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First Amendment Rights Trampled by Pittsburgh College after Student Advocates for Concealed Carry of Firearms on Campus

12:05am Tuesday, June 02, 2009

PITTSBURGH, May 27, 2009—A student who wants to form a gun-rights group at the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) has been threatened with disciplinary action for her efforts. Student Christine Brashier has turned to the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) for help after reporting that administrators banned her informational pamphlets, ordered her to destroy all copies...

More Ohioans arming themselves, seeking licenses to carry concealed

12:10am Monday, June 01, 2009

The Newark Advocate is reporting that almost four people came in every business day through the first three months of the year, 252 in all, to either renew or seek a new permit to arm themselves discretely in public, according to figures from the Licking County Sheriff's Office. During the same period in 2008, the story notes 107 people sought concealed handgun licenses in that county. As Buckeye...

State Rep. Josh Mandel Announces Bid for State Treasurer in 2010

12:05am Monday, June 01, 2009

Republican State Representative Josh Mandel, a former endorsee of Buckeye Firearms Association, has announced his candidacy for State Treasurer not through the traditional press release or press conference, but via a video posted on his website, www.JoshMandel.com . Mandel, who served two tours of duty in Iraq as an intelligence specialist with the United States Marine Corps, is currently in his...

The Second Amendment isn’t about hunting...or is it???

12:10am Friday, May 29, 2009

By Larry S. Moore I hear the phrase "The Second Amendment isn't about hunting" repeated in various comments, articles, websites and blogs. It is being repeated so often that is has become an accepted fact. I'm more tired of hearing this than I was the old Wendy's commercial, "Where's the beef?" (okay I am dating myself). Some days I've heard it so many times that I wonder why I bother to be...

Toledo residents continue trend of gun buying in wake of police layoffs

12:10am Thursday, May 28, 2009

By Chad D. Baus When word of significant cuts to the Toledo police force first came out, one senior police officer issued the following recommendation to city residents: "Buy guns. Invest in precious metals: lead, gun power and brass." After the layoffs took effect, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner admitted the reason why this was such good advice: "Violent crimes, shootings, are not ever prevented by the...

Headline: More women buying and carrying handguns

12:05am Thursday, May 28, 2009

Cincinnati's WKRC (the tri-state area's CBS affiliate) is reporting that an unprecedented number of women are taking their protection into their own hands by getting a gun. According to a report by Local 12 Reporter Liz Bonis, "gun stores are seeing more women customers than anyone can remember. Many women are also getting permits to carry a concealed weapon." The news report documents some of...

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Attorney General announces First Quarter 2009 CHL statistics

12:10am Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Demand is soaring for concealed carry licenses in Ohio By Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2009. The demand for concealed carry licenses has been torrid. It appears that a lot of new gun owners are not content to leave their weapon locked up at home; they want to carry it for self defense. The...

Obama's Supreme Court nomination is a slap at the Second Amendment

12:05am Wednesday, May 27, 2009

BELLEVUE, WA – The nomination of Second Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor to replace retiring Justice David Souter on the U.S. Supreme Court is a slap at gun rights and the Second Amendment, the Second Amendment Foundation said today. Judge Sotomayor, a New York native, ruled on a Second Circuit Appeals Court panel that the Second Amendment is not a fundamental right and does not apply to the...