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Park Commissioners: Everyone but rangers can carry guns in Franklin County MetroParks

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, January 29, 2014
What do you call a security guard without a gun? A target. And that's no joke. But two out of three Board of Park Commissioners in Franklin County recently voted to continue a ridiculous prohibition against arming park rangers. From ThisWeek Community News : Tracy Rader, representative of the Fraternal Order of Police/Ohio Labor Council, said the union was "saddened" that the park district's...

Citing Second Amendment, Judge Issues Injunction Against Federal Gun Ban

3:00pm Monday, January 27, 2014
Last Friday, [January 10] Chief Judge B. Lynn Winmill of the United States District Court for the District of Idaho issued a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Army Corps of Engineers from enforcing a regulation that, with limited exceptions, banned possession of firearms on lands under the Corps' control. The case, Morris v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was brought by plaintiffs in western...

Civitas Media scraps plans for state-by-state database of CCW license-holders

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, January 27, 2014
Last week, a confidential source provided me with an internal email from the director of content of Civitas Media , a North Carolina-based company which owns some 88 newspapers in 12 states, including 38 here in Ohio. The January 19 email stated that the company was planning to use "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list" people with concealed carry licenses...

Ohio House passes bill to address school safety

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, January 24, 2014
On Wednesday, January 22, the Ohio House passed House Bill 8, a bill intended to, among other things, clarify the right of local boards of education to enact safety plans which include the authorization of concealed handgun license-holders, and to specify that those plans may be considered part of the school safety plan and thus not be part of the public record. From coverage by WBNS (CBS...

Newspaper conglomerate Civitas Media discusses building nationwide database of CCW licensees

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, January 24, 2014
According to an internal email provided to Buckeye Firearms Association by a confidential source, Civitas Media, which owns some 88 newspapers across the country, has discussed the use of "public records act requests" to "build state-by-state databases that list those who have the right to carry" firearm licenses. The email, dated January 19, 2014, was written by Civitas Media's director of...

Ruger, S&W First to Stop California Sales

3:00pm Thursday, January 23, 2014
by Jim Shepherd "Dear California, Since you insist on passing laws that are not only unenforceable, but technically impossible with which to comply, we have decided to do the inevitable and just write off your state as a marketplace for our products." OK, that was not a real note, but it's a message any number of industries would probably like to deliver to the nanny-statists in Sacramento. The...

Toledo homeowner shoots at suspects during attempted break-in

3:00pm Wednesday, January 22, 2014
WTVG, Toledo's ABC affiliate, is reporting that a homeowner used a gun to thwart an attempted break-in at their home earlier this week. From the article : According to police, three young men tried to break into the garage of the home. The owner was home at the time and says he heard noises. "It's just a shame that you work for everything you get, and then, someone wants to come and take it out...

Television Series Invites Attendees to Bring Antiques for FREE Valuations – and Chance to Be on TV!

7:00am Wednesday, January 22, 2014
The new TV series, Treasures & Traditions TV, is heading to the Cincinnati Hunting & Fishing Show January 24-26 at the Duke Energy Convention Center to offer FREE valuations on outdoor collectibles. Many sportsmen have antique memorabilia such as valuable sporting artwork, firearms, decoys, vintage outboards and tackle, books and more stored away in their attics or basements just waiting...

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