Guns in the News

It’s the Criminals, Stupid - Man is dead after City of Cleveland fails to get violent felon off the streets

7:00am Wednesday, August 17, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is once again reporting on gun violence in Cleveland , and once again dedicating the majority of the ink to "getting the guns off the streets" and "prevention programs." In what I am sure is an unintended omission, this article makes reference to seven people shot in a 10 day span beginning July 26, 2011. Had The Plain Dealer extended their...

SAF/SCCC "Supporting Campus Concealed Carry" Forum in Washington D.C. airs live on C-SPAN

3:00pm Tuesday, August 16, 2011
On August 8, C-SPAN televised live video of a forum hosted by two groups that support giving college students the ability to carry a concealed weapon on campus. From the article : The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) argue that colleges would be safer if students were allowed to possess firearms. "Colleges have entered into an informal alliance...

Report: Gun crimes drop at Virginia bars and restaurants

7:00am Tuesday, August 16, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In the days before concealed carry became the law of the land in Ohio, opponents like the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence's Toby Hoover decried the proposed law , claiming that "If we have more use of guns, then we're going to have more people who are injured and die," and that "A person who has a gun sees danger. We will have more shootings, more accidents." During the debate...

Op-Ed: How an Imaginary Gun Saved My Life

3:00pm Monday, August 15, 2011
The following op-ed was originally published at Advocate.com . Repubilshed with permission of the author. by Jimmy LaSalvia Two years ago the federal government passed a law ostensibly aimed at preventing violent hate crimes against LGBT people. Many gay conservatives, including me, said at the time of its passage that the law would do nothing to actually prevent hate crimes. After this weekend,...

July sees 8.3% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 14th straight month over month increase

7:00am Monday, August 15, 2011
The July 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 680,258 is an increase of 8.3 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 628,125 in July 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted July 2011 NICS figure of 1,147,355 is an increase of 8 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,062,886 in July 2010. This marks the 14th straight month-over-month...

Innovative, historically important "Tommy" gun born in Cleveland

3:00pm Thursday, August 11, 2011
The Cleveland Plain Dealer , in one installment of a series of articles highlighting inventions, ideas and and innovations that originated in Northeast Ohio, recently published an article noting that the Thompson submachine gun finds its origins in Cleveland. From the article : Betsy Hanak, of Concord Township, said her father, Theodore Eickhoff, who helped design the first Thompson submachine...

It's long past time to end "gun free" policies on U.S. military bases

7:00am Thursday, August 11, 2011
by Gerard Valentino Since 9/11, the American people rediscovered the value of the United States military and were reminded of the sacrifices made by military families. The fact that our soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines accept the risk of death willingly is a testament to the American spirit. Their willingness to die in the name of liberty is also a living reminder of the same risk our...

Firearms Industry Files Suit Against ATF to Stop Multiple Sales Reporting of Rifles

3:00pm Wednesday, August 10, 2011
The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association for America's firearms industry, has filed a lawsuit challenging the legal authority of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) under the Gun Control Act to compel 8,500 federally licensed firearms retailers in Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to report the sale of two or more rifles. Specifically...

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