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Anti-gun Columbus Dispatch editorial signals death of newspapers' relevance in shaping public policy debates

3:00pm Monday, June 27, 2011
[ Editor's Note: The following was submitted to The Columbus Dispatch as a guest op-ed response to the newspaper's June 22 editorial on the introduction of HB256, entitled "Half-Cocked" . The Dispatch not only chose not to publish the editorial - they did not even offer the courtesy of a response. ] by Ken Hanson The recent Dispatch editorial "Half-cocked" (June 22, 2011) is less an editorial and...

Representative Adams introduces HB256: Constitutional Carry

7:00am Monday, June 27, 2011
by Jim Irvine Representative John Adams (R-78) of Sidney, Ohio has introduced House Bill 256 . HB256 is identical to Adam's HB129 from 2009 and HB225 from 2007, and substantially similar to HB91 from 2005 and HB559 from 2004 (the latter two having been sponsored by then-Representative Tom Brinkman). HB256 would repeal many of the onerous provisions of our current concealed carry law and allow law...

Wisconsin State Legislature Passes Landmark Right-to-Carry Legislation

3:00pm Thursday, June 23, 2011
Both chambers of the Wisconsin state legislature have voted to approve one of the nation's strongest Right-to-Carry license bills, by solid bipartisan margins. Senate Bill 93, which was strongly backed by the National Rifle Association, now goes to Governor Scott Walker for his expected signature. When signed, it will leave Illinois as the only state that provides no way for citizens to carry...

Ohio concealed handgun license-holder defends own life when attacked by two men at gas station

7:00am Thursday, June 23, 2011
Dayton Police say a man who was being robbed at a local gas station turned the table on his two attackers, shooting one of them. According to WRGT, Dayton's Fox affiliate, the attack happened late Friday, June 17 at the Sunoco station. Police said the robbery victim, a concealed handgun license-holder, was being beaten by two men when he drew his gun and fired. The injured robber, Brandon Turner...

Fast and Furious Heating Up "The Hill"

3:00pm Wednesday, June 22, 2011
by Jim Shepherd Seems nothing gets administration members trips under the bus quicker than being caught doing something questionable. Heavy emphasis, unfortunately, is on the "caught" portion of the sentence. Seems it's anything goes when it comes to operating in the shadows. As Congressman Darrell Issa's scathing report and equally damning hearings last week pointed to a massive operational...

CCRKBA calls for special prosecutor in ATF debacle

3:00pm Tuesday, June 21, 2011
BELLEVUE, WA – Following more than four hours of testimony before a House committee [June 15] by a U.S. Senator, government whistleblowers and relatives of a slain Border Patrol agent, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling for the immediate suspension, without pay, of all supervisors involved in a controversial gunrunning sting operation, including the acting...

Strategically-timed, Joyce Foundation-funded "study" conveniently links gun ownership and carrying a gun to heavy alcohol use

7:00am Monday, June 20, 2011
by Chad D. Baus One day before Ohio's Restaurant Carry legislation came to a final vote, and after more than two years of debate and countless media articles and editorials repeating the mantra that "guns and alcohol don't mix," the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) released a "study" which they claimed proves that "gun owners who carry concealed weapons or have confronted another person...

SB17 will allow CHL-holder to obtain expungement of prior conviction of improper firearm handling in motor vehicle

3:00pm Friday, June 17, 2011
by Chad D. Baus More than two months after it was amended into Senate Bill 17 , The Columbus Dispatch is finally reporting on an amendment contained in the legislation which will allow people who were convicted of improperly transporting a firearm under the current law to receive relief if they would have been in compliance under the law as amended in SB17. From the article : The new gun bill...

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