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Another GOP Presidential wanna-be flip-flops on guns

12:10am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

By Chad D. Baus Last month, I asked the nation's gun owners if they were willing to be Mitt Romney's cheap date - if they were willing to forget his years of anti-gun philandering and buy into his election-season pandering. "Is it just me," I asked, "or is it incredibly insulting every time a politician expects America's hunters, sportsmen, concealed handgun license-holders and gun owners to fall...

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Yet Another Case for Allowing Concealed Carry at Work

12:05am Tuesday, May 29, 2007

By Joe DeVito A recent event in downtown Columbus furthered the case long since proved by concealed carry advocates, that leaving employees defenseless at work is dangerous and irresponsible. A very well known Fortune 500 company has just such a policy, despite the repeated attacks on employees walking to and from their cars parked off of company property. The area between the work building and...

City of Toledo to remove illegal ''no-guns'' signs from parks

1:50pm Saturday, May 26, 2007

Grassroots volunteers have been asking the question for more than two months now - "If gun laws are now uniform across Ohio, and if local gun control laws are now preempted, why are there still "no-guns" signs in my local park or on public property other than buildings?" ABC Toledo's Bill Hormann deserves kudos for posing this question to Toledo city managers, and for promoting action on the part...

Ohio Spring Turkey Season - Tough and Confusing

12:15am Friday, May 25, 2007

By Larry S. Moore As the Division of Wildlife press release on the conclusion of the spring turkey season notes, the harvest was down 7 percent. Spring turkey hunters found a mixed bag of weather and hunting results. Many reasons, or excuses, are being offered. Dayton Daily News outdoors writer Jim Robey writes : Some hunters blame a cold snap about the time the hunting began. Others question...

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Op-Ed: Democrats show some common sense on guns

12:10am Friday, May 25, 2007

By Mike Hudson Niagara Falls Reporter Having been a registered Democrat since the Ford administration, I know better than to say my party is a lead-pipe cinch in next year's presidential election. If there is any way to screw it up, the Democrats will find it. The wretched candidacies of Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry provide ample evidence of that. I am happy, then -- and...

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Anti-gun Plain Dealer readers upset over politician's pro-gun conversion

12:10am Thursday, May 24, 2007

On Tuesday, May 15, Plain Dealer columnist Phillip Morris published a story detailing State Rep. Michael DeBose's mugging and subsequent conversion experience to a pro-gun point of view. There appear to be a few Plain Dealer readers who - much like DeBose before that fateful night - have likely never experienced a violent attack, yet think they know better than DeBose about how to survive one...

Headline: OSU Pistol Club takes aim at gun education

12:05am Thursday, May 24, 2007

The (OSU) Lantern has published an informative article on the Ohio State University Pistol Club, and comments posted by readers prove there is a demand for more of this type of coverage. From the story: Gunshots rang out from several .22-caliber pistols during the Ohio State Pistol Club's weekly meeting at the firing range in Converse Hall Thursday evening. The group exists to promote...

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Bloomberg attacks nation's law enforcement officers

12:05am Wednesday, May 23, 2007

By Chad D. Baus The nation's police and law enforcement organizations are flies in anti-gun, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ointment, and the potential third party presidential hopeful isn't taking it well. Recently, Bloomberg launched http://www.protectpolice.org/ , in hopes of framing his latest gun control scheme in those terms. His efforts have been seriously undermined, however, by...