By Chad D. Baus

According to an Associated Television News/ Zogby poll, a strong majority of likely voters disagree with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on firearms and self-defense related issues, and that the opposition to Obama's stance on these issues is widespread across multiple demographics.

By Gerard Valentino

As we inch towards another anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the cowardly attack on Beslan School Number 1 in Russia, we have to wonder what the world has learned in the intervening years. In America, partisan bickering continues over the future in Iraq, and in Russia borders skirmishes continue over disputed provinces of the Republic of Georgia.

Hollywood has deemed enough time has passed since the attacks on the Twin Towers to start making movies about the tragedy. As usual, the Hollywood elite condemn America for actions they believe caused the attack, and then exploit the situation to make their money.

The question remains, however, about whether the world is any safer today than it was then. Make your own judgment on whether America as a whole is safer since that answer is beyond the reach of most of us.

A judgment you can make is whether you have done things to make your loved ones safer.

John Hohenwarter-NRA, Gov. Strickland, Ken Hanson-BFA
at SB184 signing ceremony

CAUTION: Erroneous media reports on Castle Doctrine implementation

The bill Gov. Ted Strickland calls “common-sense legislation”, establishes Castle Doctrine in Ohio and clears up ambiguous sections of Ohio's concealed carry law goes into effect September 9, 2008.

Castle Doctrine is arguably the most important part of SB184. Indeed, this was the entire bill when it was introduced. As stand alone legislation it passed the Ohio Senate with a unanimous 32-0 vote. Even if every other improvement were stripped from this bill, this alone would have been a significant piece of legislation.