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 robberies at a shopping center to the hunt for a bank robber, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

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By Gerard Valentino

Since 1987 when Florida passed the now landmark concealed carry law, each of the anti-gun movements sacred cows has been destroyed. One by one, the falsified statistics and claims of blood running in the street proved to be untrue, leading the tide of public opinion to turn slowly against the anti-gun movement.

It should have been easy to predict since they had lied about their motives and used fake statistics since they began to try and shape public opinion. Yet, a complicit establishment media put the pro-gun movement on the defensive and paved the way for what the anti-gun movement was sure would be the next in a long line of successes, the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban.

Something happened on the way to total gun confiscation however, the American public woke up and realized that years of gun control laws had done little to dissuade criminals from plying their dangerous trade. Many Americans also realized what the pro-gun movement knew all along, that disarming law-abiding citizens did little more than make everyone sitting ducks for criminals who refused to turn in their weapons.

Now that most of the anti-gun movement’s arguments have been refuted by the success of concealed carry, and the scheme to sue gun companies out of existence also failed, they had to find a different way to attack gun owners.

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January 7, 2008
(University of Cincinnati) News Record

We've all heard it from President Nancy Zimpher, University of Cincinnati Director of Public Safety Eugene Ferrera, Cincinnati Police Chief Colonel Thomas Streicher and other political officials - crime is going down on UC's campus and in the surrounding community while claiming they have the figures to prove it.

That may be what they say and claim, but frankly, this isn't the case.

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