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Faith & Joy Ferkel making headlines as Ohio concealed handgun license instructors

Mother & daughter team Joy & Faith Ferkel are making headlines in Ohio and across the nation as concealed handgun license (CHL) instructors. The Fremont News-Messenger recently featured photos of the pair, decked out in Second Amendment Sisters t-shirts, explaining pistol mechanics and proper loading techniques to students during one of their women's-only training sessions for the...

'Nobody knows Obama's record on guns better than I do,' says Illinois gun rights activist

SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Sept. 24 -- The following is a press release by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA): "One of the most blatant lies ever to come from a politician's mouth," is how the ISRA is characterizing a recent statement by U.S. Senator Barack Obama. Speaking in the latest issue of "Field & Stream," Obama claims that Illinois sportsmen know him as an advocate for their rights...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 53

Taken from the most recent “Page Nine” Alan Korwin’s “The Uninvited Ombudsman Report” ---------- 1- Brady Schemes Exposed The lamestream media told you: There are many good ideas for cutting “gun deaths,” according to a Freakonomics quorum run by The New York Times http://tinyurl.com/5fn62u . “Let’s put aside for a moment the standard discussions about the right to bear arms,” quotes the piece,...

Hating on the First AND Second Amendments: Obama campaign threatens to sue over NRA ads

Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign has sent threatening letters to news agencies in Pennsylvania and Ohio to stop airing ads exposing his anti-gun record sponsored by the National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund (NRA-PVF). The kicker? NRA-PVF's Ohio’s ads have not yet begun running. “Barack Obama and his campaign are terrified of the truth,” declared Chris W. Cox, Chairman of NRA-...

Chicago’s Sad Summer; Barack Obama and Mayor Daley's continued ignorance

"I know that what works in Chicago may not work in Cheyenne." - Illinois Sen. Barack Obama on gun control, June 26, 2008. By Gerard Valentino "What exactly do you think is working in Chicago," Sen. Obama? Sadly, the hometown we share reached another deadly milestone this summer due to the decision to disarm law-abiding citizens. CBS2chicago.com reported recently that 123 people were killed over...

FactCheck.org in the tank for Obama over NRA ads

Analysis: Fact-Checkers Fall Short in Criticizing NRA's Anti-Obama Ads By John R. Lott, Jr. Guns have become an important issue for Barack Obama's campaign. Starting around the Pennsylvania primary, Obama and his campaign surrogates began strenuously assuring gun owners that he supports gun ownership, and it appears to be paying off. A poll in August showed that John McCain only led Obama among...

Australian media covers election angle Ohio media ignores: "Ohio voters warn Obama on gun control"

By Chad D. Baus While the Ohio media fawns over a recent visit from Ray Schoenke, President of the fake gun group known as American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA) , the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has done the job of providing a much better look at how the gun issue is hurting the campaign of Barack Obama in the Buckeye state.

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