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Buckeye Firearms Association endorses SB 180 (Protect Workers' Constitutional Rights)

7:00am Friday, June 12, 2015

(Columbus, Ohio) On Wednesday, June 10, Senator Joe Uecker (R-Miami Township) introduced Senate Bill 180, which would prohibit employers from discriminating against workers exercising constitutional rights. Ohio is an “at will” employment state, meaning that workers can be fired for any reason, or no reason. There are many protected classes or exemptions to the general rule. A person may not be...

House committee accepts substitute language in HB 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones)

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Thursday, June 11, 2015

The House State Government committee has adopted a substitute House Bill 48 (Eliminate many 'no-guns' victim zones). Under the original bill introduced by Rep. Ron Maag (R-Lebanon), Ohioans' right to carry would have been restored on college campuses, places of worship, day-care facilities (unless they post "no-guns"), private airplanes, school safety zones, non-secure areas of police stations...

Ohio Senate proposes changes to concealed carry law in biennium budget bill

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, June 11, 2015

Dix Communications is reporting that changes which would effect gun owners are among the Ohio Senate's proposed changes to the 2015-2016 biennium budget bill currently being debated in the Statehouse. The article outlines two amendments that deal with changes to state firearms laws: 1. Guns: Senators added language to block journalists from viewing concealed firearm licensing records, including...

How Sportsmen Make the Great Outdoors (The Pittman-Robertson Tax)

by Tisma Juett

3:00pm Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Did you know that as active outdoors people and shooting sports participants we all help contribute to making the outdoor world the great place that it is? We do this through a special excise tax collected on firearms, ammunition and archery equipment. These monies are part of a piece of legislation called the Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act. Monies from these taxes are...

An Active Killer’s Diary

by Greg Ellifritz

7:00am Wednesday, June 10, 2015

As most of you know, I take a special interest in researching active killers. I’ve been closely watching the progress of the Aurora, Colorado “Batman” movie theater killer’s trial. If you are unfamiliar with the incident, check out my article HERE . Last week, the killer’s diary was released to jurors in the media. The article ‘ Why? Why? Why? ' displays the pages in full for your evaluation. In...

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Rep. Carolyn Maloney Flies Anti-gun Flag in U.S. House

3:00pm Tuesday, June 09, 2015

Reliably anti-gun Representative Carolyn Maloney (D-NY) has introduced two new rights-restricting bills in the U.S. House of Representatives. May 15 saw the introduction of H.R. 2380, the so-called “Gun Show Loophole Closing Act of 2015.” This bill would require background checks on all firearms transactions occurring at gun shows. In the 1990s, gun control supporters began claiming that...

Appeals Court places feelings over Constitution

by Jeff Knox

7:00am Tuesday, June 09, 2015

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, based in Chicago, has upheld a lower court ruling that an Illinois community’s ordinance banning possession of “assault weapons,” and “high-capacity” magazines is not a violation of the Second Amendment rights of their citizens. In the two to one decision, the prevailing judges concluded that “ If a ban on semi‐automatic...

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Rep. Steve Scalise Introduces Bill to Relax Restrictions on Interstate Firearm Sales

3:00pm Monday, June 08, 2015

Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) has introduced a bill to modernize certain aspects of interstate firearms commerce.The Firearms Interstate Commerce Reform Act, H.R. 2246, would yield increased convenience and choice for consumers, while continuing to allow states to set their own policy regarding transfer and possession of firearms within their borders. In 1968, when the federal Gun Control Act (GCA)...