By Darrel Drowland, Jul. 5, 2015, The Columbia Dispatch

While some have called for stricter gun regulations after the church shooting last month in Charleston, S.C., Chad D. Baus, secretary of the Buckeye Firearms Association, is espousing the opposite: End the restrictions in states such as Ohio and South Carolina on carrying concealed weapons (without advance permission) into places of worship, which otherwise become “no-guns victim zones.”

“There is strong biblical support for bearing arms for self-defense,” he said, but noted that many of today’s groups calling for more regulations are connected with churches. He criticized everyone from Pope Francis to Karl Rove to “President Barack Hussein Obama.”

“Will it take a church massacre in Ohio before the Republicans controlling the General Assembly do anything about it?” Baus asked. “Tell your legislators that places of worship shouldn’t be listed among the places where persons with murderous intent can take a gun, having full assurance that their intended victims have been disarmed by Ohio law.”

Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush released 33 years of his personal income tax returns last week, posting them on his campaign website for all to see.