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Day-care centers near sex offenders

2:28pm Monday, February 28, 2005

Apparently, Ohio laws banning sexual predators from school zones and day-care centers work about as well as those banning violent predators with guns... Which is to say they do not work at all. February 24, 2005 Zanesville Times Recorder When Genesis Healthcare Systems chose 534 Taylor St. as the location for its new day-care center, the picturesque neighborhood dotted with small homes and well...

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Op-Ed: Gun owners have rights, too

5:15am Sunday, February 27, 2005

February 21, 2005 Meridian (CT) Record-Journal By Mike Roberts Instead of legislators taking their time to try and take various firearms away from honest gun owners, why don't they use that time to insure proper measures that would prevent children from using video games and CDs that promote just about every type of gun violence and mayhem imaginable? Why don't they make more laws protecting...

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Bill seeks to protect firearms industry from suits

5:10am Sunday, February 27, 2005

February 19, 2005 Washington Times Congress is again attempting to shield the firearms industry from civil liability lawsuits filed by third parties seeking damages for the criminal use of a gun. The Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act is likely to pass the House much the same way it did when first introduced in 2003, on a bipartisan vote of 285-to-140. The bill never made it out of the...

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Op-Ed: Why Do Criminals Break The Law?

5:05am Sunday, February 27, 2005

Larry Pratt, executive director of the Virginia-based Gun Owners of America, has published an excellent opinion editorial at CNSNews.com. Following are the opening paragraphs: Criminals are as much a victim as those they have victimized, right? After all, they do what they do because of poverty, or bad parenting, or lousy peers, mental illness or the availability of a gun, right? Well, no, says...

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FL: Bill would relax rules on self-defense

5:00am Sunday, February 27, 2005

The St. Petersburg (FL) Times is reporting that some Florida legislators want to give people the right to shoot an attacker in a public place. It would be a dramatic departure from current law, notes the newspaper, but supporters say people should be able to defend themselves without fear of being sued or charged with a crime. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. From the story:...

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Victims sue businesses for lack of security

1:39pm Saturday, February 26, 2005

Ohio businesses who chose to deny CHL-holders their Constitutional right to bear arms for self-defense would do well to keep in mind the growing number of victims' families who are deciding that the responsibility for security rests on the business. If Ohio businesses won't allow Ohioans their right to defend themselves, who else but the business should be held responsible? WRONGFUL DEATH: Suit...

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Book: ''Taking down outlaws''

1:00pm Saturday, February 26, 2005

February 21, 2005 Washington Times In Hollywood, outlaws are either gunned down by lawmen, like Gary Cooper's character in "High Noon," or are portrayed as anti-heroes, like Robert Redford and Paul Newman's characters in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." But in the real world, the bad guys are truly wicked, say brothers John and Robert Waters, and the sheriff isn't always around to stop them...

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Op-Ed: Guns and kids

12:33pm Saturday, February 26, 2005

February 22, 2005 The Black Hills (SD) Pioneer By Dan Carlson The rifle sat firmly in place on the bench rest last Saturday. A small group gathered behind the rifleman as his cheek rested in the stock and his keen eye peered through the scope. "It needs to move a little that way," he said gesturing a thumb to the left. An adjustment was made and he announced that the sight picture was good. He...