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Op-Ed: It’s Not About Stand Your Ground

3:00pm Friday, March 30, 2012

We should reserve judgment, but it seems that Zimmerman acted lawfully. by John R. Lott Jr. President Obama, Jesse Jackson, and others have chosen to personalize the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., highlighting the racial issues by expressing concern for people who look like they do or live where "blacks are under attack." Many conservatives and liberals have also already concluded...

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Canton police officer who threatened to execute concealed carry licensee is trying to get his job back

7:00am Friday, March 30, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that notorious Canton Police Officer Daniel Harless, who was fired after being caught on his own police dash cam video last June verbally assaulting a concealed carry license holder and threatening to "execute" him, is trying to get his job back. From the article : Patrolman Daniel Harless is proceeding with the arbitration process, said Kristen...

Armed robbery at "no-guns" Applebee's

3:00pm Thursday, March 29, 2012

WSYX (ABC Columbus) is reporting that a gunmen held up the employees at the Applebee's on Morse Rd. near Easton about 1:45 a.m. last Wednesday. What the report doesn't mention is the fact that this Applebee's, along with others in Ohio, posted "no-guns" signs in response to the passage of Ohio's restaurant Carry bill last year. From the article : The restaurant was closed at the time when the...

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Confirmed: Anti-gun groups used Ohio school spree killing to grow their email list

7:00am Thursday, March 29, 2012

This article was originally published at the ThirdBasePolitics blog . Republished with permission. by Nick Mascari One month ago we all witnessed the terrible tragedy that claimed three lives in Chardon. While most of the state was mourning, we saw a suspicious website pop up almost immediately. Anti-gun group Ohio Ceasefire has created a website for people to send their thoughts and prayers to...

Representative Terry Johnson introduces HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization)

by Jim Irvine

3:22pm Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Representative Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) has introduced HB495, a bill designed to reform Ohio concealed carry law to protect the rights of law-abiding gun owners and continue a trend toward making Ohio law similar to other states. Currently, the gun laws in the Ohio Revised Code contain a number of ambiguities, and a number of "poison pill" provisions that have created confusion for law-abiding...

Legislator: Trayvon Martin case doesn't appear to apply to Stand Your Ground law I wrote

7:00am Tuesday, March 27, 2012

by Rep. Dennis Baxley The tragic story of Trayvon Martin's death in Sanford, Florida has ignited a great deal of passion and concern regarding the circumstances of his death and the defense applied by the attacker, George Zimmerman. The fact that Trayvon Martin unnecessarily lost his life is troubling and an investigation into the surrounding circumstances is certainly warranted. First of all I'd...

Voters approve concealed carry ordinance in Pike County, Illinois

7:00am Monday, March 26, 2012

PASA Park, Barry, IL -- In the election held Tuesday, March 20, 2012, the voters of Pike County, Illinois, approved a firearms concealed-carry ordinance by a 3,214 to 550 margin. It was one of the largest voter turnouts in county history. The ordinance directly contradicts current Illinois state law. As presented on the ballot, the ordinance took effect upon passage, and applies only to Pike...

Gun Show Fever! (It all began in Ohio)

7:00am Friday, March 23, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The latest issue of the NRA's American Hunter magazine features an interesting article by Philip Schreier, senior curator at the National Firearms Museum in suburban Washington D.C. Entitled "Gun Show Fever!," the article celebrates the sights, sounds and smells, the excitement and celebration of freedom that are today's gun show. From the article: The great thing about gun shows...