July 29, 2007
Sandusky Register

I received an interesting piece of mail. It was not a bill, a letter from Nigeria saying I won money, or correspondence from a long lost friend. This letter contained some deep personal information about myself. Not only was this person able to get my address but he was also able to find much more information on me in just seconds. How did he even get my name in the first place? From the Sandusky Register publishing my name, age and county along with all the other CCW holders.

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By Chad D. Baus

If I didn't know better, I'd guess that a recent (unsigned) Toledo Blade editorial, entitled "NRA puppets", and another published in the (Hamilton) Journal-News ("Keeping gun data secret is criminal") were written by anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg himself.

While it does appear that Bloomberg has requested that his friends in the media begin an editorial campaign lamenting his recent setbacks in Congress, it is more likely, at least in the case of the Toledo paper, that the typically misleading editorial was penned by Blade editorial board member Dan Simpson, who just a few short months ago proposed a plan to disarm America's law-abiding gun owners.

This time, newspapers are turning their attention to the gun ban lobby's failure to force the public release of confidential firearm trace data for matters completely unrelated to a bona fide criminal investigation. And as per usual, the editorial writers had to ignore essential pieces of information in what could truly be better described as "Bloomberg puppet" pieces.

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(Columbus) ThisWeek is reporting reasons for which several Central Ohio legislators, including state senators Tim Schaffer, Steve Stivers, and David Goodman and state representatives Larry Flowers, Jay Hottinger and Jon Peterson, are supportive of Castle Doctrine legislation (SB184/HB264), recently introduced by State Senator Steve Buehrer.

Click 'Read More' for the quotes from several of the legislators, and to view a letter to the editor supportive of Castle Doctrine that was published in the (Ravenna) Record Publisher.

By Jim Irvine and Chris Chumita

At their Central Committee meeting on Wednesday night, the Cuyahoga County Republican Party acted quickly to remove the words “gun controls” from the proposed party platform.

Before the platform committee report, Chairman Rob Frost stated that he did not know how those words were added. He noted that he received the letter from Buckeye Firearms about it, and heard from many people who were upset about it, and he would make the first motion to amend the platform to remove the words “gun controls” from the platform.

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While this story is about a Republican County party meeting, it could equally apply to a State or a National Party meeting, and is applicable to any party.

As important as it is to learn from mistakes, we should also examine the lessons learned when everything goes your way. It would be wonderful if we never had another such fight, but it would quite naive.

Lesson 1:
Pay attention. If you are going to solve problems, you have to know what they are. You need to be informed. If you don’t have the time to be involved, than make sure you are part of a group that will let you know about the really important stuff. If you do not search for the news daily, make sure you are on a news list. Most groups have weekly email lists.

Lesson 2:

By Tim Inwood

Perhaps I expected too much. I had hoped they would be on their best behavior, but no.

What am I lamenting? The shoddy treatment given to the American gun owner in the last Democrat Presidential debate, that’s what.

I am sadly not surprised by how us gun owners were dealt with as I watched the CNN-hosted YouTube Democrat debate. I will grant that Jered Townsend did not present himself very well, as he held his Bushmaster XM-15 rifle asking about the intent of the Democrats towards his “baby”. But what followed should have been illustrative to any gun owner watching the debate about how they should vote in the primaries and in November next year.

The debate moderator, Anderson Cooper, threw the question first to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson. I perked up to hear what this man had to say. I have been listening to the Democrats on some gun boards like “The High Road” tell us how pro-gun the man is. So I was curious to see what the man would utter. “The issue here, I believe, is instant background checks…” “Nobody who has a criminal background or is mentally ill should be able to get a weapon.”

Richardson was then incoherent and rambled about poverty, gun violence and ghettos. Not a word about constitutionally protected rights enshrined by the Second Amendment. The NRA may have rated the man highly in the past, but his performance did not
warrant it. His comments were met with silence. No home run for Bill. Foul ball at best…

Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week.

This week's "Friday Flashback" is....

Rudy Giuliani: Gun manufacturers knowingly calculate sales to illegal market

By Chad D. Baus

A video of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been posted at YouTube with the following caption:

On June 23, 2000 [New York City Mayor] Rudy Giuliani tried to justifiy the gun industry lawsuit to a concerned citizen.

Giuliani claims that gun manufacturers overproduce firearms. Giuliani claims that most police officers are in favor of gun control. Giuliani claims that gun control reduced New York City crime. Giuliani blames the rest of the country for having lax gun laws which let people buy guns elsewhere and bring them into the city.

Compare this to the claims currently being made on Giuliani's presidential campaign website:

Rudy Giuliani is a strong supporter of the Second Amendment.

The simple fact is that the extremist gun control agenda coming out of New York City did not start with current Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and it is up to gun owners everywhere to make sure it does not end up in the White House in 2008.

CLick here to read the entire article and to watch the video!

Would this five minutes before the Court make a difference?

By John Longenecker

The District Of Columbia, moved so by an appellate court decision against its thirty-year-long gun ban, has elected to file with the Supreme Court. I wish I could address the Supreme Court.

In arguing that weapons applies only to militias, the District fails to understand that Militia as defined by United States Code applies to civilians as much as it does military. Civilians were the first Militia. See U.S. Code Title 10 here where we still are Militia.

It is also important to note they did not mean National Guard in those days: National Guard was not conceived and organized for another 130 years.

But that's only the beginning.

If it please the Court, I would cite five authorities emanating from writings of the Founders in Original Intent and decisions since the nation's inception.

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By Michelle Malkin
New York Post

Sen. Joe Biden is the embodiment of snide. Snide is the embodiment of the left-wing attitude toward gun owners. So when snide Joe Biden confronted a YouTube user who asked Democrat presidential candidates about gun control during a debate Monday night, what unfolded was a Teachable YouTube Moment - the caught-on-tape embodiment of ideological snideness toward the Second Amendment and those who defend it.

"Good evening, America. My name is Jered Townsend from Clio, Mich.," the YouTube citizen-questioner began. "To all the candidates, tell me your position on gun control, as myself and other Americans really want to know if our babies are safe." Townsend then pulled out his Bushmaster AR-15. "This is my 'baby,' purchased under the 1994 gun ban. Please tell me your views. Thank you."

...[CNN debate host Anderson Cooper asked] "Sen. Biden, are you going to be able to keep his 'baby' safe?" Snide Joe grabbed his opening: "I'll tell you what: If that is his baby, he needs help."

Click 'Read More' for additional excerpts and a link to the entire op-ed, as well as the YouTube video segment in question.

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 home invasion in a "safe" community to Cleveland's skyrocketing homicide rate, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

Click on the "Read More..." link below for several days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.

By Chad D. Baus

I live in a place some city-dwellers don't think exists any more.

My small Fulton County, Ohio town is place where most of the faces passing by on the road are recognizable...a place where people can walk to work and church...a place where housing is still (fairly) affordable, and doors are often left unlocked...a place where families (sometimes two or three generations at once!) can be seen together riding bikes on a sunny Sunday afternoon, or enjoying ice cream cones on an evening stroll...a place where neighbors actually know one anothers' names and maybe even something about each other...a place where the largest crowds form at pee-wee league games on weeknights and in church pews on Sundays.

And my small town is a place where an over-the-road truck driver recently came to pick up a load of furniture just hours before he was arrested and, according to Nashville's (TN) Metro police, confessed to being a multi-state serial killer.

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