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Op-Ed: Bloomberg's latest stats on school gun violence ignore reality

by John R. Lott

3:00pm Monday, February 24, 2014

Are schools and colleges dangerous places, with lots of gun violence? Some groups paint a picture of these places being particularly unsafe. Supposedly both murders and firearm suicides are very common at educational institutions. Last Wednesday, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s two groups, Moms Demand Gun Sense in America and Mayors Against Illegal Guns, jointly released a report that...

Former BCII head says arming teachers is way to stop school killers

by Greg Sowinski

7:00am Monday, February 24, 2014

The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. LIMA — A man who has been one of the state’s top cops told fellow officers Friday communities need to take steps such as arming teachers and changing their approach to the war on drugs to protect and better society. Former Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation head John Lenhart was...

Public Invited to Comment on Ohio's 2014-2015 Hunting Season Proposals

3:00pm Friday, February 21, 2014

Input also accepted online at www.wildohio.com COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) invites public comments regarding the 2014-2015 hunting, trapping and fishing regulations at open houses on Saturday, March 1, from 12-3 p.m., and online through Sunday, March 2. Input concerning proposed hunting season dates, bag limits and rule changes will be accepted during open...

Elida pupil faces possible expulsion after bringing knives to school

by Greg Sowinski

7:00am Friday, February 21, 2014

The following article was originally published by The Lima News . Republished with permission. ELIDA — An Elida Middle School student plotting to kill the principal and others arrived at the school Wednesday armed with weapons but stopped just short of carrying out his plan. The 13-year-old boy is a seventh-grader at Elida Middle School. He had three knives, a box cutter, a miniature baseball bat...

Op-Ed: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Air Conditioners Cause Rapes

by Chuck Michel

3:00pm Thursday, February 20, 2014

I was reminded of an old criminologists' inside joke when recent news reports announced that global warming will lead to higher crime rates (which is odd since crime in America has been in a two decade decline while global temperatures have crept upwards). Long ago someone noticed that more rapes occurred during the summer months, and also noticed people ran their air conditioners during the...

No Guns on Gun Ban Signs?

7:00am Thursday, February 20, 2014

When it comes to the anti-gunners' viewpoint, don't be too hasty in thinking that things can't get more ridiculous than they already are, because--as this story illustrates--they most assuredly can. [Recently], the Daily Caller reported that, in response to a law requiring the posting of small, "no guns allowed" stickers where the carry of concealed firearms is still banned, some school officials...

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Op-Ed: ‘Gun control’ advocates' arrests highlight irony and hypocrisy

by David Codrea

3:00pm Wednesday, February 19, 2014

In an incident seen by some as a bit of supreme irony, a local “gun control” proponent has been arrested on two felony charges for bringing a concealed handgun into a New York elementary school, causing “an hours long lockdown,” The Buffalo News reported Friday. "Dwayne Ferguson ... was a well-known face in the movement for the SAFE Act, the state law that made carrying a gun on school property a...

Two Anniversaries Gun Control Supporters Aren't Celebrating

7:00am Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Gun control supporters have lately used the 20th anniversary of Bill Clinton's signing of the Brady Act into law as an excuse to repeat their demand for "universal" background checks. Even though most people who commit crimes with guns defeat the Brady Act by getting their guns by theft, on the black market, or from straw purchasers, anti-gunners have portrayed the law as having saved countless...