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Record number of Buckeye state deer harvested in 2006-2007 season

12:05am Tuesday, March 13, 2007

237,316 deer harvested; tops previous record of 216,443 set in 2004 COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio deer hunters took a record 237,316 deer during the 2006-07 hunting season and for the third year in a row the harvest surpassed 200,000, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The total number of deer taken was 13 percent above last year's season total of 209,513. "...

The importance of the Parker (D.C. gun ban) case

12:10am Monday, March 12, 2007

By Ken Hanson The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) is making some significant and breathtaking progress in the field of Second Amendment jurisprudence. SAF, together with Virginia attorney Alan Gura, has come up with an exquisite legal strategy to get the question of the Second Amendment as a fundamental, individual right squarely before the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in the...

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CCW for Hunters Proposal Submitted to Ohio Wildlife Council

12:05am Monday, March 12, 2007

Buckeye Firearms was the only statewide firearms group to have a leader in attendance at the Ohio Wildlife Council meeting on Tuesday, March 8. The Division of Wildlife reported on the comments from the March 4 open houses, formally submitted the proposals for consideration and answered questions from Wildlife Council Members. In summarizing the comments from the open houses, Dave Risley noted...

Owning the Power to Control My Destiny

12:10am Friday, March 09, 2007

By Linda Walker I have great respect and adoration for financial guru, Suze Orman. She is an intelligent, financially brilliant and witty lady (If she's anti gun, please don't tell me!) Recently I watched The Suze Orman show on the local PBS channel. The show was entitled "Women & Money". Now you ask, what does that have to do with gun rights? Certainly Buckeye Firearms Association hasn't...

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Radio report: State to Hear from Public on Handguns and Hunting Issue

12:10am Thursday, March 08, 2007

89.7 WKSU, which is a service of Kent State University and Ohio Public Media, reported this week on the outcome of Sunday's Ohio Division of Wildlife Open Houses. Aside from the obligatory inflammatory language we've grown to expect from the anti-gun media ("Some Ohio concealed-carry permit holders want laws changed so they can pack small-caliber heat in the woods during hunting season."), the...

Report: Gun accident deaths now at all-time low

12:10am Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Article originally published in America's 1st Freedom magazine, March 2007 issue According to data released recently by the National Center for Health Statistics, between 2003-2004 gun accident deaths in the United States fell 11 percent and the per capita rate of such accidents fell 12 percent, to their lowest points in recorded history. Over the last 20 years, along with a steady increase in...

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Article: Dealers claim need for self-defense

12:05am Monday, March 05, 2007

By Chad D. Baus As a fourth-generation car dealer working in my family business, I took special interest in a story recently published in the industry trade publication Used Car News, highlighting stories proving the dangers of being a car dealer, and interviewing several dealers who have taken steps to be prepared to defend themselves. Click on 'Read More' for the entire story. From the story:...

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WTOL Toledo story proves city's gun control policies a failure

12:15am Friday, March 02, 2007

By Chad D. Baus WTOL.com (CBS Toledo) recently published an article entitled "In Toledo, Guns are Easy to Get, Even for Teenagers". A simple scan of the story proves beyond all doubt that Toledo's many gun control laws, which city officials claim are essential crime-fighting tools, have been a complete failure at meeting their stated goals. From the story: Detective Keith Dressel died from a...