The safest park in Ohio, at least for one day

Saturday was the sixth annual Party in the Park family picnic of Ohioans For Concealed Carry, held in Liberty Park just North of Columbus in Liberty Township.

Despite the poor weather which went from a dark and cloudy morning to rainfall that lasted until mid-afternoon, more than one hundred and fifty people turned out to enjoy the food and company of other gun rights activists from across the state, many of them openly carrying their defensive firearm.

Gun control advocates will try to tell you that guns in public or guns around kids, or really gun ownership in general are all recipes for disaster. Yet not one accident occurred, not one policeman showed up to harass the crowd, not one protester spoiled the afternoon, and there were no crimes committed anywhere near the vicinity of the three picnic pavilions where the picnic was held.

Anti-gunners don't like uncomfortable truths like that because it exposes the holes in their "more guns = more crime" propaganda. They also don't like to admit just how much support the other side has. American's are tired of the lies, the false claims, the predictions of gloom and doom that never come true. Lawful gun owners are not now, nor have they ever been, the cause of criminal violence. They simply enjoy freedom and believe in the responsibility of ensuring their own safety rather than relying on others.

Many of those points were driven home by the variety of speakers at the picnic who included two Ohio House members, retired law enforcement, candidates for the United States legislature, an author, and other public officials. They all came together to celebrate freedom and pledge to defend the rights guaranteed by the U.S. and Ohio constitutions.

For more information, including audio recordings of the speakers, visit the Ohioans For Concealed Carry website.