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Brady Campaign attorney says "certainly nothing wrong" with adults banging away at Southern Ohio Machine Gun Shoot

Nothing can be more absurd than the carrying of concealed weapons in a civilized community without a special purpose, and that in times of tranquility is simply criminal. - The [Columbus Daily] Dispatch, July 1, 1871 By Chad D. Baus During my seven-plus years experience covering Second Amendment issues and the media in Ohio, I've learned that whenever the Columbus Dispatch decides to cover a gun...

Early GOP primary discussion of 2A issues continues with Kasich statement

By Chad D. Baus Earlier this month, Republican State Senator Kevin Coughlin, who declared his candidacy for the 2010 governor's race in January, began circulating an email designed to bring the Second Amendment to the front and center of early GOP primary discussions. This week, former Congressman John Kasich, who declared his own candidacy for the Republican nomination at the beginning of June,...

Headline: "Concealed carry five years later - Why it works"

When the decade-long battle for concealed carry reform was raging in Ohio, pro-Second Amendment advocates recognized the Lima News as one of the few newspapers whose editorial page featured opinions as firm in support of the Second Amendment as they were on the First. Five years after Ohio's concealed carry law took effect, the newspaper's news room has proved that they too continue to be one of...

Southern California churches advocate arming congregants

By John Longenecker The genius of concealed carry of handguns is that would­-be murderers remain uncertain as to who is armed and who isn't. You never know if the target is armed with lethal force, and more to the point, how alert and prepared they are to resist. This is true for everyone interested in being as safe as they can be from future violence, because it comes to the realization of...

GAO Reports On Arms Trafficking In Mexico

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week entitled, "Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges." Among other things, the report asserts that Mexican officials consider illicit firearms the number one crime problem affecting their country's security; that about 87 percent of firearms seized in...

GOP gubernatorial primary contest heats up as Coughlin questions Kasich's Second Amendment record

By Chad D. Baus State Senator Kevin Coughlin, the first person to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2010 governor's race, is circulating an email designed to bring the Second Amendment to the front and center of early GOP primary discussions. The email, delivered under the subject header "Can we trust Kasich on Second Amendment rights?," contains a fundraising letter that...

D.C. gun banners modify ban list as result of SAF lawsuit

By Jim Shepherd Yesterday, firearms regulations in Washington, D.C. were amended by emergency order. That amending process came in response to a federal suit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation challenging the arbitrary nature of previous regulations enforced in the District. Huh? OK, plain English: the lawsuit asserted the D.C. list of approved handguns was inadequate. As in unacceptable...

A Deafening Silence: Cordray Refuses to Sign Second Amendment Letter

By Dave Yost Twenty-three attorneys general went on record last week, asking the federal government in a letter to not re-impose the so-called assault weapons ban. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray was not among them. The measure, formally known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was passed in desperation at the height of the crack-fueled drive-by killings of the...

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