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Giving Up Rights for Security in Chicago: A Total Failure

7:00am Wednesday, December 22, 2010

by Gerard Valentino Chicago is known world-wide for having everything a world class city has to offer. From a great nightlife, to the arts, to ethnic cuisine, championship caliber professional sports teams, great universities and an excellent public transportation network, the city has something to offer just about everyone. What many don't realize, however, is that Chicago also boasts one of the...

BOOK REVIEW: After You Shoot: Your gun's hot. The perp's not, Now What? – By Alan Korwin

3:00pm Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Reviewed by Chris Knox During a typical state-mandated defensive firearms class there comes an hour – usually during that sleepy time after lunch – where the instructor gives some obligatory advice on what to do should you ever be forced to use the skills you're learning. Generally the advice comes down to two points: Call 911. Don't say anything. The reason you call 911 is to demonstrate your...

Editorials opposing restaurant carry expose coordinated anti-gun bias

7:00am Tuesday, December 21, 2010

by Gerard Valentino By running nearly identical anti-gun editorials on the same day, The Columbus Dispatch and The Toledo Blade have finally given up their longtime charade that coverage of the gun issue is unbiased and independent. The Dayton Daily News joined the party about a week later by running an equally one-sided editorial that relied on similar mistruths, misquotes and outright...

104,100 Pounds of Venison Donated During Hunting Season so far

3:00pm Monday, December 20, 2010

Venison donations to be taken though February 6, 2011 Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 104,100 pounds of venison to local food banks so far this deer season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. "I am happy to see this program continue to grow each year. Ohio hunters once again have shown...

BATFE Requests "Emergency" Authority To Track Semi-Automatic Rifle Sales

7:00am Monday, December 20, 2010

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has proposed that it be given emergency authority for six months, beginning January 5, to require about 8,500 firearms dealers along the border with Mexico "to alert authorities when they sell within five consecutive business days two or more semiautomatic rifles greater than .22 caliber with detachable magazines." A Washington Post story...

Columbus gun store tops nation in firearms tracings; Media exaggerates correlation of U.S. gun sales to Mexican crime yet again

3:00pm Friday, December 17, 2010

The Washington Post recently obtained information on the names of gun dealers that had the most traces for firearms recovered by police in the last four years, and in a collaborative story by The Columbus Dispatch , the newspapers are reporting that Vance Outdoors in Columbus led the country in the number of guns recovered by police that were traced back to a dealer. From the article : A high...

President Obama and Gun Rights: Beware the Cornered and Quiet Politician

7:00am Friday, December 17, 2010

by Gerard Valentino President Barack Obama has a long and undistinguished record of infringing on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. When he was elected that record made him the darling of the anti-gun movement which expected to ride his coattails back to prominence in the marketplace of ideas. The expected road back to relevance hasn't materialized as they expected, and the anti-gun crowd...

Gavel still has not fallen on 128th General Assembly: Pro-gun bills' fate still not sealed

7:45pm Thursday, December 16, 2010

The Ohio House of Representatives adjourned yesterday without holding a voting session, but Speaker Armond Budish has still not declared the 128th session of the Ohio House of Representatives to be officially over. Until and unless that happens, there is still a chance that two pro-gun bills, SB239 and SB247, could receive a vote. Yesterday, the House adjourned "until Tuesday, December 21, 2010...