Guns in the News

Interview Request to Ohio Mayor Sets Off Alarms for Bloomberg, Media Matters

7:00am Friday, August 17, 2012
by Jesse Hathaway Before responding to a simple May 2012 interview request from Media Trackers Ohio, an employee of Columbus, Ohio Mayor Michael Coleman forwarded the request to Mayor Bloomberg's office and a liberal D.C. consultant, who in turn immediately alerted Media Matters for America. The Coleman staffer, R. Lee Roberts, receives a Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) salary but works from...

Tucson Shooting Used By Columbus Mayor’s Staff to Press for Tougher Gun Laws

3:00pm Tuesday, August 14, 2012
by Jesse Hathaway R. Lee Roberts, Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman’s lobbyist for Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG), worked with staffers of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to leverage the shooting of former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords for new federal gun restrictions. His work with the Bloomberg-founded national group and other Coleman staffers to use the Tucson rampage as a selling point...

MAIG Coordinators Paid as City Employees, Saves Gun-Hater’s Money

7:00am Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Editor's Note - Last Friday, Buckeye Firearms Association broke the news that anti-gun Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman is mailing invitations to join Mayors Against Illegal Guns on official letterhead. The rabbit hole, it appears, goes far, far deeper. The following op-ed originally appeared on the author's blog, AllNineYards.com . Republished with permission. by Sean Caranna Here's a great way to...

Stand Your Ground against reckless journalists and mayors

3:00pm Friday, May 18, 2012
Editor's Note: The following article was written in response to an op-ed by E.J. Dionne published in The Washington Post under the title "Why the NRA pushes stand your ground." It was also published around the country in other publications, including the Greene County (OH) Dailies under the title "Stand ground against guns - Reckless politicians fail to act after Trayvon killing." by Larry S...

Canton police officer under investigation after concealed carry arrest [UPDATED]

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, July 21, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that Canton police are investigating an officer for his conduct during a traffic stop in June involving a concealed handgun license holder. The officer's actions were captured on dash cam video, and subsequently posted on YouTube. From the article : "I think it's important for citizens to understand that the behavior demonstrated on the video is...

Message to Ohio gun owners: Telling the "embarrassing" truth about a Republican could cost you

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 21, 2011
"I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!" - Warren G. Harding For the volunteer leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association, 2010 was one of the more interesting election years in this political action committee's history. While BFA is now and always has been a non-...

Anti-Gun DeWine Throws 'Hail Mary' Gun Mailers

7:00am Friday, October 29, 2010
by Chad D. Baus & Ken Hanson They haven't come right out and said it, but judging by two election eve mailers, anti-gun Attorney General candidate Mike DeWine and his cousin Kevin, who chairs the Ohio Republican Party, hope and believe gun owners are idiots. Conspicuously absent from almost all DeWine for Attorney General general election campaigning to date is any mention of firearm/hunting/...

NRA announces endorsement of Ted Strickland for Governor

3:00pm Monday, June 14, 2010
The Associated Press is reporting that the National Rifle Association publicly endorsed Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland today in his race against Republican John Kasich. According to the article, Strickland accepted the endorsement at a Monday event at a sporting goods store in Proctorville, near the Ohio-West Virginia border, which the NRA publicized to its members over the weekend. The NRA's...

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