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The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Impact on Private Gun-Ownership in America

12:05am Thursday, June 11, 2009

By Michael P. Farris "The spread of small arms creates a serious global problem and requires an equally urgent response because the lives and futures of children are at stake. These weapons have extinguished more young lives than they have protected." – Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF The vast majority of Americans, regardless of their opinions on the increasing scope of international...

OOPS: Brady Campaign president admits people are the problem, not guns

12:10am Wednesday, June 10, 2009

By Chad D. Baus The Akron Beacon-Journal recently reported that Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence president Paul Helmke addressed the Akron Roundtable on May 21. The story notes that Helmke delivered his usual misleading statistics and hyperbole to the not-for-profit speakers' forum...along with a couple of accidental admissions that point to the fact that his organization's gun control...

Guns in Parks: The Hoplophobes’ Travel Guide to the United States

12:05am Wednesday, June 10, 2009

By David Kopel Last week, President Obama signed a bill which, besides changing credit card laws, says that in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges, the laws about gun carrying will be the same as in the host state. So in Colorado, for example, you will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun in Rocky Mountain National Park, if you have a state-issued concealed carry permit. In Vermont's...

Senate Republicans take aim at Ohio Division of Wildlife

12:10am Tuesday, June 09, 2009

By Larry S. Moore The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has experienced a number of budget issues and continued cuts. Curiously some of the more serious cuts came at the hands of Senate Republicans and were made in areas that are self-funded. The Division of Wildlife and Division of Watercraft are two ODNR Divisions that are self-funded. Both have found themselves unexpectedly in the...

Rep. Jarrod Martin delivers this week's Republican Legislative Update; focuses on HB203 (Restaurant Carry)

12:05am Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Click here to read about the Restaurant Carry Bill.

When reading the latest FBI crime stats, the devil is truly in the details

12:10am Monday, June 08, 2009

"Those kinds of things don't happen here" should no longer be part of the rural mindset. By Jim Shepherd I miss America. Seriously. If you ask me what I miss most, I'll probably tell you I miss youth. But it's not the youth that I miss, it's the attitude that existed when I was younger. Growing up in the middle of the past century - at the end of the last millennium (gosh, I do feel old now), it...

More women taking advantage of firearms classes

12:05am Monday, June 08, 2009

The Port Clinton News-Herald is reporting on a mother-daughter partnership that offers all-female gun education courses, as well as National Rifle Association-certified concealed carry courses. Joy and Faith Ferkel have instructed more than 75 men and women, who are now better prepared to defend themselves and their families. They say most of the female students have taken advantage of all-women...

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OH Atty General files Motion to Intervene in Buckeye Firearms Foundation suit against City of Cleveland

12:10am Friday, June 05, 2009

Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to report that Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray's office has filed a Motion to Intervene in a lawsuit filed by Buckeye Firearms Foundation, Inc. against the City of Cleveland. The lawsuit was filed by the Ohio not-for profit foundation, to stop the City of Cleveland from prosecuting law-abiding gun owners under local ordinances that restrict gun...