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Learning from tyranny's historical foes

12:05am Wednesday, January 07, 2009

By Gerard Valentino Most people in the gun movement were familiar with the famous Spartan 300 long before the recent movie again made their heroic deeds the stuff of legend. Other legitimate freedom fighters throughout history, however, aren’t as well known. One person in history stands with the 300 as a key player in the fight for freedom long before the American Revolution turned the sacrifice...

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Muzzleloader numbers down, but season still shows overall increase in harvested deer

12:10am Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Hunters took 20,659 deer during Ohio's four-day muzzleloader season, December 27-30, with Tuscarawas County again leading the state with 934 deer checked. Last year, a preliminary total of 21,473 deer was taken during muzzleloader season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

Offensive Defense?

12:05am Tuesday, January 06, 2009

By Jeff Knox The repercussions from Hurricane Katrina continue to roll in like the tidal surge that flooded New Orleans. The latest storm takes aim at guns and gunowners. As news trickles out of a final resolution in the lawsuits filed over the government’s illegal confiscation of firearms during the days after the flood, new reports of unprovoked attacks on African-Americans by white,...

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CHL-holder shoots dog when attacked in Cleveland-area Metropark

12:10am Monday, January 05, 2009

"What's the need to be packing in a public park? What's the compelling need?" - Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer, April 9, 2008 The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Metroparks visitor carrying a concealed gun fatally shot a rottweiler that attacked his leashed dog at Tyler Field off Valley Parkway in the Cleveland area.

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2008 CHL statistics

12:05am Monday, January 05, 2009

By Jim Irvine The Ohio Attorney General's office has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2008. We have now seen six straight quarters of increased demand over the same period a year prior. In the typically slow third quarter, the 7,632 regular concealed handgun licenses issued was a whopping 58% increase over the same period in 2007. Add to that...

The truth about HB450 (what the Columbus Dispatch doesn't want you to read)

12:05am Friday, January 02, 2009

By Jim Irvine The Columbus Dispatch editorial "Kowtow to the NRA – Sheriffs got a raw deal when lawmakers backed down on concealed carry fee" demonstrates that the Dispatch editors are still more interested in spreading lies to prop up their failed ideas rather than accepting the truth and reporting the news. It is important to note that the Dispatch has been contacted many times by Buckeye...

Gun rights groups score collective victory for sportsmen with defeat of HB446 & HB223

12:05am Wednesday, December 31, 2008

By Larry S. Moore The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that the defeat of HB446, the so-called "puppy mill" bill that sought to increase fees and impose new regulations on dog breeders and kennel owners, had ruffled some feathers in the Statehouse. Although the Dispatch acknowledges that the U.S. Sportsman's Alliance had been long-engaged in the debate, reporter Jim Siegel editorializes in his...

California's Bad Santa exposes the complete and utter failure of gun control laws

12:05am Tuesday, December 30, 2008

This article is also being featured United States Concealed Carry Association's website . By Chad D. Baus News of a man dressing up in a Santa suit and murdering nine people in Los Angeles on Christmas Eve dominated cable news headlines for days after the event. News reports suggest Bruce Pardo took as many as four handguns and a homemade flame-thrower to the home of his ex-wife's parents, where...