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Headline: 'Castle doctrine' witness tells of shooting, civil suit

12:10am Friday, December 14, 2007

More than a week after the first proponent hearing on Sen. Steve Buehrer's Castle Doctrine legislation (SB184), Columbus This Week 's Michael J. Maurer has become perhaps only the second writer in the state to bother to inform his readers about that it occurred (we'll be eager to see if the Ohio media are as equally willing to ignore the opponent hearing.) The article focuses on testimony from...

SAF Honors Colorado’s Jeanne Assam With Eleanor Roosevelt Award

12:05am Friday, December 14, 2007

BELLEVUE, WA – For her remarkable display of heroism and courage under fire, the Second Amendment Foundation announced today that it will recognize Jeanne Assam, who confronted a gunman on Dec. 9 at the New Life Church shooting in Colorado Springs, with the Eleanor Roosevelt Award. The Roosevelt award was created by SAF founder Alan Gottlieb, co-author of America Fights Back: Armed Self-Defense...

Op-Ed: It's nice to see a gun even things up a bit

12:05am Thursday, December 13, 2007

By Kevin O'Brien Cleveland Plain Dealer When the U.S. Supreme Court gets around to deciding what the Second Amendment means to Justice Anthony Kennedy - who, we are constantly reminded, is the guy who really matters - I hope it won't forget what happened on Sunday in Colorado Springs. What started out as a perfect example of the dangers of allowing Americans to keep and bear arms - the fatal...

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Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

3:50pm Wednesday, December 12, 2007

By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From violence in Cleveland to boy scouts getting robbed, these articles should be a part of your required reading! Click...

NBC24.com's Kylie Conway: ''She's Got A Gun''

12:10am Wednesday, December 12, 2007

As a news story filed by NBC 24 Toledo's Kylie Conway recently reported, more females than ever are learning how to shoot a gun, and for a variety of reasons. From the story: Since 1995, the number of women learning how to shoot has nearly doubled. Ranging is ages from ten or eleven to upwards of 60 and 70, more women are gripping guns. They aren't your typical Annie Oakley, an old west women who...

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Hunting as therapy

12:05am Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Injured soldiers find outdoors beneficial to rehabilitation By Kristi Hsu ReporterNews.com Josh Pappas, 21, looks like any other hunter in Shackelford County around this time of year. He wears a three-dimensional camouflage suit covered in waving leaf-like strips of fabric as he walks into an open field Saturday with rifle in hand to stalk deer. Pappas, a Marine corporal, suffered second- and...

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Ohio's ban on defending lives in places of worship: How did it get this bad?

12:10am Tuesday, December 11, 2007

By Chad D. Baus In Colorado, an armed citizen who volunteers to provide security at her church is being hailed as a "hero" after stopping a man who went on a killing spree Sunday. From CNSNews.com : "She probably saved over 100 lives," Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the gunman...

Media abuse of CCW License holders continues

12:05am Tuesday, December 11, 2007

By Tim Inwood Just a little over a week after my article concerning anti-gun bias at Channel 5 in Cincinnati, another abuse of the First Amendment came to my attention. This time it was not in Ohio, but Oregon. I had been watching the case of Shirley Katz from afar, ever since I first heard Neal Boortz talk about her on his radio show. This poor woman is a public school teacher who lives in...