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Stand Your Ground Must Stand

by Jeff Knox It didn't take long after George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin for the event to be portrayed as the act of a vigilante, or a one-man lynching party. A mug shot of a surly, mentally detached-looking Zimmerman juxtaposed to a 9th grade yearbook photo of bright-eyed, smiling, young Martin became staples of reports on the story, and, in a way, became the story itself. The President of...

Cleveland councilman applauds two residents after they shoot armed attackers in separate incidents

by Chad D. Baus WEWS (ABC Cleveland) reported recently that a Cleveland man is being praised by a city councilman for shooting an armed intruder at his Pawnee Avenue home. From the article : "Whoever shot this dirt bag ought to get a medal," Ward 11 Councilman Mike Polensek said. "I might get a proclamation for him.” It all started when Jacquella Lattimore left the house to take her children to...

Manipulating public opinion: The President’s misguided attacks on the natural right of self defense

by Mike Horning, PhD Research has shown that Presidents often attempt to use the bully pulpit to sway public opinion, yet rarely succeed in doing so . Last Friday, President Obama tried such tactics when he used the Trayvon Martin verdict to question the value of Stand Your Ground laws. And in doing so, his only success might have been to provide more confusion about self-defense laws. Obama said...

Website attack fails to stop Zimmerman fundraiser

In the early hours of Wednesday, July 24, 2013, a cyber attack took down our website. This isn't the first time we've been the victim of an attack. In fact, it happens all the time. In most cases, though, these attacks are unsuccessful or so minor that they go largely unnoticed. The attack on Wednesday, however, not only took out our website, it effectively shut down our hosting company,...

Headline: Blacks benefit from Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ law at disproportionate rate

by Patrick Howley African Americans benefit from Florida's "Stand Your Ground" self-defense law at a rate far out of proportion to their presence in the state's population, despite an assertion by Attorney General Eric Holder that repealing "Stand Your Ground" would help African Americans. Black Floridians have made about a third of the state's total "Stand Your Ground" claims in homicide cases,...

Race-baiters and hate-mongers attack over Zimmerman Second Amendment Fund

by Dean Rieck You know what they say: no good deed goes unpunished. And, once again, that's the case for our effort to help George Zimmerman replace his firearm after the U.S. Department of Justice ordered the Sanford, Florida police department to NOT return his personal property. We considered this a politically-motivated abuse of power. So we asked our supporters to chip in a little money so we...

Headline: Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Starts Fund To Buy George Zimmerman A New Gun

by Chad D. Baus WKEF (Dayton ABC) reported Friday on Buckeye Firearms Foundation's efforts on behalf of George Zimmerman in the wake of the Obama Justice Department's move to deny him the return of his property now that he has been acquitted. From the article : The Buckeye Firearms Association is raising money to buy George Zimmerman a new gun. George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second...

Anti-Gun Activists Remain Unapologetic About Duping Ohioans

by Jesse Hathaway Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence (OCAGV) Director Toby Hoover and Center for American Progress (CAP) anti-gun leader Lance Orchid both failed to apologize for tricking Ohioans into joining gun control mailing lists when questioned at ComFest. A website created after a February 2012 school shooting was, unknown to those submitting condolences, created to promote anti-Second...

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