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HB347: House OPPONENT hearing scheduled January 31
Submitted by cbaus on Thu, 01/26/2006 - 09:55.House Bill 347 will have another hearing next week. The bill has been added to the House Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for January 31 at 2:30 p.m. in Statehouse Hearing Room 121.
The purpose for Tuesday's hearing is so that the committee may hear testimony on HB347 from opponents of the legislation. Buckeye Firearms Association will be on hand, but will not testify.
Filling hearing rooms as this legislation moves forward will make a serious statement of support. Your presence at this meeting is beneficial to the cause. Please consider making the trip to Columbus to be a visible show of support for HB347 and its sponsor, Rep. Aslanides.
For more information on HB347, see: Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB347, Sweeping Firearms Law Reform Bill
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Buckeye Firearms Assoc. announces more 2006 Primary endorsements
Submitted by cbaus on Thu, 01/26/2006 - 00:10.The Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce several more endorsements in both party primaries, focused on key races to be decided on May 2, 2006.
Endorsement announcements have been previously made for U.S. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (R-2), and state Rep. Tim Schaeffer (R-33) for State Senate, and additional attention is now being brought into focus in races for party nominations for state Attorney General, Auditor of State, and state Representative, among others.
Attorney General, Republican Primary
The primary contest among for Attorney General, an office which will open in 2006 election because current Attorney General Jim Petro is making a bid for the Republican nomination for governor, deserves early focus.
Among Republicans, an announcement today by anti-self-defense State Auditor Betty Montgomery that she is entering this race forces an apparent three-way GOP primary contest between Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien and State Sen. Tim Grendell.
Op-Ed: Why gun bans don't work…and what to do
Submitted by cbaus on Thu, 01/26/2006 - 00:05.By Larry S. Moore
In a recent op-ed for ESPN Outdoors, entitled "Why gun bans don’t work...and what to do", author James Swan has hit another bull’s eye.
In the article, Swan, author of the acclaimed book “In Defense of Hunting”, covers a great spectrum of the gun ban issues. He stresses the need for hunters and shooters to combine our efforts.
What Swan is suggesting is the same thing many of us lament in private conversations....
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