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Armed criminals attack churchgoers during services

12:10am Wednesday, January 31, 2007

By Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch reported this week that two criminals brought a pistol into a church and began robbing churchgoers during Mass. Due to a state law which prohibits firearms in places of worship, all the victims were unarmed. Thankfully, however, that did not transform at least five of the churchgoers into a victim mindset. From the story: Five men old enough to qualify for...

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Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Endorsees pack Senate Judiciary Comm. on Crim. Justice

12:05am Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that five of our former Endorsees have been appointed, along with two other pro-gun legislators to fill the nine-member Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice, where any firearms law reform bills are likely to be given consideration. Click on 'Read More' for complete details. align="right"> Senate President Bill Harris (pictured in a 2005...

Dave Kopel's Presidential candidates on the Second Amendment

12:10am Tuesday, January 30, 2007

By Chad D. Baus On January 15, I examined the early 2008 Presidential contenders and their collective (weak) stance on gun rights. Pro-gun author/ blogger Dave Kopel recently published his own preliminary assessment of some of the people who have been listed as likely or definite candidates, which was published recently at The Volokh Conspiracy . Following is Kopel's preliminary look at some of...

Senate Version Of National Right-To-Carry Bill Introduced

12:05am Tuesday, January 30, 2007

U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) recently introduced S. 388--the Senate version of H.R. 226, a national Right-to-Carry reciprocity bill that would provide national reciprocity for state carry licensees. This legislation would allow any person with a valid carry permit or license issued by a state to carry a concealed firearm in any other state if they meet certain criteria. The bill would not...

Security firm sued in Toledo Jeep plant shooting

12:10am Monday, January 29, 2007

By Chad D. Baus Last week, the Toledo Blade reported that an employee who was wounded during a shooting rampage two years ago at DaimlerChrysler AG's Toledo North Assembly plant has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the facility's security firm. From the story: Michael Toney, a manager who was among four workers shot by Myles Meyers, claims that Wackenhut Corp. was negligent in allowing...

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Let's Truly Prevent Violent Crime

12:05am Monday, January 29, 2007

The following was submitted to this website as News Commentary. If you are a writer and have material you would like to be considered for publication, please use the SUBMIT News feature. The link can always be found in the top-left info block on the homepage. By Michael A. Kotch Determining effective solutions to the violence, which threatens our communities requires real honest efforts to keep...

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Book Review: ''Thank God I had a Gun''

12:15am Friday, January 26, 2007

By Jim Irvine Self defense stories are as unique as the individuals involved. I have read hundreds of such stories and talked personally with many individuals involved in life and death struggles. Most get no media coverage, and the ones that do get covered are generally given only a couple paragraphs that invoke questions, provide few answers and often contain errors caused by the authors...

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Op-ed: Gay rights, gun rights cross here

12:05am Friday, January 26, 2007

Editor's Note: Self-described "gun bigot" Roberta de Boer accepted an invitation to a Toledo firing range. She may not have come away a convert (yet?), but personal interactions like these with uninformed journalists are important, and we hope they occur more in the future. January 21, 2007 By Roberta de Boer We'd been shooting for a while by the time the amiable chatting started up. This was...