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WDTN: "Gun Advocates Wish to Carry Weapons on RTA Buses"

4:13pm Monday, February 21, 2005

OFCC's Senate Disctrict 10 Coordinator Larry S. Moore participated in an on-camera interview with Dayton's WDTN last Friday. A short summary of the news report is available on the news channel's website . After a violent downtown riot you saw first on 2 -- gun advocates think it's time to let RTA passengers to protect themselves. Larry Moore, a representative for Ohioans for Concealed Carry, says...

TX convenience store killer caught on surveillance video

4:10pm Monday, February 21, 2005

"Don't get a CHL. Just do what the robber says and you'll be ok..." Those empty words of advice from some Ohio employers, bankers, and gun ban extremists ring hollow in light of a report from a KTRK Houston (ABC 13): A convenience store clerk in Cleveland handed over the cash, but was still shot and killed in cold blood. Now, police need your help to catch his killer. "He acted like he was fixing...

Lessons learned the hard way: Only you can protect you

4:08pm Monday, February 21, 2005

Lesson learned in Akron: The need for self-defense can come when you least expect it: Abduction suspect, truck described A 21-year-old woman told police the man tried to abduct her when he stopped his vehicle, described as a black, late-model Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, as she walked on West Bergey Street shortly after 8 p.m. Monday. The man forced the woman into the vehicle and was driving...

Media questions affordable firearm made in Ohio

4:04pm Monday, February 21, 2005

In a span of several days last week, several Ohio television outlets turned their focus of attention to the "problem" of inexpensive firearms which low-income families use to protect their homes. Although Cleveland's WKYC admits most of the Hi-Point 9mm handguns that are used in crimes are purchased "on the street", the story goes on to blame gun shows and Ohio law for the misuse of these...

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Calling OH gun owners: ''Demonstrate Your Political Strength"

3:37pm Sunday, February 20, 2005

The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) is inviting gun owners from across the state to its biennial Ohio Legislative Reception. Second Amendment advocates are encouraged to come to meet with state lawmakers, discuss self-defense and conservation issues and more. From the press release: The reception will be February 22 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at the Athletic Club of Columbus, 136 E. Broad Street...

1992: A Massacre We Didn't Hear About

5:05am Sunday, February 20, 2005

by J. Neil Schulman The following article appeared in the January 1, 1992 Los Angeles Times. This is the story you saw on the evening news: At lunch hour on Wednesday, Oct. 16, George Jo Hennard of Belton, Tex. smashed his Ford pickup through the plate glass doors of Luby's cafeteria in Killeen, injuring some patrons immediately. While other patrons rushed toward the truck believing the driver...

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Welcome to life in a ''gun-free'' society

5:00am Sunday, February 20, 2005

According to a story in The Courier Mail of Queensland, a United Nations-sponsored survey found that "Australia has the worst prevalence of crime among 17 industrialised countries." From the story: Federal Government statistics show increases in crimes against people, rather than property. "That's the basic picture in Australia at the moment – we're getting more violent," said Dr Tim Prenzler,...

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Op-Ed: The Klan's Favorite Law

4:55am Sunday, February 20, 2005

Gun control in the postwar South by Dave Kopel If you believe everything that Michael Moore says in Bowling for Columbine and his books, then you would think that "pro-gun" people are white racists, and that "gun control" would be a wonderful way to help minorities. But a look at America's past reveals what historian Clayton Cramer has accurately called "The Racist Roots of Gun Control." After...