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Are gun owners as dumb as Mike DeWine thinks?

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By Chad D. Baus

Mention the name “Mike Dewine” to most gun owners, and the reaction is a visceral one.

They remember all too well how DeWine (whom Ohio voters ousted from his U.S. Senate seat in 2006, and who is now seeking the Republican nomination for Ohio Attorney General) ran around sporting a Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control Inc.) endorsement because “his record really wowed the group.”

They know all too well DeWine had a strong-enough record of opposition to their right to bear arms that Human Events Online named among the Top 10 anti-gun U.S. Senators, noting that he was “consistently the only Republican to speak in favor of anti-2nd Amendment legislation on the Senate floor.”

They recall his vote for a ban on private transfers of firearms at gun shows, and that shortly before his defeat in 2006, he took a position in opposition to legislation which barred gun manufacturers, distributors, dealers or importers from frivolous lawsuits designed to put them out of business.

And yet despite the memory of a long history of consistently casting his votes on the side of the most rabid anti-gun Democrats in the Senate, and judging by a recent fundraiser email, Mike DeWine seems convinced that gun owners are either extremely stupid, or have extremely short memories.

Either way, gun owners should be deeply, deeply offended.

Gun show operator takes proactive steps in wake of Bloomberg’s $1.5 million “gotcha” video

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By Chad D. Baus

In response to a video released by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who reportedly spent $1.5 million of tax payer money to send private investigators to Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada gun shows, show operator Dave Goodman has announced steps he is taking to better ensure that all laws are being followed at future Bill Goodman’s Gun and Knife Shows.

House Members Join Senators in Support of Traditional Ammunition in National Parks, Drawing Praise from Industry

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NEWTOWN, Conn. — A letter signed by members of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Second Amendment Task Force raising important questions about the National Park Service’s intent to ban the use of traditional ammunition in parks that allow hunting has been sent to Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The letter, which follows a similar message sent to Salazar by U.S. senators, was applauded by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry.

A bipartisan working group dedicated to defending the Second Amendment rights of American citizens, the task force wrote that “the rationale for such a ban is not based on sound scientific analysis and it would greatly restrict the ability of sportsmen to engage in hunting and fishing activities in the national parks that permit those activities.”

City of Sharonville exposes Mayor Bloomberg’s lack of concern for enforcing firearms law

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By Chad D. Baus

Last Wednesday, anti-gun New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg staged a press conference to announce that he had hired private investigators to attempt to make purchases at gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada, and claiming they had proved “just how easy it is for criminals and the mentally ill to walk in and buy guns — no questions asked.”

One of the shows invaded by the Mayor of New York is held in Sharonville, Ohio, and city officials there have responded, exposing Bloomberg’s lack of interest in enforcing existing gun laws.

Supremes take a second look at Second Amendment rights

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By Jeff Knox

On September 30, the Supreme Court announced that they were going to review the Second Amendment case McDonald v. City of Chicago and decide whether the Second Amendment applies at the state and local level. Application of the Bill of Rights to the states has been a long and convoluted battle with the Second Amendment being the last major article left out in the cold.

Gun registration leads to gun confiscation

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By Dean Rieck

Gun control advocates see gun registration as a benign and commonsense means to create a safer society. Pro-gun advocates see gun registration as a nefarious and senseless infringement on Second Amendment rights that invariably leads to confiscation.

Who is right? We are.

Gun registration has always been a back door to gun confiscation. Just look at what our neighbors to the north did recently.

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