Guns in the News

Buckeyes for Concealed Carry President Uses Handgun to Defend Family

7:00am Wednesday, September 19, 2012
At approximately 7:00 pm Saturday night, Ohio State Students Joe and Amanda Smith were approached by a threatening white male near Westland Mall requiring Joe, Buckeyes for Concealed Carry on Campus President, to use his concealed handgun to defend himself, his wife Amanda, and their sixteen month old son Kyedin. The threatening male approached their vehicle while Amanda was buckling Kyedin into...

Op-Ed: ATF’s latest gun grab

3:00pm Tuesday, September 18, 2012
by Nita Ghei The Obama administration is making it easier for bureaucrats to take away guns without offering the accused any realistic due process. In a final rule published last week, the Justice Department granted the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) authority to "seize and administratively forfeit property involved in controlled-substance abuses." That means government...

Rape victim wrestles gun from attacker, shoots him in face

3:00pm Monday, September 17, 2012
WHIO (CBS Dayton) reported recently that a Springfield man is facing rape and kidnapping charges after police said he raped a woman by gunpoint. Investigators said the victim fought back and shot her attacker in the face. From the article : Duane Portman Sr., 44, was arraigned on Friday and ordered detained on a $50,000 bond. According to county Municipal Court records, Portman was shot in the...

Columbus Mayor, Liberal Groups Worked to Block Gun Rights Bill in Ohio Legislature

7:00am Friday, September 07, 2012
by Jesse Hathaway Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman's office worked with liberal activists and employees of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to block a gun rights bill in the Ohio General Assembly, public records obtained by Media Trackers show. Media Trackers has previously reported on the groups' coordination to use shooting deaths for political gain. Senate Bill 17, signed into law by...

Republican convention delegates said to have adopted the "most pro-gun platform ever"

7:00am Thursday, September 06, 2012
by Chad D. Baus On the eve of the opening to the 2012 Republican National Convention in Tampa last week, The Washington Examiner reported that delegates were set to approve "the most pro-gun platform ever," staking out support for national concealed carry reciprocity and opposing domestic restrictions on ammunition and United Nations interference in gun sales. From the article : "It's probably...

University and Criminals Welcome Students

3:00pm Wednesday, September 05, 2012
by Buckeyes For Concealed Carry on Campus Each fall campus and the University District is awash with eager students, some new and some seasoned. Their arrival is a welcome event for everybody on campus and the University District. The University loves to see students come back. The businesses thrive in the presence of students. And the criminals see their victim pool restocked and react...

NRA-ILA's Chris Cox goes one on one with Governor Romney

7:00am Wednesday, September 05, 2012
This year’s election is going to define the future of our freedom, perhaps more than any other in our history. For gun owners, there are a number of areas crucial to the survival of our Second Amendment rights. That’s why I took the time to visit with Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, to find out precisely where he stands on the issues of concern to gun owners. Chris W. Cox: First...

Dear Editor: What happened to waiting periods for guns?

3:00pm Friday, August 31, 2012
An open letter to America's news media From: Alan Korwin, The Uninvited Ombudsman, Gunlaws.com Re: The Batman Movie Massacre, Our Forgotten Waiting Periods, The Need for "Gun-Control", Counseling, Banning the Glock, Really Small Bullets, Copycat Heroes, Media Culpability for Massacres. Dear Media Colleagues, Guns can't seem to keep themselves out of the limelight. Urban shootings, outside the...

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