Guns in the News

Is Mayor Bloomberg adding mayors to his gun control front group without permission?

12:10am Monday, September 14, 2009
By Chad D. Baus With each passing day since Walton Hills, OH Mayor Marlene Anielski notified Buckeye Firearms Association of her decision to resign from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control front group , Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), it appears the ripple that began with her resignation has the potential to grow into a tsunami. Last week, Madiera Beach, FL Mayor Patricia...

Brady's Helmke in Columbus to award gun control politicians; Takes opportunity to dance in the blood of officers injured Monday

12:10am Friday, September 11, 2009
By Chad D. Baus When blood is running the streets, there always seems to be a group of gun ban extremists ready to dance in it. This time, they are dancing in the blood of two Ohio law enforcement officers. On Monday, two Columbus officers were injured when a marijuana-growing suspect fired on them with a semi-automatic AK-47 rifle. Just two days later, Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence...

Another Mayor notifies Buckeye Firearms Assoc. of decision to resign from Mayor Bloomberg's gun control front group

12:10am Thursday, September 10, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Last month, Buckeye Firearms Association broke the news that Village of Walton Hills, OH Mayor Marlene Anielski had submitted to New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg her resignation from the gun control front group known as Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG). The news of Anielski's decision spread far and wide , and Anielski gave some high-profile interviews to further explain...

Dayton city attorney and newspaper writer struggle to comprehend gun laws written in plain English

12:05am Thursday, September 10, 2009
By Jim Irvine Confusion, incompetence or continued intentional denial of rights under Ohio law? It's hard to tell sometimes when looking at the media-driven debate over carrying guns. Ohio's concealed carry law is terrible in some respects, but when it comes to areas most often challenged by cities, it's not hard figuring out who is right. It's so simple a cave man could do it - but to not a city...

Camp Perry, OH: Soldiers take time out to teach new shooters

12:05am Wednesday, September 02, 2009
By Michael Molinaro Every summer at Camp Perry, Ohio, prior to the National Rifle and Pistol Trophy Matches, Soldiers from the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit take time out of their own training to pass their knowledge and shooting skills on to the next generation of American shooters. The Small Arms Firing School was instituted in 1918 by the Department of Defense and is conducted by the U.S. Army...

ABC News's latest one-sided view of the gun issue tackles restaurant carry in Tennessee

12:05am Friday, August 28, 2009
By Gerard Valentino A recent story on ABC News proves, once again, that the establishment media takes a one-sided view of the gun issue. The story, which can be viewed here , covers a new law in Tennessee that allows people to carry guns in restaurants and bars – and is clearly slanted against gun owners. In the report, the mainstream media trots out one of their favorite foils, a gun owner who...

Op-Ed: The Media Gets It Wrong, Again, On Guns

12:05am Tuesday, August 25, 2009
By John R. Lott In Portsmouth, New Hampshire last week, a man carried a handgun a few blocks away from the site where President Obama was scheduled to hold a town hall a couple of hours later. Was it a danger or not? The man carrying the gun, William Kostric, even had permission to have the gun on private church property while he was protesting Obama's appearance. Everybody from the New York...

Burglaries of gun store and trooper's car prove criminals not deterred by background checks or waiting periods

12:05am Monday, August 24, 2009
Bu Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that thieves stole nearly $30,000 worth of guns, knives and ammunition during a break-in Monday at the Black Wing Shooting Center in Delaware, and the county sheriff is asking for citizens' help to recover the stolen property.

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