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Unarmed Homeowner vs. Home invaders: At the mercy of animals

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By Tim Inwood

In August of 2007 I wrote about the July 23rd home invasion that befell the family of Dr. William Petit.

It is a sort of thing that happens too often in the United States: criminals, who have been paroled then repeatedly go back to a violent life of crime, plus another family lulled into a false sense of security thinking the police will be there to protect them in their “good neighborhood”. As usual, the end result is
tragic. (For the details, I hope you will go back and read the previous article.)

The reason why I am writing about this incident again is the revelation from the Cheshire, CT Police Department that after setting up a perimeter around the Petit home, the police stood by for over 25 minutes without acting.

During this time, we know that Jennifer Petit was strangled to death. The daughters, who were tied to their beds, were burned alive. I am not telling you this to second-guess the police or to criticize their actions. I am sure they viewed this as a hostage
situation and felt they needed to figure out a way to communicate with the thugs holding the family before acting. The reason I am telling you this story is to remind you that the first line in your defense is you. To leave it to others is pure folly.

Three gun-free zones, three public shootings

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Louisiana Gun Free Zone?
It is illegal to bring a firearm onto a college campus in the state of Louisiana. All of the defenseless students at Louisiana Technical College complied with the ban. One murderous 23 year-old woman did not. The results speak for themselves.

Missouri Gun Free Zone?
It is illegal to bring a firearm into a government building or government meeting in the state of Missouri. All of the defenseless elected officials attending a council meeting in the Kirkwood city hall complied with the ban. Charles Lee “Cookie” Thornton did not. The results speak for themselves.

Ohio Gun Free Zone?
It is illegal to bring a firearm into a school in the state of Ohio. All of the defenseless students and teachers at Portsmouth’s Notre Dame Elementary complied with the ban. William Michael Layne did not. The results speak for themselves.

It doesn’t have to be this way, and it hasn’t always been.

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Files Brief in D.C. Gun Ban Case

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    The police can never be everywhere at once, and simple logic dictates that the one best able to resist criminal attack is the one being attacked. The victim will always be present at the time of the crime; the police will almost never be present, serving instead to respond to the crime after it has happened. The most fundamental rights enshrined in our legal tradition were summarized as the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Those same rights are meaningless under a framework where random criminal attack is not only expected but accepted without recourse.

This paragraph perhaps best summarizes the brief that Buckeye Firearms Foundation filed in the D.C. vs. Heller gun ban case, currently pending before the United States Supreme Court.

Buckeye Firearms Foundation and a coalition of five private security trade organizations have filed a brief with the Supreme Court of the United States in what may become the most important Second Amendment case in history.

The Supreme Court agreed to hear this Second Amendment case after a lower court struck down D.C.’s ban on all functional firearms. Buckeye Firearms Foundation and the trade groups have filed a brief urging the Supreme Court to uphold the lower court decision, which ruled the gun ban was an unconstitutional violation of citizen’s Second Amendment Rights.

Unlike many groups, Buckeye Firearms Foundation and the trade groups chose to author their own brief rather than merely sign on to a brief being prepared by another group. The trade groups joining Buckeye Firearms Foundation include the National Council for Investigation and Security Services, Ohio Association of Security and Investigation Services, Michigan Council of Private Investigators, Indiana Association of Professional Investigators, and Kentucky Professional Investigators Association.

“This case is critically important to the future of gun rights throughout America,” said Delaware attorney Ken Hanson, who authored the brief with Attorney Mike Moran and Attorney Ramon Santini. “For better or worse, this case is going to have the same impact on gun rights as Miranda v. Arizona had on criminal rights. It will truly be a landmark decision.”

Perfect storm for gun owners? McCain, DeWine and Giuliani join forces

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FLASH UPDATE: ROMNEY SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN – “If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror.”
—– Author’s note: Clearly the events of the day have rendered a few of the specifics of this commentary moot, but have enhanced the overall point – the storm clouds have opened up on gun owners.

By Chad D. Baus

“Traditionally, whomever is leading in polling one year ahead of the Presidential primaries becomes the eventual party nominee. If tradition holds true…there is a storm on the horizon…”

It’s been little more than one year since I wrote those words, warning of dark clouds looming for the Second Amendment in the 2008 Presidential election.

Despite all the polls, I didn’t need a crystal ball back then to know that when the Republican base got to know “America’s mayor”, anti-gun New Yorker Rudy Giuliani would struggle to capture the hearts and minds of Middle America. Indeed Giuliani failed to win a single early primary state and has now exited the race.

But his endorsement of Senator John McCain, coupled with anti-gun former Senator Mike DeWine’s work as McCain’s Ohio campaign chair as a prelude to a possible Attorney General nomination, proves the danger to the Second Amendment in this Presidential election is far from over.

Indeed, with each passing day, it appears the perfect storm that we’ve been warning gun owners about for the past year is nearly overhead.

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 worthless protection order to students getting robbed, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

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

Senate Committee Cancels Hearing on “Castle Doctrine” Legislation!

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Last week our summary of the third hearing for Ohio’s critical Castle Doctrine legislation included a note that “it is expected that the committee will resume hearing testimony on SB184 next week.”

The day has come, but the Senate Judiciary – Criminal Justice Committee has taken this critical legislation off of the agenda for their Wednesday, February 6 meeting.

Indeed, with session days waning, it is likely Senators may not be taking further action on SB184 before next month’s primaries.

YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!

Gun grabbers’ gun violence grade cards; Media ignores trend of higher grades for more violent states

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By Chad D. Baus & Dean Rieck

The Brady Campaign has released its annual “State Report Cards,” scoring the states according to their gun control laws. What is most curious about this ranking is that, once again, there is an obsessive focus on guns rather than on crime. If anti-gun groups talk about crime at all, it’s always focused specifically on “gun crime,” as if getting killed by a gun is worse than being killed with a knife or a baseball bat.

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