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The Exasperating Gun Control Debate

7:00am Wednesday, February 20, 2013

by Rand Lennox Recent school shootings have again reignited the gun control debate. With The Debate occurring so often, one would think that participants would move their arguments away from emotion and toward fact. But they do not. Effective debating demands a thorough knowledge of both sides of an issue. Nonetheless, gun control debaters persist in their ignorance of firearms and firearms law...

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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...

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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 (...

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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...

Report: Growing number of northeast Ohio gun owners seek concealed handgun licenses

7:00am Monday, February 18, 2013

WEWS (ABC Cleveland) is reporting on the rapidly growing number of Ohioans who are applying for concealed handgun licenses. Reporter Joe Pagonakis took the training himself, and delivered this report.

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.

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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...

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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...