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Strategically-timed, Joyce Foundation-funded "study" conveniently links gun ownership and carrying a gun to heavy alcohol use

7:00am Monday, June 20, 2011

by Chad D. Baus One day before Ohio's Restaurant Carry legislation came to a final vote, and after more than two years of debate and countless media articles and editorials repeating the mantra that "guns and alcohol don't mix," the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) released a "study" which they claimed proves that "gun owners who carry concealed weapons or have confronted another person...

SB17 will allow CHL-holder to obtain expungement of prior conviction of improper firearm handling in motor vehicle

3:00pm Friday, June 17, 2011

by Chad D. Baus More than two months after it was amended into Senate Bill 17 , The Columbus Dispatch is finally reporting on an amendment contained in the legislation which will allow people who were convicted of improperly transporting a firearm under the current law to receive relief if they would have been in compliance under the law as amended in SB17. From the article : The new gun bill...

Buckeye Firearms Chair Jim Irvine to Speak at the "We the People Convention" in Columbus

7:00am Friday, June 17, 2011

by Jason Mihalick Buckeye Firearms Chairman, Jim Irvine, will be conducting a breakout session entitled "How to Run an Effective Volunteer Political Action Committee" at the first annual "We The People Convention," which runs from July 1st to July 2nd at the Columbus Convention Center. Mr. Irvine is scheduled to speak first thing Saturday morning, July 2nd, at 8AM. His speech will cover many of...

House Democrats Urge President to End Stonewalling on "Gunrunner"

3:00pm Thursday, June 16, 2011

On Friday, June 03, 2011, 31 U.S. House members -- all Democrats -- wrote to President Barack Obama, urging him to end Administration stonewalling on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' "Project Gunrunner," and the "Fast and Furious" program under which border state dealers were encouraged to sell thousands of guns to suspicious buyers. In the letter, spearheaded by Rep...

OH General Assembly passes SB17 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and HB54 (Restoration of Rights); Kasich will sign!

3:15pm Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Editor's Note: This article was updated as information became available. The Ohio General Assembly has passed Senate Bill 17 , sponsored by Senator Tim Schaffer (R), which will allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants. To do so, license holders may not consume any alcohol and must not be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. According to...

LIVE streaming of important debate & floor votes on Restaurant Carry TODAY!

10:37am Wednesday, June 15, 2011

Buckeye Firearms Association leaders will be on hand in the Statehouse today, Wednesday, June 15 , as important debate and votes on Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix legislation (SB17) and Restoration of Rights legislation (HB54) are held. Click here for more information on what to expect today. [UPDATE 2:38pm - HB54 passed the Senate 24 - 9. Now to the Governor! [UPDATE 2:40pm - SB17 passed...

HB263: New bill bans private gun show sales and creates gun registry

7:00am Wednesday, June 15, 2011

by Chad D. Baus "So what's to guarantee me that, you know, any one of the members in this chamber who hold a concealed carry wouldn't shoot me in the head?" - Representative Tracy Maxwell Heard in floor debate over HB45, May 11, 2001 With that one ignorant statement, Rep. Tracy Heard (D-26) apparently proved to the radical gun ban lobby that she was the perfect choice to carry water for proposed...

Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix (SB17) and Restoration of Rights (HB54) pass House & Senate committees; Floor votes pending

4:35pm Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Two pro-gun bills, one of which would make critical improvements to Ohio's concealed carry laws, have been passed by House and Senate committees. The House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Bob Mecklenborg, passed SB17 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) with a 12 - 10 vote mostly party line vote (the only Republican to join the Democrats in...