By Chad D. Baus

Greg Korte, the Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who recently found himself in the middle of a lawsuit by sending requests for the list of CHL-holders to all 88 Ohio county sheriffs, has published a blog article that graphically illustrates a fact long-held by this political action committee:

Criminals do not apply for concealed handgun licenses, and are not deterred by gun control laws.

Click on 'Read More' for the entire commentary.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 20, 2007

The Families Afield Program led to an astounding jump in
the number of new hunters in 2006. The spotless safety record of the
freshmen underscores the fact that mentored youth are the safest in the
field.

Families Afield is a campaign established by the U.S. Sportsmen's
Alliance, National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), and National Wild
Turkey Federation (NWTF) to urge states to eliminate unnecessary hunting
age restrictions and ease hunter education mandates for first-time
hunters.

During the North American Wildlife and Natural Resources Conference in
Portland, Oregon, the USSA and its partners announced that half of the
twelve states that have approved Families Afield legislation and
regulations have already measured the program's performance and report a
significant climb in new hunters. Data available from Florida, Illinois,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, and Ohio reveals that apprentice
hunting license programs brought nearly 34,000 new hunters to the field
without a single hunting-related shooting incident.

Click on 'Read More' for the entire press release, which includes quotes from Buckeye Firearms Association Northwest Ohio Chair Chad Baus.