Dr. John R. Lott Jr. will be making a public appearance in Cincinnati this week to promote his newly released book, The Bias Against Guns.

YOUR APPEARANCE IS REQUESTED!

Dr. Lott will be speaking, taking questions, and signing books on May 1 at 7:30 p.m. Location as follows:

Borders Books
4530 Eastgate Blvd.
Cincinnati, OH
(513) 943-0068

Lott is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and the author of More Guns, Less Crime and The Bias Against Guns. He has been most generous in contributing to efforts to restore Ohioans' right to self-defense. This event would be well worth the drive, and is a great opportunity to show your support for one of the academics who continue to fight for your right to self-defense.

Canal Winchester resident Steve Elsea has written an excellent letter to the editor about the need for concealed carry reform, which was published in Tuesday's Columbus Dispatch. Elsea points out how different things would be in Iraq if America's Second Amendment was law there, and steers back to how different things could be here in Ohio if our own state Constitution was recognized.

Click here to read the full letter in the Dispatch (subscription site - paid access only), or click on the "Read More..." link below for an archived version.

Under the control of Gov. Taft, Ohio continues to fall farther and farther behind the rational majority of states in our country.

In the past few weeks, three more governors (two Republicans, one Democrat) have signed shall-issue concealed carry reform bills into law - in Colorado, Minnesota and New Mexico. Kansas, Missouri & Nebraska legislatures are also promising passage of these reforms in 2003.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty explained his action with the simple fact that continues to elude Bob Taft: "Other states have not experienced more gunplay after making concealed weapons permits easier to get. "The 38 other states that have the (`concealed carry`) law, on a per capita or pro rata basis, are not experiencing any worse incidences of violent crime or gun violence than Minnesota."

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A great new animation has been created which details the "Blue map" progression of our nation over the past 15 years, as more & more states passed concealed carry reform laws.

We've already shown that Ohio's House Representatives voted overwhelmingly in the "blue". What remains to be seen is whether your Senators will represent you equally as well, or whether they will again shirk their responsibility by surrendering to the political whims of the executive branch.