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CBS News: House committee schedules contempt vote against Holder

3:00pm Monday, June 11, 2012

by Chad D. Baus CBS News is reporting that the House Oversight Committee will vote next week on whether to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress. According to the report, it's the fourth time in 30 years that Congress has launched a contempt action against an executive branch member. This time, the move stems from Holder failing to turn over documents subpoenaed on October 12...

Plan B – The U.S. Senate

7:00am Monday, June 11, 2012

by Jim Irvine All gun owners have a vested interest in helping Mitt Romney defeat Barack Obama this November. We must defeat Obama this fall. But just in case we fail, we must also execute a Plan B. The largest and longest-term threat to gun ownership is through the continued appointment of judges who will rule from the bench to deny and revoke your rights. President Obama has already appointed...

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Another Ohio police chief who opposed passage of concealed carry in 2004 admits his concerns were "without basis"

3:00pm Friday, June 08, 2012

by Chad D. Baus During the fight to pass concealed carry reform in Ohio, raging a decade ago, the list of people offering warning that the sky would fall if we passed a CCW law was long and varied. While I and other pro-gun advocates often pointed out that the successful experience in other states should be an easy answer to all of the "what ifs" and Chicken Little warnings being tossed about, it...

CNSNews: Holder Claims Emails Using Words ‘Fast and Furious’ Don’t Refer to Operation Fast and Furious

7:00am Friday, June 08, 2012

CNSNews.com is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder claimed during congressional testimony Thursday that internal Justice Department emails that use the phrase "Fast and Furious" do not refer to the controversial gun-walking operation Fast and Furious. From the article : Under questioning from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who read excerpts of the emails at a House Judiciary Committee...

May sees 20.6% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 24th straight month over month increase

3:00pm Thursday, June 07, 2012

The May 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 840,412 is an increase of 20.6 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 696,947 in May 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2012 NICS figure of 1,305,392 reflects a 7.0 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,219,872 in May 2011. This marks the 24th straight month that NSSF-...

HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for possible vote in House committee

7:00am Thursday, June 07, 2012

The House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Ron Maag, has scheduled a hearing on Tuesday, June 12 at 1:30 p.m. in Room 116. HB495, also known as the reciprocity & concealed carry modernization bill makes three changes to current law: Changes to automatically honor other states licenses, similar to a driver's license Eliminates the "...

Headline: House Panel Debates Bill To Ease Regulations On Gun Owners

3:00pm Wednesday, June 06, 2012

The Gongwer News Service is reporting on the second hearing on HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization), which was held yesterday before the House Committee on State Government and Elections. According to the article, gun rights advocates urged members of the committee to ease restrictions on concealed carry licensees, while opponents warned the bill would bring Ohio's firearm...

Contrary to editoral opinion, the greatest threat to GOP candidates in November would be FAILING to pass needed pro-gun reforms

7:00am Wednesday, June 06, 2012

by Jim Irvine On May 12, The Cleveland Plain Dealer published an editorial by Brent Larkin entitled "GOP state legislators' zeal for guns could wound Romney." The editorial is wrong on so many levels that at first I didn't even think it was worthy of a comment. I have since reconsidered, figuring that good men should not remain silent, lest others not have the opportunity to learn the truth...