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Op-Ed: Obama's proposals won't reduce gun violence

3:00pm Tuesday, February 19, 2013
by John Lott Warning that we need to "get weapons of war and massive ammunition magazines off our streets," in his State of the Union, Obama kept repeating congress must vote on the three types of gun bills he supports. The most obvious thing that was left out of the talk was that none of the laws now being proposed would have done anything to stop the various attacks that Obama cited as...

Is protecting our children in school worth $25?

7:00am Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Dear Gun Rights Supporter, I was speechless. Recently, while reviewing donations, I found myself marveling at the generosity of our many Ohio supporters. From every part of the state, people of all ages were showing their support for our work on our Armed Teacher Training Program. . Checks for $100, checks for $500, and one massive donation for $15,000 from the Ohio Gun Collector's Association (...

Public Invited to Comment on 2013-2014 Hunting Season Proposals

3:00pm Monday, February 18, 2013
Input also accepted online at www.wildohio.com COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) will seek public comments regarding the 2013-2014 hunting seasons. During these sessions, which will be held Saturday, March 2, from 12-3 p.m., input concerning proposed hunting season dates, bag limits and rule changes will be accepted. Comments dealing with white-tailed deer and wild...

NRA-ILA Ad: "Ask Obama's Experts"

3:00pm Friday, February 15, 2013
The NRA-ILA has released a compelling commercial in response to President Obama's State of the Union address, in which the former Joyce Foundation Board of Directors member called on Congress to pass draconian gun control laws that have been tried before, and which were allowed to expire because they did not work to curb crime.

Raging (Pointlessly?) Against The Machine

7:00am Friday, February 15, 2013
by Jim Shepherd [On Tuesday], Olympic Arms became the latest company to tell the state of New York they were fired as a customer. The dismissal began with a clear enumeration of the firing offense: exceeding the authority granted to the government of New York by its citizens and violation of the Constitution of the United States. Those offenses led Olympic Arms president Brian Schuetz to announce...

Ohio Sen. Kris Jordan (R) introduces bill that would bar new local/federal/ international gun bans from being enforced in Ohio

3:00pm Thursday, February 14, 2013
by Chad D. Baus WTVG (ABC Toledo) is reporting that State Senator Kris Jordan (R-19th District) has introduced Senate Bill 36, legislation that he says would keep Washington from running wild over the constitutional right to own a gun. From the article : The president's 23-point gun control plan includes items such as how to do a background check, how states can share information if a gun is lost...

Ohio State Senator Shirley Smith (D) proposes assault weapons ban, gun registration

7:00am Thursday, February 14, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Cincinnati News is reporting that State Sen. Shirley Smith, a BFA "D"-rated Cleveland Democrat, has introduced Senate Bill 18, legislation that would ban so-called "assault weapons" in Ohio and create a state database of all guns and ammunition transactions. From the article : "While we cannot stop every act of suffering inflicted upon the public by depraved individuals, I...

January sees 94.4% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 32nd straight month over month increase

3:00pm Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The January 2013 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,790,154 is an increase of 94.4 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 920,840 in January 2012. For comparison, the unadjusted January 2013 NICS figure of 2,483,230 reflects an 81.4 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,368,816 in January 2012. This marks the 32nd straight...

Local sheriffs refuse to enforce Obama gun control proposal

7:00am Wednesday, February 13, 2013
The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. by Sarah Stemen LIMA - For Mercer County Sheriff Jeff Grey, it's a no-brainer. If the United States Congress passes new gun control laws, including a ban on assault weapons for law abiding residents, he won't enforce it. "Let me make it crystal clear, the Mercer County Sheriff's Office will not be...

ODNR proposes eliminating bonus deer gun weekend in favor of new early deer muzzleloader weekend, extended hunting hours & more

3:00pm Tuesday, February 12, 2013
COLUMBUS, OH – An October antlerless-only white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season, extended hunting hours and new bag limits were proposed to the Ohio Wildlife Council on Wednesday, Feb. 6, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The proposed antlerless-only muzzleloader hunting season would be Oct. 12-13 and scheduled for the second weekend of October in subsequent...

