By Chad D. Baus

The Middletown Journal is reporting that People For the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), a radical anti-hunting organization that has financially supported organizations identified by the Federal government as domestic terrorist groups, is making inroads in the Ohio legislature.

According to the story, it's not only the newspaper that is promoting PETA's legislative agenda.

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By Jim Robey
Dayton Daily News

Thousands of Ohio hunters have been spending time at state dove fields since the dove season opened on Sept. 1 and many are finding this is not an easy bird to hit.

The rapid-flying game bird moves quickly over the fields in an erratic flight and poses a challenge for the hunters. Some of the more experienced shooters have admitted the bird is not an easy target.

Phil Bourjaily, a veteran sportsman writing in Peterson's Hunting Magazine, said he had a tough time trying to hit doves when he first started.

"The doves I shot at streaked by with their eyes and their throttles wide open. Experts brag about shooting a limit of doves "inside a box," taking 10, 12 or 15 doves. (One box contains 25 shells.)

"I easily bag my limit of doves 'inside a box.' Unfortunately, it was one of those big boxes that holds 10 smaller boxes," Bourjaily said.

...According to Ohio Outdoor News, about 14,300 people hunted mourning doves in Ohio last year. Collectively, the hunters bagged 284,000 birds.

This hunting challenge has become very popular in Ohio. The first few days of the season hunters lined up at state areas where dove hunting posts were awarded by a drawing.

...The split dove-hunting season runs to Oct. 14 and resumes from Nov. 10-25. The daily limit is 15.

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By Chris Chumita

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 all worthy of mention.

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

From the fundamental right of gun ownership to a women's shooting event, these articles should be a part of your required reading!

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NRAILA.org

The “Virginia Tech Review Panel” has released its report on April’s horrific mass murder on campus. Most media attention has rightly focused on failures of communication. These include failures to share information between university officials, mental health counselors, campus police, and killer Seung Hui Cho’s parents, as well as the university’s failure to promptly notify students, faculty and staff promptly about the first two shootings on campus.

Yet while the panel effectively reviewed those issues, it used its chapter on “Gun Purchase and Campus Policies” to promote an anti-gun agenda that has no relationship to this spring’s tragedy. Many of its findings and recommendations are contradictory; none would have had an effect on Cho’s rampage.

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