Guns in the News

Obama and the Second Amendment

12:05am Wednesday, January 14, 2009
By John R. Lott, Jr. Despite a huge Democratic Senate majority, Eric Holder's confirmation hearings are going to be difficult. He has a long record to defend. Whether it is his involvement and inconsistent statements about Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich or his pushing Clinton's clemency of the FALN terrorists or his failure to disclose his work for troubled Illinois...

Gun Sales Continue to Increase

12:05am Friday, January 09, 2009
24 Percent Jump in December Amid Gun-Owner Concerns NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Despite a weak economy, gun sales are continuing to increase amid concerns that incoming lawmakers will institute a new gun ban on law-abiding Americans. Data derived from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show a 24 percent increase in firearm purchaser background checks for the month of...

The outdoor industry will not be able to peacefully coexist with Obama's administration

12:05am Thursday, January 08, 2009
By Jim Shepherd Plenty has happened in the outdoors [over the Holidays]. Unfortunately, not much of it has been positive. The economy has continued to shake, rattle and roll, the stock market has tanked, industries have lined up for government handouts that may only delay the inevitable, and an administration for which I had pretty high hopes eight years ago is as dead as the bottle of leftover...

Offensive Defense?

12:05am Tuesday, January 06, 2009
By Jeff Knox The repercussions from Hurricane Katrina continue to roll in like the tidal surge that flooded New Orleans. The latest storm takes aim at guns and gunowners. As news trickles out of a final resolution in the lawsuits filed over the government’s illegal confiscation of firearms during the days after the flood, new reports of unprovoked attacks on African-Americans by white,...

CHL-holder shoots dog when attacked in Cleveland-area Metropark

12:10am Monday, January 05, 2009
"What's the need to be packing in a public park? What's the compelling need?" - Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer, April 9, 2008 The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Metroparks visitor carrying a concealed gun fatally shot a rottweiler that attacked his leashed dog at Tyler Field off Valley Parkway in the Cleveland area.

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2008 CHL statistics

12:05am Monday, January 05, 2009
By Jim Irvine The Ohio Attorney General's office has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2008. We have now seen six straight quarters of increased demand over the same period a year prior. In the typically slow third quarter, the 7,632 regular concealed handgun licenses issued was a whopping 58% increase over the same period in 2007. Add to that...

The truth about HB450 (what the Columbus Dispatch doesn't want you to read)

12:05am Friday, January 02, 2009
By Jim Irvine The Columbus Dispatch editorial "Kowtow to the NRA – Sheriffs got a raw deal when lawmakers backed down on concealed carry fee" demonstrates that the Dispatch editors are still more interested in spreading lies to prop up their failed ideas rather than accepting the truth and reporting the news. It is important to note that the Dispatch has been contacted many times by Buckeye...

Gun rights groups score collective victory for sportsmen with defeat of HB446 & HB223

12:05am Wednesday, December 31, 2008
By Larry S. Moore The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that the defeat of HB446, the so-called "puppy mill" bill that sought to increase fees and impose new regulations on dog breeders and kennel owners, had ruffled some feathers in the Statehouse. Although the Dispatch acknowledges that the U.S. Sportsman's Alliance had been long-engaged in the debate, reporter Jim Siegel editorializes in his...

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