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Provenance of anti-gun Lee Fisher quote undetermined; Fisher's record as anti-gun politican is fact

8:03am Monday, July 26, 2010

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer , in partnership with PolitiFact.com, has begun a new series "addressing the claims, ads and statements of players in the political world." According to the newspaper, "political reporters, assisted by news researchers at times, will review the bills and statistics that are cited. They'll examine data and studies to see if they back up the claims, and...

The Consequences of McDonald v.Chicago: Will the Sky Fall or Do More Guns Mean Less Crime?

3:00pm Friday, July 23, 2010

Tight budgets and fewer cops; time for citizens to 'arm up'

7:00am Friday, July 23, 2010

By Alan Gottlieb and Dave Workman Plunging government revenues may have the unintended consequence - so far as tax-and-spend (and spend some more) public officials are concerned - of reminding people that we are ultimately responsible for our own safety. The pie plate is empty and inevitable cutbacks in important public services, including law enforcement, are on the horizon. It is already...

Women Outpace Men as New Hunters

3:00pm Thursday, July 22, 2010

More women than men took up hunting last year, according to new net figures from the National Sporting Goods Association. While total hunters in the U.S. decreased slightly (.05 percent) between 2008 and 2009, the number of female hunters increased by 5.4 percent, netting 163,000 new participants. Growth areas for women included muzzleloading (up 134.6 percent), bowhunting (up 30.7 percent) and...

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The Role of Single Issue PACs

7:00am Thursday, July 22, 2010

An editorial response by multiple contributors On July 11, 2010, Buckeye Firearms Association, a single issue Ohio political action committee (PAC), endorsed the reelection of incumbent Democrat Governor Ted Strickland over Republican challenger John Kasich. To "insiders," this endorsement decision was expected. However, we realize that not all of our readers are "insiders" and do not necessarily...

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Gun Control Doesn't Work

3:00pm Wednesday, July 21, 2010

by Jeff Knox If firearms were indeed as inherently dangerous as gun control advocates suggest, there should be millions of crimes, murders, suicides, and accidents involving firearms each year, and those numbers should be escalating since the total number of firearms and firearms owners have risen substantially over the past few years. In reality, numbers of firearms related crime and accidents...

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Buckeye Firearms Association endorses Richard Cordray for Ohio Attorney General

7:00am Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is pleased to announce our endorsement of Richard Cordray (D) for Ohio Attorney General in the 2010 general election. Cordray has exhibited strong support for the Second Amendment and for the rights of Ohio gun owners during his first term as Attorney General. In 2009, Buckeye Firearms Foundation sued the city of Cleveland seeking a court order to stop the city...

Let's Face It, Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley Wants to Ban Guns, All Guns

3:00pm Tuesday, July 20, 2010

by John Lott As always, gun control proponents say they merely want "reasonable" gun control laws. Yet, when listing the actual laws they favor, they go well beyond what most people would possibly consider "reasonable." Just look at the gun bans in Chicago and Washington, D.C. that local politicians and gun control organizations such as the Brady Campaign and the Violence Policy Center have...