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Exposed: Ohio anti-gunners' 2006 & 2007 IRS returns

"If we have more use of guns, then we're going to have more people who are injured and die." - Toby Hoover, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, when asked in April 2004 about her predictions about Ohio's newly-implemented concealed carry law By Chad D. Baus As the State of Ohio celebrates five successful years of concealed carry, with applications setting a record pace, it seems appropriate to...

Buckeye Firearms Association joins groups opposing Sotomayor confirmation

Buckeye Firearms Association has announced that it has joined the rapidly growing coalition of groups that are officially on record opposing the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. "It is critical to the future of our country that we have justices who respect and uphold our Constitution," said Jim Irvine, Chairman of Buckeye Firearms Association. "Judge Sotomayor...

Op-Ed: Mexican Standoff On Second Amendment

By Dan Gifford and Michael J. Krauss Big lies die slowly. After a claim by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that 90% of Mexican drug dealers' military weapons (machine guns, hand grenades and missiles) come from American gun stores was exposed as a lie several months ago, it's back — this time with the imprimatur of the Government Accountability Office. A June 21 CBS "60...

Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation

The National Rifle Association is reporting that two-thirds of the nation's attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general (which, as...

BOOK REVIEW: The County Sheriff - America’s Last Hope

By Jim Irvine For all those who are frustrated with our political system and endless corruption and abuse from a government who are supposed to protect the citizens, Sheriff Richard Mack has written a short book (only 50 pages) that focuses not on the long list of problems, but on the solution. The County Sheriff: America's Last Hope is a book aimed at concerned citizens and fellow law...

Faux pro-gun group endorses Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court

The most recent issue of the National Shooting Sports Foundation newsletter, Bullet Points , observes that the faux gun group known as American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), has endorsed the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice. As former NRA President Sandy Froman recently pointed out , Sotomayor has a narrow view of the Second Amendment that contradicts the...

Watch lists, guns and government

By Bob Barr as published in The Atlanta Journal Constitution The secret government "Terrorist Watch List," reportedly already swelled to more than 1.1 million names, will have an addendum, if gun control advocates in Congress have their way. This new addendum — also to be cloaked in secrecy — would empower the U.S. Attorney General to deny a person the ability to exercise their Second Amendment...

CCRKBA: Poll confirms Americans fear Obama gun control agenda

BELLEVUE, WA – A new Rasmussen poll reveals that 57 percent of American citizens believe gun sales are up over the past several months because of widespread fears that the government will tighten restrictions on gun ownership. "The poll results confirm what we've been saying," noted Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. "American citizens are...

Church-based gun banner chides pastor to stop teaching on the subject of self-defense and the Bible

By Chad D. Baus Over the past several years, I've been monitoring the statements the non-profit Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is required to file with the Internal Revenue Service. In 2005, I exposed the fact that OCAGV kept office space in the basement of the Collingwood Presbyterian Church in Toledo (space for which the organization was being charged bargain price of $270 per month). I...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 67 - Federal Pocketknife Ban?

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 10- Government Banning Pocketknives The lamestream media told you: Nothing. Web sources however told you the federal government is set to confiscate or criminalize possession of most pocket knives in the country, mainly focused on "assisted opening" knives. Great confusion exists between these one-...

Across the Fruited Plain: Where the Fight for Shall-Issue Still Rages

Editor's Note: This article has also been published at USConcealedCarry.com. By Chad D. Baus In my last column, "The People Fighting for Your Gun Rights" , I lamented the fact that more state gun rights organizations had not responded to my invitation to help keep USCCA members up to date on the current battles that they face, what specific activities they are engaging in on each battle, their...

Brady Campaign attorney says "certainly nothing wrong" with adults banging away at Southern Ohio Machine Gun Shoot

Nothing can be more absurd than the carrying of concealed weapons in a civilized community without a special purpose, and that in times of tranquility is simply criminal. - The [Columbus Daily] Dispatch, July 1, 1871 By Chad D. Baus During my seven-plus years experience covering Second Amendment issues and the media in Ohio, I've learned that whenever the Columbus Dispatch decides to cover a gun...

AG Cordray: State of Ohio will join friend of the court brief asking for Second Amendment incorporation

Appearing Sunday evening as a guest on the Firearms Forum radio show with host Jim Irvine, Attorney General Richard Cordray announced that, in anticipation of the Supreme Court of the United States taking such a case, he has agreed to sign a brief being prepared by the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment applying to the states. "Since the Heller decision there have been either two...

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