Guns in the News

Number of companies refusing to sell to government entities in anti-gun states continues to grow

3:00pm Tuesday, March 12, 2013
by Jim Shepherd The number of companies announcing a formal policy of not selling to law enforcement, individual officers, states or municipalities that have passed anti-gun ordinances or laws since the tragic December shooting in Connecticut is growing - daily- and there's no sign that the trend toward "new laws mean no new products" is slowing. If anything, more companies are getting behind the...

To the Editor: Board should permit teachers to carry guns

3:00pm Friday, March 08, 2013
The following letter was published in the Columbus Dispatch on March 7. Board should permit teachers to carry guns As a teacher at East High School, I think teachers and school personnel with concealed-carry licenses should be allowed to carry their weapon with them to school. The Ohio Revised Code gives teachers and school personnel this right if their Board of Education gives them permission...

February sees 29.1% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 33rd straight month over month increase

3:00pm Thursday, March 07, 2013
The February 2013 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,634,309 is an increase of 29.1 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,266,344 in February 2012. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2013 NICS figure of 2,298,561 reflects a 32.5 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,734,646 in February 2012. This marks the 33rd...

Firearms Industry Moves - Literally, Maybe

3:00pm Tuesday, March 05, 2013
by Jim Shepherd Nearly the end of February and there's no respite in sight for Second Amendment supporters coast-to-coast. California, Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Illinois have gotten the most ink, but only a few states don't have some gun legislation being considered. Those fights may prove considerably more costly than most anti-gun politicians seem to think. As is normally the...

Foolish to think 'It can't happen here'

3:00pm Monday, March 04, 2013
by Thomas Lucente As the gun control debate rages on, I have taken some flak for stating, quite correctly, that the sole purpose of the Second Amendment is for the citizenry to protect itself from the government. Period. End of debate. Of course, that leads to nothing but derision from leftist gun-grabbers. The government, their argument goes, is not going to kick in your door. I suspect a few...

New video crushes myth about large capacity magazines, says CCRKBA

7:00am Friday, March 01, 2013
BELLEVUE, WA – A new video obtained by the Citizens Committee for the Right to keep and Bear Arms destroys the myth surrounding so-called "high capacity magazines" by proving that determined shooters using smaller capacity magazines can fire just as fast, and in some cases even faster despite having to reload. The startling video demonstration, conducted under the supervision of Boone County, Ind...

Shelby Co. Sheriff's office holds first concealed carry/ firearms training course for school administrators and select teachers

7:00am Thursday, February 28, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Dayton television stations WDTN (NBC) and WRGT (Fox) are reporting that Shelby Co. Sheriff John Lenhart held the first session of the free 16-hour gun training course he has developed for area teachers and school administrators. From WDTN : "You tell me one more thing that's more important to do than to protect the kids of this county," says Shelby County Sheriff John Lenhart He...

Ohio targeting gunmen, not guns

3:00pm Wednesday, February 27, 2013
The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. by Greg Sowinski LIMA — As the gun control debate rages across the country, the head of one of the state's top policing agencies said Ohio is working to target the few criminals who commit the vast majority of gun crimes. The Ohio Attorney General's Office is working with state leaders and agencies to...

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