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Rumor Control: U.N. "Disarmament" Memo

8:00am Tuesday, August 20, 2013

As attacks on our Second Amendment rights continue, there is typically a corresponding uptick in the number of internet rumors concerning firearms, ammunition, and gun-control measures. The latest rumor involves the United Nations, a group that indeed poses an ongoing potential threat to our Second Amendment rights. However, this rumor was highly suspect right from the start. Pictures of the...

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Piers Morgan Tells a Whopper

4:00pm Monday, August 19, 2013

If you have the misfortune to be familiar with Piers Morgan, the British former tabloid "reporter" and "talent judge" known on this side of the Atlantic as CNN's most overbearing gun control proselytizer, you won't be surprised at what he did on Tuesday. It began during an interview with military history expert A.W.R. Hawkins, as Morgan pushed his theory that more gun ownership leads to more...

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Communications to Buckeye Firearms Foundation about Zimmerman Second Amendment Fund expose raging anti-gun mentality

8:00am Monday, August 19, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Nearly a decade ago, I came across an article by a Dr. Sarah Thompson, entitled " Raging Against Self Defense - A Psychiatrist Examines The Anti-Gun Mentality ." The article was originally published by Utah Gun Owners Alliance, where Dr. Thompson served as executive director, but I came across it on the Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership's website. In the article, Dr...

Mayor Bloomberg’s Anti-Gun “No More Names” Tour Stops in Ohio

4:00pm Friday, August 16, 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Columbus Dispatch reported that only about 40 anti-gun rights people attended this rally - less than the number of pro-gun counter protesters counted by the author, who states "I did a visual head-count at three different times throughout the morning, and the pro-Second Amendment side never had less than 23, and had 46 at its peak at 11:00 AM." As the author points out, in...

Unveiled: Gun ban extremists' secret playbook: Part 2

8:00am Friday, August 16, 2013

by Chad D. Baus A friend sent a very interesting document to me recently - one that is making its rounds through the gun rights community after having been leaked online. Entitled " Preventing Gun Violence Through Effective Messaging ," it is an 80-page playbook designed to help anti-gun rights extremists learn why they continue to get beat, and how to change their message so as to fool the...

MAIG outdoes Biden on self-defense

4:00pm Thursday, August 15, 2013

On August 2, Executive Director of Mayors Against Illegal Guns Mark Glaze managed the twin feat of offering self-defense advice that surpassed Vice President Joseph Biden's in its ignorance, while simultaneously making MSNBC's Chris Matthews seem like a voice of reason on the topic. While a guest on Matthews' Hardball, the host discussed with Glaze whether he would consider an attacker wielding...

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Rare accidental shooting in concealed carry class puts focus on gun safety rules

8:00am Thursday, August 15, 2013

by Chad D. Baus Last week, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine announced that a record number of Ohioans had obtained concealed handgun licenses in the second quarter of 2013, and showed an increase over the record number that had been obtained in the first quarter. Over 376,000 Ohio citizens are now licensed to carry handguns. This news was distributed across the state, and was picked up by the...

Senator Rob Portman responds to nagging anti-gun mayors group: Join me in supporting something that will work (or shut up)

4:00pm Wednesday, August 14, 2013

by Chad D. Baus After several expensive negative ad campaigns in Ohio failed to sway Sen. Rob Portman's firm support for the Second Amendment, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's and President Obama's gun control groups, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and Organizing for Action (OFA), have switched to using the free media. Every few weeks, the groups will stage a press conference or other media...