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Violent Crime Rising......or is it?

12:10am Monday, September 18, 2006

By Tim Inwood "Murders, gun crimes rise - A federal report confirms increases in U.S. homicides and violence with firearms." - recent headline in the LA Times. From the story, commenting on the FBI preliminary crime report... "This report tells us more the serious events - robbery and gun crimes - increased and the FBI already told us homicides increased," said criminal justice professor James...

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EDITORIAL: Gun control - The great deception

12:05am Monday, September 18, 2006

Toronto Sun September 15, 2006 The gun registry didn’t stop Kimveer Gill from carrying out his shooting spree at Montreal’s Dawson College. The three weapons he used were all legally registered, according to sources. And even if they hadn’t been, so what? All that would have shown is that criminals don’t usually register their guns. The real issue here — despite calls from all the usual suspects...

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Alternative reality: Anti-gun journalists ignore facts to push agenda

12:05am Thursday, September 14, 2006

By Chad D. Baus One of the things that has surprised me most over the past few years as I have interacted with the media as they prepare news stories is the lengths some journalists are willing to go to in order to create their intended angle on a story. Before, when reading stories in the newspaper, and noticing how particular points or angles are missing, I always just assumed that the points...

Strickland & Blackwell - Bookends on Gun Rights

12:05am Wednesday, September 13, 2006

By Chad D. Baus, Larry S. Moore & Linda Walker A series of articles in the Dayton Daily News last week provide further evidence that Ohio gun rights supporters and owners are in a great position come Election Day. For the first time in decades, all 3 of the candidates for Governor are pro-gun. Our future looks bright, at least for the next 4 years. DDN writer Laura Bischoff had the...

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Dennis M. Parish: A name northwest Ohio gun owners need to remember at the polls

12:10am Tuesday, September 12, 2006

By Chad D. Baus When it comes to protecting your Constitutional right to bear arms, some of the most important poliitcal contests are often the least noted by the media and as such least understood by voters. This can certainly be said of the race for Sixth District Court of Appeals Judge. Although he has been campaigning non-stop for the past year or more, it is likely that few gun owners (not...

Too Much or Too Little Training

12:05am Tuesday, September 12, 2006

By Betty Shonts In a recent article, I admitted that concealed carry permitholders are human beings, and allowed for the possibility that in a rare scenario one could possibly screw up by diving headfirst into a third party scenario without all the facts. Permitholders rarely screw up. But never mind - no matter what I say, what unbiased researched facts I have in my hands, and how many news...

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And They Ask Me Why I Carry?

12:10am Friday, September 08, 2006

By Linda Walker Albuquerque, NM - 74 year old Garland Taylor slain while showing a $900,000 home to a well groomed, professionally dressed man. McKinney, TX - Sarah Ann Walker stabbed 27 times while holding an open house at a new housing development. Her body was found on the kitchen floor by a couple house hunting. St. Petersburg, FL - A neatly dressed man posing as a DEA agent attacks a real...

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A New Way to Share Our Hunting and Trapping Heritage

12:05am Friday, September 08, 2006

By Larry S. Moore With the start of the fall hunting season last week, the apprentice-hunting license officially became available. The Ohio Division of Wildlife has been a leader in providing opportunities to introduce young people to the outdoors through hunting, fishing, and trapping programs. The Division has special early season youth hunts for upland game the last two weekends of October...