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Op-Ed: Columbine To Va. Tech To NIU - Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields?

12:05am Thursday, March 06, 2008

By John R. Lott, Jr. As Northern Illinois University restarts classes this week, one thing is clear: Six minutes proved too long. It took six minutes before the police were able to enter the classroom that horrible Thursday, and in that short time five people were murdered, 16 wounded. Six minutes is actually record-breaking speed for the police arriving at such an attack, but it was simply not...

Ohio Primary Election Results - a good day for gun owners

10:17am Wednesday, March 05, 2008

The results are in, and it was a very encouraging night for Ohio gun owners in the races for which Buckeye Firearms Association made endorsements and recommendations. Overall, we are extremely pleased with the outcome of the primary contests we saw as important for Ohio gun owners. As usual there were several examples which proved just how crucial pro-gun Ohioans' involvement in their party...

Mobility-Impaired Disabled Hunter Access

12:10am Wednesday, March 05, 2008

By Larry S. Moore The upland game rabbit season has been pretty tough on me this year. My oldest female Beagle, Lucky, is 14 and has not been able to hunt. She is just too slow in her old age. My male, Hank, has encountered some heart issues so I am not running him very much. He is 10 and I was really hoping for a couple more years in the field with him. Both dogs jump at the gates and bark to go...

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Op-Ed: Guns Save Lives

12:05am Wednesday, March 05, 2008

By John Stossel It's all too predictable. A day after a gunman killed six people and wounded 18 others at Northern Illinois University, The New York Times criticized the U.S. Interior Department for preparing to rethink its ban on guns in national parks. The editorial board wants "the 51 senators who like the thought of guns in the parks -- and everywhere else, it seems -- to realize that the...

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Colorado CHL-holder Recalls Encounter With Church Gunman

12:10am Tuesday, March 04, 2008

The story of concealed handgun license-holder Jeanne Assam's brave actions to stop a murderous rampage killer in Colorado Springs, Colorado's New Life Church won't soon be forgotten. From CNSNews.com : "She probably saved over 100 lives," the Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the...

Toledo concealed handgun license-holder defends own life during robbery attempt

3:49pm Monday, March 03, 2008

By Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that another Ohio CHL-holder is alive today because he had the means to protect himself when attacked. The newspaper, which editorialized against concealed carry both before and after it became law (one editorial board member went so far as theorize on how he would disarm the entire American population ), and which prohibits its newspaper carriers...

To my gun-owning Democrat friends: How could you vote for either one?

12:10am Monday, March 03, 2008

By Chad D. Baus I've spent the last few weeks examining the choices left on the GOP primary ballot. I thought on this Ohio Primary eve I would take a look the choices my pro-gun Democrat friends are facing. In Ohio alone, approximately 1/2 million people have hunting and/ or concealed handgun licenses. More importantly, Ohio gun owners made up 27 percent of the total vote in Ohio in the year 2000...

It really is ok to be liberal and support individual gun rights

12:05am Monday, March 03, 2008

By John Salyers Yes, really. Democrats throughout Ohio and across the country would be well advised to take a closer look at elected officials like Ohio's Governor Ted Strickland and U.S Congressman Zack Space. These gentlemen are both true to the Democrat party and yet are unwavering in their support of protecting our individual right to bear arms. And believe it or not folks, it's working for...