Guns in the News

Still a lot of fishing, hunting positives

By Jack Kiser It's an increasingly rare event in our culture for a hunter or fisherman to experience or even see cultural images or reminders at all beneficial or in any way even inferring even a hint of positivity towards the American outdoors tradition. The precipitous decline in sales nationwide of hunting and fishing licenses continues to fuel and propel the politically correct cultural...

Home Invasion has Happy Ending

By Gerard Valentino If journalists and police spokespeople describe a home invasion "gone wrong" as one in which the victim is murdered, I would suggest that the following is an example of a home invasion gone right. WCMC.com from New Jersey is reporting that two home invaders were shot and killed by an armed homeowner.

Liberal mindset can lead to creation of killing zones

Editor's Note: The following column by Buckeye Firearms Association Leader Larry S. Moore, was published in response to guest column published in the Xenia Gazette on March 12, entitled "The Second Amendment, guns and death" . The author of that anti-gun piece, attorney Jack LeMoult, once wrote that "most men are emotionally frail aggregations of self-doubt and vulnerability. The possession of a...

Concealed-carry requests escalate in Colorado; Defense against church shootings cited as cause

By Chad D. Baus As a regular church attendee, the issue of church security and the more than 500% increase in church shootings over the past 8 years is near and dear to my heart. In recent weeks, I have written several articles on the subject of the need for security preparations in places of worship. In " Ohio's ban on defending lives in places of worship: How did it get this bad? " I noted that...

22 year-old Buckeye state college student helps U.S. troops improve aim

By Ken Gordon The Columbus Dispatch The photo looks like one of those "Which one doesn't belong?" deals. Seven U.S. Army Rangers stand in fatigues and combat boots. In their midst stands a smiling college kid in tennis shoes, jeans and a hoodie. The only similarity is they all hold M-16 rifles. Sam Ohlinger, that smiling college kid, was teaching those professional soldiers how to better use them...

Cincinnati City Council sees need for guns; reverses Mayor's decision to weaken security at City Hall

By Chad D. Baus Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has gone to great lengths over the years to prove his anti-gun, anti-self defense creds. As a State Senator, Mark Mallory spoke out against persons who participated in open carry 'Defense Walk' demonstrations (they were protesting an Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholding what was then a 100 year-old ban on concealed carry) and voted against the...

They're Coming for Your Guns

By Brian S. Stewart Tucked into the final paragraph, a recent story in U.S. News and World Report highlighted the Washington D.C. Police Gun Recovery Unit, a unit of about two dozen officers whose mandate is exactly as it sounds: Every day about two dozen officers fan out across the city's roughest neighborhoods, stopping drivers and pedestrians for traffic and other offenses and executing...

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