By Chad D. Baus

Two Ohio criminals got lessons in victim selection over the past several days, as two elderly persons, likely targeted because they appeared weak, turned out to have made plans for that very eventuality.

By John Litle

Joining forced with supporters of individual liberty from across the nation, and from across the spectrum of political issues, second amendment supporters descended on the nation on September 12, 2009. This is just one "astro-turf tea-partier's" experience.

Like most people joining the Tea Party Express in Washington, D.C. this past weekend, I'm not a member of any organized protesting group. I am a Buckeye Firearms volunteer, but it wasn't through Buckeye Firearms that I chose to travel to D.C. Instead, on Thursday I thought, "You know, I'm not doing anything more important this weekend than going down to D.C. and taking a stand for this country, so why not?"

That must have been a common sentiment among the hundreds of thousands, even over a million other people at the event. At the hotel where we booked the night's stay, the manager apologized for being understaffed. "We thought it was going to be a dead weekend," he related.

"We weren't even half-full [of reservations] Thursday."

Robert Gibbs, the President's press secretary and chief propagandist, insisted on Friday that the President wasn't even aware of any march occurring in D.C. the next day, and that he would be out of town promoting his health care agenda on Saturday.

So it is with real grass-roots events - no coverage or notice necessary.