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CCRKBA: Poll confirms Americans fear Obama gun control agenda

12:05am Tuesday, July 07, 2009

BELLEVUE, WA – A new Rasmussen poll reveals that 57 percent of American citizens believe gun sales are up over the past several months because of widespread fears that the government will tighten restrictions on gun ownership. "The poll results confirm what we've been saying," noted Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. "American citizens are...

Church-based gun banner chides pastor to stop teaching on the subject of self-defense and the Bible

12:10am Monday, July 06, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Over the past several years, I've been monitoring the statements the non-profit Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence is required to file with the Internal Revenue Service. In 2005, I exposed the fact that OCAGV kept office space in the basement of the Collingwood Presbyterian Church in Toledo (space for which the organization was being charged bargain price of $270 per month). I...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 67 - Federal Pocketknife Ban?

12:05am Monday, July 06, 2009

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 10- Government Banning Pocketknives The lamestream media told you: Nothing. Web sources however told you the federal government is set to confiscate or criminalize possession of most pocket knives in the country, mainly focused on "assisted opening" knives. Great confusion exists between these one-...

Across the Fruited Plain: Where the Fight for Shall-Issue Still Rages

12:10am Thursday, July 02, 2009

Editor's Note: This article has also been published at USConcealedCarry.com. By Chad D. Baus In my last column, "The People Fighting for Your Gun Rights" , I lamented the fact that more state gun rights organizations had not responded to my invitation to help keep USCCA members up to date on the current battles that they face, what specific activities they are engaging in on each battle, their...

Brady Campaign attorney says "certainly nothing wrong" with adults banging away at Southern Ohio Machine Gun Shoot

12:05am Thursday, July 02, 2009

Nothing can be more absurd than the carrying of concealed weapons in a civilized community without a special purpose, and that in times of tranquility is simply criminal. - The [Columbus Daily] Dispatch, July 1, 1871 By Chad D. Baus During my seven-plus years experience covering Second Amendment issues and the media in Ohio, I've learned that whenever the Columbus Dispatch decides to cover a gun...

AG Cordray: State of Ohio will join friend of the court brief asking for Second Amendment incorporation

12:10am Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Appearing Sunday evening as a guest on the Firearms Forum radio show with host Jim Irvine, Attorney General Richard Cordray announced that, in anticipation of the Supreme Court of the United States taking such a case, he has agreed to sign a brief being prepared by the State of Texas in support of the Second Amendment applying to the states. "Since the Heller decision there have been either two...

Current Congressional environment provides window of opportunity for Second Amendment

12:05am Wednesday, July 01, 2009

By Jeff Knox The surprise introduction and passage of a pro-rights amendment attached to a credit card bill this spring could be a hopeful sign of things to come.

Early GOP primary discussion of 2A issues continues with Kasich statement

12:10am Tuesday, June 30, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Earlier this month, Republican State Senator Kevin Coughlin, who declared his candidacy for the 2010 governor's race in January, began circulating an email designed to bring the Second Amendment to the front and center of early GOP primary discussions. This week, former Congressman John Kasich, who declared his own candidacy for the Republican nomination at the beginning of June,...