Gerard Valentino, a leader with Buckeye Firearms Association and Treasurer of Buckeye Firearms Foundation, will appear on "The Great Outdoors" with host Calvin Pyle every Sunday afternoon for the next five weeks.

Beginning October 11, Valentino and Pyle will discuss a different aspect of firearms issues and firearms law. The segment will usually take place between 12:15 and 12:30, and will run through through November 8.

The show airs on several radio stations, including AM1500 WBZI in Xenia, AM 1130 WEDI in NORTH DAYTON, and AM1090 WKFI in WILMINGTON.

Listeners can also tune in via the Internet at www.myclassiccountry.com.

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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has made headlines in recent weeks after several Ohio mayors quit his gun control front group (with many saying they were misled, and others saying they had never agreed to join the first place), has announced the results of an investigation of seven gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada.

Bloomberg used New York City tax dollars to fund what amounts to a personal investigation, which he claims proves "just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns -- no questions asked."

"The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has identified gun shows as the source of more than 30% of all illegally trafficked guns in the country," said Bloomberg today. "Those are the guns most likely to be used in crimes -- and to kill innocent people, including police officers."

Bloomberg's claims, however, do not agree with established facts.

FACT: Mayor Bloomberg's statistic of "30% of crime guns come from gun shows" is a complete fabrication. They carefully refer to it as "ATF estimate." They use this statistic twice in his PDF and multiple times in the news conference. Yet recommendations in Bloomberg's report include "have the ATF keep track of guns that come from gun shows." (page 29) ATF has no basis for that estimate. Here are some hard figures: