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Media Access Loophole fix eviscerated in Senate committee

12:10am Friday, December 08, 2006

By Chad D. Baus Since April 2005, this political action committee has been documenting legislative attempts to remove Bob Taft's ridiculous media access loophole, which calls concealed handgun license records private but gives journalists access to the private, personal information of license-holders. The first attempt involved Rep. Bill Seitz, who tabled a proposal to modify House Bill 9, the...

Home Rule Champions Need To Be Consistent In Their Logic

12:10am Thursday, December 07, 2006

Editor's Note: Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that the Senate Subcommittee on Civil Justice, chaired by Republican David Goodman , acted Wednesday to remove a provision from House Bill 9 which would have allowed concealed handgun license-holders, in certain situations, to protect their private, personal information from the media, and inserted compromise language, which is still being...

Op-Ed: Election Wasn't a Vote for Gun Control

12:05am Thursday, December 07, 2006

By Lawrence G. Keane, Esq. As the final election tallies come in, with only a few House races still yet to be determined, and the 2008 presidential race begun, a few things are clear: The 2006 midterm elections were a referendum on Iraq and the Republican leadership of Congress. It was a “thumping,” as the President acknowledged. But what they were not, as some on the far left would have you...

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Editorial analysis: Findlay Courier logic vs. Toledo Blade emotion

12:10am Wednesday, December 06, 2006

By Chad D. Baus As I read through many an editoral on HB347 over this past weekend, I found it extremely instructive to compare editorials from two northwest Ohio newspapers. Findlay and Toledo are less than 50 miles apart, but at least from a newspaper editor standpoint, Findlay might as well be on Mars , and Toledo on Venus . Courier editorial excerpts will be presented in blue type , Toledo...

Dispatch: A New Generation of Hunters

12:05am Wednesday, December 06, 2006

The Columbus Dispatch recently published an excellent article on the success of Ohio's new Apprentice Hunting license program. From the story: Daulton Nebraska rushed home from school yesterday, pulled on his camouflage and ducked into the woods, where he and his father quietly awaited their target. The 12-year-old Delaware County boy had one goal in mind as he perched in a tree stand: bagging a...

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Another news story omits CHL details, so I asked DDN writer why

12:10am Tuesday, December 05, 2006

By Chad D. Baus On November 27, Dayton Daily News staff writer Steve Bennish filed a story detailing events involving a store clerk who defended himself against an armed robber. From the story: Police said a man entered the Express Mart, 3999 Necco Ave., about 9 p.m. armed with a handgun. The clerk behind the counter pulled out a handgun of his own and both men discharged their weapons, Dayton...

Op-ed: Gun Control - Examining the 2005 FBI Crime Statistics

12:05am Tuesday, December 05, 2006

Gun ban extremists are trying to make something of a small increase in violent crime last year, ignoring the fact that there are 70 million more guns in private hands than in 1991, and 38 percent less violent crime. In an op-ed for Newsbusters.org, writer Howard Nemerov asks "wouldn’t you like to know where those murders and robberies occurred? Was it diffused throughout the country, or are there...

Plain Dealer on preemption: We were for it before we were against it

12:10am Monday, December 04, 2006

By Chad D. Baus On August 7, in an editorial entitled "Chose your weapon" , the Cleveland Plain Dealer endorsed the need for statewide preemption of local gun control laws as provided in HB347. From the editorial: This page continues to look skeptically on concealed carry, but consistency in the form of statewide, uniform standards makes more sense than a confusing patchwork of local...