Get up to the minute news on pro-gun legislation, politics, and events in Ohio!
A battle is brewing. Help us build an army to win the fight.
Anti-gun activists have been struggling in recent years.
The national assault weapons ban has expired. Concealed carry has swept the nation. The Supreme Court appears ready to declare the Second Amendment an individual right. And here in Ohio, we have enjoyed victory after victory, including electing a pro-gun governor.
But make no mistake, the anti-gun lobby is not dead. They are merely licking their wounds and lying in wait for the right moment to renew their attack.
Dave Grossman in Columbus! Discover the truth about lethal combat and get the tools you need to survive!
Submitted by drieck on Wed, 02/27/2008 - 19:45.Dear Friend,
The bad guys are out there. They're assaulting, raping, and murdering your fellow citizens every day. And when you least expect it, they could choose you and your family as their next victims. Will you be ready?
Your Ohio legislators need to hear from you
When the 127th General Assembly was sworn in at the beginning of 2007, there were high hopes among gun owners. Although Republicans lost their super-majorities in both chambers of the legislature, Ohio voters had preserved a strong pro-gun majority in the House and Senate, and for the first time in recent memory, they had elected a truly pro-gun Governor in Democrat Ted Strickland.
More than half of the tenure of the 127th General Assembly is now over, and soon gun owners will once again be called upon to support their elected officials through volunteering, campaign donations, spreading the word to friends and family, etc.
Unfortunately, progress on several emergency action items and other pro-gun legislation has been incredibly slow, and unless significant progress is made in the coming months, it is highly unlikely that gun owners are going to be willing to pour their blood, sweat and tears into the 2008 campaigns.
We hope to see you at the NRA Annual Meetings this weekend!
Submitted by jirvine on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 00:10.By Jim Irvine
This weekend, May 16 - May 20, the NRA Annual Meetings will be held in Louisville, Kentucky. In addition to being a huge gun show, you can also attend seminars about gun laws, concealed carry, and self defense, as well as meet Eddie the Eagle and learn about the NRA’s gun safety programs.
The Second Amendment is about more than CCW, or hunting, or target shooting – it’s about all of them and more.
Every major gun manufacturer will be there showing their wares. Whether you are looking for a new concealed carry gun, a rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader, or one of those so-called assault weapons, you will find it on display this weekend. (No guns are sold at the meetings, but there is not a better place to compare guns so that you come home to your local dealer knowing exactly what you want to buy)
USA Today: Reagan's influence lives on in U.S. courts
Submitted by cbaus on Wed, 05/14/2008 - 00:05.They became the first judges in more than a half-century to say the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns...
They are prominent appeals court judges appointed by President Reagan in the 1980s — the products of an unprecedented, meticulous and often controversial screening process that transformed the politics of judicial nominations.
Named to an influential set of 13 regional courts, they were, as a group, young, brainy and bold. They became the legal vanguard of the Reagan agenda to lessen federal control — and protections - in American life.
Give an hour or two and advance our gun rights
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 00:10.By Scott Seibert
Last week I received a call from Brian, a campaign aid for Ohio Senate candidate Jim Hughes (http://www.vote4hughes.com/). His staff and a bunch of volunteers were getting together again Saturday May 10 to commence another "lit drop" [literature drop] in the Hilliard neighborhoods.
I had participated in an earlier lit drop a couple weeks ago, and found it to be a very worthwhile experience. So of course I said I'd do it again!
Here's how it works:
Bloomberg Outrage: Asks judge to ban Second Amendment references!
Submitted by cbaus on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 00:05.New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has moved from outrage to atrocity by asking anti-gun activist federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein to ban any reference to the Second Amendment during a civil lawsuit trial beginning May 27 against Georgia gun dealer Jay Wallace, proprietor at Adventure Outdoors.
The New York Sun reported that Bloomberg’s attorneys made the request. Alan Gottlieb, founder of the Second Amendment Foundation, said the move clearly shows that Bloomberg has “total disregard not only for the Second Amendment, but also the First.”
Bloomberg’s attorney on this case, Eric Proshansky, has reportedly argued in a brief that “Any references to the Second Amendment or analogous state constitutional provisions are likewise irrelevant” to the upcoming trial.
“This trial is supposed to be held in a federal court, not a kangaroo court,” Gottlieb stated. “What’s next, a request that Judge Weinstein not allow defense witnesses or rebuttal? Why not just dispense with the trial altogether and lynch Mr. Wallace from the limb of a tree out in Central Park?
Lautenberg's travesty goes to the Supreme Court
Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 00:10.By Tim Inwood
For many years the United States Government could not deprive you of your rights, without due process of law and a felony conviction. However, since the passage of the Lautenberg Amendment in 1996 tens of thousands of Americans have been deprived of their right to keep and bear arms for mere misdemeanors.
Gun Rights Week Coverage on Glenn Beck
Submitted by cbaus on Mon, 05/12/2008 - 00:05.In honor of NRA's upcoming annual meeting and his keynote address to NRA's annual banquet on Saturday May 17, Glenn Beck is holding "Gun Rights Week" on both his radio and T.V. shows.
These shows will be broadcast on the Premiere Radio Network's 280 stations from 9 a.m. to noon, Eastern, and on CNN Headline News Network every night at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.
Each day, Glenn will feature a new gun rights segment on his shows. Wayne LaPierre will be his guest on Tuesday, and NRA-ILA's Chris Cox will be the featured guest on Wednesday. And each day for the rest of the week, there will be another firearm freedom expert talking to Glenn and millions of his listeners.
Castle Doctrine hearing & vote rescheduled for May 14
Submitted by cbaus on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 11:32.House Criminal Justice Committee Chairman Rep. John White's office has been doing a yeomans' job as he works to juggle both the House and Senate versions of Castle Doctrine legislation.
The House version, HB264, has received four hearings in White's committee, and a fifth hearing and possible vote scheduled for yesterday was put off until next week, when the committee will instead take up consideration of the Senate version of Castle Doctrine (SB184), which passed out of the Senate with unanimous support last month.
