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Bloomberg crony on H.B. 203: Horribly misinformed, or intentionally lying?

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, March 20, 2014

The Gongwer News Service reported last week on the latest round of attacks on H.B. 203 (Concealed Carry & Self-Defense Law Reform), coordinated by billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a hypocrite who enjoys his own private armed security but insists that everyone else's right to bear arms be severely limited or abolished. From the article : Opponents of wide-ranging legislation that has sparked...

Twenty Years of Brady Law Failure

by Jeff Knox

3:00pm Wednesday, March 19, 2014

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence is touting the 20th anniversary of implementation of the Brady Law, requiring that buyers at gun shops pass a background check before every purchase. They’re marking the anniversary with a “report” extolling the program’s success and promoting their current target: criminalization of private firearm transfers. The catch phrase for that campaign is “...

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More Fuzzy Math: Gun Control Supporters Misrepresent Gun Owner Trends

7:00am Wednesday, March 19, 2014

President Obama absurdly suggested during his State of the Union address in January that "citizenship" means going along with the gun control agenda that he's been pushing for the past 15 months. Nevertheless, anti-gunners -- not banking on Obama's promise to impose that agenda "without Congress" -- are trying to convince politicians that they can vote for gun control without fear of...

Op-Ed: Guns and Deaths, a Non-US problem

by Chuck Michel

3:00pm Tuesday, March 18, 2014

“America has the highest death by guns rate per capita in the world…..fact.” That comment – left on a YouTube video – shows the ignorance of people not in America, and those in the Oval Office or the California state legislature. It is a persistent talking point of gun ban activists, and is adopted as fact by people predisposed to believe that (as the same fellow continued) “America is a screwed...

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Anti-gun Surgeon General nominee on hold

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, March 18, 2014

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the Obama administration is putting the nomination of Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General on hold because of a lack of support in the Senate - even among many Democrats - specifically because of his support for gun control . From the article : The White House's decision to tap the brakes on its nomination of Vivek Murthy as U.S. Surgeon General is...

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Chiappa Firearms expanding in Dayton

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Monday, March 17, 2014

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that an Italian gunmaker with a distribution center in Dayton plans to start manufacturing firearms in Dayton this year, which will require the company to double its local workforce to about 30 people. From the article : Chiappa Firearms, the Dayton-based branch company of Italy’s Chiappa Group, relocated in January to a new, expanded facility at 1415 Stanley...

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Ohio State University wins 2014 NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championship

by Kyle Jillson

7:00am Monday, March 17, 2014

Columbus, Georgia - After 13 years of almost-there seasons, The Ohio State University has won their first NRA Intercollegiate Pistol Championships since 2000. Comprised of scores from the Free Pistol, Standard Pistol and Open Air Pistol championships, the Buckeyes scored 1997, 2118, 2195 respectively for a total aggregate of 6310 out of a possible 7200. Ohio State's win towered over second place...

USSA Hosts Annual Candidate's Reception for Ohio Sportsmen

3:00pm Friday, March 14, 2014

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) will host a legislative reception with the members of the Ohio General Assembly and all candidates for office on Tuesday, March 25, 2014 at the Riffe Center Theatre Lobby in Columbus, Ohio from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The reception is open to all Ohio sportsmen and women. Legislators and candidates can use the informal atmosphere as an opportunity to meet and greet...