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Op-Ed: NRA's newest convert: Even a hippie needs a gun

12:05am Friday, December 09, 2005

On December 5, the Lubbock (TX) Daily Toreador has published as excellent op-ed by Clara Cobb, who is the newspaper's Features Editor and a self-professed (formerly) "anti-hand-gun" "hippie. The op-ed begins like this: About two weeks ago, a male approximately 5 foot 9, 150 pounds broke and entered my house. (SIDE NOTE: This is funny because it is true.) That night, or rather, early that morning...

AP: Attorney plans wrongful death lawsuit in nightclub shooting

10:23am Thursday, December 08, 2005

The Associated Press is reporting that an attorney representing three victims of a fatal nightclub shooting last December said he will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the club's owners. From the story: The Alrosa Villa nightclub did not provide adequate security, Columbus attorney Gerald Leesburg told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Thursday. Nathan Gale, a former Marine, rushed the stage...

Why print the truth when it ruins the ''guns are bad and easy to get'' story?

12:10am Thursday, December 08, 2005

News of a "firearms accident" in a small town in the Miami Valley this week has drawn nation attention, and although everyone from the Dayton Daily News to the Associated Press (USA Today, CBS News and countless others unquestioningly ran the AP version) have written on it, the facts about the firearm that was involved have yet to reported anywhere but on the Internet blogosphere. First, from the...

Vigilance for hunters' rights brings attention to Kenton man

12:05am Thursday, December 08, 2005

The Lima News has published an excellent story about how one man can make a difference when it comes to grassroots political activism. From the story: His first political battle taught Kenton’s Gary Oates an important lesson about the struggle for hunters’ rights. In 1977, he helped raise money for a campaign to maintain trapping rights in Ohio. He went door to door to convince people how...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

4:11pm Wednesday, December 07, 2005

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 worthy of comment. What follows is our weekly view of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. Click on the "Read More..." link below for seven days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis. Thursday in Cleveland...

Another vicious attack thanks to an employer's ''no-guns'' policy

12:15am Wednesday, December 07, 2005

The Toledo Blade is reporting that yet another of its own employees has suffered from a brutal attack while on the job, and of course neglected to mention its own culpability in the defenselessness of its employees. From the story: An East Toledo man was arrested yesterday after police said he assaulted and attempted to rob a woman delivering The Blade during the early morning hours. Rudy Joseph...

Home owner wrestles pistol away from home invaders; uses it to chase them away

12:10am Wednesday, December 07, 2005

The Toledo Blade is reporting that a Fostoria man sustained minor injuries after driving away two men, at least one of them armed with a handgun, who invaded his home this week. From the story: Three residents of 327 Sumner St., including a 2-year-old girl, were at home at 4:30 a.m. when the men, wearing black clothing and ski masks, broke in, one of them brandishing a 9mm pistol. One of the...

Hear the Quiet?

1:01pm Tuesday, December 06, 2005

By Gerard Valentino (This commentary has also been published at CNSNews.com ! Once a hot-button political issue, gun control has become nothing more than a second tier topic on the national scene. In the last presidential election the only serious press coverage devoted to guns revolved around John Kerry's poorly devised goose hunting trip in Ohio designed to make him look like a supporter of 2nd...