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The cost of ammunition is rising

12:05am Wednesday, September 12, 2007

The Fresno (CA) Bee is reporting that the cost of ammunition is rising, with retailers saying prices have climbed between about 10% and 20% this year -- and some even higher. From the story : "As a percentage, it's the biggest we've experienced in my lifetime," said Barry Bauer, president of Herb Bauer Sporting Goods in Fresno. Ammunition made from copper, lead and brass is affected. The cost of...

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Cleveland Mayor Jackson proposes new gun control law

12:10am Tuesday, September 11, 2007

By Chad D. Baus In his continuing struggle to get ahead of the public relations debacle he faces while presiding over a 14.1% increase in homicides already this year (and a 26.5% increase in homicide with firearms), and seeking to justify his use of taxpayer resources on a go-it-alone court challenge of HB347 , a new state law which preempts local gun control laws, Mayor Frank Jackson has...

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Senate Votes To Address U.N. Gun Ban Crusade

12:05am Tuesday, September 11, 2007

NRAILA.org With the United Nations continuing its efforts to enact draconian, transnational gun control laws in countries around the world, yesterday the U.S. Senate passed the Foreign Operations appropriations bill, which included an amendment by Senator David Vitter (R-LA) that seeks to address the U.N.’s ongoing international gun ban efforts. Click 'Read More' for the entire NRA-ILA...

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New law on media access to CHL records confuses...just about everyone

12:10am Monday, September 10, 2007

By Chad D. Baus Ohio gun owners and privacy advocates will forever remember the summer of 2007 because of Sandusky Register editor Matt Westerhold's decision to follow in the footsteps of other newspapers by abusing the special access journalists have been granted to Ohio concealed handgun license-holder's confidential information. Although many state legislators, county sheriffs and even...

Ohio and Arkansas sign concealed handgun license reciprocity agreements

12:05am Monday, September 10, 2007

By Jim Irvine Last week, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann (D) signed another concealed handgun license reciprocity agreement. With the addition of Arkansas, your Ohio Concealed Handgun License (CHL) is now valid in 25 states. Earlier this year, Arkansas Senator Steve Faris (D) sponsored SB268, with expanded Arkansas' reciprocity. The new law requires Arkansas to honor the license from any state...

GOP finally has a pro-gun Presidential candiate among frontrunners

12:15am Friday, September 07, 2007

By Chad D. Baus The lack of a pro-gun Presidential candidate among the front-runners in either major political party has been a subject of much discussion in the pro-gun grassroots community for the past 8 months. From Hillary Clinton and Obama Hussein Barack on the Left to Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain on the "Right", the spectre of a another anti-gun presidency loomed large in the...

RAPIST PROTECTION ZONE: Midday rape at Tiffin University

12:10am Friday, September 07, 2007

By Chad D. Baus She can vote. She can join the Armed Services in defense of her country. But in the eyes of Ohio law, she cannot be trusted to carry a firearm in defense of her dignity at her chosen place of higher learning. As if we needed any more evidence of the terrible danger of marking off Ohio's college campuses as defenseless victim zones, the Toledo Blade is reporting that an 18-year-old...

Anti-hunting PETA at work in the Buckeye State; Is your legislator helping?

12:10am Thursday, September 06, 2007

By Chad D. Baus The Middletown Journal is reporting that People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a radical anti-hunting organization that has financially supported organizations identified by the Federal government as domestic terrorist groups, is making inroads in the Ohio legislature. According to the story, it's not only the newspaper that is promoting PETA's legislative agenda...