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HB263: New bill bans private gun show sales and creates gun registry

by Chad D. Baus "So what's to guarantee me that, you know, any one of the members in this chamber who hold a concealed carry wouldn't shoot me in the head?" - Representative Tracy Maxwell Heard in floor debate over HB45, May 11, 2001 With that one ignorant statement, Rep. Tracy Heard (D-26) apparently proved to the radical gun ban lobby that she was the perfect choice to carry water for proposed...

Bartenders' irrational fear of Ohio's law-abiding gun owners is sickening

by Brent Greer The Ohio General Assembly, in the Ohio Senate and Ohio House of Representatives, have passed two different bills that -- essentially -- allow the carry of concealed firearms into restaurants and certain establishments that serve alcohol. Of course, the usual suspects are waving their arms in their best Chicken Little fashion and predicting all sorts of rapturish, end-of-the-world...

House Speaker says SB17 (Restaurant/Car Carry Rules Fix) should get a vote in the House this week, be sent to governor

True to his word offered on June 2, when he promised Restaurant & Carry Carry Rules Fix legislation would receive a final vote before his chamber breaks for the summer, Speaker William Batchelder (R-Medina) is saying that his chamber plans to move the Senate's version (SB17) as early as this Wednesday, June 15. From the Dayton Daily News : Legislation to permit concealed carry permit holders...

"Gunrunner" investigation heating up on the Hill

by Jim Shepherd [This] week, the U.S. House of Representatives begins hearings entitled "Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena?" According to Washington insiders, this hearing is the amping up of the ongoing battle between members of Congress and the Department of Justice over the Congressional investigation of the...

Op-ed: "Guns in restaurants – another viewpoint"

[ Editor's Note: The following op-ed was published in the Greene County Dailies (Xenia Gazette, Fairborn Herald and Beavercreek News). ] by Larry S. Moore The liberal mainstream media has mounted a full court press against HB45 and SB17, which will allow guns into venues that serve alcohol. Smaller media outlets, such as the Greene County Dailies, either willingly help their agenda by reprinting...

Media claims about restaurant carry harken back to false predictions made during concealed carry debate

by Gerard Valentino Uninformed, elitist, unenlightened and arrogant is no way to go through life, especially if you are a journalist. Yet, Marilou Johanek seems to have reached the position of editorial columnist with The Toledo Blade despite her aforementioned limitations. Her recent editorial, "On gun in bars, state lawmakers defy logic, safety" - is a testament to the lower journalistic...

The Idiot Chronicles, Volume 1: "Restaurant Carry & Bartenders"

by Ken Hanson, Esq. "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." While there is no definitive source for this quote (conflicting sources have it going all the way back to Napoleon), it clearly encompasses two things that are happening in the media coverage of the two Restaurant Carry bills pending in the Ohio General Assembly. The malice is coming from the interest...

May sees 11.4% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 12th straight month over month increase

The May 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 696,947 is an increase of 11.4 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 625,763 in May 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2011 NICS figure of 1,219,872 is an increase of 20.8 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,009,818 in May 2010. This marks the 12th straight month-over-month...

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