Editor's Note: The following is a follow-up to an op-ed we published earlier this week, entitled "Senate Republicans take aim at Ohio Division of Wildlife."

By Larry S. Moore

After publishing my first op-ed on the subject of budget changes impacting the Ohio Division of Wildlife, I contacted Republican Senator Tim Grendell's office to get his position regarding the free landowner deer permits that are a sticking point in the budget bill.

Before I relay my conversation, it is incumbent upon me to say that gun owners should recognize Senator Grendell as a staunch conservative supporter of our rights.

Pro-gun Sandy O'Brien has officially announced that she is running for Ohio Secretary of State in 2010.

O'Brien, who earned the endorsement of Buckeye Firearms Association in 2006 and won an upset victory over her anti-gun opponent in the Republican primary, is a loving wife, mother, and grandmother with energy to burn.

She supports hunting and Second Amendment rights because she has enjoyed them her whole life. Her children have enjoyed them. She has a passion that matches ours in her desire to see Ohio pass real firearms reform.

Not long ago, Buckeye Firearms Foundation filed a lawsuit to stop the City of Cleveland from prosecuting law-abiding gun owners under local ordinances that restrict gun ownership and concealed carry. The lawsuit also asked the Court to declare 20 local ordinances unconstitutional on the grounds that they conflict with state preemption of firearm laws.

So what is Cleveland's response? A callous shrug.