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Sen. Kevin Coughlin ends gubernatorial campaign

12:10am Tuesday, July 14, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Just six weeks after former Congressman John Kasich officially announced his campaign for governor, Republican State Senator Kevin Coughlin has announced the end of his own campaign via an email to his supporters.

Gun Owners - a true example of American diversity

12:05am Tuesday, July 14, 2009

By Jim Irvine Just who is the "gun owner" and how did he become so important? Every election cycle we see politicians courting the "gun vote" and we hear stories about how the NRA is the most powerful lobbying group in Washington D.C. A look at the diversity of gun owners explains why this is such an important and powerful voting bloc.

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Exposed: Ohio anti-gunners' 2006 & 2007 IRS returns

12:10am Monday, July 13, 2009

"If we have more use of guns, then we're going to have more people who are injured and die." - Toby Hoover, Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, when asked in April 2004 about her predictions about Ohio's newly-implemented concealed carry law By Chad D. Baus As the State of Ohio celebrates five successful years of concealed carry, with applications setting a record pace, it seems appropriate to...

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Buckeye Firearms Association joins groups opposing Sotomayor confirmation

12:10am Friday, July 10, 2009

Buckeye Firearms Association has announced that it has joined the rapidly growing coalition of groups that are officially on record opposing the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor as a justice to the U.S. Supreme Court. "It is critical to the future of our country that we have justices who respect and uphold our Constitution," said Jim Irvine, Chairman of Buckeye Firearms Association. "Judge Sotomayor...

Op-Ed: Mexican Standoff On Second Amendment

12:05am Friday, July 10, 2009

By Dan Gifford and Michael J. Krauss Big lies die slowly. After a claim by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that 90% of Mexican drug dealers' military weapons (machine guns, hand grenades and missiles) come from American gun stores was exposed as a lie several months ago, it's back — this time with the imprimatur of the Government Accountability Office. A June 21 CBS "60...

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Two-thirds of State Attorneys General File Amicus Brief Supporting Second Amendment Incorporation

12:10am Thursday, July 09, 2009

The National Rifle Association is reporting that two-thirds of the nation's attorneys general have filed an amicus brief asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in the case of NRA v. Chicago and hold that the Second Amendment applies to state and local governments through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. This bi-partisan group of 33 attorneys general (which, as...

BOOK REVIEW: The County Sheriff - America’s Last Hope

12:05am Thursday, July 09, 2009

By Jim Irvine For all those who are frustrated with our political system and endless corruption and abuse from a government who are supposed to protect the citizens, Sheriff Richard Mack has written a short book (only 50 pages) that focuses not on the long list of problems, but on the solution. The County Sheriff: America's Last Hope is a book aimed at concerned citizens and fellow law...

Faux pro-gun group endorses Sotomayor for U.S. Supreme Court

12:10am Wednesday, July 08, 2009

The most recent issue of the National Shooting Sports Foundation newsletter, Bullet Points , observes that the faux gun group known as American Hunters and Shooters Association (AHSA), has endorsed the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for Supreme Court Justice. As former NRA President Sandy Froman recently pointed out , Sotomayor has a narrow view of the Second Amendment that contradicts the...