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Governor Strickland calls for Task Force on Campus Security

12:10am Friday, April 20, 2007

By Chad D. Baus In the wake of the massacre of 32 defenseless students on the 'gun free' campus of Virginia Tech, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) has called for a review of safety issues on Ohio's college campuses. Though Strickland himself has a pristine record of voting to protect our Second Amendment rights, the person he selected to establish a Task Force on Campus Security is anything but...

WARNING: False information in Plain Dealer story on Ohio campus victim zones

12:16pm Thursday, April 19, 2007

In an article that otherwise took a very balanced, healthy look at the problem of disarming adults on college campuses, the Cleveland Plain Dealer has published some factually incorrect information. Be warned - following this information from the Cleveland Plain Dealer could get you arrested: Ohio residents with a special permit have been allowed to carry concealed weapons in public since 2004...

As predicted: Ohio gun ban extremist screams ''It's all about the guns!''

12:20am Thursday, April 19, 2007

In the hours after the massacre at Virginia Tech, we predicted that "in the coming days, gun control groups like the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, the Brady Bunch and the Joyce Foundation's Gun Guys, will be calling for tighter gun control measures as a result of this massacre." It didn't take days. In fact, gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman...

Knee-jerk reactions not the solution

12:15am Thursday, April 19, 2007

By Tim Inwood The sadness of Monday, April 16, 2007, will echo for some time. Our hearts and prayers continue to go out to the family and friends of those killed at Virginia Tech. What we do know is that the murderer was a 23 year old South Korean named Cho Seung-Hui. He was a resident alien who lived here for 14 years, and he went to Virginia Tech as a student. On Monday, April 16, filled with...

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Too Many Deer – Another perspective

12:10am Thursday, April 19, 2007

By Larry S. Moore Some sportsmen might consider too many deer an oxymoron, like owning too many guns. A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch by Dave Golowenski certainly presents what is becoming a common debate. The article accurately points out the number of hunters, the adaptability of deer, the fact that humans continue to consume more habitat while planting deer attracting foods, the...

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Unarmed Ohio campus security guards - and they'll stay that way

12:38pm Wednesday, April 18, 2007

While college campuses across the country examine their security procedures in the wake of the VT massacre, most campus security experts are stressing that while they try to plan for all contingencies, there really is no way to prevent one lone predator with a death wish from wreaking havoc on a college campus. But one Ohio college dean thinks she has the answer to a heavily armed criminal with...

Reaction to VT Massacre: Plain Dealer gets it wrong...again

12:19pm Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The Cleveland Plain Dealer is at it again. The headline warns "In Ohio, it's really easy to buy a gun" . But the 'facts' (as per usual when it comes to this newspaper's coverage of gun-related news) are worth examining. Commentary by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson in crimson type . TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH In Ohio, it's really easy to buy a gun (It is also really easy...

FLASHBACK: VT student implores officials to allow self-defense; gets rebuffed

12:15am Wednesday, April 18, 2007

The April 16 massacre wasn't the first shooting scare at Virginia Tech this college year. Nor are emerging questions over whether or not students should be allowed to bear arms for self-defense new. In August of 2006, an escaped jail inmate shot and killed a deputy sheriff and an unarmed security guard at a nearby hospital before the police caught him in the woods near the university. On August...