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They begged for it and they got it: Heller sues D.C. again

By Tim Inwood In a very foolish move, the City of Washington D.C. has put itself back in the position of being sued by the same man for the same reasons, in just over a month. Dick Heller was victorious on June 26th, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down the historic judgment striking down the city’s thirty-two year old handgun ban, but in a rather stupid move, the city of Washington D.C...

Federal Judge Hands Huge Defeat to Florida Business Lobby on "Guns-at-Work" law

The Florida Chamber of Commerce and The Florida Retail Federation argued for three years that business owners had an absolute right to control their employees. That's why they kept calling it the "take-your-guns-to-work" legislation. They claimed they could search employee vehicles and ban firearms from those vehicles in the employer's parking lot. They claimed businesses didn't care if customers...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a church shooting to a home invasion, these articles should be a part of your required reading! What follows is...

Bob Barr blasts D.C. for flouting Heller decision on gun control, other Prez candidates for silence on same

In an email addressed "Dear fellow gun owner", Libertarian presidential candidate and NRA Board of Directors member Bob Barr wrote: Just a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Washington's gun ban unconstitutional, the city government there is passing new ordinances that might as well be a renewal of the ban as it requires that guns kept there be locked up and/or disassembled. Their new...

Observations from the July OGCA & discussions on Heller

By Tim Inwood The hot steamy weekend of July 19th was the latest gathering of the Ohio Gun Collectors Association. The show was held at Roberts Centre in Wilmington, Ohio and as always it was the place to be for the serious gun enthusiast. It truly is like going to a museum where the artifacts on display, are also for sale. The issue is always how much money you can bring. Some folks do bring...

Breaking News: Heller Files New Gun Case in D.C., Takes Aim at Semiauto Ban

The Washington City Paper is reporting that Dick Anthony Heller, who successfully challenged the District’s handgun ban in a landmark Supreme Court decision, is again suing the District of Columbia. According to a complaint cited by the story, Heller, along with co-plaintiffs Absalom M. Jordan Jr., and Amy McVey, are taking particular aim at the effective ban of semiautomatic pistols by the...

The future of Gun Control, or "It isn’t over till its over"

By Jeff Riley On June 26th, 2008 the Supreme Court of the United States of America announced the long anticipated decision in the District of Columbia vs. Heller. Writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Scalia stated, in part: The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditional lawful purposes, such as...

Washington, D.C. and Mayor Fenty still hate guns

By Brian S. Stewart Mayor Adrian Fenty and the anti-gun elites of Washington D.C. recently unveiled the district’s inevitable response to the historic D.C. v. Heller decision by the United States Supreme Court. The Court struck down the District’s blanket ban on handgun ownership (including inside the home) en route to establishing the Second Amendment as an individual right. On July 14th, the...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report - No. 49

Taken from the most recent “Page Nine” Alan Korwin’s “The Uninvited Ombudsman Report” 1- Hero Joe Horn The lamestream media told you: Joe Horn, a 62-year-old Texas man, was cleared by a grand jury of murder charges in the shotgun slaying of two men on his property. Horn, who loaded his shotgun while on the phone with a 911 operator, clearly said he was going to kill the young men, and then the...

Victim Zones: We have to move the goal posts

By Gerard Valentino Two more businesses where legal concealed carry is banned were robbed last week in Ohio. A BMV office on the east side of Columbus (a victim zone by statute) was robbed on the same day as a branch of Fifth Third Bank, which is a "gun free" zone due to the company’s private policy. Clearly, it doesn’t matter why concealed carry is forbidden at a location, because the results...

BOOK REVIEW: “Hunting as a Right of Passage” by Dr. Randall Eaton

By Larry S. Moore I often look at books and studies relating to hunting, trapping or Second Amendment issues. Some are saved for possible reference; most are skimmed and discarded, while occasionally the author really grabs my attention. Perhaps this is because the author is breaking new ground, presenting the facts and conclusion in a fresh manner, or even just reaffirming values that were...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a robbery at a motel to a home invader apologizing after stabbing the wrong person, these articles should be a part...

Florida law solving the Parking Lot Ban takes effect

By Jim Irvine A law that protects the right of Floridians to keep their guns locked in their personal vehicles at work took effect on July 1. HB503 will prevent employers from searching cars and firing employees for having guns or a concealed weapons license. Too often people in other states look to Florida’s good firearms laws and wish we could pass good laws so easily. It’s not always as easy...

