Guns in the News

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Jim Irvine on FOX News

12:05am Thursday, September 27, 2007
Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine was interviewed by FOX News for a story about Mayor Frank Jackson's proposal for a new state gun control law . The segment aired several times on Tuesday, September 25th in various forms. The comprehensive version aired during the 6:00p.m. evening news hour with Brit Hume. Click here to view the FOX News story online. On Wednesday, September 26th,...

Lima News: ''Who’s packing? Almost 2,000 area residents''

12:10am Tuesday, September 25, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Gun owners have a general mistrust for the mainstream media, and rightly so. Over the years, having witnessed examples of poor and/or biased journalism ranging from images of fully-automatic rifles being fired during a story about the Clinton assault weapons ban (which had nothing to do with full-autos) to editorializing about gun legislation they later admit to not even having...

Dispatch/Blade editorials reveal media misunderstanding about CHL records

12:05am Monday, September 17, 2007
With each newspaper editorial expressing journalists' misgivings with the pending changes to the media access to concealed handgun license (CHL) records loophole, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Cleveland Plain Dealer isn't the only newspaper to fail to read legislation before editorializing on it. Last week, in an editorial entitled "Idea misfires: Pending law on conceal-carry...

Columbus Dispatch editorial: Amend law on conceal-carry records

12:15am Friday, September 14, 2007
By Chad D. Baus When Ohio House Bill 9 was signed into law, the media gave it surprisingly little attention (especially given how hard the media pushed for the open records bill for the past two years). But now that a provision modifying how Ohio's sheriffs are to handle the confidential records of concealed handgun licenseholders is about to take effect, the editorial boards are beginning to...

Plain Dealer Editorial: New gun laws wouldn't solve Cleveland's crime problem

12:10am Thursday, September 13, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Having taken the Cleveland Plain Dealer to task for grievances ranging from reversing their editorial position on statewide preemption of local gun control laws without acknowledging the reversal (let alone explaining it), to publishing false information on campus "no-guns" zones, to failing to read legislation before editorializing on it, and stalling for weeks before publishing...

The cost of ammunition is rising

12:05am Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The Fresno (CA) Bee is reporting that the cost of ammunition is rising, with retailers saying prices have climbed between about 10% and 20% this year -- and some even higher. From the story : "As a percentage, it's the biggest we've experienced in my lifetime," said Barry Bauer, president of Herb Bauer Sporting Goods in Fresno. Ammunition made from copper, lead and brass is affected. The cost of...

Ohio Sheriff: Concealed carry works for citizens

12:05am Wednesday, August 29, 2007
August 28, 2007 Chillicothe Gazette By Ross Co. Sheriff Ron Nichols It was a law that had the support of politicians and law-enforcement personnel, alike, three years ago when it was enacted. The so-called "concealed carry" law gave honest citizens the right to apply for a permit to carry a concealed weapon - legally. The sheriff's office has issued hundreds of these permits, and we have yet to...

'I just knew I had to stop them,' Ohio CHL-holder says

10:43am Thursday, August 23, 2007
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Ohio concealed handgun license-holder Robert Bragg apprehended an armed suspect just moments after a fatal shooting in a nearby laundromat. From the story: Robert Bragg said he had no time to consider the risks to himself when he confronted two ski-mask-wearing gunmen headed down his street Tuesday afternoon. The 24-year-old Ohio Air National Guardsman, who...

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