Guns in the News

The media and guns – things they should know

12:10am Monday, May 21, 2007
By Larry S. Moore As firearms and self-defense activists, we see a lot of news stories that involve guns. Unfortunately much of it involves the misuse of firearms. Even more unfortunate is the inaccurate reporting of firearms use and misuse in these stories. Many of us read the mainstream media reports and wonder if the media has an agenda to make any use of a firearm sound bad. I suppose some do...

Which came first - the gun violence or the gun control?

12:15am Friday, May 18, 2007
By Chad D. Baus If ever there was a headline that made me do a double-take, it was a recent Associated Press article entitled "Mass shootings more common since 1960s" . The thesis of the article, written in the days following Seung-Hui Cho's sick massacre of his fellow college students, is to ask "What is it about modern-day America that provokes such random violence?" AP reporter Matt Crenson...

LTE: Properly trained people can use guns in self-defense

12:10am Friday, May 18, 2007
It wasn't quite at the level of Toledo Blade editorial board member Dan Simpson's tirade against the Constitution , but an April 30 editorial by Springfield (OH) News Sun editorial page editor Tom Hawkins entitled "More guns not the answer to violence" got pretty close . I don't want to take away your deer rifle, your shotgun or even your .357, but I do want to take away a silly argument the far-...

ABC's 20/20 debunks myth that gun control reduces crime

12:10am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Given the typically uninformed and sometimes biased coverage of guns, gun crimes, and potential gun legislation, it can be extremely difficult for gun owners to read the newspaper or watch the television. But once in a while, a journalist shines through - not because they are pro-gun, but because they are fair. They weigh the facts and report the story. On the print side, the Cleveland Plain...

LTE: Conceal-carry was factor in stopping attack

12:05am Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The following letter was written in response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor by a gun ban extremist who attempted to mislead readers about two well-known cases of armed citizens stopping mass murderers during school shootings. May 11, 2007 Columbus Dispatch Michael Holloway's Tuesday letter "Little evidence guns make campus safer," responding to an earlier op-ed, was filled with...

Lunch wagon driver defends life when armed robbers attack

12:18pm Saturday, May 12, 2007
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a Hamilton County business man and CHL-holder was able to defend his life when attacked by two armed robbers. From the Cincinnati Enquirer: Cincinnati police Lt. Chris Matzen said two men tried to rob the driver of the lunch wagon at Millsdale Street at Curzon Avenue, just west of Anthony Wayne Avenue. During the attempted robbery, one suspect fired shots...

College professor tells OU students tragic event to change his viewpoint on guns

12:10am Friday, May 11, 2007
The Athens (OH) News reported earlier this week that, as a part of Firearms Awareness Week, the Ohio University Second Amendment Club hosted University of North Carolina Wilmington criminology professor Mike Adams as a guest speaker. Adams is a regular columnist for conservative news and opinion Web site Townhall.com. From the story: A criminology professor from North Carolina last Thursday told...

Officers volunteer to protect CHL-holder; Some politicians still don't get it

11:36am Thursday, May 10, 2007
By Chad D. Baus NewsChannel5 (ABC Cleveland) is reporting that police officers will volunteer their time to protect an Ohio CHL-holder who shot and killed an armed 15-year-old who was attempting to rob him. Since the April 21 shooting, the CHL-holder's home has been vandalized by friends of the dead robber, who already had a criminal record. Both Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Regina Brett and...

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