Mock disaster training exercise in Scioto County pits school employees/Second Amendment advocates as "terrorists"

7:00am Tuesday, February 12, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Recently, WSAZ (NBC Huntingon/Charleston, WV) reported recently that Scioto Co., OH held a mock disaster drill in conjunction with Scioto County first responders and the Ohio Army National Guard 52nd Civil Support Unit. The training exercise's mock "enemy?" Second Amendment advocates. From the article : A dead science teacher, weapons of mass destruction, first responders in...

Hunters Harvest Nearly 219,000 White-Tailed Deer in Ohio in 2012-2013

3:00pm Monday, February 11, 2013
COLUMBUS, OH – Deer-archery season ended Feb. 3, bringing the white-tailed deer season to a close. Hunters harvested 218,910 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s 2012-2013 hunting seasons for all implements, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Hunters checked 219,748 deer in 2011-2012, a difference of less than 1,000 deer this season. "Ohio has become one of the nation's top...

Shelby Co. Sheriff's office implements concealed carry/ firearms training course for school administrators and select teachers

7:00am Monday, February 11, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Shelby Co. Sheriff John Lenhart's office has announced that it is implementing a concealed carry/ firearms training course for school administrators and select teachers. Following is the press release, dated Feb. 5, 2013: The Shelby County Sheriff's Office has been meeting with School Superintendents and local Boards of Education and will begin implementing a Concealed Carry/...

Op-Ed: Why I Just Joined the NRA

3:00pm Friday, February 08, 2013
by Wayne Root I'm not your typical NRA member. I'm Jewish, Ivy League educated (Columbia University, Class of '83, President Obama's classmate), and have been a member of the mainstream media (I started my career as an anchorman and host for CNBC, then called Financial News Network). Also unusual, I joined the NRA in the days after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut tragedy. Here are the reasons why...

Searching for Judas: The dangers of being in the gun business today

7:00am Friday, February 08, 2013
by Paul Markel It's official. The Dept. of Homeland Security, under Janet Napolitano, has put forth a "Personal Defense Weapon Solicitation" to purchase 7000 rifles chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO. (source: www.fbo.gov ) This is an official solicitation that they are accepting bids from manufactures/suppliers. While that story in and of itself is a bit incredulous given the current administration's...

Op-Ed: Let's Have That Conversation About Guns

3:00pm Thursday, February 07, 2013
Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally posted at Townhall.com . by Kurt Schlichter For once I agree with liberals. It's high time to have a conversation about guns. Let's start with the problem that there are far too few guns on our streets. Wait, we can't have that conversation. In fact, we're not supposed to have what people might commonly describe as a "conversation" at all. We're supposed...

Fight now with your voice or fight later with guns

7:00am Thursday, February 07, 2013
by Jeff Thomas The country is arguably at the most crucial point in our history when it comes to the Second Amendment and the outcome will affect your liberty and possibly your life. A powerful statement? I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. The country has been crippled by more than seven years of economic hardship, more than a decade of citizens losing liberties, and now the president and his...

BOOK REVIEW: Poachers Were My Prey

3:00pm Wednesday, February 06, 2013
by Larry S. Moore I received the new book, "Poachers Were My Prey," as a Christmas present. The book is a compilation of undercover investigations by the Division of Wildlife and Officer R. T. Stewart as told to outdoor writer Chip Gross. The story can be told now that Stewart has retired from the Division of Wildlife and the cases are long since closed. Gross is also retired from the Division of...

Rep. Patmon's HB31 (Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms) is based on several anti-gun myths

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Editor's Note: The following article was originally published in response to the introduction of Rep. Bill Patmon's HB563 in the 129th General Assembly. That bill was never considered, and it died at the end of the session. Patmon has reintroduced the bill, this time as HB31. by Chad D. Baus Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) has introduced HB563 HB31, gun control legislation that would "prohibit any person...

Op-Ed: Guns in schools can save lives

3:00pm Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally posted at USAToday.com before an armed guard disarmed a teen school shooter in Atlanta. by John Lott Has anyone noticed that these mass shootings at public schools increased after the 1995 Gun-Free School Zone Act? Passed with good intentions, banning guns would supposedly make schools safer. But law abiding citizens, not criminals, obey these bans...

