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National Right-to-Carry Bill Under Attack

3:00pm Wednesday, October 05, 2011

As we reported recently, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security recently held a hearing on H.R. 822, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011." This critically important bill, introduced earlier this year by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and cosponsored by more than 240 of their colleagues, would...

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Cleveland lawmakers continue to seek solutions to problems they don’t understand

7:00am Wednesday, October 05, 2011

by Ken Hanson, Esq. WKSU is reporting that Cleveland's elected officials are once again calling for the repeal of statewide firearm preemption in order to, in their words, address the problem of "gun violence." As Cleveland City Councilman Jeffrey Johnson stated, "We don't want to just focus in on the legislation point of it. We want to be able to address why these individuals are able to get...

Op-Ed: Furiously unraveling - Gun scandal still growing

3:00pm Tuesday, October 04, 2011

by Michael A. Walsh The joke goes that anything named "Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms" ought to be a convenience store instead of an arm of the federal government, but what's going on in Washington these days with the embattled agency is no laughing matter. Hardly a week passes now without some revelation about the Obama administration's complicity in what may yet turn out to be one of the worst...

Cincy store clerk distracts armed robber long enough to pull own gun and shoot

7:00am Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT, is reporting that a store clerk was able to protect himself from an armed robber by distracting the criminal long enough to draw his own gun and fire. From the article : Grayson Matthews was working at the family-owned 12th Street Market on Saturday night when a man wearing a garbage bag walked in and demanded money. "I laid it on the counter and he demanded more...

Op-Ed: Fear people, not guns

3:00pm Monday, October 03, 2011

by Sam Greene In case you hadn't heard, Pistol Pete, starting this [past] Friday it [became] legal to carry the ol' six-shooter into your favorite saloons and taverns — that is, assuming you're licensed, completely sober and the bar owner is OK with it. This past June, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law House Bill 45 which allows gun owners with concealed carry licenses to bring their weapons...

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Municipal court judge to decide whether to drop charges against victim of Canton officer's violent outburst & execution threat

7:00am Monday, October 03, 2011

by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that a Municipal Court judge will soon decide whether to dismiss charges against a Brewster man at the center of a concealed-carry controversy. From the article : Judge Stephen Belden heard arguments Wednesday over the validity of the evidence and the law at issue in William Bartlett's case. Bartlett, 52, is charged with stopping in the roadway...

What does Presidential-hopeful Rick Perry do in his free time?: 'I don't play golf, I shoot guns'

3:00pm Friday, September 30, 2011

"Stay in shape. Piss on golf. Real Americans go to the range. Choose a sport with cardio or survival skill benefit. If you see a cop carrying golf clubs, do one thing for me. Look him in the eye and say 'baaa!'" Plan A is the British Model. Disarm everyone. It's not working. Plan B is the Israeli Model. Train/ arm everyone. Israel has few golf courses and a lot of rifle ranges!" - Lt. Col. Dave...

The "de-Tafting" of Ohio's concealed carry laws is nearly complete

7:00am Friday, September 30, 2011

by Gerard Valentino and Jim Irvine When Ohio's concealed carry law passed in 2004, then-Governor Bob Taft made sure to insert poison pills designed to make it nearly impossible for a citizen to carry legally. It took nearly seven years, but as of today, September 30, 2011, the onerous car-carry restrictions that Taft created and that made countless honest Ohioans into felons are being relegated...