I’ve written before about criminals and the guns they carry. My study was obviously limited by the relatively small number of guns my upscale suburban police department seizes. Other police departments seize far…
No Way Out: Feds Stop Processing NICS Denial Appeals
As much as the Brady Campaign, Bloomberg’s Everytown, and the Obama administration contend that submitting oneself to the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a fast and simple process…
FBI: Number of reported rapes in the country rose 9.6% in 2015
Editor's Note: Police in the hometown of Ohio University say there is a serial rapist on the loose in the southeastern Ohio college town of Athens. The victims were all young women walking…
Active killer murders four in Canada town, high school; President Obama silent
"This type of mass violence does not happen in other advanced countries." – President Barack Obama In late January, a 17 year-old used a shotgun to shoot at least nine people in the remote northern…
Op-Ed: Preserving Our Second Amendment Rights
As a judge on the Eleventh District Court of Appeals, covering northeastern Ohio, I often consider cases concerning our vital right to bear arms as established in the United States Constitution and…
Cincinnati homeowner repeatedly dials 911; waits nearly an hour for help to arrive
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a couple and their 9 and 7 year-old daughters were forced to wait nearly an hour after dialing 911 while a disorderly man on their front porch grew increasingly…
Chief Justice Barack Obama?
Here’s perhaps the most compelling argument we’ve heard against Hillary Clinton’s bid for the White House. Continuing her streak of adopting terrible (and perhaps planted) suggestions raised at campaign stops, Clinton on Tuesday called…
Why Gun Owners Distrust Obama
Editor's Note: The following op-ed was published in the Cleveland Plain Dealer on Sunday, January 31. President Obama has expressed dismay that gun owners and Second Amendment advocacy groups such as Buckeye…
Another Ohio sheriff calls for citizens to obtain concealed carry licenses
In the days following the terrorist attack in San Bernadino, CA, several law enforcement officials across the nation, and at least two sheriffs in Ohio, made news by urging citizens to obtain…
Senate Candidate P.G. Sittenfeld (D) Proposes Ohio Constitutional Amendment to Infringe Constitutional Rights
COLUMBUS, OH – Working with anti-gun activists, U.S. Senate candidate P.G. Sittenfeld has called for a constitutional amendment to repeal Ohio's preemption law which prohibits cities from enacting laws that are more strict…
