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Rep. Michael DeBose (D), remembered for becoming pro-concealed carry after mugging, dies at 58

7:00am Wednesday, April 25, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that State Rep. Michael DeBose, a Cleveland Democrat, has passed away at the age of 58. From the article : DeBose, 58, had struggled for several years with Parkinson's syndrome. He entered the Clinic Sunday with an infection. The lifelong Clevelander represented District 12 from 2002 to 2010, when term limits forced him out. He'd also been a...

EPA Denies Anti-Hunting Group's Latest Petition to Ban Traditional Ammunition

3:00pm Tuesday, April 24, 2012

NSSF Calls Upon Congress to Pass the 'Hunting, Fishing and Recreational Shooting Sports Protection Act' NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 9 denied yet another frivolous petition by the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) -- an established anti-hunting group -- calling for a ban on the traditional ammunition (containing lead-core components) for hunting and...

SB332: Better to slowly burn a child to death than to shoot her with a gun?

7:00am Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Editor's Note: The article below was originally published on June 17, 2008, about Senate Bill 348, introduced by Senator Eric Kearney (D-9). That bill died at the end of the 127th General Assembly. Kearney reintroduced the bill again in 2009, as SB49, and we again published this article by way of response, on February 12, 2009. SB49 died at the end of the 128th General Assembly. But the necessity...

Op-Ed: Barack Obama's Bloodiest Scandal

3:00pm Monday, April 23, 2012

By Katie Pavlich Operation Fast and Furious is the deadliest and most sinister scandal in American history. A scandal so big, it's worse than Iran-Contra and makes Watergate look like a high school prank gone wrong. In the early days of the Obama Administration, President Obama claimed his goal was to stop the trafficking of guns from the United States into the hands of violent Mexican drug...

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Second Amendment Foundation chalks up more legal victories

7:00am Monday, April 23, 2012

BELLEVUE, WA - A Federal District Court Judge in Massachusetts has granted summary judgment in a Second Amendment Foundation case challenging that state's denial of firearms licenses to permanent resident aliens. U.S. District Court Judge Douglas P. Woodcock concluded that "the Massachusetts firearms regulatory regime as applied to the individual plaintiffs, contravenes the Second Amendment." The...

Op-Ed: Where’s the ‘Probable Cause’?

3:00pm Friday, April 20, 2012

by John Lott The charges brought against George Zimmerman sure look like prosecutorial misconduct. The case as put forward by the prosecutor in the "affidavit of probable cause" is startlingly weak. As a former chief economist at the U.S. Sentencing Commission, I have read a number of such affidavits, and cannot recall one lacking so much relevant information. The prosecutor has most likely...

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Public opinion poll: "Most Americans back gun lobby, right to use deadly force"

7:00am Friday, April 20, 2012

by Chad D. Baus According to a recent news report, a Reuters/ Ipsos poll has found that most Americans support the right to use deadly force to protect themselves - even in public places - and have a favorable view of the National Rifle Association, the main gun-lobby group. From the article : The online survey showed that 68 percent, or two out of three respondents, had a favorable opinion of...

Ohio Spring Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 23

3:00pm Thursday, April 19, 2012

COLUMBUS, OH - This year's spring wild turkey season opens in all 88 Ohio counties on Monday, April 23 and continues through Sunday, May 20, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. "Ohio has again experienced a record low wild turkey hatch, with last year's nesting season negatively impacted by rainfall and flooding," said ODNR Wildlife Biologist Mike...