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Ohio House Speaker: Economy before Firearms Law Reform

12:10am Friday, September 30, 2005
By Chad D. Baus On Monday, the Associated Press published an opinion piece by John McCarty entitled "PERSPECTIVE: Economy, energy trump Ohio social issues". While the original news wire contained the word "perspective" in the headline, many newspapers removed that word and instead ran the story as fact. Their motivation for wanting to report it this way can be seen after reading the first couple...

If Canadian criminals are smart enough, so are Ohio's

12:05am Friday, September 30, 2005
In its October 2005 issue, America's 1st Freedom magazine is reporting that Canadian MP Garry Brietkreuz has reason to believe that the country's $2 billion gun registry debacle is being used by criminals to target potential burglaries. From the story: "We know from reports to our office by individual firearms owners (particularly owners of registered handguns) that there may be as many as 19...

Plain Dealer editorial repeats lies about Ohio's firearms law reform bill

3:42pm Thursday, September 29, 2005
The mainstream media's blind commitment to opposing any gun rights legislation is giving a whole new meaning to the word BLIND. On Friday September 16, the Associated Press botched a story it published after we broke the news that Rep. Aslanides' would soon be introducing a sweeping firearms law reform bill by reporting that "the media would lose access to lists of concealed-weapons permit-...

Ohio firearms instructor offering free handgun & class to victims of violence

12:05am Thursday, September 29, 2005
Perhaps the very best thing about pro-Second Amendment grassroots activists is that so many of them work out of a passion for the issue, and not to make a buck. While Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence director Toby Hoover is busy raking in over half a million dollars from the anti-gun Joyce Foundation in the name of gun control extremism, there are many other true grassroots volunteers in Ohio...

ACLU opposes sex offender ban in city parks; ignores illegal CHL ban

1:11pm Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that two Ohio municipalities have enacted bans on sex offenders in public parks, and that the ACLU is none-too happy about it. From the story: No dogs. No ball playing. No skateboarding. And now no sex offenders allowed in Brook Park's city parks. The Cleveland suburb earlier this month became perhaps only the second community in Ohio to ban registered sex...

Buckeye Firearms Association Announces More 2005 Endorsements

12:10am Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The Buckeye Firearms Association proudly announced many more endorsements in local races around the state today. As a part of our expanded focus on general firearms issues, this political action committee intends to direct our attention to an increasing variety of local races in the state of Ohio for off-year elections. This year, there are a few contests which pique the interest of Buckeye...

Long Island Police: Use of Illegal Guns Increasing

12:10am Tuesday, September 27, 2005
An article in New York's Newsday Magazine Friday detailed how one gun was used by as many as five criminals in at least four shootings, and on how the black market for such guns is alive and well in spite of the state's oppressive gun control laws. In a parking lot outside a club in Ronkonkoma, a Bay Shore man, Todd Cincinnati, was shot in the buttocks after telling a stranger not to lean on his...

Clinton Gun Ban Sunset, One Year Later - What the News Won't Tell You

12:05am Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Last year, the warnings were dire. The Clinton Gun Ban expired on September 13, 2004, after months and months of shrill screams from gun ban extremists that the sunset would result in the rein of terror on American streets California Sen. Dianne Feinstein warned if the ban sunsetted "you can expect more incidents'' such as the July 1, 1993, shootings at 101 California in which a gunman used two...

LA Times: Bearing Arms, Braving Insults

12:06pm Monday, September 26, 2005
The Los Angeles Times' coverage of the 20th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference shows how having such a national conference in a place with heavy gun control laws can envigorate gun rights activists who are fighting in the local trenches. Paul Wilder avidly defends the right to bear arms, and he's heard all the insults. Crazy, trigger-happy, gun nut -- to name a few. Standing outside a hotel ball...

News Flash: NRA WINS! Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana

4:20pm Friday, September 23, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005 (Fairfax, VA) -- The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Public accountability needed...over the rabid anti-gun media

10:36am Friday, September 23, 2005
The Willoughby News-Herald, a newspaper which has exhibited its bigotry against law-abiding gun owners in the past by banning classified advertisements of firearms, has published an editorial opposing a portion of HB347 that would allow battered women, stalker victims, and others who have reason to fear for their lives a way out of having their names and counties of residence published in the...

SAF, NRA Ask Federal Court To Halt New Orleans Gun Seizures

9:30am Thursday, September 22, 2005
Look for this lawsuit to be a huge topic of discussion at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Los Angeles this weekend. Buckeye Firearms Association's Jim Irvine will be a guest speaker and will prepare a complete summary. Don't forget to make plans to watch a free streaming broadcast live! Click on the banner link at the top of this website homepage for more information. BATON ROUGE, LA (Sept...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. invites you to go shooting with Ohio's Senate President

5:40pm Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Here's your chance to meet Senate President Bill Harris and encourage him to make plans to put HB347 on a fast track! ANNUAL JOHN WAYNE CLAY SHOOT The Delaware County Republican Party’s Annual John Wayne Clay Shoot with honored guest Ohio Senate President Bill Harris Friday, October 14th 12 pm - 4 pm Black Wing Shooting Center 3722 Marysville Road, Delaware (3 miles west of Delaware on Rt. 36) $...

AP glosses over erroneous report with ''major change'' headline

10:06am Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Just four days after Associated Press reporter John McCarthy published an error-filled story claiming that, when introduced, Rep. Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform legislation would "hide lists of gun permit-holders", the news service has published a follow-up story that glosses over the error. Bill introduced with major change JOHN McCARTHY Associated Press A bill making changes to a law...

Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB347, Sweeping Firearms Law Reform Bill

4:33pm Tuesday, September 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2005 CLEVELAND - Buckeye Firearms Association is excited to announce its endorsement of House Bill 347. The bill’s primary sponsor, Representative Jim Aslanides (R-94) of Coschocton, has again taken lead in improving firearms laws in the Ohio House. HB347 has overwhelming support as indicated by the bill's 47 sponsors.

FLASH: Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform legislation introduced as HB347

11:53am Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Exclusive to Buckeye Firearms Association. Must credit www.buckeyefirearms.org . Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that Rep. Jim Aslanides' comprehensive firearms law reform legislation was introduced today in Columbus, as House Bill 347. The bill already has 47 co-sponsors, with more expected to sign on soon. To download a copy of House Bill 347 in .pdf format, CLICK HERE . A summary of...

Letters to Editor Correct False Reporting on Firearms Legislation

10:38am Tuesday, September 20, 2005
On September 14, the Middletown Journal published an editorial in which it repeated false assertions made by an Associated Press reporter about Rep. Jim Aslanides' new firearms law reform legislation. The newspaper has now published two letters to the editor which seek to correct their false reports and/or assertions. Sept. 20, 2005 Middletown Journal I am writing to correct an assertion made in...

Aslanides Bill Has Benefits for Sportsmen and Target Shooters

12:05am Tuesday, September 20, 2005
By Larry S. Moore Last Saturday, my son and I celebrated National Hunting and Fishing Day by joining a couple of dozen other Ohio Hunter Education Instructors volunteering at the Spring Valley Wildlife Area Range annual open house. Over 130 people attended, many of whom were youngsters and new shooters. They received safety instruction and shooting tips from experienced shooters throughout the...

Mentel “Assault Weapon” Ban a Failure from the Start

12:10am Monday, September 19, 2005
By Dean Rieck Gun bans don’t work. They never work. But that didn’t stop Councilman Michael Mentel from writing a bad law, conducting a sham public hearing, and shoving his citywide assault weapon ban down the throats of Columbus residents. Consider the recent case of Alawwal Knowles, who shot at police and terrorized a Columbus neighborhood with an AK-47. From the Columbus Dispatch : On July 11...

Dispatch: False arrest case results in record judgement

12:05am Monday, September 19, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a woman falsely arrested was awarded one of the largest judgments in recent history. From the story: The photograph didn’t match. The description didn’t match The handwriting didn’t match. But State Highway Patrol Trooper James R. Mendenhall, a go-getter with a spotless record, arrested the woman anyway. Michelle L. Black-Hosang denied wrongdoing, but...

Associated Press botches initial coverage of Aslanides' firearms legislation

12:05am Friday, September 16, 2005
Despite advance warning and follow-up notice, writer refuses to correct errors In the hours after we broke the story that Rep. Aslanides would be introducing a sweeping firearms law reform bill, Associated Press writer John McCarthy began making phone calls to prepare a story. Early in his interview with Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine, it became obvious that McCarthy had not...

BREAKING NEWS: Aslanides unveils sweeping firearms law reform bill

2:32pm Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Exclusive to Buckeye Firearms Association. Must credit www.buckeyefirearms.org . Ohio concealed handgun license-holders have long-awaited an antidote for some of the poison pills the Ohio Senate and Governor Taft inserted into H.B. 12. Ohio hunters and other gun owners have long awaited an antidote for the toxic stew of local firearms ordinances and damaging case law that can entrap citizens as...

Ohio media (finally) taking note of new firearms legislation

10:57am Wednesday, September 14, 2005
More than six months after its introduction, the Cleveland Plain Dealer is finally reporting on House Bill 91, legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Brinkman and intended to reform Ohio's concealed carry law in several key ways. From the story: The bill, sponsored by Cincinnati Republican Rep. Tom Brinkman, would allow carrying with no permit, lift carefully negotiated restrictions on hidden guns in...

Queen City Blues, Glass City Groundhog Day

12:10am Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Cincinnati & Toledo citizens vote for more of the same Despite years of increasing violent crime rates and a erosion of Second Amendment rights, the small percentage of voters who turned out for non-partisan mayoral primaries in Toledo and Cincinnati have voted for more of the same. In Cincinnati, Republican Councilman Charlie Winburn's battle to reverse 30 years of a Democrat hold on the...

Second Amendment Foundation Poll: Border Control v. Gun Control

12:05am Wednesday, September 14, 2005
BELLEVUE, WA – By a three-to-one margin, American citizens think border control is far more important to national security and fighting crime than gun control, a nationwide Zogby survey has revealed. The survey, commissioned by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), found that 70 percent of the respondents believe border control is more important, while only 23 percent favor more gun control...

REMINDER: Vote TODAY in primaries around the Buckeye State!

12:10am Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Today is Election Day in many municipalities, and voters have an opportunity to ensure that pro-gun candidates will be on the ballot this November. In Cincinnati, Buckeye Firearms Association has endorsed Charlie Winburn for Mayor. In a campaign shaped by the city's trouble with street crime, Councilman Charlie Winburn has also earned the endorsement of crime-fighting former New York Mayor Rudy...

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Privacy for Criminals over Law-Abiding Gun Owners

by Gerard Valentino and John Salyers
12:05am Tuesday, September 13, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer took time away from their crusade to equate law-abiding gun owners with sex offenders to print a story on a law that would seal the criminal records of convicted felons. This objective and fair article covering a law that would protect convicted criminals is in stark contrast to the attacks the Cleveland Plain Dealer often prints against law-abiding gun owners in Ohio...

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