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Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

By Chris Chumita

There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention.

What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens.

From a pregnant woman being carjacked to to a gun possibly being in a Cleveland school, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

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Some candidates earn their NRA endorsement; Mitt Romney just makes his up

If you believed Al Gore when he said he invented the Internet, Mitt Romney wants your vote!

By Chad D. Baus

The 2008 presidential primary season started earlier than ever this go 'round, allowing candidates an extraordinary amount of time to test which brands of makeup best covers their anti-gun warts.

I've made no secret of the fact that I am skeptical of Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney's election year conversion to support for gun rights. As I wrote last April ("Will you be Mitt Romney's cheap date?"), I find it incredibly insulting every time a politician expects America's hunters, sportsmen, concealed handgun license-holders and gun owners to fall for a couple of drunken one-liners in an election year. It's as if Romney (and Giuliani, and McCain, and Kerry, and all those who have come before) think we're all like some airheaded college girlfriend. They seem to expect that we'll watch as they repeatedly grope and fondle waitresses while we're out on a date together, but forgive them as soon as they say "I love you baby. Now go get me another beer."

Op-Ed: Founders were straight shooters

By Rory Ryan, Publisher and Editor
Hillsboro (OH) Times-Gazette

There are amendments to our great Constitution. And then, there are
amendments.

As every one of us knows, the first 10 amendments to the U.S.
Constitution, collectively, are known as the Bill of Rights. I'm partial
to these initial 10 - of which, I have three personal favorites.

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