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Ohio Considers Self-Defense Law Changes

8:00am Friday, October 11, 2013

Editor's Note: - The following "Law You Can Use" Consumer Information Column, written by Buckeye Firearms Association Legal Chair Ken Hanson, is being provided by the Ohio State Bar Association to news outlets across the state. It has already been published at Akron.com . Q: I've been hearing about "stand-your-ground" laws in the news. What does Ohio law say about using lethal force in a self-...

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We have a new address!

4:00pm Thursday, October 10, 2013

Buckeye Firearms Association and Buckeye Firearms Foundation have a new address. Our new address is: 495 East Mound Street, Suite 200 Columbus, Ohio 43215 Please direct all future postal correspondence to this new address. As Buckeye Firearms Association and Buckeye Firearms Foundation continue to grow in popularity and in terms of the projects we are engaged in, we needed a location in downtown...

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Starbucks and Guns

8:00am Thursday, October 10, 2013

by Jeff Knox When Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz posted a public letter asking gun owners not to bring their guns into Starbucks stores, some in the media and anti-rights crowd declared it a victory, while some in the gun-rights crowd called it a declaration of war. It was neither. As a company, Seattle-based Starbucks tends to lean left, supporting "progressive" causes and candidates, but when the...

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ODNR Expands Deer Check System

4:00pm Wednesday, October 09, 2013

Landowners can check deer using mobile devices COLUMBUS, OH – An enhanced website will offer Ohio hunters a quick and easy way to check harvested white-tailed deer with their smartphones, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The enhanced site at www.ohiogamecheck.com was made available when the 2013-2014 deer-archery season began on Saturday, Sept. 28.

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Want the facts concerning the proposed change to Ohio's ‘duty to retreat'? Don't look to the media or opponents of HB 203.

8:00am Wednesday, October 09, 2013

by Chad D. Baus In the lead-up to the return of the Ohio General Assembly from their summer break and the opening of hearings on several pro-gun rights bills, certain individuals and groups, along with their media accomplices, have ramped up their efforts to paint one particular provision in Rep. Terry Johnson's House Bill 203 as a "Stand Your Ground" bill. These groups, which have always opposed...

Federal Land Closures: Political Theatre at its Worst

4:00pm Tuesday, October 08, 2013

USSA Calls on President Obama to Take Action (Columbus) – As Washington D.C. faces another government shutdown, hunters, anglers and trappers across the country are facing a shutdown of their own. From Alaska to Florida, sportsmen and women are finding that the budgetary standoff in Congress is having a direct impact on their hunting or fishing season. The federal government has issued directives...

Senate.gov Invents Second Amendment Controversy

8:00am Tuesday, October 08, 2013

Perhaps we were too harsh on textbook publishers last week for botching the proper interpretation of the Second Amendment, as even those in charge of the official website of a body sworn to "support and defend the Constitution of the United States" apparently can't be expected to get it right. The official website of the United States Senate features a "Virtual Reference Desk" section on the...

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Op-Ed: Bloomberg's Puppets Turn Their Sights on Ohioans' Second Amendment Rights

4:00pm Monday, October 07, 2013

by Ken Blackwell By now, you really would have thought Michael Bloomberg would have learned his lesson. The out-of-touch New York City mayor has lately made it his business to be in everyone else's business - whether that means trying to decide for New York residents what they are allowed to eat or drink, or trying to tell people from other states what to think of their elected officials. More...