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Ladies Day Outdoors: BFA's Larry Moore interviews two of the many women who are joining the hunt

3:00pm Monday, March 22, 2010

By Larry S. Moore Women represent the fastest growing segment of the shooting sports and hunting. The National Sporting Goods Association survey results indicated that women participating in hunting increased by 75 percent over the last five years. The Association estimates there are 3 million women hunting and as many as 5 million shooting regularly. The number of women hunting with bows has...

USSA: Administration Document Could Spell Trouble for Sportsmen

7:00am Monday, March 22, 2010

A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of the Interior reveals plans to set aside millions of acres of federal lands, currently open to a multitude of users, as new "National Monuments." Basically, these designations could be established by a stroke of President Obama's pen with no oversight. The memo identifies approximately 13 million acres in nine western states for "National Monument"...

Early opponents to SB239 singing the same tired song

3:00pm Friday, March 19, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Many of the usual characters have come out with early opposition to SB239, Ohio's restaurant carry and car carry reform bill . But after years of hearing the same old, tired warnings, and years of experience which prove their predictions false, I'm hopeful their predictably dire warnings, some of which are outlined below, will be given much less attention in the Statehouse this...

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SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) scheduled for sponsor/ proponent testimony in Senate committee

12:58pm Friday, March 19, 2010

The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), will hear sponsor and proponent testimony on SB239 , introduced this week by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport...

When you exhaust your options to avoid a crime, then what?

7:00am Friday, March 19, 2010

By Gerard Valentino According to a story published on Toledoonthemove.com the Toledo Police are recommending that women lock their car doors to combat a crime spree in the area that includes violent assaults, robberies, and even a sexual assault. The story goes on to say that in the latest assault, a woman was attacked on the way to her car after work. Basically, the Toledo Police are admitting...

FLASH: SB239 assigned to Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice

9:18pm Thursday, March 18, 2010

Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that SB239, introduced this week by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport a firearm in a car, has received a committee assignment.

Attempted robbery foiled when intended victim pulls gun

4:40pm Thursday, March 18, 2010

Columbus' NBC affiliate, WCMH, is reporting that another Ohio concealed handgun license-holder was able to protect himself from an attempted robbery.

Headline: "Women a 'driving force' in Ohio handgun sales"

3:00pm Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Mansfield News-Journal is reporting that the influx of new concealed handgun licenses comes as the image of the average gun owner -- a middle-aged man -- is changing.