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NPR examines media's bias against gun owners

10:59am Wednesday, March 23, 2005

Ever since election day, the media have been wringing their hands over failing to understand how much cultural values mattered to voters. Among the most polarizing issues--gun ownership. Media tend to stereotype sportsmen, collectors and hobbyists as raging gun nuts, and gun owners tend to see media conspiracies to repeal the Second Amendment right to bear arms. "On The Media's" John Solomon went...

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Op-Ed: Unarmed, endangered

7:49am Wednesday, March 23, 2005

March 22, 2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer By Philip Morris Lil' Ray, we are often warned, should be considered armed and dangerous. Dizzy, we're told, is known to shoot first and ask questions later. Sometimes they just shoot because "they crazy like that" and the spinning rims on your late-model used car happen to catch their eye. It's nothing personal. They should be avoided, of course. But the...

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Red Lake High - Another in the sad legacy of victim zone tragedies

4:25pm Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Only police should have weapons, right? Guns don't belong in schools, right? "No-guns" signs, security guards, video cameras and metal detectors make you safe, right? Seven victims at Minn. school shooting rampage After reportedly stealing his grandfather's "police-issued weapons" and murdering the police officer and his female companion, a Red Lake High School student entered his "no-guns" high...

Rash of multiple victim public shootings renews legislative debate

8:37am Tuesday, March 22, 2005

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that recent multiple victim public shootings may be having a different effect on the public than did such incidents in the 1990's. From the story: On Feb. 24, a man in the middle of a child custody dispute opened fire with a knockoff AK-47 on the courthouse steps in Tyler. He killed his ex-wife, wounded his adult son and shot dead a man who tried to intervene by...

Letter to the Ashland Times-Gazette

8:03am Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Never in my life have I read an Editorial so full of malice and contempt, as to what you published March 19th, 2005. If I want to address Congress to change the law, that is my right; for you to threaten to "expose" me to my neighbours as retaliation for legislation you don't like is tantamount to blackmail, and will not be tolerated! This editorial is the proof of why Rep Aslandies wants the law...

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TX House OKs hiding names of gun permit holders

7:58am Tuesday, March 22, 2005

The Austin (TX) American-Statesman is reporting that the Texas House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed legislation that would delete the requirement that the Texas Department of Public Safety must release the identity of a license holder to the public. The bill's sponsor, State Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp, whose family was murdered by a gunman in a Luby's restaurant in Killeen...

Commentary: Justice Department report shows gun violence falls 63%

7:08am Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Firearms Violence 200% Higher for Blacks Than For Whites By Jim Kouri, CPP MichNews.com Mar 17, 2005 In spite of all the hoopla regarding gun violence in America, a study by the US Department of Justice appears to dispel claims of rising gun deaths. The government study received minimal if any mainstream media attention. Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey indicate that between...

OFCC media statement on concealed carry reform discussions

1:15pm Monday, March 21, 2005

Ohioans For Concealed Carry applauds the recent discussion about reforming the current concealed carry law. As Ohio's primary concealed carry reform advocate, we have been and continue to be in constant contact with Rep. Jim Aslanides, and other lawmakers, to assure that the rights of Ohio's law-abiding gun owners, and our members, are protected. It is accepted by most law enforcement agencies,...