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Tale of the Tape: Buckeye Big Bucks Club

3:00pm Tuesday, January 25, 2011

by Larry S. Moore The current Ohio deer season is winding down with the archery season concluding February 6. It is the time when hunters remember the season, celebrate the harvest or perhaps lament about the lack of success. It's often a busy time of year for the official scorers of the Buckeye Big Bucks Club (BBBC). Perhaps no one in Ohio has scored more animals than Ron E. Perrine, Sr, of...

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Cleveland police union president & Plain Dealer editorial board claim shootout with felon proves need for more gun control

7:00am Tuesday, January 25, 2011

by Chad D. Baus 23-year-old Glenn Proctor was killed last week in a shootout with police, despite a gun control law that prohibited the felon from even possessing a firearm, despite a gun control law the prohibits shooting a firearm in city limits, despite a law that prohibits shooting at police, despite laws against attempted murder, etc. etc. etc. Despite all the gun control laws that were...

Op-Ed: We Are All Funding Anti-Hunting Groups

3:00pm Monday, January 24, 2011

Extremist environmental groups often get their legal fees reimbursed by the federal government under the Equal Justice Act. By David Hart How would you like to make a donation to the anti-hunting movement? You wouldn’t, of course, but like it or not, you already have. In 2007, for example, $280,000 of your tax dollars went directly to the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS)—the nation’s...

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Urban editorial boards argue 2nd Amendment should be applied differently depending on where one lives, so what about the 1st?

7:00am Monday, January 24, 2011

by Gerard Valentino & Ken Hanson On December 29, 2010, the Ohio Supreme Court once again upheld statewide preemption of gun laws, in essence knocking Ohio's cities out of the gun control business. The Ohio establishment media is attacking this ruling, not because of the substance of the ruling, but because it is a win for gun owners. In an attempt to disguise these editorials as something...

New gun range plan at Marietta community college not dead, but many hurdles still ahead

3:00pm Friday, January 21, 2011

The Marietta Times is reporting that while proposed plan to build an outdoor gun range at Washington State Community College isn't dead, but those involved say there are numerous hurdles to overcome before it could happen. A meeting in early December about the proposed range, which would be located on a hill beyond the college's lower parking lot, yielded anger and concerns about safety from...

Message to Ohio gun owners: Telling the "embarrassing" truth about a Republican could cost you

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Friday, January 21, 2011

"I have no trouble with my enemies. I can take care of my enemies in a fight. But my friends, my goddamned friends, they're the ones who keep me walking the floor at nights!" - Warren G. Harding For the volunteer leaders at Buckeye Firearms Association, 2010 was one of the more interesting election years in this political action committee's history. While BFA is now and always has been a non-...

The passing of Aaron Zelman: A Tribute To A True Patriot

7:00am Thursday, January 20, 2011

by Chris Chumita The gun rights movement lost one of its fiercest defenders with the passing of Aaron Zelman on December 21st, 2010. Zelman was the Executive Director of Jews For The Preservation Of Firearms Ownership (JPFO). Zelman was well known for his no-compromise stance when it came to the Second Amendment. He boldly practiced what he preached and helped to expose the abuses of government...

Op-Ed: The Arizona Shootings, Gun Violence Research and the Facts vs. The New York Times

3:00pm Wednesday, January 19, 2011

by John Lott You know you're doing something right when two New York Times columnists, Gail Collins and Nicholas Kristof, attack your research on the same day. Kristof followed up on criticism leveled earlier in the week by others writing for The Times . I must have said something substantial enough to warrant this attention. Let us check the facts. Gail Collins worries that law-abiding citizens...