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SAF/SCCC Hosting "Supporting Campus Concealed Carry" Forum

3:00pm Tuesday, August 02, 2011
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), in cooperation with Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC), is hosting a forum "Supporting Concealed Carry on Campus" on Monday, August 8th at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Noon to 5 p.m. The forum is free and open to the public. This event will feature a Gun Free Zones debate between Colin Goddard of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun...

Teens terrorized by gang of gun-toting thugs on 'no-guns' COTA bus

7:00am Tuesday, August 02, 2011
by Chad D. Baus 10TV in Columbus is reporting that three teen-aged girls were terrorized on a Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA) bus ride home from the Jazz and Rib Festival. As has been reported on this website for several years, COTA, which illegally posts its busses with "no-guns signs", has had ongoing problems with violence, and in 2009 announced a plan which included asking people to...

Toledo police spokesperson: Defending self during armed robbery "just not worth it"

3:00pm Monday, August 01, 2011
After four jewelry store holdups in the past month, a Toledo police department spokesperson is reminding citizens that while they have a right to defend themselves, they really shouldn't bother. "You may just end up in a big gun battle and the store owner may get the suspect they may get the store owner and no telling what bystanders might be involved so its just really not worth it." (emphasis...

Texas gun store foils Ft. Hood plot; Incident reminds nation of need to eradicate "gun free" policies on U.S. military bases

7:00am Monday, August 01, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported this week that a plot by a Muslim member of the U.S. Army to wage another terrorist attack at the Ft. Hood army base has foiled when a employees at a Killeen, TX gun store became suspicious and reporting his activities to police. From the article : Pfc. Naser Jason Abdo, after raising suspicions at a Killeen, Texas, gun shop where he purchased...

To the Editor: Bill gives upstanding folks a second chance

3:00pm Friday, July 29, 2011
The following letter to the editor was published recently in The Columbus Dispatch . As reported in The Dispatch ("Bill can expunge gun-crime record," June 17), the legislature recently gave a small and specific group of people the opportunity to clear their records of particular concealed-carry firearm violations. This is part of Senate Bill 17, which clarifies where and how Ohio’s concealed-...

Canton officer who threatened to execute concealed handgun license-holder now under investigation for ANOTHER violent outburst

7:00am Friday, July 29, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that Officer Daniel Harless, who is currently under investigation for threatening to execute a concealed handgun license-holder during a traffic stop, is now also under investigation for a second incident. From the article : The circumstances of the incidents differ: One, from June, involves a driver with a license to carry a concealed gun. The...

WSJ: A Gun Activist Takes Aim at U.S. Regulatory Power

3:00pm Thursday, July 28, 2011
by Jess Bravin MISSOULA, Mont.— With a homemade .22-caliber rifle he calls the Montana Buckaroo, Gary Marbut dreams of taking down the federal regulatory state. Montana passed a law that tries to exempt the state from federal gun regulation. But the law is now before the courts, in a test of states' rights. WSJ's Jess Bravin reports. He's not planning to fire his gun. Instead, he wants to sell it...

Victim zone robberies highlight fallacy of 'no-guns' signs; UDF finally sees the light, but other businesses still posting signs

7:00am Thursday, July 28, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Since the day Ohio's concealed carry law was passed in 2004, the battle to educate business owners about the fallacies of posting 'no-guns' signs has waged in earnest. There have been many victories - some signs were taken down within days or even hours of being posted, after customers had informative conversations with business owners. Other 'no-guns' policies have persisted for...

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