By Chad D. Baus

When it comes to protecting your Constitutional right to bear arms, some of the most important poliitcal contests are often the least noted by the media and as such least understood by voters. This can certainly be said of the race for Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge.

Although he has been campaigning non-stop for the past year or more, it is likely that few gun owners (not to mention the average lesser-informed voter) in northwest Ohioans are familiar with the name Dennis M. Parish. This is a condition needs to change.

Courts of Appeal hears cases from the municipal, county, and Common Pleas courts located in the counties that comprise the district. The Courts consist of five judges who hear cases in three judge panels on a rotating basis. All cases and original actions are randomly assigned to each judge.

As was noted on this website recently, Ohio's Sixth District Court of Appeals can be considered to be the most liberal Appeals court in the state, offering up rulings that rival the (Federal) 9th Circuit Court infamous for ruling against the Pledge of Allegiance. Even the Republicans on the Sixth District Court often seem to have a problem with the notion that the Constitution means what it says. But there is one notable, consistent exception: Judge Dennis M. Parish.

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By Betty Shonts

In a recent article, I admitted that concealed carry permitholders are human beings, and allowed for the possibility that in a rare scenario one could possibly screw up by diving headfirst into a third party scenario without all the facts.

Permitholders rarely screw up. But never mind - no matter what I say, what unbiased researched facts I have in my hands, and how many news stories I can pile up of good shoots by armed citizens, we will always be baby-killing, vigilante, inbred, redneck, racist thugs to anti-gunners. Antis don't reason because they're too buried neck-deep in touchy-feely emotions, sound bites from Michael Moore and Sarah Brady, and projecting their own violent and incompenant tendencies on the rest of us. They don't trust themselves with guns and don't think they can handle a situation rationally, so they think we can't. It's called projection.

Antis say we shouldn't carry guns because we're not trained as well as police officers. The truth is the glaring majority of permitholders I know train on a regular basis, and some even go to training schools to take advanced tactical courses. On the other hand, tell an anti that many of us go to tactical training schools to participate in classes, sometimes shooting alongside military and law enforcement personnel, and they'll screaming bloody murder, something about us learning how to be killers or wannabe cops.

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