National Politics

Op-Ed: Disarming Pilots - Plane Foolish

3:00pm Tuesday, March 13, 2012
by Tracy W. Price In response to the 9/11 attacks, many airline pilots have been trained, deputized as federal law-enforcement officers and armed since 2003. Now the Obama administration wants to gut the program with a 50 percent cut in funding. In defense of the cut, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently told Congress the program is not "risk based," that pilots aren't the last...

Februrary sees 31.4% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 21st straight month over month increase

7:00am Thursday, March 08, 2012
The February 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,266,344 is an increase of 31.4 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 963,746 in February 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2012 NICS figure of 1,734,646 reflects a 18.6 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,463,138 in February 2011. This marks the 21st straight...

NSSF Urges Congress to Pass Hunting, Shooting and Fishing Protection Bills

3:00pm Wednesday, March 07, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will vote today to forward a historic package of legislation to Congress that includes a number of legislative priorities of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. H.R. 4089, known as the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012, was recently...

Maryland "may issue" CCW law found unconstitutional

7:00am Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Federal court finds right to bear arms not limited to home by Chad D. Baus WBZ-TV (CBS Boston) is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that Maryland's requirement that residents show a “good and substantial reason” to get a handgun permit is unconstitutional. From the article : States can channel the way their residents exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, but because Maryland'...

The Annual Big Yawn: Brady Campaign State Gun Control Scorecard 2011

3:00pm Monday, March 05, 2012
Year after year, the Brady Campaign’s state gun control scorecards have become the laughing stock of the gun control debate for at least three reasons. First, they typically give good scores to states that have high crime rates and bad scores to states that have low rates. The Brady Campaign’s scores aren’t based on whether anyone gets murdered, raped, robbed, or beaten in any particular state;...

In Ohio, selling or providing a handgun to anyone under 21 is illegal, yet headlines claim it's easy for a child to get a gun

7:00am Monday, March 05, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Ohio Revised Code 2923.21 says it plainly - it is illegal in Ohio to sell or furnish a handgun to anyone under 21 years of age, and it is illegal to sell or furnish a firearm of any kind to a person under 18 years of age. It is also illegal to sell or furnish a firearm to another person if the seller knows or has reason to know that the firearm is intended to be provided to an...

Mitt Romney's anti-gun record: He hopes Ohio voters forget

7:00am Friday, March 02, 2012
Editor's Note 9/28/12 - Please see the following follow-up article, also by Mr. Baus - Recently discovered report forces the question: Do I owe Mitt Romney an apology? by Chad D. Baus Although some gun rights activists who subscribe to the Buckeye Firearms Association weekly newsletter pay attention to politics affecting gun rights day-in and day-out, and can immediately identify which candidates...

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