January 29, 2010 UPDATE : Republican councilwoman rethinking stance on guns in parks

By Chad D. Baus

Dayton Daily News writer Christopher Magan is reporting that the City of Beavercreek is considering a change to an ordinance prohibiting guns in public parks to comply with a state law passed in 2007 and upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008. "Unfortunately," Magan editorializes (in what is purported to be a news story), "the City Council has no choice."

The story, entitled "Law allowing guns in parks irks Beavercreek councilwoman," notes that the move to restore rights to persons with concealed handgun licenses (CHLs) has at least one local official upset.

By Jeff Knox

I recently wrote about the need for preaching to the choir – too many of our own friends, family members, and fellow shooters are woefully uninformed about the fight for liberty. A chance conversation in a hardware store this week really brought home just how much work there is to do beyond the choir room doors.

At the hardware store I got into a conversation with a fellow shopper. As conversations with me tend to do, it wasn't long before we were talking about guns and gun laws. The fellow's wife had joined the conversation by this time and while his reaction was troubling, her reaction was down right scary.