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Bloomberg mouthpiece Michael Coleman calls for "reasonable gun control"; BFA's Ken Hanson responds

7:00am Tuesday, August 14, 2012

WCMH, Columbus' NBC affiliate, recently interviewed Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman regarding his latest call for "reasonable" gun control. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was asked to respond. The heavily edited video (which omits any of Hanson's responses to what Coleman calls "reasonable" gun control) can be seen here: Mayor Coleman holds the title of Ohio Chairman of...

Op-Ed: Sikh temple shooting will disappoint gun prohibitionists

3:00pm Monday, August 13, 2012

by Dave Workman As the history of slain gunman Wade Michael Page continues to surface in the wake of the Sikh temple shooting in Wisconsin, the Associated Press and Seattle Times are reporting some facts that will not help gun control proponents. They are having quite a chat about this on the Seattle Times reader feedback site. When he was living in North Carolina, Page reportedly obtained five...

Romney chooses strong Second Amendment advocate and avid hunter as running mate

7:00am Monday, August 13, 2012

by Chad D. Baus For gun owners who have been less than enthused to have another "so-so" Republican nominee to face the vehemently anti-gun Barack Obama, Mitt Romney's choice of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate is sure to lift their spirits. Much like Gov. Sarah Palin in 2008 , Ryan brings a strong understanding of Second Amendment rights and hunter's issues to the ticket. Ryan...

$27,000 in Prizes at the NRA/Springfield M1A Match

3:00pm Friday, August 10, 2012

FAIRFAX, Va. - The sixth annual NRA/Springfield M1A Match will take place this weekend at the NRA National Rifle and Pistol Matches in Camp Perry, Ohio. The richest High Power event ever held, Springfield Armory is offering more than $27,000 in cash and merchandise prizes. "The National Matches at Camp Perry are a world-class event thanks to partners like Springfield Armory and their sponsorship...

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Sheriff breaks up illegal Columbus-area CCW course certificate scheme

7:00am Friday, August 10, 2012

by Chad D. Baus WCMH (NBC Columbus) is reporting that three people are facing charges, accused of helping falsify licenses to carry a concealed handgun. From the article : According to Franklin County Sheriff Zach Scott, an undercover investigation began in April 2012 into the issuance of fraudulent training certificates to obtain a CCW permit. The sheriff's office said that through the...

U.S. Shooters Tally Four Olympic Medals

3:00pm Thursday, August 09, 2012

HANCOCK, GRAY AND EMMONS ADD MEDALS TO U.S. OLYMPIC EFFORT... Following the unprecedented achievement by Kim Rhode of individually medaling in five straight Olympic Games, three other Americans distinguished themselves by standing on the award-winners' podium. Vincent Hancock, gold medalist in the 2008 Olympics in Men's Skeet, became the first shotgun shooter to successfully defend a skeet title...

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Op-Ed: Concealed weapons save lives

7:00am Thursday, August 09, 2012

The evidence is clear: Massacres are stopped by legally armed citizens by John Lott [The] horrible shooting in Colorado occurred in yet another place where guns are banned. And that's consistent with a trend: With a single exception, every multiple-victim public shooting in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed since at least 1950 has taken place where citizens are not allowed...

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Time Magazine editor-at-large admits "overwhelming sentiment" for "gun control" at most major news organizations

7:00am Wednesday, August 08, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Most gun owners who follow political issues closely already know how biased the establishment media are against guns, even though it isn't often a journalist actually admits it. But that is exactly what happened when Time Magazine editor-at-large Mark Halperin, appeared last week on MSNBC and confessed a broad media consensus to curtail gun rights: "If you walk the halls of most...