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Op-Ed: Do ''Gun-Free'' Zones Encourage School Shootings?

12:05am Monday, October 22, 2007
By Larry Elder This time, Cleveland. A 14-year-old suspended high school student entered Cleveland's Success Tech Academy, a gun in each hand, and opened fire, wounding four. Later, we learn that the shooter's past included violent confrontations, mental problems and at least one previous suspension. A month earlier he told a friend that he intended to shoot up the school. But no one, apparently...

LTE: Still another school shooting

12:10am Wednesday, October 17, 2007
October 12, 2007 Cleveland Plain Dealer Still another school shooting - this time not off in some other state, but right here in Ohio, in our own back yard. Now we know that it can happen here. And we are not prepared to stave off still another shooting. Click 'Read More' for the entire letter to the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Perhaps the public, and parents in particular, who formerly...

Op-ed: Guns Don't Kill Kids, Irresponsible Adults With Guns Do

12:05am Wednesday, October 17, 2007
By John Lott FOXNews.com Should your doctor ask your child if you own a gun? Guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatric say "yes." They warn that "Children are curious even if they’ve had some sort of firearm training. That’s why parents taking responsibility for safe gun storage is so essential.” Doctors across the United States are being advised to interrogate children about mom and...

Fewer and fewer Americans say they support gun control

12:05am Tuesday, October 16, 2007
A new Gallup poll indicates that fewer people in the United States say they are supportive of stricter gun control laws. As reported by United Press International (UPI), a survey last week found that 51 percent support stricter laws governing the sale of firearms - down from 60 percent during the Clinton 90's. Those who said the laws should either be kept as they are or made less strict was 47...

LTE: Cities have no business messing with gun laws

12:10am Monday, October 15, 2007
October 13, 2007 Columbus Dispatch In reference to the Sunday Dispatch editorial " City vs. state ," I would like to point out a few facts that the liberal who wrote this editorial left out. Click 'Read More' for the entire letter to the editor of the Columbus Dispatch. You can argue all you want, but the truth of the matter is that the people of the United States are a free people who have the...

Gun ban extremists' answer to school shootings is more of the same

12:10am Friday, October 12, 2007
By Chad D. Baus "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." A quick Google search reveals the quote has been attributed to the likes of Benjamin Franklin to Albert Einstein, but that no one really knows who actually should be given credit. While discovering the true origins of the quote may be difficult, finding examples of this type if insanity are certainly...

Two more innocent Ohioans' lives protected with a gun

12:10am Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Columbus' 10TV is reporting that when three armed men invaded a couple's home in a quiet east-side neighborhood, the homeowner was able to protect his life and his wife - because the criminals weren't the only ones with a gun. Click 'Read More' for the story. From the story : Cynthia Davis said she had just gone into the basement of her home on Picard Road when she heard the back door being...

Attorney General Dann asked to settle questions on media access loophole

12:10am Thursday, September 27, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that Trumbull County prosecutor Dennis Watkins has instructed the sheriff not to allow journalists to copy the confidential records of concealed handgun llicense (CHL) holders, and has asked Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann to clarify how information about those who have licenses can be released under an amendment to Ohio's concealed carry law...

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