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Court Orders Cleveland to Stop Enforcing Local Gun Control

1:32pm Wednesday, May 25, 2011

"Cities are out of the firearm regulation business." - Ken Hanson, Dec. 12, 2006, following the veto-override of Gov. Taft on Ohio's Statewide Preemption Law (HB347) Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Judge Brian Corrigan has ordered Cleveland to stop any enforcement of 19 separate local gun control ordinances, effective immediately. Buckeye Firearms Foundation is the lead Plaintiff in the case, which...

If this what it looks like to have gun rights groups "panicked" and "on the defensive," let's hope it continues...

7:00am Wednesday, May 25, 2011

by Gerard Valentino Over the last twenty years, concealed carry laws have swept the nation, Castle Doctrine and Stand Your Ground reform became the norm, and the Clinton Assault Weapons ban, which was the crown jewel of the anti-gun crusade, was allowed to sunset. Yet, in a recent email to supporters, the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence (CSGV) claims to have the pro-gun community running scared.

Singing Praise to John Moses Browning

3:00pm Tuesday, May 24, 2011

by Tim Inwood Few things really pass the test of time anymore. It seems that as soon as you buy a new computer it is already obsolescent and the latest whiz-bang model that replaced it won’t last but a few months. But if you look closely while watching news footage of our troops in Afghanistan, you will see a pistol that has indeed succeeded in passing that test and it is a testament to the...

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Richard Daley – Chicago’s Emperor Nero retires

7:00am Tuesday, May 24, 2011

by Gerard Valentino Richard Daley's request for armed bodyguards to protect him after he leaves office shows that his career as Chicago Mayor is ending, but his legacy of hypocrisy will live on. After years of disarming all civilians, Daley's tune is now changing, and he is making sure that someone carrying a gun is in place to defend him when he no longer holds his throne. For Daley to request...

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Wal-Mart retailing giant resumes sales of rifles & shotguns at half of its stores

3:00pm Monday, May 23, 2011

by Chad D. Baus The Wall Street Journal reported recently that Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is bringing back rifles, shotguns and ammunition to hundreds of U.S. stores as the hurting retail giant seeks to reinvigorate its one-stop shopping appeal and attract more male customers. From the article : The world's largest retailer stopped selling hunting rifles and bullets at all but a third of its U.S...

Dad who split up fight in McDonald's shot dead...in "no-guns" Great Britain

7:00am Monday, May 23, 2011

"A free people ought to be armed." - George Washington "Arms in the hands of citizens may be used at individual discretion in private self defense." - John Adams "Americans have the right and advantage of being armed, unlike the people of other countries, whose leaders are afraid to trust them with arms." - James Madison by Chad D. Baus The Mirror , a British newspaper, recently reported that a...

SAF challenges interstate handgun sales ban

3:00pm Friday, May 20, 2011

The Second Amendment Foundation [has] filed suit in U.S. District Court in Virginia challenging the constitutionality of federal and Virginia provisions barring handgun sales to non-residents. SAF is joined in the lawsuit by Michelle Lane, a District of Columbia resident who cannot legally purchase handguns because there are no retail firearms dealers inside the District. The Supreme Court's 2008...

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Restoration of Rights bill (SB61) scheduled for sponsor testimony in House committee

12:00pm Friday, May 20, 2011

[UPDATE May 23, 2011 - Chairman Mecklenborg has removed this bill (and one other) from the meeting agenda due to time contraints related to the volume of testimony scheduled to be given on another bill the committee is considering.] On Tuesday, May 24, the House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Bob Mecklenborg, will hear sponsor testimony on Sen...