Guns in the News

Paper: Website posting leads to robbery of gun owner

10:57am Monday, May 08, 2006
May 6, 2006 680news.com (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) Durham Police say thieves likely used a website posting to trace a gun owner, break into his Newcastle home, rip his safe off the wall and steal rifles, shotguns, pistols and bullets. Durham Police Detective Constable Geoff Ingram urged gun owners to be cautious in posting information that could be used to identify themselves. In this case,...

The Threat Of The “Invisible” Gun

12:05am Friday, May 05, 2006
By Chris Chumita The anti-gun media is at it again. It seems that they are starting another scare campaign about “invisible” or “almost invisible” guns that are “hard to detect” by airport security scanners. It reminds me of all of the misinformation that the media published a few years ago about “plastic Glocks” being able to pass through airport security without setting off metal detectors. Do...

Media continues to howl over amendment to House Bill 9

12:05am Thursday, May 04, 2006
When the idea to amend House Bill 9 (a media-backed open records bill) to protect the privacy of Ohio concealed handgun licenseholders was first proposed in committee by Rep. Bill Seitz in March of 2005, one would have thought the sky was falling. The Wicked Witch of the Ohio Media , as I termed it at the time, shrieked as if she were melting. Just a month later, the not-so-grand old lady...

Cleveland News covering politics and guns

2:48pm Thursday, April 13, 2006
WEWS, Channel 5 News in Cleveland is doing a series of stories on politics. Jim Irvine was interviewed for tonights segment on pro-gun Democrats. Irvine said "we talked about Ted Strickland and Marc Dann, who are running for Governor and Attorney General, and local candidates like Capri Cafaro. We also discussed locally endorsed candidates Freddie Moore and Erin Sullivan Lally." The story will...

Turning a corner? Ohio media offers positive stories on guns

12:10am Wednesday, April 12, 2006
If this is a sign of a change in the wind, bring it on... In recent days, two Ohio newspapers have allowed objective articles dealing with firearms-related topics to appear in black and white. The name of one of the papers just might surprise you... Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. The Cleveland Plain Dealer, known in Ohio as the Second Amendment's Enemy Number One among scores of...

Op-Ed: Protecting gun rights vital to Alaskans

3:05am Thursday, March 30, 2006
March 28, 2006 By Vic Kohring Twenty-Five years ago, on March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot by a confused young man attempting to impress actress Jody Foster. Why murdering a president would impress Foster is one question apparently John Hinckley never asked himself. But Reagan not only forgave Hinckley, he never once brought up the issue of gun control. To we Alaskans, gun control...

Indiana governor signs legislation expanding right to protect life, home

12:05am Monday, March 27, 2006
By Larry S. Moore The Louisville (KY) Courier-Journal is reporting that Gov. Mitch Daniels has signed into law a bill specifying that a person who feels threatened may use deadly force against an intruder. From the story: House Bill 1028 says that people have no duty to retreat -- or try to escape -- if they believe they are being threatened on their property or in their vehicle. "I'm very...

Op-Ed: Why were guns taken from law-abiding citizens in New Orleans?

12:05am Thursday, March 23, 2006
By John R. Lott Jr. at JohnrLott.com Also published Tuesday, March 21, 2006, in National Review Online. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans’ residents got an idea of what life is like without the rule of law. They had no telephones, no way to call 911. Even if they had, the police who reported for duty were busy with rescue missions, not fighting crime. Citizens had to protect...

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