By Larry S. Moore

Last Saturday, my son and I celebrated National Hunting and Fishing Day by joining a couple of dozen other Ohio Hunter Education Instructors volunteering at the Spring Valley Wildlife Area Range annual open house. Over 130 people attended, many of whom were youngsters and new shooters. They received safety instruction and shooting tips from experienced shooters throughout the day. The volunteers left with a sense of fulfillment from sharing our sport with some of the nicest young people and their parents. What a great experience!

You don’t have to wait for an organized event to take a neighbor, friend, or new shooter to the range. The dividends paid are not only the range time and fun but it is a great way to promote firearms ownership and the Second Amendment. Many people don’t want to write letters to the editor or testify at the General Assembly about legislation.

Introducing a new person to the shooting sports pays dividends at the polls. The next time that new shooter sees a concealed carry reform bill, or an anti-gun news report, your friendship may be the key to their understanding the real issues. Additionally, the NSSF operates a Step Outside Program that encourages and rewards people who introduce new shooters. For more information on Step Outside, go to this link.

The recently announced legislation from Rep. Jim Aslanides contains more than just concealed carry reform. It contains some long needed key reforms in the way recreational shooters and hunters may transport firearms.

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By Jim Irvine

There is a good article by Robin Erb in today's Toledo Blade about the concealed carry debate.

I recommend clicking on the above link to read it, but I want to focus on one quote and why it’s so important to gun owners.

What irks members of Clyde council is that the controversy being played out in their small town has very little to do with their residents, said Vice Mayor Steve Keegan, who has lived his entire life in Clyde.
"Not one person in this town has come up to me and said, 'I want to carry a gun into the park," he said.

There is a VERY important lesson here for all gun owners.

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We know that there are residents of Clyde who support the right of concealed carry license holders to defend their life, even in Clyde’s park. We have talked to them, even if Steve Keegan has not. And we know that every anti-gun legislator has pro-gun constituents.

Too often, people think that because their representative is a “lost cause” it’s not worth contacting them. Not true. You must contact anti-gun elected officials and politely tell them your thoughts. Your calls and letters, combined with my visits in the state house, and our strong grassroots support of endorsed candidates on Election Day, can and do change how they act.