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Ohio Sec. State Brunner rules State Sen. Husted doesn't live where he votes

12:05am Wednesday, September 23, 2009

By Chad D. Baus The Dayton Daily News is reporting that Democrat Secretary of State Jennifer Bruner has finally made a ruling in a highly partisan dispute over Republican State Senator Jon Husted's residency. The fight started nearly a year ago, when two challenges of Husted's Kettering residency were filed with the Montgomery County Board of Elections in October 2008. The board deadlocked on...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2009 CHL statistics

12:10am Tuesday, September 22, 2009

First half of 2009 exceeds all of 2008, marks third straight year for increase By Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2009. There has been great demand for firearms and concealed carry licenses and the trend clearly continued through the last quarter. Concealed carry continues to be something...

New Mexico: Federal judge rules police cannot detain people for openly carrying guns

12:05am Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Washington D.C. Gun Rights Examiner recently reported that, on September 8, 2009, United States District Judge Bruce D. Black of the United States District Court for New Mexico entered summary judgment in a civil case for damages against Alamogordo, NM police officers. The Judge's straight shootin' message to police: Leave open carriers alone unless you have "reason to believe that a crime [...

Two elderly Ohio concealed handgun license-holders defend themselves in separate attacks

12:10am Monday, September 21, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Two Ohio criminals got lessons in victim selection over the past several days, as two elderly persons, likely targeted because they appeared weak, turned out to have made plans for that very eventuality.

Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer recounts his time at the D.C. Tea Party Express on 9.12

12:05am Monday, September 21, 2009

By John Litle Joining forced with supporters of individual liberty from across the nation, and from across the spectrum of political issues, second amendment supporters descended on the nation on September 12, 2009. This is just one "astro-turf tea-partier's" experience. Like most people joining the Tea Party Express in Washington, D.C. this past weekend, I'm not a member of any organized...

More northeast Ohio mayors suspicious about how their names were added to Bloomberg's gun control list

12:10am Friday, September 18, 2009

Long-time gun control activist Lori O'Neill signed up several mayors after speaking to the Northeast Ohio Mayors and City Managers' Association By Chad D. Baus Amidst news of an increasing number of mayors in Ohio and across the country who are resigning from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control front group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) , and in the wake of questions over whether...

Senate votes to allow Amtrak riders to carry guns in their checked baggage

12:05am Friday, September 18, 2009

The Associated Press reported recently that the U.S. Senate voted Wednesday to permit riders on the Amtrak passenger railroad to transport handguns in their checked baggage. The report says the proposal was approved by a 68-to-30 vote, and would give Amtrak riders rights comparable to those enjoyed by airline passengers, who are permitted to transport firearms provided that they declare they are...

Ohio GOP refuses to endorse anti-gun Attorney General candidate Mike DeWine

12:10am Thursday, September 17, 2009

By Chad D. Baus On June 16, 2009, I published an editorial entitled " Will the Ohio Republican Party cement their minority status by backing anti-gun Mike DeWine for Attorney General? " For now, at least, the answer appears to be leaning to "No." The 66-member Ohio Republican State Central Committee officially endorsed four statewide candidates last Friday, but the news was perhaps more notable...