Op-Ed: What The Great Minds Have Said About Gun Control

By Dave Gibson ...The idea of gun control and the need to defend one's self is not a new one. Much has been said on the subject, even before guns were invented. The need to protect you and yours is as natural as breathing. Of course, as with all natural instincts, there will be those attempting to legislate it away. What follows is a small collection of what many of man's greatest minds have said...

D.C. refuses to register Dick Heller's gun and threatens prosecution for semi-auto owners

By Dean Rieck In a brazen show of disrespect for the recent Supreme Court decision, the District of Columbia refused to register Dick Heller's gun when he showed up at police headquarters Thursday morning (July 17, 2008). From USA Today: USA TODAY's Kevin Johnson reports that the District of Columbia refused this morning to register a handgun on behalf of the security guard whose legal challenge...

Op-Ed: Gun Debate Is Hardly Over

By John R. Lott, Jr. The Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over. The District of Columbia, whose handgun ban was struck down by the Supreme Court, is still planning on banning most handguns. And the court decision has spurred the media into overdrive to paint guns as dangerous to their owners. No one who has...

What SB184 means to you: Part VI - Government building victim zones

By Jim Irvine SB184 is 75 pages. It will go into effect on September 09, 2008. This is part of a series of articles looking at specific sections of the bill and how it will affect you. Keep in mind that I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice. Concealed carry license holders are required to read the Attorney General guide. I highly recommend "The Ohio Guide to Firearms Laws...

BOOK: An Introduction to Security Emergency Planning for Faith Based Organizations

Can we take the lessons learned in blood and lives at Columbine and the World Trade Center and apply them so we'll never take this [path] again, or do we have to wait until our kids die?" - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman Recently, Buckeye Firearms Association Vice Chairman Chad Baus wrote about the "Security for Faith-Based Organizations Seminar" that is being offered at greater Cincinnati's Creation...

What SB184 means to you: Part V – School Safety Zones

By Jim Irvine SB184 is 75 pages. It will go into effect on September 09, 2008. This is part of a series of articles looking at specific sections of the bill and how it will affect you. Keep in mind that I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice. Concealed carry license holders are required to read the Attorney General guide. I highly recommend “The Ohio Guide to Firearms Laws...

D.C. v. Heller: It's not about Guns, It's About Self-Governance, Safer Streets

By John Longenecker There is no such thing as a sensible gun law, and gun bans are a fake-out fraud and abuse of power. Unwind Gun Bans and you begin to unwind other abuses so adverse to Family and Liberty. The Second Amendment to our Constitution was made absolute for several reasons. In fact, the Second Amendment wasn't even written for citizens. I get a predictable reaction from talk radio...

D.C. v. Heller's Alan Gura at the Cleveland City Club

By Jim Irvine On July 7, 2008 the City Club and the Cleveland Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society hosted a luncheon forum on gun possession. Alan Gura, who represented Dick Anthony Heller in his successful case against the District of Columbia (DC gun ban case) was the guest speaker. Buckeye Firearms Foundation sponsored a table. In attendance were State Representative Tom Patton (R-...

A study in contrasts

TX (Dallas Morning News): Copper thief shot "Garland police say they do not plan to file charges against a 25-year- old man who fatally shot a suspected copper thief this morning. The incident happened shortly before 1:20 a.m. at Bargain Town -- Variety & Furniture store in the 5700 block of Broadway Boulevard, police said. The business owner's son had been guarding the roof after the store...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From stabbings in Britain to another robbery, these articles should be a part of your required reading! What follows is...

Hunting with Pia: BFA's Larry Moore takes FX's '30-Days' afield

By Larry S. Moore The FX reality show '30-Days' recently aired a segment entitled “Gun Nation”. The show was filmed in Ohio. It featured a Pia Lalli, a Brockton, MA gun control activist and Ken Ekermeyer, of Leesburg in rural Highland County, who is a gun enthusiast. In addition to the gun activities of shooting and working in a gun store, Lalli went hunting while in Ohio. I was contacted by the...

Twinsburg police officer killed in the line of duty

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on Monday that a Twinsburg police officer had been killed in the line of duty. From the story: On Sunday, [suspect Ashford] Thompson was arrested without incident at a Cambridge Drive home where he used to live, Bedford Heights Police Chief Tim Kalavsky said. ...They arrested him at 2:41 a.m., less than an hour after police say [police officer Joshua] Miktarian...

Editorial: Keep it simple on guns

The District government appears to be headed for disaster as it prepares to craft policies to regulate handgun registration and licensing in response to the Supreme Court's decision declaring unconstitutional the city's absolute ban. A hearing last week clearly showed that most members on the D.C. City Council want regulations tailored to discourage, to the point of infringement, the ownership of...

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