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Gangs behind up to 80% of U.S. crime, yet gun ban lobby focuses on the law-abiding

12:10am Friday, February 06, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Recently, USA Today reported that a gang threat assessment compiled by federal officials estimates that criminal gangs in the United States have swelled to an estimated 1 million members responsible for up to 80% of crimes in communities across the nation. Meanwhile, the Brady Campaign Against Gun Violence has released its 2008 State Scorecards, which grade states on how they are...

Interpreting the Second Amendment

12:05am Friday, February 06, 2009

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed. By Jeff Knox It has been famously said and often repeated that the Constitution means what the Supreme Court says it means. While this statement is generally true, it is incomplete. Regardless of what the Supreme Court says, the Constitution ultimately...

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It is time for mandatory gun accident prevention education in schools

12:10am Thursday, February 05, 2009

By Chad D. Baus In the past month, no less than four Ohio children, aged eleven, ten, eight and four, have injured or killed people with firearms. Two of the victims, aged eight and two, were shot by their respective siblings. One of the victims, shot by his eleven year-old neighbor, was seven. Three of the victims died of their injuries. In all but one case (wherein a four year-old boy shot his...

Firearm sales continue upward in January

12:05am Thursday, February 05, 2009

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Despite a weak economy and slumping retail sales, firearm sales continued to increase in January, continuing an upswing that began after November's election. Data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show background checks on the sale of firearms jumped 28.8 percent in January when compared to January 2008. The increase follows a 24 percent...

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Help Buckeye Firearms stop Cleveland's abuse of law-abiding gun owners

12:10am Wednesday, February 04, 2009

The Law Applies to the Little People in Cleveland, but Not Mayor Jackson? Fresh on the heels of a poll naming Cleveland the second least-desirable U.S. city to live in, Mayor Jackson appears determined to make a run at the top spot as Cleveland continues to be the only municipality in Ohio illegally enforcing local firearm laws. The victims? Cleveland's own taxpayers. Local firearm laws were...

Ten Threats To Our Ohio Gun Rights In 2009

12:10am Tuesday, February 03, 2009

By Alex Payton What follows is the third annual list of the ten greatest threats to our gun rights. To some degree, all of the threats that were previously listed are still threats to our Ohio gun rights. Some of those threats have become even more powerful and there are new threats that we are facing. In order to defend our rights, we have to know who or what threatens them. There are actually...

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An Ohioan survives post-Heller Chicago

12:05am Tuesday, February 03, 2009

By Gerard Valentino As a victim of the recession and massive lay-offs that followed, I lost my job and was forced to fly to Chicago for a job fair this past weekend. It was my first trip to Chicago (my hometown) in quite some time, making me wonder how Chicagoland had prepared for the expected mayhem after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Second Amendment is an individual right. The reaction of...

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Deja Vu: More muscle should have been flexed in the fight against Eric Holder

12:05am Monday, February 02, 2009

By Jeff Knox When Barack Obama announced that he intended to nominate Eric Holder to be his Attorney General, we at The Firearms Coalition launched an aggressive campaign to block the appointment and urged all other Second Amendment organizations to do likewise. Holder was Janet Reno's top deputy in the Clinton administration and has proven himself to be a radical opponent to the rights of...