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Letter to the Editor: OSU Dean's anti-gun letter poorly researched

6:00pm Monday, August 02, 2010

The following letter by Buckeye Firearms Foundation board member Gerard Valentino was published in the Aug. 2 edition of The Columbus Dispatch in response to a letter entitled " Guns in bars are public health threat ":

Washington Times: "Kagan's Snowe job on gun rights"

7:00am Monday, August 02, 2010

Obama nominee is a threat to the Second Amendment The more it looks like the Senate will confirm Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, the more gun owners should worry. Yesterday, Sen. Olympia J. Snowe of Maine became the fourth Republican to stand behind President Obama's nominee on the phony basis that Ms. Kagan supports gun rights. Mrs. Snowe explained in a press release that, "as a longtime,...

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Urge Senate to Pass Firearms Excise Tax Reform Now

3:00pm Friday, July 30, 2010

On June 29, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Firearms Excise Tax Improvement Act of 2010 (HR 5552) by a vote of 412 to 6. The bill is now pending in the Senate. This legislation corrects a longstanding inequity in the Internal Revenue Code by permitting firearm and ammunition manufacturers to pay the federal excise tax payment on a quarterly basis, like other industries that support...

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A Word of Thanks to Four Black Men and A Gun

7:00am Friday, July 30, 2010

by Marcus Cole As an American, I owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to many, many people who have risked and given their lives to defend our liberty. But as I reflect on the recent Supreme Court decision in McDonald v. City of Chicago , I thought I should take a moment to mention four Americans who have made a relatively uncelebrated contribution to the freedom I cherish and enjoy. I owe a...

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NRA-Backed "Protecting Gun Owners in Bankruptcy Act of 2010" Passes U.S. House

3:00pm Thursday, July 29, 2010

On Wednesday, July 28, by a margin of 307-113, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. House of Representatives voted to amend the federal definition of protected "household goods" to include firearms on the list of items that cannot be seized by creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding. NRA-supported H.R. 5827, offered by U.S. Representative John Boccieri (OH-16), would ensure that a person who files for...

Politics, parties and PACs

7:00am Thursday, July 29, 2010

by Jim Irvine No matter how much the media want to make it a partisan issue, one can not accurately predict a candidate's position on the Second Amendment by looking at his party affiliation. Telling a lie often enough may make more people believe it, but it does not change the facts. One could make a case that the gun issue is an urban versus rural issue. This is far more accurate than the...

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Would-be robber shot by potential victim

3:00pm Wednesday, July 28, 2010

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a man was fatally shot Sunday while trying to rob someone in a North Side parking lot. From the article : Shawn Mitchell, 23, died behind 6121 Zumstein Dr. after being shot about 5a.m. Police said Mitchell was trying to rob a person in a parked car and was shot by that person. Police would not name the shooter but said evidence in the case will be given to...

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Provenance of anti-gun Lee Fisher quote undetermined; Fisher's record as anti-gun politican is fact

8:03am Monday, July 26, 2010

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer , in partnership with PolitiFact.com, has begun a new series "addressing the claims, ads and statements of players in the political world." According to the newspaper, "political reporters, assisted by news researchers at times, will review the bills and statistics that are cited. They'll examine data and studies to see if they back up the claims, and...