Guns in the News

Call for support: "Voice of Ohio sportsmen now needs help from them"

Wooster's The Daily-Record is reporting that one of our own needs our help. For the past three decades, Don Smith has been fighting for sportsman's rights as a field representative for the United States Sportsman's Alliance. There's not a sport show, rendezvous or traderee that he hasn't set up a booth at in the state of Ohio. He's logged more miles than a long-distance truck driver, carrying the...

House Crime Subcommittee holds hearing on National Right-To-Carry bill

On Tuesday, Sept. 13, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 822, the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. The bill, introduced earlier this year by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and cosponsored by more than 240 of their colleagues, would enable millions of permit holders to...

Demand Republican presidential contenders take a stand on ‘Gunwalker’

by David Codrea Debates among Republican presidential contenders have completely ignored what should be a litmus test issue for all who wish to be considered for the office—not just by gun owners, but by all Americans: What will they do to determine the truth about "Project Gunwalker?" We know that the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has been holding hearings with at least two...

Lakewood woman's lawsuit forces police to return confiscated firearms

by Chad D. Baus On August 30, the Cleveland Scene reported that after having attempted to get police to return her collection of firearms for an entire year, a Lakewood, OH veteran was finally forced to file a lawsuit against the police department, which had confiscated the collection from her home when she was away. From the article : Francesca Rice no longer serves in her country's armed forces...

Cincinnati CityBeat columnist sticks head where the sun don't shine, finds gun

by Gerard Valentino A recent article posted at CityBeat.com by Larry Gross is yet another reminder of how the anti-gun community bitterly clings to their mythical view of gun owners. Had Mr. Gross hinted that gun owners are compensating for a small penis, his diatribe would have hit on every discredited anti-gun stereotype. According to the story, Mr. Gross admittedly doesn't understand gun...

Rugged Individualism Replaced by Australia’s Nanny State

by Jeff Knox I've long been fascinated by Australia and its people. A visit to that country has been high on my bucket list since I was just a kid, but more and more as I read about present-day Australia I am disappointed and saddened. It seems that the days of rugged individualism and self-determination are gone from the land down under and the heroic characters of the past like Ned Kelly and...

Lebanon, OH city councilman to open downtown gunshop

The Dayton Daily News reported recently that Lebanon, OH City Councilman Jeff Monroe has plans to open a gun store in his hometown. From the article : A gun shop in downtown Lebanon? Now that people know what Councilman Jeff Monroe's plans are, some aren't taking pot shots. Monroe and his wife, Wendy, are working hard on their shop on Broadway directly across the LCNB National Bank. The shop...

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