Gun news in Ohio and beyond: Top 10 stories of 2025

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Bloomberg meddles as Ohio judge extends restraining order barring enforcement of local gun control

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, July 11, 2018

A Franklin County judge has extended a temporary restraining order halting enforcement of two gun ordinances in Columbus while he considers a suit filed by Buckeye Firearms Association and Ohioans For Concealed Carry. From the Columbus Dispatch : After arguments for and against the injunction Monday, Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge David E. Cain extended the temporary order. He is...

BFA PAC Endorses Judge Craig Baldwin and Justice Mary DeGenaro for Ohio Supreme Court

3:00pm Monday, July 09, 2018

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC (BFA PAC) is pleased to announce our first two endorsements of the 2018 general election season. With so much attention given to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement and speculation on who President Donald Trump will nominate to replace him, it is fitting that our first two endorsements are for the Ohio Supreme Court. BFA PAC endorses Judge...

With Kennedy Retirement, Trump Can Secure and Strengthen a Pro-Second Amendment Supreme Court

7:00am Monday, July 09, 2018

On Wednesday [June 27], Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced that he is retiring effective July 31. The move signals the end of Kennedy’s 30-year career on the nation’s highest court, which bore witness to its most important decisions concerning the Second Amendment. It also creates the opportunity for President Trump to appoint a replacement who will help reinvigorate...

Supreme Changes Ahead

by Jim Shepherd

7:00am Friday, July 06, 2018

With [last week]’s announcement that 81-year old Justice Anthony Kennedy would be retiring from the United States Supreme Court effective July 31, both sides of the respective political aisle went, for lack of a better term, nuts. For the conservative side, Kennedy’s retirement means the opportunity for President Trump to nominate another solidly-conservative justice to the Supreme Court. That...

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Should school teachers be armed?

by Dean Rieck

7:00am Thursday, July 05, 2018

CQ Researcher plans an upcoming feature on armed teachers, asking the question, "Should school teachers be armed?" I was asked to write 400 words for the pro side of the argument. Here is what I submitted. Arming teachers and school staff sounds radical to some people, but it's a simple and effective option. Objections spring from ignorance about the reality of mass murder and the role teachers...

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Independence Day 2018

by Rick Jones

7:00am Wednesday, July 04, 2018

With the upcoming holiday, let's look at what it might mean to some people…a day off with pay, just a day off, family, friends, cookouts, reunions or just a day to lounge and watch the fireworks. As for me, I think of our Constitution, our founding fathers, our Bill of Rights, our military men and women who are performing their duties to protect our freedom. “FREEDOM”. We say it often, exclaiming...

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Historic Vehicles, Amputee Skydiver Headlines CMP’s 2018 National Matches First Shot Ceremony

by Ashley Brugnone

7:00am Tuesday, July 03, 2018

CAMP PERRY, Ohio – The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is proud to announce the lineup for the 2018 First Shot Ceremony, set to take place Monday, July 9, at the Camp Perry National Guard Training Facility, near Port Clinton, Ohio. The ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. on the base’s Rodriguez Range and is free and open to the public. All ages are welcome to come and witness the parade of...

A look at “red flag” laws (that a non-gun owner might understand)

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Monday, July 02, 2018

Everyone agrees that certain people are a danger to society, and that bad people sometimes use guns to commit crimes and to injure or kill others. Most even agree that people who are “crazy” are not entitled to their Second Amendment rights to keep and bear arms. And no one likes an angry man with a gun. We all wish something could be done to stop that person before they harm themselves or others...