Guns in the News

Victim Zones: We have to move the goal posts

By Gerard Valentino Two more businesses where legal concealed carry is banned were robbed last week in Ohio. A BMV office on the east side of Columbus (a victim zone by statute) was robbed on the same day as a branch of Fifth Third Bank, which is a "gun free" zone due to the company’s private policy. Clearly, it doesn’t matter why concealed carry is forbidden at a location, because the results...

D.C. refuses to register Dick Heller's gun and threatens prosecution for semi-auto owners

By Dean Rieck In a brazen show of disrespect for the recent Supreme Court decision, the District of Columbia refused to register Dick Heller's gun when he showed up at police headquarters Thursday morning (July 17, 2008). From USA Today: USA TODAY's Kevin Johnson reports that the District of Columbia refused this morning to register a handgun on behalf of the security guard whose legal challenge...

Op-Ed: Gun Debate Is Hardly Over

By John R. Lott, Jr. The Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over. The District of Columbia, whose handgun ban was struck down by the Supreme Court, is still planning on banning most handguns. And the court decision has spurred the media into overdrive to paint guns as dangerous to their owners. No one who has...

A study in contrasts

TX (Dallas Morning News): Copper thief shot "Garland police say they do not plan to file charges against a 25-year- old man who fatally shot a suspected copper thief this morning. The incident happened shortly before 1:20 a.m. at Bargain Town -- Variety & Furniture store in the 5700 block of Broadway Boulevard, police said. The business owner's son had been guarding the roof after the store...

Twinsburg police officer killed in the line of duty

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on Monday that a Twinsburg police officer had been killed in the line of duty. From the story: On Sunday, [suspect Ashford] Thompson was arrested without incident at a Cambridge Drive home where he used to live, Bedford Heights Police Chief Tim Kalavsky said. ...They arrested him at 2:41 a.m., less than an hour after police say [police officer Joshua] Miktarian...

Headline: Second Amendment Talk Highlights First Shot Ceremony

The Ottawa County Beacon is reporting that attendees to the First Shot Ceremony for the 2008 National Rifle and Pistol Championships at Camp Perry were treated to more than just a band concert, a parachute jump that delivered the American Flag and a fly-over by a pair of F-16's from the 180th Ohio National Guard Tactical Fighter Wing from Toledo. They were also treated to a celebration of the...

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