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Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday’s Buckeye State Roundabout

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By Chris Chumita

There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention.

What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens.

From a violent robbery in a gun free zone to a woman attacked while leaving work, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

What follows is several days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.

Report: NRA Plans $40M Fall Blitz Targeting Obama

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By Jonathan Martin
The Politico

The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court.

“Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court nominees, [the District of Columbia v. Heller decision] could be taken away from us in the future,” Chris Cox, head of the NRA’s political arm, told Politico.

Lead attorney in DC v. Heller case to speak in Cleveland

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The City Club and the Cleveland Lawyers’ Chapter of the Federalist Society will have a forum on gun possession at noon July 7 at the City Club in Cleveland.

Attorney Alan Gura, who represented Dick Anthony Heller in his case against the District of Columbia, will discuss its implications and his role in the historic Second Amendment ruling.

To attend, register no later than Wednesday, July 2. Call 216-621-0082.

Buckeye Firearms Association participates in filming of FX reality show

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30 Days segment, filmed in Ohio, airs tonight

The reality show 30 Days, produced by Morgan Spurlock of ‘Super Size Me’ fame, was filmed in Ohio last August and early September. The segment is titled, ‘Gun Nation’.

Pia Lalli, a staunch opponent of gun ownership for anyone outside of law enforcement or the military, will live with hunter and gun collector Ken Ekermeyer and his son in Leesburg, Ohio, on ’30 Days.’

30 Days derives the name from the show’s premise of taking someone out of their normal environment and placing them into an opposite situation. In this case, the show takes an anti-gun vegetarian and places her into an environment where guns are an every day occurrence. The subject is Pia Lalli. Lalli is currently living in Brockton, MA. A schizophrenic man with a gun killed her friend. After that, Lalli became involved in the gun control movement working for stricter gun laws. She believes gun ownership should be limited to law enforcement and the military.

Lalli’s host is Ken Ekermeyer who lives in rural Highland County. Ken is a firearms enthusiast. His rural lifestyle places Lalli far away from her city based vegetarian lifestyle. During the period Ekermeyer, who escorted her to various ranges and shooting functions, introduces Lalli to firearms.

Gun groups file Second Amendment lawsuits in Illinois and California following Supreme Court ruling

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Compiled from NRA and CCRKBA press releases

Following up on [Thursday’s] Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment protects a private right to possess firearms that is not limited to militia service, the NRA [Friday] filed five lawsuits challenging local gun bans in San Francisco, and in Chicago and several of its suburbs.

“The Supreme Court held yesterday that the Second Amendment right is exercised individually and belongs to all Americans,” said NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox. “These lawsuits will ensure that state and local governments hear those words.”

The San Francisco lawsuit challenges a local ordinance and lease provisions that prohibit possession of guns by residents of public housing in San Francisco. NRA is joined in that suit by the California Rifle and Pistol Association and the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.

And another one gone…Anti-self-defense Betty Montgomery reiterates she will not run for Attorney General

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By Chad D. Baus

It appears that the storm warnings sounded on this website in recent weeks about anti-gun candidates considering a run in this fall’s special election for Attorney General seem to be having an effect.

Earlier this month, the potential Republican campaigns of former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine and Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien bit the dust. Now comes news that one more high-profile anti-gun Republican has confirmed she will not run choose to run for the spot.

Supreme Court ruling on Second Amendment sends liberal media into temper tantrum

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Whhaaaaaaa!

Hear that? That’s the national media throwing a temper tantrum over the Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment does in fact protect an individual right to own firearms.

No, the Second Amendment is not limited to those in a militia. No, it’s not merely a collective right. No, it’s not just about 200-year-old muskets. The Justices said clearly and unequivocally that the Second Amendment means that every citizen has an inherent and uninfringable right to own common firearms. Period. End of debate.

It’s a simple idea that most gun rights supporters have always understood. But journalists and editors in mainstream news departments around the nation don’t get it. In fact, many seem shocked that one of their primary assumptions has been so suddenly and utterly shattered with the hammer of logic and historical wisdom.

FLASH: Gun rights groups file suit to end unconstitutional Chicago gun ban!

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Attorney Alan Gura, on behalf of a coalition of the Second Amendment Foundation and several Chicago Residents, filed suit this morning against the City of Chicago, challenging that city’s draconian gun ban laws. You can view a copy of the complaint here.

This suit is the necessary and logical second step towards restoring the Second Amendment as a viable force in American law. As you read from our prior coverage, the Heller decision applies only to the Federal government. A necessary second step is “incorporation” of the Second Amendment against the 50 states. As originally written, none of the Bill of Rights applied to the states. That was accomplished by the adoption of the 14th Amendment. The gun ban extremists argue that the Second Amendment has never been incorporated, the pro-gun activists argue that it has. Now we will have the answer.

This is a critical next step in the small, building block approach on the way towards fully restoring the Second Amendment.

Predictably, Chicago Mayor Dick Daly is squealing like a stuck pig.

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