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New Study Points to Truth About Mexican Cartels' Guns

10:00am Tuesday, May 17, 2011

The Woodrow Wilson International Center, which previously accepted as fact that incredible numbers of newly purchased firearms were being smuggled from the U.S. to Mexico, has just released a report showing that the numbers have been incredibly exaggerated. The revelation shifts the blame for Mexico's drug cartel problem away from America's "lax" gun laws, and squarely in the direction of Mexican...

"Mentor man's guns are confiscated after he calls police for help" - More proof of need for Restoration of Rights legislation

7:00am Tuesday, May 17, 2011

by Chad D. Baus While Restaurant and Car Carry Rules Fix legislation has garnered almost exclusive attention of the media and the gun ban lobby in Ohio, another piece of important pro-gun legislation has also been passed by strong, bi-partisan majorities in the Ohio House and Senate. HB54 and SB61, Ohio's Restoration of Rights legisation, will align Ohio law with federal statutes regarding the...

Irate property owner arrested after firing shotgun at Ohio concealed handgun licenseholder

3:00pm Monday, May 16, 2011

Dayton's CBS affiliate, WHIO TV, reported recently that a property owner fired a shotgun at a man and his son after they accidentally drove on the edge of his lawn. From the article : Max Lawson and his 16-year-old, Mentee, were out collecting used toys. At one home, they accidentally drove onto some grass near the driveway. Deputies said Dennis Neumann then came out to complain. Lawson said he...

"The Lundy List": Three legislators who indicated they'd vote for Restaurant & Car Carry before they voted against it

7:00am Monday, May 16, 2011

Last month, Republican House Speaker William Batchelder made headlines when he revealed that his 59-member caucus was unable to muster the 50 votes necessary for passage . A review of our 2010 candidate surveys showed that, so long as everyone kept their word, the votes were there. However, sources in the Statehouse told us that some were considering breaking their word and voting against the...

AG Holder: "I frankly don't know" how guns were allowed by the ATF to "walk" across the Mexican border

3:00pm Friday, May 13, 2011

According to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, the Project Gunrunner program was intended to stop the alleged flow of guns to criminals in Mexico. That didn't happen. Instead, the program may have facilitated the illegal smuggling of thousands of those guns, some of which actually turned up at the murder scene of a U.S. Border Patrol agent in December 2010. As the probe...

Editorial: "Don’t buy into the Wild West mythology"

7:00am Friday, May 13, 2011

During floor debate on HB45, Representative Mike Foley (D-Cleveland) Mike Foley warned about "the Wild Wild West atmosphere" he said "could and would happen" in bars if the bill was passed. The people and groups who are predicting mayhem if these bills become law are the same that falsely predicted mayhem if HB12, HB347, SB184 and other bills we have supported passed. They were wrong then and...

House Speaker says Restaurant Carry bill could be sent to Governor next week, and that Kasich has assured him he will sign it

9:40am Thursday, May 12, 2011

Batchelder credits pro-gun groups for winning over some opponents by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that House Speaker Bill Batchelder has received assurance from Governor Kasich that Ohio's Restaurant Carry legislation will get signed. From the article : "We visited about it," Batchelder said. "Absent something drastically changing, I don't know what that would be, the...

Ohio House passes HB45 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and HB54 (Restoration of Rights)

3:55pm Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Editor's Note: This story was updated as information became available. By a 56 - 40 margin, the Ohio House has passed House Bill 45, sponsored by Representatives Danny Bubp (R-West Union) and Terry Johnson (R-McDermott) which will allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants. To do so, license holders may not consume any alcohol and must not be...