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June sees 3.0% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 37th straight month over month increase

3:00pm Friday, July 12, 2013

The June 2013 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 872,025 is an increase of 3.0 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 846,437 in June 2012. For comparison, the unadjusted June 2013 NICS figure of 1,270,817 reflects a 1.5 percent decrease from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,290,210 in June 2012. This marks the 37th straight month that NSSF-...

School safety seminar held in northwest Ohio

7:00am Friday, July 12, 2013

by Jim Irvine Teachers, administrators and law enforcement personnel gathered in Montpelier, Ohio, last week to listen to Lt. Col. Dave Grossman present information on violence and school safety. Colonel Grossman is an expert recognized around the world for his research and knowledge on the topic of human aggression and violence. Violence is not only the number one killer of our children in...

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Case Against Student Who Wore NRA T-Shirt to School Dismissed

3:00pm Thursday, July 11, 2013

On June 27th, in a positive resolution to a case which has captured the attention of advocates for First and Second Amendment rights, the case against 14-year-old Logan Middle School Honor Student Jared Marcum of Logan, W.V., was dismissed with prejudice. Marcum had been charged with obstructing an officer following an incident stemming from a Logan Middle School faculty member's reaction to...

Headline: Gun Manufacturers Consider Lorain County Move

7:00am Thursday, July 11, 2013

by Chad D. Baus WJW (Fox Cleveland) is reporting that Lorain County Commissioner Tom Williams has been working with two different out-of-state gun manufacturers to try to get them to relocate here. From the article : "We're trying to do something different. It's about jobs. We have some of the best workforce here in Lorain county in the country," Commissioner Williams said. The gun manufacturers...

Illinois Legislature Votes to Recognize Right to Self-Defense and Overrides Governor Quinn's Veto of Concealed Carry Bill

3:00pm Wednesday, July 10, 2013

Illinois House Bill 183, as passed by both chambers in May, now in effect. On Tuesday, June 10, on the court-ordered deadline for Illinois to enact a concealed carry law, both chambers of the Illinois Legislature voted to override the Amendatory Veto by Governor Pat Quinn (D) on House Bill 183 that he issued last week. The state House voted 77-31 and the state Senate 41-17 to uphold the rights of...

Another Ohio school makes public its decision to arm staffers to protect students

7:00am Wednesday, July 10, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Northeast Ohio news media are reporting that a new policy authorizing employees of the Newcomerstown Exempted Village School District to carry guns on school property will go into effect for the 2013-14 academic year. From the The Times-Reporter of New Philadelphia, Ohio: The board of education recently approved the policy authorizing "certain persons designated by the board and...

Op-Ed: Suicidal Logic

3:00pm Tuesday, July 09, 2013

by C.D. Michel Some gun control advocates commit intellectual suicide. One of the longest lasting and saddest lies endlessly echoed by gun control advocates is the 30,000 annual deaths from “gun violence” sound bite. "We can't begin to address 30,000 gun deaths...that are happening every year [without radical gun control]" was how comedian and fake news anchor Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show...

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Maybe praise should replace anger at cop in bad spot

7:00am Tuesday, July 09, 2013

by Jim Irvine WDTN channel 2 news reported last week that an officer is under investigation after allegedly handing his gun to a citizen. From the article : Jerry and Josie Anderson are shocked at what they say they witnessed on Saturday morning outside their home on Chester Boulevard. They say the officer who was responding to simple accident, stepped out of line when he handed his loaded weapon...