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Op-Ed: Damon Wells wants his gun - and his life - back

by Chad D. Baus

12:05am Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Grassroots gun owners have likely not forgotten the name Damon Wells, the concealed handgun license (CHL)-holder who defended himself from a violent attempted robbery in his front yard back in April 2007. Though CHL-holders have defended their lives in many other instances, Mr. Wells' situation played in the media for days and weeks after because of the reaction of his gang-infested neighborhood...

Your Ohio legislators need to hear from you

1:10am Tuesday, January 22, 2008

When the 127th General Assembly was sworn in at the beginning of 2007, there were high hopes among gun owners. Although Republicans lost their super-majorities in both chambers of the legislature, Ohio voters had preserved a strong pro-gun majority in the House and Senate, and for the first time in recent memory, they had elected a truly pro-gun Governor in Democrat Ted Strickland. More than half...

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Buckeye's Ken Hanson authors article in latest national USCCA mag

12:10am Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) is a national organization focusing on concealed carry. Their magazine is “Concealed Carry Magazine.” The latest issue is full of good information, including a Feature Article by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson.

League of Ohio Sportsmen Celebrate 100 Years of Conservation

12:05am Tuesday, January 22, 2008

The League of Ohio Sportsmen will celebrate its 100th Anniversary with a Centennial Convention to be held February 15-17, 2008 in Columbus. The League was founded in 1908 by a coalition of Ohio sportsmen who were concerned with the plight of the state’s fish, wildlife and other natural resources. In 1908 there were no deer or wild turkeys in Ohio. Fish populations in the state’s streams and...

DDN anti-gun editorial is wrong, no matter how you package it

10:06pm Sunday, January 20, 2008

The following op-ed was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Association's Jeff Riley in reponse to a recent unsigned Dayton Daily News editorial entitled "Gun control fixes must be packaged well" . January 19, 2008 Dayton Daily News By Jeff Riley The basic premise in the Jan. 12 editorial "Gun control needs to be packaged well" is wrong. The problem with the anti-gun side isn't packaging; the problem...

LTE: DDN quotes in anti-gun editorial were selective

10:02pm Sunday, January 20, 2008

The following letter to the editor was submitted by Buckeye Firearms Association's Larry Moore in response to a recent unsigned Dayton Daily News editorial entitled "Gun control fixes must be packaged well" . January 19, 2008 Dayton Daily News Re: "Gun control must be packaged well," Jan. 12: The Dayton Daily News played loose and liberal with the selective quotes taken from an article on the...

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Fred Thompson blasts Bush DoJ for ''overlawyering'' D.C. gun ban case

12:10am Friday, January 18, 2008

RedState.com is reporting that Fred Thompson wasted no time in condemning President Bush's Solicitor General's request that the D.C. Circuit Court remand the District of Columbia v. Heller appeal back to the trial court for "fact-finding" under a less demanding constitutional standard. From the story: The Fred Thompson for President, South Carolina bus tour reached Spartanburg today, where the...

Op-Ed: Late Betrayal on Gun Rights

12:05am Friday, January 18, 2008

By Ken Blackwell Et tu, Brute? In the waning days of the Bush Administration, Justice Department lawyers have filed a curious amicus brief in the DC gun ban case before the US Supreme Court. The attorneys took a middle-of-the-road approach to Second Amendment freedoms. They argued that gun ownership is not a “fundamental” right. Instead, they say, it is a right deserving only an “intermediate”...