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Senate committee protects trace data security - Bloomberg loses a round

12:05am Monday, July 02, 2007

NRA-ILA welcomed the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee's action [Thursday] to reinstate language commonly known as the Tiahrt Amendment into the Commerce, Justice, and Science appropriations bill. The amendment, offered by Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), passed with broad bipartisan support. This language would keep sensitive firearm trace information in the hands of law enforcement and out of...

What is the harm in publishing lists of concealed handgun license holders?

by Ken Hanson

6:06pm Thursday, June 28, 2007

By publishing lists of persons who have obtained concealed handgun licenses, newspapers such as the Sandusky Register have taken private, non-public record information and made it public. Specifically, because of their actions, the general public may now know who owns and may or may not carry a gun. Additionally, the general public now knows who is not carrying a gun in their day to day...

It's About Privacy (& the Sandusky Register Secretly Employing Sex Offenders)

2:46pm Wednesday, June 27, 2007

By Ken Hanson Sandusky Register Editor Matt Westerhold, apparently with a straight face, published an editorial today entitled “It’s about the secrets, not about the gun owners” . Apparently hoping we forgot his history at the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram , where he attacked gun owners' privacy in similar fashion, Mr. Westerhold bemoans that he did not seek this fight, but at the same time he would...

Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes? (Who will guard the guardians?)

6:05pm Tuesday, June 26, 2007

In a recent editorial , the Sandusky Register argued that ALL government information should be public and appears to support the idea that government shouldn’t be able to keep some information private. This argument is a red herring, designed to mask an anti-gun political agenda that involves targeting citizens who have a legal concealed handgun license (CHL) by publishing their name, age, and...

Another gun on ''gun-free'' college campus

12:05am Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Late last week, the Associated Press reported that police had found a loaded gun in the car of a man accused of threatening a woman on the Shawnee State University campus in Portsmouth, Ohio. What the AP did NOT note is that this was yet another example of how impotent gun ban laws are at stopping violent criminals. Click 'Read More' for the story. From the target=_BLANK>story: Portsmouth...

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Sandusky Register Editor Matt Westerhold Declares War on Gun Owner Privacy

3:06pm Monday, June 25, 2007

By John Salyers and Chad D. Baus In spite of many state legislators, county sheriffs and even Governor Strickland himself attempting to talk sense into him, Sandusky Register Editor Matt Westerhold has launched an all-out assault on the privacy and security of over 2,600 concealed handgun license holders in several Northern Ohio counties. Citing a phantom "right to know", Westerhold, editor and...

The history of gun control, part 1

12:05am Monday, June 25, 2007

June 7, 2007 World Net Daily By Sandy Froman Philosopher George Santayana said that those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. It's true. One of the reasons to study history is to avoid repeating past mistakes. When it comes to freedom, we cannot afford to forget the lessons of the past. So you and I need to know the history of gun control, because history teaches us there is...

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Working to help Ohioans protect themselves and their families

12:15am Thursday, June 21, 2007

By State Senator Steve Buehrer Imagine it is 10 p.m. on a Tuesday night. After turning out the lights and making sure all the doors in the house are locked, you retire to your bedroom to get some sleep before having to work early the next morning. Shortly after your head hits the pillow, you begin to hear a soft tapping outside the bedroom window. Quickly, you roll over to see what’s going on,...