For a year and a half, Shooters Supply Shop in the Cincinnati-area suburb of Loveland has been working towards opening a state-of-the-art indoor shooting range. Despite the support of the Loveland Police Officers Association, the Loveland City Planning Commission, Loveland City Council, the Loveland Area Chamber of Commerce and a great majority at the ballot box, the anti-gunners are trying to block this fine business again.

Yes, you read that right. In February, an anti-gun
clique of residents placed on the ballot an initiative that would have blocked the range from opening. Voters overwhelmingly approved the range with more than sixty percent of the vote. Now, the anti-gunners are at it again, putting another issue on the ballot that would use zoning code to "zone" the range out of existence.

Shooters Supply Shop owners Marvin Mann and Dan Lovett have supported the community for
years, aiding the schools with fundraisers and supporting youth athletics. In turn, it is clear that they have the community's support.

Buckeye Firearms Association urges residents in the City of Loveland to vote "YES" for Issue 14. Again, to help fight back against a small fringe of gun ban extremists and help this community get the firing range it has fought for for so long, Loveland residents should vote "YES" on Issue 14.

Click on the "Read More..." link below to read the text of Issue 14.

As we reported last August in a Q&A sent to us by Republican gubernatorial candidate Pete Draganic, Ohio's 2006 gubernatorial race has already been a politics junkie's dream, and promises to offer even greater fixes as the primaries grow closer.

But the gubernatorial race isn't the only GOP primary in which a political outsider is hoping to capitalize on poll after poll showing that Mr. & Mrs. Ohio are tired of the status quo, and really tired of Bob Taft's liberal brand of Republicanism.

Like Pete Draganic, Republican Colin Beach (who recently announced his candidacy for Secretary of State) is hoping Ohioans are so fed up that they'll make a decision to nominate someone who has never before served in public office to the state-wide Republican ticket in November 2006.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for Beach's "Thoughts on Gun Ownership and the Second Amendment".

There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are worthy of comment.

What follows is our weekly view of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens.

Click on the "Read More..." link below for seven days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis.

Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that Rep. Jim Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform bill, House Bill 347, has received a committee assignment:

H.B. No. 347 - Representative Aslanides, et al

To revise the laws regarding licenses to carry a concealed handgun and the authority to carry a concealed handgun under such a license; to limit journalist access to information regarding persons who have such a license and who assert reasonable cause to fear a criminal attack; to provide exemptions from certain carrying of firearms-related offenses for persons in compliance with the Ohio Peace Officer Training Commission's firearms requalification program; to specifically provide a self-defense affirmative defense to discharge of a firearm while in or on a vessel or motor vehicle-related offenses; to clarify when a firearm is loaded for purposes of offenses relating to possession of a loaded firearm while in or on a vessel or motor vehicle and carrying concealed weapons; to provide that the sealing or expungement of a conviction or delinquent child record is an affirmative defense to falsification based on the failure to report the record on an application for a concealed handgun license; and to identify, as a general law and matter of statewide concern, the right of any person, except as provided in the Revised Code, to own, possess, purchase, otherwise acquire, transport, carry, sell, or otherwise transfer a firearm, firearm component, or ammunition.

To the committee on Criminal Justice

Click on the "Read More..." link below for a list of the members of the Ohio House Committee on Criminal Justice, their status as co-sponsors of this legislation, their previous record as endorsees of this political action committee, etc...

Press release courtesy of the NRA-ILA:

Join State Senator Lynn Wachtmann (R-01) and State Representative Stephen Buehrer (R-74) for a Sportsmen's Hurricane Relief Breakfast.

"One of the most generous groups in supporting any community project is sportsmen. Time and time again, we have seen local sportsmen give their time and financial support to local and national projects. We would like to make it possible for all of our fellow sportsmen to show their generosity to the hurricane victims." - Representative Steve Buehrer

"The recent natural disasters have affected all of us in some way or another. I have been down to Louisiana and Mississippi helping with the relief effort and have been shocked and saddened by what I encountered. I hope the Northwest Ohio community will step up to provide relief through this event." - Senator Lynn Wachtmann

This event will benefit the Salvation Army and The American Red Cross. For additional information, please contact Representative Steve Buehrer at (419) 822-0124.

Sportsmen's Hurricane Relief
Pancakes & Sausage Breakfast
Saturday, October 29, 2005
7:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Continental Game Club
20519 Road E in Continental