The Buckeye Firearms Association proudly announced endorsements in four local races around the state today. Two of these endorsements involve candidates who are involved in run-off elections on September 13.

In Toledo, two successive anti-gun administrations have passed useless assault weapons and inexpensive gun bans, and which have posted "no-guns" signs in city parks and busses, all the while overseeing a rise in violent crime. On September 13, pro-gun voters will have a chance to vote FOR a man who opposed these ordinances and policies and AGAINST the men who are responsible for them, all at the same time. Republican Councilman Rob Ludeman is seeking the mayor's seat, and facing off against anti-gun former Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, and anti-gun current Mayor Jack Ford. Buckeye Firearms Association endorses Rob Ludeman for Mayor in the City of Toledo.

Although Cincinnati's assault weapons ban is currently tied up in court, it is on the books. Councilman Charlie Winburn is, in our opinion, the candidate who would be best to lead city government out of its anti-gun mindset, and can be counted on to attack the city's crime problem by focusing his efforts on criminals, rather than on law-abiding citizens. In the year 2000, Winburn worked with the NRA to challenge the city's reckless lawsuit against gun manufacturers. One of his opponents, the term-limited State Sen. Mark Mallory, was a consistent anti-gun vote in the Statehouse, and pro-gun voters would do well to keep him away from this executive office.

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.

Whether they are consumers or business owners tired of ever-increasing taxes, or gun owners stung by years of having to fight a Republican governor over pro-gun legislation, poll after poll shows that Mr. & Mrs. Ohio are tired of the status quo, and really tired of Bob Taft's liberal brand of Republicanism.

There is one man who is hoping Ohioans are so fed up that they'll make a historic decision to nominate someone who has never before served in public office to top the Republican ticket in November 2006.

Pete Draganic is that man, and after he made a recent trip to my neck of the woods in northwest Ohio, I decided it was time to find out more about Mr. Draganic.

Following is a copy Pete shared with me of an exchange between he and another pro-gun Ohioan on many of the most current firearms-related issues of concern to voters. As he has done since he first declared his candidacy, Ohio's "everyman" breaks with conventional political "wisdom", and takes the novel approach of answering detailed questions with detailed answers.

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