Skeet-Gate: Some Constructive Advice for the President

7:00am Tuesday, February 05, 2013
We here at NSSF were somewhat bemused over the controversy that sprang from President Obama's assertion that he shot skeet on a regular basis, and the second wave of commentary that attended the White House release of a photo to prove it. There's a reason we're citing the New York Times coverage in the link above — we’ll get to that later. The assertion came as no surprise to us, because NSSF...

Senate holds first hearings of 2013 on gun rights

3:00pm Monday, February 04, 2013
On January 30, the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing entitled, "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" It should have been called, "How Do We Attack Second Amendment Rights?" The hearing ( which can be viewed here ) consisted of a single panel that included NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, Second Amendment scholar David Kopel, attorney Gayle Trotter, Baltimore County...

WHIO-TV's excuse for quoting rapist-for-gun-control fizzles as Sheriff Plummer reveals he is NOT a Adam Project board member

7:00am Monday, February 04, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Last week, we broke the news on the fact that Dayton anti-gun protestor Jerome McCorry (AKA Jerome Jordan), who had staged a small protest outside Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show and received generous media attention, is also a convicted rapist. We noted that Anti-Gun-Protestor Jerome McCorry is seen on WHIO wearing a jacket and identified in the on-screen graphic as the...

Why is Montgomery Co. Sheriff Phil Plummer closely associated with Dayton's rapist-for-gun-control? [UPDATE - He's not.]

3:00pm Friday, February 01, 2013
[UPDATE 9:00pm - The author spoke to Sheriff Plummer, who stated that he resigned from the board of The Adam Project three (3) years ago. He was unaware that he was still listed as a board member on The Adam Project Facebook page. He assured Buckeye Firearms Association that he in no way supports The Adam Project and convicted rapist Jerome McCorry's anti-gun agenda.] by Chad D. Baus On Wednesday...

Armed guard disarms teen in Atlanta school shooting; Metal detectors failed to stop the attacker's entry

12:00pm Friday, February 01, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Associated Press is reporting that a student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away. From the article : Multiple shots were fired in the courtyard of Price Middle School just south of downtown around 1:50 p.m. and the one boy was hit, Atlanta Police Chief...

A Challenge to Major Media: Don’t Identify the Next Murdering Deviant

7:00am Friday, February 01, 2013
by Jeff Knox We've seen the cycle repeated over and over again: a twisted individual, couple, or small group engages in a depraved attack on unarmed innocents. The media are outraged, astounded, shocked – shocked I say... Quickly they delve into the identity and background of the murderer(s), naming them, showing their pictures, quoting their Facebook pages, talking to their neighbors, families,...

Get your application in for the NRA Youth Education Summit

3:00pm Thursday, January 31, 2013
Fairfax, Virginia - This year's Youth Education Summit looked like they had a lot of fun, didn't they? For all you high school Sophomores and Juniors out there, YOU could be a part of next year's week-long trip to Washington, D.C. The NRA is currently accepting applications for the 2013 National Youth Education Summit - a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The summit doesn't take place until Monday,...

WHIO-TV (CBS Dayton) admits awareness of anti-gun protestor's status as a convicted rapist; Other news outlets remain silent

12:00pm Thursday, January 31, 2013
by Chad D. Baus On Wednesday, we reported on the fact that Dayton anti-gun protestor Jerome McCorry, who had staged a small protest outside Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show over the weekend and received generous media attention, is also a convicted rapist. Courtesy of DomesticDebacle.com We also pointed out that, despite this fact, media outlets like the Dayton Daily News and WHIO-TV (CBS...

If armed school security won't work, where are all the mass shootings at armed schools?

7:00am Thursday, January 31, 2013
by Jeff Riley Buried in a recent article in The New York Times dismissing armed security at schools is a bit of pro-gun truth, proving if you go looking hard enough, you can eventually find the truth in the most unlikely places. From the article : Nationwide, at least 23,000 schools — about one-third of all public schools — already had armed security on staff as of the most recent data, for the...

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