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Mayor Ford seeks credit for end to rioting; forgets empty promises

12:10am Friday, October 21, 2005

Although the images of rioting in Toledo gave a whole nation pause, it is now obvious that Mayor Jack Ford (who is desperately trying to hold on to his office) was thinking less than the cost of violence on his constituents - and more about his job. The Toledo Blade is reporting that two new Jack Ford campaign commercials focus on the weekend riot, and one includes the claim that the mayor "kept...

HISTORIC VICTORY FOR GUN OWNERS

12:04pm Thursday, October 20, 2005

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES THE “PROTECTION OF LAWFUL COMMERCE IN ARMS ACT” Thursday, October 20, 2005 (Fairfax, VA) - Today the United States House of Representatives passed the “Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act” (S. 397) by a bipartisan vote of 283-144. The legislation now moves to President Bush’s desk for his expected signature. Commenting on the passage of this landmark...

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Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

5:31pm Wednesday, October 19, 2005

There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are worthy of comment. What follows is our weekly view of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. Click on the "Read More..." link below for seven days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis. Wednesday from...

Toledo police chief: First Amendment rights ''unfortunate''

12:10am Tuesday, October 18, 2005

As Buckeye Firearms Association's Ken Hanson reminded readers in a recent op-ed , chief Mike Navarre's Toledo Police Department has a rough history when it comes to the Second Amendment. Having once told store owners enduring a wave of violent robberies they should not take up arms to defend themselves but instead just try to "get away from the bullets", having arrested a man for exercising his...

Plain Dealer's Brent Larkin on HB347 editorial: 'We were wrong'

12:05am Monday, October 17, 2005

After waiting more than three weeks, the Cleveland Plain Dealer editorial board finally chose Saturday October 15 to publish a correction to glaring falsehoods repeated in a September 29 editorial about how House Bill 347, Rep. Jim Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform bill, would amend the media access loophole. What they did not do, however, is retract their opposition to HB347, even though...

Leave it to Toledo to validate the Nazis...

8:33am Sunday, October 16, 2005

By Ken Hanson Dear me, what are the folks in Toledo thinking? A month or so ago police confiscated a handgun from a citizen who had gone out and obtained an emergency concealed carry license to protect himself from gangs in his neighborhood. The TPD reasoning? Send them to community mediation, let everyone "cool off." Keep the gun in lockdown for a few months, since the gun obviously caused all...

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(Uh) Oh, Canada...: ''Gun killings on rise for 3rd year in a row''

12:05am Saturday, October 15, 2005

Canada sees 12 per cent spike in homicide rate - 172 of 622 slayings were firearm-related in 2004 The Toronto Star is reporting news that will no doubt shake the gun ban community even more than recent crime explosions in Great Britain and Australia have. Despite (or perhaps more accurately as a result of) a multitude of gun control laws, and a $2-billion gun registry program that is by all...

Libertarian Bill Peirce a candidate for governor

12:10am Friday, October 14, 2005

The Statehouse News Bureau reported recently that professor emeritus at Case Western Reserve University Bill Peirce has announced plans to run for governor in 2006. Peirce is the first Libertarian to announce a run for governor in 2006 and is a life-long member of the National Rifle Association. Peirce's campaign website states that his belief that "law-abiding citizens should not have to explain...