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Apprenticeship hunting licenses help continue Ohio's sporting traditions

3:00pm Monday, February 01, 2010

By Jon Husted Like many hunters this season, I continued a tradition I started as a youth - deer hunting. Breathing the crisp, cool air and being in nature provides a nice change of pace from the hustle and bustle of the Statehouse. While my work as an elected official is important, it is always nice to take a few hours to enjoy the challenge and practice the discipline of deer hunting. Recently...

The policial climate is right for pro-gun leaders to swing for the fences!

7:00am Monday, February 01, 2010

By Jeff Knox In politics, like baseball, there is a time to bunt and a time to swing for the fence. This year is ripe for home runs. The political climate this year offers a unique opportunity for rights advocates to make major gains – both legislatively and politically. To make those gains we need to pull out all of the stops and go big. The election of Scott Brown in Massachusetts was clear...

Buckeye Firearms Association's Jim Irvine on Armed American Radio

1:56pm Friday, January 29, 2010

Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine was a guest on the Armed American Radio Network Sunday, January 31 at 8:45 p.m. Jim discussed aviation security and the armed pilots program with Armed American Radio (AAR) host Mark Walters in conjunction with the United States Concealed Carry Association. Special guest Ted Nugent followed Irvine in an hour-long segment of the show. Armed American...

Republican councilwoman rethinking stance on guns in parks

1:22pm Friday, January 29, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Yesterday, the Dayton Daily News published a story entitled "Law allowing guns in parks irks Beavercreek councilwoman," which addressed comments made by Beavercreek Councilwoman Phyllis Howard at a January 25 council meeting. In the story, Howard is quoted as saying she opposed efforts to change to an ordinance prohibiting guns in public parks to comply with a state law passed in...

Protest organizer at Ohio gun show admits necessary laws already in place

7:00am Friday, January 29, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Last October, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg released video taken by people he paid to attend gun shows in Ohio, Tennessee and Nevada. The anti-gun mayor, who has had several Ohio mayors quit his gun control front group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns (with many saying they were misled, and others saying they had never agreed to join the first place), claimed the heavily-edited...

Republican councilwoman calls law allowing guns in parks "ridiculous"

3:00pm Thursday, January 28, 2010

January 29, 2010 UPDATE : Republican councilwoman rethinking stance on guns in parks By Chad D. Baus Dayton Daily News writer Christopher Magan is reporting that the City of Beavercreek is considering a change to an ordinance prohibiting guns in public parks to comply with a state law passed in 2007 and upheld by the Ohio Supreme Court in 2008. "Unfortunately," Magan editorializes (in what is...

When it comes to gun rights, there is still plenty of need to preach to the choir

7:00am Thursday, January 28, 2010

By Jeff Knox I recently wrote about the need for preaching to the choir – too many of our own friends, family members, and fellow shooters are woefully uninformed about the fight for liberty. A chance conversation in a hardware store this week really brought home just how much work there is to do beyond the choir room doors. At the hardware store I got into a conversation with a fellow shopper...

Ohio Wildlife Council Hears 2010-11 Hunting Regulations Proposals

3:00pm Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Regulations on white-tailed deer to be heard at February 3 meeting Ohio sportsmen may notice a few changes in next year's hunting and trapping regulations, based on proposals presented January 6 to the Ohio Wildlife Council by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. September 1 is again proposed as the kick-off date for the state's fall hunting seasons--with the...