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 police recruits with records to an elderly woman being injured in a home invasion, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

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

By Larry S. Moore

Mr. Lee Howley, Chairman of the Ohio Wildlife Council, recently distributed an editorial to media outlets across Ohio. Mr. Howley’s editorial is titled, “Guns shouldn’t be the only issue for sportsmen”. It puts forth a position that the Presidential election should be about more than guns for Ohio sportsmen. While his letter carefully does not mention Barack Obama, it certainly parrots the position of the Obama campaign, the Americans Hunters and Shooters Association, and others who support the Democratic candidate for President.

Mr. Howley’s letter is troubling on several points. I do not believe Mr. Howley should have signed his letter as “Chairman of the Ohio Wildlife Council”. I regularly attend the Ohio Wildlife Council meetings, although I have missed the last couple. I have checked and do not find any reference to the Ohio Wildlife Council approving any resolution or action authorizing Mr. Howley to pen his letter under the direction of the Ohio Wildlife Council. In my opinion, Mr. Howley signed the letter as the Chairman in order to convey influence and knowledge in an attempt to get more editors to publish the letter and to sway unknowing sportsmen to Obama.

The candidate says he supports the right to bear arms. The record says otherwise.

By John R. Lott Jr.

Barack Obama claims he is a friend of gun owners. He certainly has convinced the media.

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times said the NRA's opposition to Obama seemed strange because "Obama does not oppose gun rights. He has made a point of pounding this home to rural audiences, telling them he has no intention of taking their guns away: not their shotguns, not their handguns, not anything."

From the Boston Globe to FactCheck.org, the media and their watchdogs have uncritically recited Obama's statement that he believes there is an individual right to own guns. How does Brooks Jackson, FactCheck.org's director, explain the NRA's opposition to Obama? He says: "They are lying. . . . They are just making this up."

Yet, while the media and their checkers take Obama's current statements about his beliefs at face value, the NRA doesn't. So who is right?