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Obama Admits Stealth Attack on Rights, Media Yawns

7:00am Monday, May 09, 2011

by Jeff Knox "I just want you to know that we are working on it," Barack Obama told Sarah Brady regarding gun control. "We have to go through a few processes, but under the radar," Obama said according to Brady. This interesting bit of news was reported in an April 11 Washington Post Lifestyle section story about Obama's gun control and regulatory policy wonk Steve Croley. Toward the end of the...

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Op-Ed: Gun Owners Have a Right to Privacy

3:00pm Friday, May 06, 2011

Editor's Note: While Ohioans have won a good deal of protection from the prying eyes of the anti-gun media via passage of House Bill 9 in 2006 , efforts to reverse these protections continue. One such attempt came when State Rep. Matt Lundy (D) proposed an amendment to HB45 that would have made the records public. Fortunately, the anti-gun amendment was defeated. by John Stossel If you own a gun...

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Headline: "Gun control a top goal of Obama second term"

7:00am Friday, May 06, 2011

Politico.com is reporting that John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., is suggesting that Barack Obama is laying the foundation to push an ambitious gun control agenda if he wins a second term. According to the article, Bolton is accusing the administration of using its own failures in the war against Mexican drug cartels as a pretext for more gun control. From the article : "We can...

Wall Street Journal: Issa Steps Up Fight over ATF Documents

3:00pm Thursday, May 05, 2011

The Wall Street Journal reported recently that House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa is threatening to hold the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in contempt of Congress for its refusal to produce documents. The agency says releasing them will compromise ongoing criminal cases. From the article : The fight involves the bureau's Project Gunrunner, in which law enforcement officers may have...

Elderly home invasion victim shoots one of his attackers

7:00am Thursday, May 05, 2011

Dayton CBS affiliate WHIO-TV is reporting that an elderly man shot a man suspected of breaking into his house Friday night. From the report : Around 11 p.m. Friday, 3 people broke into the house of an elderly man on Mia Avenue and demanded property, Lt. Kimberly Hill of the Dayton Police Department said. The man refused to give them anything, so the group left and later returned, Hill said. When...

Firearms Industry Responds to Mexico’s Threats of Litigation

3:00pm Wednesday, May 04, 2011

(National Shooting Sports Foundation) - [Recently] a Mexican official confirmed that President Felipe Calderon's government has hired U.S. trial lawyers to investigate possible litigation against U.S. gun manufacturers and firearms retailers, seeking to hold these lawful companies responsible for the criminal misuse of firearms in Mexico. Though the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act,...

The logical conclusion of the gun ban lobby's rhetoric: Ban everything

7:00am Wednesday, May 04, 2011

by Gerard Valentino The anti-gun lobby spends a lot of time and money scaring Americans about what might happen if honest people are allowed more leeway in how, and where, they carry guns. All along, they assured us that gun-related disaster is a likely outcome each time a new pro-gun reform is suggested. Concealed Carry laws were sure to lead to Wild West shootouts, Castle Doctrine and Stand...

Ohio restaurant carry legislation is a political bellwether

3:00pm Tuesday, May 03, 2011

by Gerard Valentino We all know that most racists begin their bigoted, ignorant statements by reminding everyone within earshot about how many friends they have who are minorities. Usually, the assurance of having friends who are minorities is a tip-off that a truly racist and indefensible statement is imminent. Anti-gun politicians do the same thing when they are about to equate gun owners with...