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Monday, January 14, 2013

Video Shows Open-Carry Gun Walk in Downtown Kent

Group NEO Carry holds walks to normalize gun carry laws

Nine members of a pro firearm group recently walked through downtown Kent, handguns on their hips, to promote Ohio's open carry gun law. The group, called NEO Carry, held a similar walk in downtown Akron. During the walks, members simply stroll through populated urban areas handing out fliers about the group and state gun laws. Brett Pucillo, a Kent native who now teaches in the Youngstown City School district, is a co-founder of the group. Pucillo is the man carrying the camera whose voice you can hear on the video. Pucillo said the group's goal is to promote education, and they plan to offer classes ranging from gun safety to the basics of shootings taught by instructors certified by the National Rifle Assocation. "One of the biggest …

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9:34 am on Monday, April 8, 2013

self defense is not only a right, it should be a morale obligation. you have to realize police cant be everywhere all the time, and usually show up in time to tag and bag. Hope for the best plan for the worst, you anti gun folks are just potential victims. just like in the scary movies, practice that scream so you will be the best victim you can be. A right is not a right if you don't exercise it.   more ›

Friday, May 27, 2011

Letter to the Editor: Guns in Bars: No, Not Really

Ohioans for Concealed Carry President Jeff Garvas writes about the bill being considered in Columbus

As Ohio lawmakers debate legislation that would allow licensed citizens to carry a concealed, holstered handgun into restaurants that serve alcohol, opponents of the bill continue to reject an intellectually honest discussion of the facts. They've morphed the “restaurant carry” discussion into a campaign of fear. This legislation simply never mixes alcohol consumption and handgun possession, period, regardless of what you’ve read or been told. Ohio’s concealed handgun licensees already can carry into nearly any burger joint. But if they try to have a hamburger and Coke at a Max & Erma’s while armed, they commit a crime. The only difference between the lawful and criminal act is the presence of a liquor license at a particular restaurant. …

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7:52 pm on Wednesday, June 1, 2011

The one permanent emotion of the inferior man is fear - fear of the unknown, the complex, the inexplicable. What he wants above everything else is safety. ~Henry Louis Mencken   more ›

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