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Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2011 CHL statistics; Ohio Concealed Carry numbers hits new record

7:00am Monday, August 22, 2011
by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2011. At the end of June, we set another all-time record of approximately 243,121 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) There were 14,594 new CHLs, 19 temporary emergency licenses (TELs) issued and 749 licenses renewed in the April...

UK Mayhem Leaves Disarmed Citizens at the Mercy of Criminals

3:00pm Friday, August 19, 2011
By now you have seen the headlines and images of destruction: the rioting, looting, violent assaults, and arson. London and other UK cities look like war zones and their citizens are afraid to venture out, because the danger is very real. It's a view of the temporary breakdown of society. It is gut check time; a time when the concept of being able to defend oneself gives way to the stark reality...

Dayton gun show arrests are proof that pro-gun rights advocates are right

7:00am Friday, August 19, 2011
by Gerard Valentino Recently, at a gun show in Dayton, Ohio several people were arrested for violating the law by buying a gun when they knew it was illegal for them to do so. As usual, the media tried to hang the arrests on gun show promoters and stirred up discussion about the mythical gun show loophole. From the article : "The gun show loophole is a deadly serious problem — and this undercover...

Op-Ed: Bloomberg Will Not Rest In His War On Firearm Freedoms

3:00pm Thursday, August 18, 2011
A look at how this billionaire bankrolls his vision of a disarmed citizenry by Raquel Okyay Philanthropist and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg​ is the kind of anti-freedom politician every gun owner should despise. Whether it is the food we eat or the kind of car we drive, Bloomberg likes to stick his nose in other people's business, and tell us what to do. Bloomberg's viewpoints are not...

Report: Firearm background checks up 17.7% in 2011 - Record number tied to politics, economy

7:00am Thursday, August 18, 2011
by Chad D. Baus As regular readers of BuckeyeFirearms.org are aware, National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) firearms sales checks have seen a steady increase for more than a year. The Ohio media are now catching on to this trend as well, thanks to a Dayton Daily News article published on August 17. From the article : The record number of firearm background checks performed by...

Headline: Camp Perry is on target with national shooters

3:00pm Wednesday, August 17, 2011
The News-Herald of Willoughby, OH has published an excellent article on the World Series of shooting sports that occurs here in the Buckeye State each and every summer. From the article : The light popping sound was coming from slow-moving lead projectiles released from their brass prisons and sent sailing down steel tubes. Looking at the long row of nearly 200 rimfire shooters indicated each...

It’s the Criminals, Stupid - Man is dead after City of Cleveland fails to get violent felon off the streets

7:00am Wednesday, August 17, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. The Cleveland Plain Dealer is once again reporting on gun violence in Cleveland , and once again dedicating the majority of the ink to "getting the guns off the streets" and "prevention programs." In what I am sure is an unintended omission, this article makes reference to seven people shot in a 10 day span beginning July 26, 2011. Had The Plain Dealer extended their...

SAF/SCCC "Supporting Campus Concealed Carry" Forum in Washington D.C. airs live on C-SPAN

3:00pm Tuesday, August 16, 2011
On August 8, C-SPAN televised live video of a forum hosted by two groups that support giving college students the ability to carry a concealed weapon on campus. From the article : The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and Students for Concealed Carry on Campus (SCCC) argue that colleges would be safer if students were allowed to possess firearms. "Colleges have entered into an informal alliance...

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