By Tim Inwood

I love Cincinnati. It is a great town with a rich history. The Museum Center in the old Union Terminal train station lays it all out before you. I can easily spend days down there reading the panels and admiring the displays. The mock up of a river boat, the old Crosley car and of course the scale model of Cincinnati in the World War II era are so fascinating. Some of my favorite restaurants are down there. Morton’s of Chicago in the Carew Tower, The Precinct, the original Montgomery Inn as well as the Boat House, Carlo and Johnny’s. I love La Rosa’s pizza and my pal Matt McGowan’s family’s restaurant, Campanello’s, is one of the best Italian restaurants in town...

I love Cincinnati. That is why it breaks my heart that Cincinnati has such an anti-gun ninny for a mayor. Yes, I know - strong words. But let's face it, friends, Mayor Mark Mallory is a blithering idiot and a huge embarrassment to the Queen City.

Cincinnatians have been catching on to this for some time. Sadly, after his latest stunt, the whole country now knows it.

Mallory made national headlines when he threw out the first pitch on Opening Day this year...what he was throwing at we are still not sure, but he did toss the ball at something - it just was not the catcher behind home plate. Then he joined up with that other idiot mayor, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, in his quest to destroy the legal firearms industry.

Just two months after bolting the GOP and setting up a mike2008.com website, it appears as though anti-gun Mayor Michael Bloomberg recognizes his threatened independent presidential campaign is going no where.

In an interview with Dan Rather, scheduled to air next week, Bloomberg admitted what gun owners have been saying for months:

"Nobody's going to elect me president of the United States."

It appears CBS has reason to keep the hope alive, however, as the network that will be forever stained by the forged Bush National Guard document scandal spends the balance of the article rumintating on how Bloomberg likes to throw water on the rumors while simultaneously keeping them alive behind the scenes.

Click 'Read More' for additional background on Michael Bloomberg's attempts to steal away your gun rights.

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 bulletproof backpacks to a lawsuit over the names of DUI offenders, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

What follows is several days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.

8/20/07: National: Bullet-Proof Backpack Is The Latest Rage In Back-To-School Fashion

From the article:

The latest back-to-school fashion accessory this fall is a backpack with a bullet-deflecting lining. It's the invention of a pair of Boston-area dads who started to worry about their children's safety after the Columbine school shootings in 1999.

The backpack, which goes for $175, is lined with a bullet-proof plate that weighs about as much as a water bottle. The light metal plate also protects against machetes and hatchets.

It is sad that we have to worry about the safety of our children at school, but we do. We must allow teachers and other faculty members to carry concealed firearms in order to protect our children. The backpack may save your child (in the unlikely event they are wearing it at the moment of attack), but it will not stop a threat from hurting other children.