Video and anecdotal evidence of law enforcement confiscating legally owned firearms during the Katrina disaster caused widespread outrage among civil libertarians.

The same law enforcement officers that disarmed the citizenry then failed to adequately protect them. Never before had the American public been faced with such a clear cut example of how disarming the law-abiding leaves the criminal element free to rob, rape and pillage with impunity.

While many believe confiscating guns makes law enforcement and citizens safer during times of strife, Katrina showed us that exactly the opposite is true. The results echoed what pro-gun advocates have said always happens when law-abiding citizens are denied the most effective means of self-defense. Full Story »

As the November election season kicks off all eyes once gain sit squarely on Ohio and its bitter electoral battles. Although many look to the gubernatorial race that pits conservative Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell against liberal Democrat Congressman Ted Strickland as the bellwether battle, there are literally hundreds of races at all levels of Ohio government that that are as hotly contested.

The most interesting race, however, is for State Attorney General, between Republican State Auditor Betty Montgomery and Democratic State Senator Marc Dann (D-32).

In a striking reversal of the usual party platform’s, Marc Dann is a solid proponent of the Second Amendment and was instrumental in getting Ohio’s current concealed carry law through the state Senate. Montgomery, on the other hand, has vowed never to become the candidate of the National Rifle Association, and for years was a vocal opponent of allowing law-abiding Ohioans to carry concealed guns. Full Story »