supreme Court will vacate both firearms restriction ordinances in Chicago and its suburb, Oak Park, lllinois. But there's been very little said about Otis McDonald, the 76-year old...
Ohio State University shooting proves need for concealed carry on campus
7:00am Thursday, March 11, 2010
By Gerard Valentino When a disgruntled employee shot two supervisors earlier this week, Ohio State University added its name to the list of educational institutions with multiple victim shootings and a policy against legal concealed carry on campus. During the debate about concealed carry in Ohio several years ago, the OSU administration took the predictable, and intellectually lazy, stance that...
FLASH: Ohio Supreme Court to hear case involving Cleveland's enforcement of illegal gun control laws
1:06pm Wednesday, March 10, 2010
The Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the city of Cleveland's ongoing fight to enforce its illegal local gun control ordinances. Last November, a three judge panel in the 8th Ohio District Court of Appeals sided with Cleveland , declaring that Ohio R.C 9.68 - which became law in 2007 with passage of HB347 to preempt local gun control and ensure statewide uniformity of gun...
Wisconsin Carry, Inc. awarded judgement against City of Racine and two Racine police officers
7:00am Wednesday, March 10, 2010
On September 9th, 2009 Wisconsin Carry member Frank Hannan-Rock of Racine was unlawfully arrested while open-carrying on the front porch of his home in Racine. On January 8th Wisconsin Carry filed a federal lawsuit against the State of Wisconsin, City of Racine, two Racine Police officers, The City of Milwaukee and one Milwaukee Police Officer. In this lawsuit we challenge the constitutionality...
McDonald v. Chicago: Deciphering Your Rights
2:00pm Tuesday, March 09, 2010
By Jeff Knox Oral arguments in the Supreme Court case of McDonald v. Chicago were an interesting show on March 2. Most of the Justices made their positions on applying the Second Amendment to the states – and what mechanism to use to do it – fairly clear from the outset. Most observers agree that the Court will declare that states must recognize a fundamental right to keep and bear arms. A...
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