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2014 Attorney General Summary on Concealed Carry: Program's second-busiest year ever

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Wednesday, March 04, 2015

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the fourth quarter of 2014 and the annual report. 2014 was the second busiest year in the history of the concealed carry program, and ended with a record 438,000 Ohioans licensed to discretely carry firearms. Demand for CHLs finished the year strong, with demand increasing slightly over the prior...

Elderly homeowner defends life in daylight Columbus home invasion

by Chad D. Baus

3:00pm Tuesday, March 03, 2015

The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that an elderly homeowner was able to defend his own life when a convicted burglar decided to strike again. From the article : The North Side homeowner dialed 911 just after noon yesterday and gave his address. When asked what his emergency was, he replied, “Some ... some guy broke into my house, and I shot him.” ... Officers arrived to find the homeowner...

HB 78: "Universal" Background Checks gun control bill reintroduced in Ohio

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, March 03, 2015

Judging by HB 78, one of his latest gun control bills introduced in the Ohio House, Rep. Bill Patmon (D) seems unable to grasp the idea that criminals do not typically submit themselves to background checks, and that even when a prohibited person is stopped by a background check procedure, no one prosecutes them for the crime they just committed. In the immediate aftermath of the terrible attack...

Rep. Patmon's HB 79: Retread legislation aimed at the wrong target

by Larry S. Moore

3:00pm Monday, March 02, 2015

Last year WKYC (NBC Cleveland) reporter Tom Meyer issued a very shoddy piece of investigative reporting . His headline blasted that felons are getting hunting licenses that allow them to use guns. The story was long on hype and even longer on misinformation. The most significant piece of bad information was the false assumption that purchasing a hunting license gives someone permission to use a...

Rep. Patmon's HB 75 (Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms) is based on several anti-gun myths

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, March 02, 2015

Editor's Note: The following article was originally published in response to the introduction of Rep. Bill Patmon's HB 563 in the 129th General Assembly. That bill was never considered, and it died at the end of the session in 2012. Patmon reintroduced the bill as HB 31 in the 130th General Assembly. It again failed to be given serious consideration, and died at the end of 2014. Patmon has...

Ohio Deer Hunting: Past success, but future is questionable

by Larry S. Moore

3:00pm Friday, February 27, 2015

The 2014 Ohio deer hunting season is in the bag with 175,745 deer harvested. This compares to 191,455 total harvest for the 2013 season. The 2014 harvest was down overall 8.21%. The numbers are pretty much in line with the predictions of the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Their mission has been to reduce the overall size of Ohio's deer herd. No doubt that effort has been successful as reflected in...

LIVE TODAY: NRA's Wayne LaPierre at CPAC 2015

12:00pm Friday, February 27, 2015

The 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is under way in Washington D.C., and NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre will be among the highlights for Friday. Mr. LaPierre's speech will begin at 1:20 p.m. EST, and you can view it here LIVE!

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FASTER Saves Lives: Buckeye Firearms Foundation reaching educators at statewide conferences

by Jim Irvine

7:00am Friday, February 27, 2015

The Ohio School Board Association (OSBA) holds its annual Capital Conference in November each year. At the most recent conference, Buckeye Firearms Foundation was invited to host a breakout session on armed school staff. We also had a booth to talk to schools about safety and security and the option of armed staff. The conference started on a safety note, as Dr. Dick Caster and John Benner hosted...