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Dayton Daily News (accidentally) educates readers on need for national reciprocity law

12:10am Tuesday, February 24, 2009

By Chad D. Baus While it obviously wasn't the intent of Dayton Daily News reporter Laura Bischoff, whose most memorable gun-related story came after passage of Ohio's concealed carry law in 2004, when Bischoff suggested that the "gun lobby" bought the law by outspending gun control extremists, a pair of stories on the subject of out-of-state licenses are serving to expose the need for a national...

$30,000 in College Scholarships Available to Students

12:05am Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Application Deadline - March 2nd Just a reminder that the National Rifle Association is currently taking applications from outstanding high school sophomores and juniors to participate in the 13th Annual Youth Education Summit July 6th-12th. Don't miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity! Approximately 40 students are chosen to take part in this expense-paid, seven-day event in Washington...

Cuyahoga Co. Sheriff Gerald McFaul deputized son so he can carry a firearm; Refused to issue CHLs to constituents

12:10am Monday, February 23, 2009

By Chad D. Baus The list of abuses of power by city and county officials in Cleveland is long and distinguished - so much so that each individual report barely raises eyebrows anymore. For example, 23 years after telling an employee (whom he was dating) how to avoid a subpoena so she wouldn't have to testify against him in a sexual harassment suit, Cuyahoga County Sheriff Gerald McFaul is finally...

Encourage lawmakers to support excise tax reform

12:05am Monday, February 23, 2009

The National Shooting Sports Foundation encourages all members of the firearms and ammunition industry to voice their support of H.R. 510, legislation that will rectify a longstanding inequity in the collection of the firearms and ammunition excise tax -- a major source of wildlife conservation funding.

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Municipalities continue to be upset with Ohio Supreme Court over gun rights

12:15am Friday, February 20, 2009

By Tim Inwood An old friend of mine, who is on the city council in my hometown, has given me the February 2009 copy of Risky Business , a newsletter put out by the Miami Valley Risk Management Association . He was concerned over comments made on the second page. Though the article is subtle, it is clearly an advocacy piece about a ruling with which they are unhappy. MVRMA seems to be bothered...

Major Victory for American Workers' Right to Self-Defense

12:10am Friday, February 20, 2009

On Wednesday February 18, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously in support of allowing employees to store legally owned firearms in locked, private motor vehicles while parked in employer parking lots. This decision upholds NRA-backed legislation passed in 2004.

My move to the Rebel Colonies, Pt.2: Living in America and buying my first handgun

12:05am Friday, February 20, 2009

Part I of this series, "Living in England disarmed", is available here . By Ray Butler In 2002, after marrying a lovely American lady in Northeastern Ohio, we went back to live in England. Over the years we traveled back and forth across the pond two or three times a year, especially in November for Thanksgiving. In May 2007, on our last vacation here, we decided to sell up and move to the USA...

My move to the Rebel Colonies, Pt.1: Living in England disarmed

12:15am Thursday, February 19, 2009

By Ray Butler The freedoms Americans enjoy as per the Second Amendment is one that all should cherish and fight tooth and nail to keep. Living in England unarmed is a totally different way of life.