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Ohio man hunting for deer bags a bull elk instead

12:05am Tuesday, December 15, 2009

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Todd Tomlin, a 45-year-old truck driver who's been hunting for more than 30 years, was hunting with permission on private property along Inskeep-Cratty Road in the southwestern corner of Union County about 8:30 on opening day of Ohio's deer gun season when he spotted something most Ohio hunters will never see. From the story : ...He saw three does in the...

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Two Against Two: Bloomberg And Lautenberg Pair Up To Violate The Second And Fourteenth Amendments

12:05am Monday, December 14, 2009

Is your name the same as, or similar to, that of someone on the FBI's "terrorist watchlist?" Or, have you been erroneously placed on the watchlist? You can't find out because the FBI won't say exactly why people get watchlisted, won't say who has been watchlisted, and therefore doesn't offer watchlisted people the chance to clear their names immediately. In fact, small children, federal air...

NSSF warns of threat to ammunition availability, calls for action

12:05am Friday, December 11, 2009

The National Shooting Sports Foundation has notified members that, as demand for ammunition continues to outpace supply, "it is critically important that an amendment authored by Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) to a seemingly obscure hazardous material bill (HR 4016) be attached to the legislation during consideration on the House floor." The NSSF notes that the amendment being pushed by Graves will help...

November ranks among top ten all time for background checks on firearms; 2009 up 12.9% over 2008

12:05am Thursday, December 10, 2009

Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,223,252 checks in November 2009, ranking the month in the top 10 for most NICS checks of all time.

Exposed: Virginia Tech officials took care of themselves after ensuring the kids in their care could not

12:05am Wednesday, December 09, 2009

By Jim Irvine New evidence about the 2007 Virginia Tech killings shed new light on the arrogance and hypritical stance of University leaders. The murder of 32 students was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history until the Ft. Hood massacre last month and remains the worst school shooting ever on U.S. soil. Virginia Tech is no stranger to violence. They had two shootings in the 2006-2007 school...

Tuscarawas County Leads 2009 Ohio Deer-gun Harvest

12:05am Tuesday, December 08, 2009

Ohio hunters took 114,633 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, weeklong deer-gun season, which ran November 30 through December 6, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. In 2008, hunters killed a preliminary total of 116,798 deer during the same time period. Counties reporting the highest numbers of deer brought to Ohio check stations last week...

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Stickups and burglaries are on the rise – in the workplace

12:10am Monday, December 07, 2009

By Jim Irvine A recent Wall Street Journal article, "Stickups and Burglaries are on the Rise – at work" focused on the rise in crime in business locations.

Holiday bloodshed in Chicagoland highlights the sheer impotence of gun control laws

12:05am Monday, December 07, 2009

By Gerard Valentino The holiday season is supposed to be a time when Americans reflect on the good things in their life and give thanks for the blessings they've enjoyed during the year. In Chicago, however, the holidays are yet another time of murder and mayhem – despite the city administration's anti-gun laws and strict gun-control. CBS2Chicago.com is again reporting on the violence plaguing...