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Op-Ed: Equal rights under the Second Amendment

12:05am Tuesday, April 03, 2007

March 29, 2007 Townhall.com By Ken Blackwell On March 9, a good thing happened for people living in the central and inner cities of America: the DC gun ban was declared unconstitutional. The blanket ban on all operational firearms - and every handgun even if that gun doesn't work - was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. As a guy who lived in the projects, served as mayor...

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Report: Congress Urged to Move Carefully on DC Gun Ban

12:10am Monday, April 02, 2007

CNSNews.com reported last week that attorneys representing six D.C. residents in the high-profile Second Amendment Parker case are warning that attempts by "well-meaning members of Congress" to repeal the 1976 Washington, D.C., gun ban could backfire by keeping the case out of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the story: "We appreciate that the Second Amendment's many friends in Congress want to...

Zumbo - Open Letter to U.S. Senate Opposing a Ban on ''Assault Weapons''

12:05am Monday, April 02, 2007

March 28, 2007 An Open Letter to the United States Senate Dear Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen: It recently came to my attention that one of your colleagues, Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, has chosen to attack firearms owners using remarks I wrote in mid-February as his launch pad. As you probably know, Sen. Levin has been making anti-gun speeches every week for the past eight years because of a...

Rudy Giuliani: Gun manufacturers knowingly calculate sales to illegal market

12:10am Friday, March 30, 2007

By Chad D. Baus A video of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been posted at YouTube with the following caption: On June 23, 2000 [New York City Mayor] Rudy Giuliani tried to justifiy the gun industry lawsuit to a concerned citizen. Giuliani claims that gun manufacturers overproduce firearms. Giuliani claims that most police officers are in favor of gun control. Giuliani claims that gun control reduced...

Washington D.C.: Equality under the law and Senatorial privilege

5:10pm Thursday, March 29, 2007

By Tim Inwood There has been a great deal of news coming from Washington D.C. these days concerning firearms. The decision in the Shelly Parker case has certainly shaken up the political establishment, and I for one have been delighted by it. As a political junkie I can hardly wait to see what the courts do next. I only pray it is the right thing. But for a town that virtually banned all private...

A Church and the Second Amendment

12:10am Thursday, March 29, 2007

By Ed Killoran Earlier this month I heard about a “discussion” of Second Amendment gun rights to be held March 20 at St. John’s Church in downtown Columbus. From the church’s website : “What is the Role of Guns in America Today? Join us for this provocative discussion as we explore the issue of gun control versus ownership rights.” and “Come separate fact from fiction and rhetoric from reality.”...

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Op-Ed: The Crime-Statistics Con Job

12:05am Thursday, March 29, 2007

By John R. Lott Jr. It is a remarkable con job. Over the last six months, the Police Executive Research Forum, the chief executives of primarily large police departments, has gotten the media concerned that the country is threatened by a sudden upsurge in violent crime and murder. A New York Times story on March 9th started the current round of hysteria with the headline that “Violent Crime in...

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Ohio Supreme Court refuses to reconsider Beatty appeal

4:40pm Wednesday, March 28, 2007

The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its prior decision not to hear a challenge to the city of Toledo’s authority to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in its parks. From the story: The court refused a second time by a vote of 5-2 [Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger dissenting] to hear an appeal sought by Bruce...