Gun Grabbers

A public service ad you can't ignore

The Other Paper in Columbus this week ran this rather one-sided article... ============ Without warning, begins the radio commercial, I can strike, shattering bone, tearing flesh. Crippling, disfiguring and paralyzing my victims. I don't discriminate. I don't care what color, creed, religion, shape, size, or even age a person is. I could get your sister when she's sitting on your porch. Think you...

Op-Ed: Less Citizen Opposition Means More Guns

On Friday, we were informed that an anti-concealed carry op-ed, written by "Million" Mommer Lori O'Neill, had been printed in the Cleveland Free Times. The letter is not available online, but we did print one of what will likely be many responses from readers . Now, thanks to a self-defense rights supporter and Free Times reader, the O'Neill letter has been transcribed, and can be read below...

CWRU victim's mom: ''Trouble! Call the guys with the guns. No, not THOSE guys'

It's such a weak, flawed argument, it's almost not worth addressing. But not quite... Eleanor Helper, who told Senators she became an "instant gun control advocate" when her daughter was shot at Case Western University, has written a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor. Click on the "Read More..." link below for the letter, and comment. Armed citizens are not a foregone asset Sunday, June 15,...

Letter to the Editor: 'Million' Mom's claims ''dishonesty born of desperation"

The Cleveland Free Times recently printed an anti-self-defense op-ed from Lori O'Neill, president of the "Million" Mom March's Cleveland chapter. Unfortunately, the op-ed is not available on the Free Times' website (though we've probably heard it all before). Click on the "Read More..." link below to view a response, written by pro-CCW supporter Chris Morton. We hope the Free Times has the...

Youngstown ''assault weapons'' ban gets first public hearing

Wednesday's public hearing in city council chambers on a proposed ban on possession or sale of assault firearms brought out raw emotion on both sides. More than four dozen people attended the unusual pair of hearings, arranged by Artis Gillam Sr., D-1st, council's safety committee chairman. Massive feedback on the proposed law led him to set aside two hours in the afternoon and two hours in the...

Letter to the Editor: ''Gov. Taft is right!''

An anti-self-defense letter to the editor from Toby Hoover has been published by the Middletown Journal. The letter contains many of the same false statements Hoover made in Senate testimony last month. Commentary by Chad D. Baus inserted in blue . 6.12.03 ‘Right choice for Ohio’ Gov. Bob Taft stated, after the Columbine massacre in 1999, that he would veto concealed weapons legislation if law...

Can Ohio State Highway Patrol troopers be trusted with their firearms?

Last week, we reported about Trooper DeLong, a woman who has failed to qualify with her firearm on two separate occasions , has been suspended for abusing the law enforcement database for personal use, and has been fired (then reinstated) from a post at the Statehouse for sleeping while on duty. We also told you about Trooper Burd, a three-time "trooper of the year" who has been fired from his...

Letter to the Editor: Statistics show concealed carry won’t reduce crime

In the final days before anticipated Senate votes on HB12, the Columbus Dispatch has printed a response to Dr. John Lott's April 24 op-ed, and in doing so, Dispatch editors signaled they're ready to do their best to aid anti-self-defense extremists in a last ditch effort to defeat HB12. UPDATE! In the hours following the publishing of the letter, it has been confirmed by Ohioans For Concealed...

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