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Perfect storm for gun owners? McCain, DeWine and Giuliani join forces

12:10am Thursday, February 07, 2008

FLASH UPDATE: ROMNEY SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN - "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror." ----- Author's note: Clearly the events of the day have rendered a few of the...

House schedules two hearings on pro-gun bills

12:05am Thursday, February 07, 2008

Two pro-gun bills will receive hearings today in the Ohio House of Representatives. The House Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Rep. John White (R-38), will hear sponsor testimony on Representative Adams' HB225 (Alaska-style CCW) and Rep. Wachtmann's HB264 (Castle Doctrine). The hearing will be held at 11:00a.m. in Statehouse Room 121. Thank you for responding to our call to use our Write...

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Senate Committee Cancels Hearing on "Castle Doctrine" Legislation!

5:49am Wednesday, February 06, 2008

Last week our summary of the third hearing for Ohio's critical Castle Doctrine legislation included a note that "it is expected that the committee will resume hearing testimony on SB184 next week." The day has come, but the Senate Judiciary - Criminal Justice Committee has taken this critical legislation off of the agenda for their Wednesday, February 6 meeting. Indeed, with session days waning,...

Watch videos on gun rights and gun control

11:48pm Tuesday, February 05, 2008

We've started a collection of videos on guns rights and the gun control debate. It includes the following video of Charlton Heston uttering those famous words that have become the rallying cry for gun rights supporters across America and worldwide. Click here to watch more videos. Help us build this collection of videos. If you have a link to a video you think we should include, contact us.

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Gun grabbers' gun violence grade cards; Media ignores trend of higher grades for more violent states

12:10am Tuesday, February 05, 2008

By Chad D. Baus & Dean Rieck The Brady Campaign has released its annual "State Report Cards," scoring the states according to their gun control laws. What is most curious about this ranking is that, once again, there is an obsessive focus on guns rather than on crime. If anti-gun groups talk about crime at all, it's always focused specifically on "gun crime," as if getting killed by a gun is...

Push a button and help us fight the gun grabbers

12:05am Tuesday, February 05, 2008

Fighting for gun rights doesn't have to be hard work. Sometimes it can be as simple as pushing a button. Have you noticed the "Bookmark" button at the end of our articles? That's a nifty little tool that can help you share our articles with millions of people. Since spreading the truth about gun rights is one of the most important things you can do, this simple act can make a HUGE difference...

Free Chicago! (Has a massacre happened in YOUR gun free zone today?)

12:10am Monday, February 04, 2008

By Gerard Valentino Five more of my hometown brethren were killed this weekend, just outside Chicago at a Lane Bryant clothing store in Tinley Park. Unlike many cities, Chicago’s suburban population never admits they are from Cicero, or Naperville, or Westmont, they always say they are from Chicago. Many old northern cities have evolved to the point where the main city became irrelevant, like...

Op-Ed: In Election Season, Mum’s the Word about Gun Control

12:05am Monday, February 04, 2008

By Don B. Kates Jr. Are this year’s U.S. presidential candidates avoiding the gun issue? Last week, San Francisco’s First District Court of Appeal struck down that city’s two-year-old law that confiscated all handguns and rendered all other guns useless by banning ammunition sales. And on March 9 of last year, a federal court of appeals invalidated District of Columbia laws that banned handguns...