Guns in the News

Plain Dealer columnists defend self-defense; AP continues to report bad info

12:00pm Wednesday, April 25, 2007
By Chad D. Baus I hope none of the Cleveland Plain Dealer readers who opened their newspapers today had a serious heart condition, because it must have been quite a shock. The newspaper has published not one, but TWO, op-eds by Plain Dealer columnists defending CHL-holder Damon Wells taking action to defend himself against an armed teenaged thug. The first column, written by Plain Dealer...

Northwest Ohio newspaper shows up Pulitzer-winning Plain Dealer on gun coverage

12:05am Monday, April 23, 2007
Defiance Crescent gets facts by looking past unreliable Brady Campaign anti-gun propaganda By Chad D. Baus On Wednesday, April 18, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an article entitled “In Ohio its really easy to buy a gun.” It was immediately apparent that the writer, Plain Dealer reporter Terry Oblander, relied on incorrect information from the Brady Campaign. (I highly encourage readers to...

Plain Dealer victim of bad information from Brady Campaign?

12:15am Friday, April 20, 2007
Editor's Note: The following information has been distributed as a press release to Ohio media outlets in response to the information contained in the Cleveland Plain Dealer article “In Ohio it's really easy to buy a gun”. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It appears that the Plain Dealer’s Terry Oblander relied on incorrect information from the Brady Campaign in his April 18 piece “In Ohio it's really easy...

WARNING: False information in Plain Dealer story on Ohio campus victim zones

12:16pm Thursday, April 19, 2007
In an article that otherwise took a very balanced, healthy look at the problem of disarming adults on college campuses, the Cleveland Plain Dealer has published some factually incorrect information. Be warned - following this information from the Cleveland Plain Dealer could get you arrested: Ohio residents with a special permit have been allowed to carry concealed weapons in public since 2004...

Reaction to VT Massacre: Plain Dealer gets it wrong...again

12:19pm Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is at it again. The headline warns "In Ohio, it's really easy to buy a gun" . But the 'facts' (as per usual when it comes to this newspaper's coverage of gun-related news) are worth examining. Commentary by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson in crimson type . TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH In Ohio, it's really easy to buy a gun (It is also really easy...

Gun Used In Self-Defense? Tell '20/20'!

12:05am Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Several readers have encouraged us to advise Buckeye Firearms Association supporters that ABC News is preparing a story on people that have used their firearms to defend themselves. April 6, 2007 — Have you ever defended yourself from a crime in your home, in your business, or in public by using a gun? Perhaps you warded off a potential attacker by simply showing a gun? 40 states now allow their...

Op-Ed: Gun ban doesn't reduce crime

12:10am Friday, April 06, 2007
By Matt White Men and women dedicated to taking away our Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms are on the march. Chief among these gun-banners is Michael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City, but he has some lousy cohorts from Ohio, including: Akron Mayor Donald Plusquellic, Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, Columbus Mayor Mike Coleman, Dayton Mayor Rhine McLin, Mansfield Mayor Lydia Reid...

LTE: Why label different types of violence?

12:05am Wednesday, April 04, 2007
March 31, 2007 Cincinnati Enquirer Why when violence involves a firearm do you call it "gun violence"? I never see the words "knife violence" or "brick violence" mentioned. As a matter of fact, you run very few stories of any other kind of violence but those involving firearms. There's no such thing as gun violence; there's just plain violence. Separating violence involving a firearm is both...

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