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  Members: This is just one example of how the legal system can trample your rights. One man had to sue the FBI because the agency wouldn’t correct a legal record it had received six years earlier. Gregory Ledet is an Ohio man who was refused a gun purchase when he tried to purchase a firearm... [Read More]

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On September 15, 2016, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the provisions of the federal Gun Control Act of 1968 banning people who have been committed for mental health reasons from ever owning a firearm might violate the Second Amendment. In the case of Clifford Charles Tyler v. Hillsdale County Sheriff’s Department, the... [Read More]

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On Saturday, June 18, 2016, CCW instructor Mark T. Montgomery was conducting a concealed carry class with the assistance of his daughter, Katie Dunham, as usual at the Kay Jay Gun Shop in Amelia, Ohio. But this day was anything but usual. Around 12:44 p.m., Montgomery was instructing the ten students in the class on

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On Saturday, June 18, 2016, CCW instructor Mark T. Montgomery was conducting a concealed carry class with the assistance of his daughter, Katie Dunham, as usual at the Kay Jay Gun Shop in Amelia, Ohio. But this day was anything but usual. Around 12:44 p.m., Montgomery was instructing the ten students in the class on... [Read More]

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  Michele Byington, of the Houston-based firm of Walker & Byington and Independent Program Attorney for Texas Law Shield, appeared on 700 WLW Radio in Cincinnati with host Scott Sloan on March 29, 2016. Discussion centered on a petition asking for open carry to be allowed at the upcoming RNC convention in Cleveland, as well

The post Michele Byington Argues Against Gun Control on 700 WLW Radio appeared first on U.S. & Texas LawShield.

  Michele Byington, of the Houston-based firm of Walker & Byington and Independent Program Attorney for Texas Law Shield, appeared on 700 WLW Radio in Cincinnati with host Scott Sloan on March 29, 2016. Discussion centered on a petition asking for open carry to be allowed at the upcoming RNC convention in Cleveland, as well... [Read More]

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Dear Members and Friends: Kirk W. Evans, President, Texas & U.S. Law Shield I would like to personally thank all of our members and all of the facilities, instructors, ranges, and stores that have worked with us over the years. Thanks to you and all of your support, U.S. Law Shield is now

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Dear Members and Friends: I would like to personally thank all of our members and all of the facilities, instructors, ranges, and stores that have worked with us over the years. Thanks to you and all of your support, U.S. Law Shield is now available to the law-abiding gun owners of Ohio and Kansas. Your... [Read More]

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Dear Members and Friends: I would like to personally thank all of our Texas members and all of the facilities, instructors, ranges, and stores that have worked with us over the years. Thanks to you and all of your support in our home state, U.S. Law Shield (which operates outside Texas) is now available to... [Read More]

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Michele Byington, of the Houston-based firm of Walker & Byington and Independent Program Attorney for Texas Law Shield, appeared on 700 WLW Radio in Cincinnati with host Scott Sloan on March 29, 2016. Discussion centered on a petition asking for open carry to be allowed at the upcoming RNC convention in Cleveland, as well as... [Read More]

The post Michele Byington Argues Against Gun Control appeared first on U.S. & Texas LawShield.

Law Shield thought it interesting that a recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling said an inoperable gun that cannot fire bullets is not a deadly weapon under the state law that prohibits carrying a concealed handgun without a license. In re J.T., Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3654, dealt with a criminal matter from March, 2013. A police

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Law Shield thought it interesting that a recent Ohio Supreme Court ruling said an inoperable gun that cannot fire bullets is not a deadly weapon under the state law that prohibits carrying a concealed handgun without a license. In re J.T., Slip Opinion No. 2015-Ohio-3654, dealt with a criminal matter from March, 2013. A police... [Read More]

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