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SB239 and SB247: Two bills whose time has come

7:00am Friday, June 11, 2010

by Jim Irvine Recently two crucial bills passed the Ohio Senate. One deals with critical improvements for concealed license holders (CHL). The other corrects a defect in Ohio law which has resulted in court orders being null and void and good people losing their right to defend themselves, even in their own homes.

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NSSF asks gun owners to practice firearm safety every day

3:00pm Thursday, June 10, 2010

Children across the country will start their summer vacations this month and, as a result, spend more time at home -- some of it unsupervised. With that in mind, the National Shooting Sports Foundation reminds gun owners to review their procedures for safely storing firearms in the home -- a reminder in keeping with June being National Safety Month. A few simple steps -- such as storing firearms...

Are you prepared for when a criminal comes knocking? This family was.

7:00am Thursday, June 10, 2010

By Jim Irvine Recently I sat down with a friend who was the target of a home invasion. He lives in a nice neighborhood with his wife and two young kids. In the middle of the night, there was a noise downstairs. “It sounded like the blinds being moved. My first thought was: 'there is somebody in our house.'" Such a thought can be terrifying. In a "hot burglary" the FBI statistics show that the...

May second highest all-time for background checks on firearm sales

3:00pm Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,016,876 checks in May 2010, ranking the month the second highest May for most NICS checks. This figure, while being a .6 percent decrease from the 1,023,102 checks conducted in May 2009, is an increase of 14.7 percent over checks in May 2008. The total number of background checks reported since the...

Restaurant/ Car Carry legislation likely stalled until after November elections

7:00am Wednesday, June 09, 2010

by Jim Irvine Last week we asked you to make phone calls to your State Representatives in an attempt to move two bills to Governor Strickland before the summer recess. Thank you to each of you who picked up the phone answered our call for action. Unfortunately, we were not successful. Phone calls are no longer needed. While we share your frustration that Speaker Budish and the Democrat-controlled...

England shooting proves fallacy of gun control laws

3:00pm Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Last Wednesday's mass shooting in northwest England is more proof that restrictive gun laws do not prevent horrible criminal acts, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Wire service and British news agency reports say 12 people are dead and 25 people are wounded, and suspected gunman Derrick Bird is among the fatalities. It appears he died from a self-inflicted...

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Gun control restrictions snag heroes, but have no effect on criminals

3:00pm Monday, June 07, 2010

by Jeff Knox With a decision expected from the Supreme Court later this month, the importance of the McDonald case challenging Chicago's handgun ban was brought into stark relief last week when an 80-year old Chicago resident used a handgun to stop a violent home intruder. Reports indicate that the intruder broke in through a back window of the octogenarian's home in the early hours of May 26 and...

Ohio man competes in History Channel's "Top Shot"

11:32am Monday, June 07, 2010

The Akron Beacon-Journal is reporting that an Ohio man is among those competing on Top Shot , a History channel series that premiered Sunday at 10:00 p.m. Hosted by Colby Donaldson of Survivor fame, the show has 16 marksmen competing for a $100,000 prize. Among the competitors is Chris Cerino of Wadsworth, Ohio, who told the Alron newspaper he loved being part of it.