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Ohio’s Statewide Muzzleloader Season Open January 8-11

3:19pm Thursday, December 30, 2010

Ohio's popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide January 8-11 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 24,078 white-tailed deer during the statewide hunt. A total of 210,361 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the adult and youth gun seasons, early muzzleloader season, gun weekend, and the first...

Ted Strickland's final legacy for Ohio’s gun owners is anti-gun

7:00am Thursday, December 30, 2010

by Chad D. Baus Despite a Sportsmen for Strickland effort that pushed Ted Strickland over the top in the 2006 election for Governor, and another Sportsmen for Strickland effort in 2010 that attracted disenfranchised Republican gun owners and nearly boosted him over John Kasich in a year that should have given the GOP an easy win, and despite having earned "A"-ratings and endorsements from the...

Fatal Columbus-area carjacking prompts New Year's Resolution

7:00am Wednesday, December 29, 2010

by Ken Hanson The Christmas season is usually a time of joy and happiness for families. A time to take a short break from work, spend quality time with extended family and "pay forward" the magical experience of Santa to the young children in your lives. Just as sure as joyous, lasting memories being created, there is bound to be unfathomable tragedy in the lives of a few families, in a season...

ATF Overreaches Again – Threatens Rights

3:00pm Tuesday, December 28, 2010

by Jeff Knox The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has a long history of excess and overreaching and they're at it again. Using exaggerated reports of gun smuggling from the US into Mexico as their justification, the agency has filed for an Emergency Regulation requiring gun dealers to keep track of their customers and file special reports to ATF whenever a customer...

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To the Editor: 'No need' to carry firearms into bars or restaurants that serve alcohol?

7:00am Tuesday, December 28, 2010

In response to The Dayton Daily News ' recent editorial excoriating attempts to pass SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix), two letter writers, including BFA Region Leader Larry Moore, wrote to set the facts straight.

Tuscarawas County Leads State in Weekend Deer-Gun Harvest Numbers

3:00pm Monday, December 27, 2010

Hunters killed 21,064 deer on December 18-19, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend of gun hunting was first offered in 2006 in response to hunters' request for additional weekend days to pursue white-tailed deer, the state's number one big game animal. In 2009, hunters took 19,900 deer during those...

Attorney General announces Third Quarter 2010 CHL statistics

7:00am Monday, December 27, 2010

by Jim Irvine Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray (D) has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the third quarter of 2010. During the quarter ending September 2010, Ohio surpassed 200,000 outstanding concealed handgun licenses. The quarter ended with a record of approximately 208,350 Ohio residents licensed to carry concealed firearms. (See chart) We are in our seventh...

Merry Christmas from Buckeye Firearms Association

7:00am Friday, December 24, 2010

Merry Christmas to one and all from all of us at Buckeye Firearms Association. Our best gift is the friendship and support given by each of you throughout the year. As we reflect on the year's passing, we count our many blessings, remember our losses, and give thanks for those who helped us through it all. We each need to take time to appreciate our friends and family during this special time of...