State supreme court rules broken gun not a deadly weapon

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that an inoperable gun that cannot fire bullets is not a deadly weapon under the state law that prohibits carrying a concealed handgun without a license. From the article : The justices reversed the findings of a juvenile court and the Cincinnati-area appeals court that the teenager was guilty of a delinquency count of...

You are cordially invited to the Sportsmen's Alliance 19th annual "Save Our Heritage Rally"

You are cordially invited to the Sportsmen's Alliance 19th annual "Save Our Heritage Rally" The Rally will be held on Saturday, September 19 at the Aladdin Shrine Center, 3850 Stelzer Road in Columbus, Ohio. Sportsmen's Alliance is the only organization in the country with the sole mission of protecting hunting, fishing and trapping rights in all 50 states. This event is the largest fundraiser of...

Hillary Clinton on 25% National Gun Tax: "I am all for that."

We're always warning people that elections matter. And the quickly approaching presidential election could matter a LOT to gun owners. Why? Because there is a very real - and very frightening - possibility that Hillary Clinton could be our next Commander in Chief. Like most liberals, she supports a host of anti-gun laws. She has pushed for these laws for a very long time. And she has undoubtedly...

August 2015 Firearms Sales Checks Second-Highest August on Record

The August 2015 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,031,959 is the second-highest August on record for the 17-year-old system, with an increase of 4.3 percent compared to the August 2014 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 989,337. For comparison, the unadjusted August 2015 NICS figure of 1,735,911 reflects a 12.8 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS...

Dayton CHL-holder defends herself with gun during early morning home invasion

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a woman who has been targeted by criminals at least five times in 11 years fatally shot a man she said broke into her home Wednesday morning, the second intruder she has hit with gunfire in about two years. From the article : The 46-year-old woman, who lives in the 200 block of Richmond Avenue, told officers the man smashed a window and entered the second...

White House, Media Mislead on Crime Trends, Ignore Evidence that Could Save More Lives

Tragedy strikes – and the White House immediately shifts into exploitation mode, trying to use raw emotion to push “solutions” that don’t fit the facts. From Charles C. W. Cooke at National Review comes a timely reminder , however, that despite well-publicized crimes, the nation as a whole is getting safer and less violent. As Mr. Cooke notes, the U.S. firearm homicide rate peaked in 1993 and has...

Three Quick Tips for Pocket Pistols

They're the easiest to conceal, but the hardest to manage. Those diminutive pocket pistols that are popular for concealed carry in a variety of situations may be comfortable to carry and comforting in their protective capabilities, but they're the hardest of the already difficult guns to shoot: handguns. "Pocket pistols are always a handful," says multi-time world shooting champion, instructor...

Op-Ed: U.S. doesn't have gun problem

Another sensational murder, another clarion call from the leftist gun-grabbers. Extremists are so predictable. The clarion call, though, is built on a myth, a myth that somehow the United States is a dangerous place and that guns are the main reason for it. The truth is that the United States is one of the safest countries in the world. While the United States has the largest number of guns per...

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