By Chad D. Baus

Last September, anti-gun Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson, in a continuing struggle to get ahead of the public relations debacle he faces while presiding over a significant increase in homicides in 2007, and seeking to justify his use of taxpayer resources on a go-it-alone court challenge of HB347, a state law which preempts local gun control laws, launched another salvo in his effort to divert blame for his city's crime problems.

In a September 10, 2007 press release released at a conference where he announced his collusion with Reps. Sandra Williams and Timothy Boyd on HB354, Jackson stated as follows:

“Right now, if a young person was walking down any Ohio street brandishing an assault weapon, the police could not arrest him for that.”

So you can imagine what a shock it must have been to Cleveland residents was when, on April 1, 2008, viewers of Cleveland's ABC affiliate were told about the arrest of two teens who were...you guessed it...carrying guns while walking down a city street.

By Gerard Valentino

Boston.com recently reported that the Boston Police Department delayed its program to institute warrantless searches of people’s homes because of strong opposition to the plan.

OK, even though I’ve read the article four times it hasn’t stopped causing me to hyperventilate. It isn’t that the police administration would actually try to search people’s houses without proper cause or without a warrant, which is bad enough, it is because they are SURPRISED PEOPLE WOULD OBJECT.

As if inviting the police into your home to search without cause is your civic duty or some such nonsense. If such actions don’t cause the good citizens of Boston to fire their current mayor and demand the resignation of the chief of police they never will.

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 bank robbery in a gun free zone to a carjacking, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

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

Oral arguments were held today in the case of Ohioans for Concealed Carry Inc. et. al v. City of Clyde et. al. [Case No. 07-0960]. The proceedings lasted for just under one hour.

Click here to watch a video archive of the hearing (RealPlayer required).

Excerpts of and links to media coverage of the proceedings will be added here as they are published.