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Report: NRA Plans $40M Fall Blitz Targeting Obama

12:10am Wednesday, July 02, 2008

By Jonathan Martin The Politico The National Rifle Association plans to spend about $40 million on this year’s campaign, with $15 million of that devoted to portraying Barack Obama as a threat to the Second Amendment rights upheld last week by the Supreme Court. “Our members understand that if Barack Obama is elected president, and he has support in the Senate to confirm anti-gun Supreme Court...

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Op-Ed: Obama's Dodge on Handguns

12:05am Wednesday, July 02, 2008

By Robert D. Novak After months of claiming he had insufficient information to express an opinion on the District of Columbia's gun law, Barack Obama noted with apparent approval Thursday that the Supreme Court ruled that the 32-year ban on handguns "went too far." But what would he have said had the high court's 5 to 4 majority gone the other way and affirmed the law? Obama's strategists can...

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Lead attorney in DC v. Heller case to speak in Cleveland

12:10am Tuesday, July 01, 2008

The City Club and the Cleveland Lawyers' Chapter of the Federalist Society will have a forum on gun possession at noon July 7 at the City Club in Cleveland. Attorney Alan Gura, who represented Dick Anthony Heller in his case against the District of Columbia, will discuss its implications and his role in the historic Second Amendment ruling. To attend, register no later than Wednesday, July 2...

Buckeye Firearms Association participates in filming of FX reality show

12:05am Tuesday, July 01, 2008

30 Days segment, filmed in Ohio, airs tonight The reality show 30 Days , produced by Morgan Spurlock of 'Super Size Me' fame, was filmed in Ohio last August and early September. The segment is titled, 'Gun Nation'. 30 Days derives the name from the show's premise of taking someone out of their normal environment and placing them into an opposite situation. In this case, the show takes an anti-gun...

Ken Hanson explains Supreme Court ruling on WBNS-10TV

11:46am Monday, June 30, 2008

Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson recently appeared on the WBNS-10TV show "Capital Square" to explain the meaning and implications of the recent Supreme Court ruling on guns. He answered questions about cities regulating guns, future court cases, and what the ruling means for Ohio law. Click here to watch the video.

Gun groups file Second Amendment lawsuits in Illinois and California following Supreme Court ruling

12:10am Monday, June 30, 2008

Compiled from NRA and CCRKBA press releases Following up on [Thursday's] Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment protects a private right to possess firearms that is not limited to militia service, the NRA [Friday] filed five lawsuits challenging local gun bans in San Francisco, and in Chicago and several of its suburbs. “The Supreme Court held yesterday that the Second Amendment right is...

And another one gone...Anti-self-defense Betty Montgomery reiterates she will not run for Attorney General

12:05am Monday, June 30, 2008

By Chad D. Baus It appears that the storm warnings sounded on this website in recent weeks about anti-gun candidates considering a run in this fall's special election for Attorney General seem to be having an effect. Earlier this month, the potential Republican campaigns of former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine and Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O'Brien bit the dust . Now comes news that one more high-...

Supreme Court ruling on Second Amendment sends liberal media into temper tantrum

by Dean Rieck

12:05am Friday, June 27, 2008

Whhaaaaaaa! Hear that? That's the national media throwing a temper tantrum over the Supreme Court ruling that the Second Amendment does in fact protect an individual right to own firearms. No, the Second Amendment is not limited to those in a militia. No, it's not merely a collective right. No, it's not just about 200-year-old muskets. The Justices said clearly and unequivocally that the Second...