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2010 Governor's Youth Wild Turkey Hunter’s Essay Contest Announced

March 15 is the deadline for all essays Ohio youth turkey hunters can enter to win a dream hunt with Governor Ted Strickland or nationally-known hunting guides during the Governor's Celebrity and Youth Turkey Hunt according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. To enter the contest, Ohio youth hunters must write an essay on the topic, "My Best Hunt Ever." The essay...

Violent Encounters: A Tale of Two Pizza Shops

By Ken Hanson, Esq. Akron Pizza Shop Summer 2004 Our readers will remember the horrific July 2004 beating of Joseph Scarpino by convicted felon Mark Jones which occurred while Mr. Scarpino waited in line at DaVinci's Pizza Shop in Akron. Mr. Jones was, at the time he administered the unprovoked beating, on two years probation for possession of cocaine and marijuana trafficking. For those who do...

Hunting license sales up by 3.5 percent in NSSF Index of States

In a year when one word, "fewer," described life in America -- fewer jobs, fewer home sales, fewer purchases -- hunters were responsible for generating a welcome "more" category, as hunting license sales rose by 3.5 percent in 2009 in states that make up NSSF's Hunting License Sales Index. The 12-state index comprises several states from four main regions of the United States. Nine of those...

Senate committee hears opposition to legislation threatening Ohio's deer herd

Outdoor writer and hunter education instructor Larry S. Moore, a long-time volunteer leader for Buckeye Firearms Association and winner of the 2005 USSA Patriot Award and 2007 League of Ohio Sportsmen/Ohio Wildlife Federation Hunter Educator of the Year , offered opponent testimony today expressing his personal opposition to Senate Bill 225 , which the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) contends...

Otis McDonald: "The public face of gun rights"

Recently, the Chicago Tribune published a story profiling Otis McDonald, a 76 year-old African American, Democrat and hunter whose name is featured on the gun rights case McDonald v. City of Chicago that will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court later this year. From the story : From behind the wheel of his hulking GMC Suburban, 76-year-old Otis McDonald leads a crime-themed tour of his Morgan Park...

Democrats dump pro-gun Secretary of State candidate in favor of anti-gunner

By Chad D. Baus Last week, news that Ohio Republican Party Chair Kevin DeWine successfully maneuvered a pro-gun candidate out of his party's primary race for attorney general, thus giving his anti-gun cousin Mike an unopposed run, rocked pro-gun voters across the Buckeye State. This week, apparently not wanting to be out-done, Democrats took their turn at shafting pro-gun voters in their party...

TSA forces Federal Officers to carry locked guns?

Pilots at America's Airlines have an inside perspective on how red tape and politics are getting in the way of airline security. Here's what they've told us. Despite the will of the people and Congress, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has failed to put in place reasonable safeguards to protect the traveling public. The Federal Flight Deck Officers Association (FFDOA) and...

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