Guns in the News

Dayton woman shoots home invader with handgun

by Chad D. Baus WHIO (Dayton CBS) reported recently that police arrested two teens accused of entering the home of a woman who responded with a firearm, shooting one of the alleged burglars in the arm. From the article : Dayton officers responded at approximately 6 p.m. Monday to the home in the 200 block of Richmond Avenue. According to a police incident report, the woman heard the two teens...

U.S. Park Police loses track of more than 1500 firearms

by Chad D. Baus Fox News reported recently that the U.S. Park Police has lost track of a huge supply of handguns, rifles and shotguns. From the article : In the scathing report, the inspector general's office of the Department of Interior faults staff at the agency for having no idea how many weapons they control and says the department has no clear policies or procedures for investigating...

June sees 3.0% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 37th straight month over month increase

The June 2013 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 872,025 is an increase of 3.0 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 846,437 in June 2012. For comparison, the unadjusted June 2013 NICS figure of 1,270,817 reflects a 1.5 percent decrease from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,290,210 in June 2012. This marks the 37th straight month that NSSF-...

School safety seminar held in northwest Ohio

by Jim Irvine Teachers, administrators and law enforcement personnel gathered in Montpelier, Ohio, last week to listen to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman present information on violence and school safety. Colonel Grossman is an expert recognized around the world for his research and knowledge on the topic of human aggression and violence. Violence is not only the number one killer of our children in...

Headline: Gun Manufacturers Consider Lorain County Move

by Chad D. Baus WJW (Fox Cleveland) is reporting that Lorain County Commissioner Tom Williams has been working with two different out-of-state gun manufacturers to try to get them to relocate here. From the article : "We're trying to do something different. It's about jobs. We have some of the best workforce here in Lorain county in the country," Commissioner Williams said. The gun manufacturers...

Another Ohio school makes public its decision to arm staffers to protect students

by Chad D. Baus Northeast Ohio news media are reporting that a new policy authorizing employees of the Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District to carry guns on school property will go into effect for the 2013-14 academic year. From the The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio: The board of education recently approved the policy authorizing "certain persons designated by the board and...

Maybe praise should replace anger at cop in bad spot

by Jim Irvine WDTN channel 2 news reported last week that an officer is under investigation after allegedly handing his gun to a citizen. From the article : Jerry and Josie Anderson are shocked at what they say they witnessed on Saturday morning outside their home on Chester Boulevard. They say the officer who was responding to simple accident, stepped out of line when he handed his loaded weapon...

Op-Ed: Polls give a skewed picture of gun issues

by John Lott The onslaught against Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio continues. In April, Portman, unlike his U.S. Senate colleague from Ohio, Sherrod Brown, dared to vote against the Senate gun-control bill, and since then he has endured inaccurate attacks from out-of-state opponents such as New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, condemning his vote. Former Arizona Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords...

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