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Op-Ed: Gun Debate Is Hardly Over

12:05am Tuesday, July 22, 2008

By John R. Lott, Jr. The Supreme Court may have confirmed that Americans have the right to own guns for protection, but the gun debate is hardly over. The District of Columbia, whose handgun ban was struck down by the Supreme Court, is still planning on banning most handguns. And the court decision has spurred the media into overdrive to paint guns as dangerous to their owners. No one who has...

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What SB184 means to you: Part VI - Government building victim zones

12:10am Monday, July 21, 2008

By Jim Irvine SB184 is 75 pages. It will go into effect on September 09, 2008. This is part of a series of articles looking at specific sections of the bill and how it will affect you. Keep in mind that I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice. Concealed carry license holders are required to read the Attorney General guide. I highly recommend "The Ohio Guide to Firearms Laws...

BOOK: An Introduction to Security Emergency Planning for Faith Based Organizations

12:05am Monday, July 21, 2008

Can we take the lessons learned in blood and lives at Columbine and the World Trade Center and apply them so we'll never take this [path] again, or do we have to wait until our kids die?" - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman Recently, Buckeye Firearms Association Vice Chairman Chad Baus wrote about the "Security for Faith-Based Organizations Seminar" that is being offered at greater Cincinnati's Creation...

What SB184 means to you: Part V – School Safety Zones

12:10am Friday, July 18, 2008

By Jim Irvine SB184 is 75 pages. It will go into effect on September 09, 2008. This is part of a series of articles looking at specific sections of the bill and how it will affect you. Keep in mind that I am not an attorney and this does not constitute legal advice. Concealed carry license holders are required to read the Attorney General guide. I highly recommend “The Ohio Guide to Firearms Laws...

A study in contrasts

12:05am Thursday, July 17, 2008

TX (Dallas Morning News): Copper thief shot "Garland police say they do not plan to file charges against a 25-year- old man who fatally shot a suspected copper thief this morning. The incident happened shortly before 1:20 a.m. at Bargain Town -- Variety & Furniture store in the 5700 block of Broadway Boulevard, police said. The business owner's son had been guarding the roof after the store...

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Hunting with Pia: BFA's Larry Moore takes FX's '30-Days' afield

12:15am Wednesday, July 16, 2008

By Larry S. Moore The FX reality show '30-Days' recently aired a segment entitled “Gun Nation”. The show was filmed in Ohio. It featured a Pia Lalli, a Brockton, MA gun control activist and Ken Ekermeyer, of Leesburg in rural Highland County, who is a gun enthusiast. In addition to the gun activities of shooting and working in a gun store, Lalli went hunting while in Ohio. I was contacted by the...

18 year-old Buckeye state woman has affinity to shoot

12:10am Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Newark Advocate is reporting that being in a sport that most people don't expect a woman to be involved in is what drives Amanda Gail. Gail, an 18-year-old Granville resident who was home-schooled, competes in the Scholastic Clay Target Program, which is for youths up to 12th grade.

Twinsburg police officer killed in the line of duty

12:05am Wednesday, July 16, 2008

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported on Monday that a Twinsburg police officer had been killed in the line of duty. From the story: On Sunday, [suspect Ashford] Thompson was arrested without incident at a Cambridge Drive home where he used to live, Bedford Heights Police Chief Tim Kalavsky said. ...They arrested him at 2:41 a.m., less than an hour after police say [police officer Joshua] Miktarian...