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Refuse to be a Victim Instructor to donate class proceeds to Buckeye Firearms

12:05am Tuesday, January 31, 2006
By Jim Irvine Recently, several Buckeye Firearms Association volunteers have become Refuse To Be A Victim® instructors. Refuse To Be A Victim® is an NRA course, but it is a personal safety course, not a firearms course. The only thing better than having a firearm when you need it to defend your life, is avoiding the life threatening event in the first place. That is the purpose of this class. It’...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. on hand as Petro names Sen. Joy Padgett as running mate

3:30pm Monday, January 30, 2006
Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was on hand at the Statehouse Monday as current Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Jim Petro announced that state Sen. Joy Padgett, of Coshocton, will be his Republican running mate for governor. The announcement was made in the Capitol atrium to a crowd of about 100 people, including numerous senators and representatives who...

Blackwell & Petro both see positives in latest GOP polling data

12:10am Monday, January 30, 2006
Late last year, a spokesman for Ohio Republican Party Chairman Bob Bennett announced that the party would conduct a poll before the Feb. 16 candidate filing deadline in hopes of persuading at least one among the three statewide officer-holders seeking the Republican nomination for governor to seek another office. It became obvious last week that the results of that poll were made known to the...

NEW! News comments feature for Buckeyefirearms.org community of readers

12:05am Monday, January 30, 2006
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce the introduction of a new feature at Buckeyefirearms.org. Beginning with this article, registered users of this website will be able to contribute their own thoughts on the news of the day. After reading a story, registered users may post comments by clicking on the "Post a Comment" button located at the bottom of each story. To register for a...

Dems' pro-gun/anti-gun gubernatorial ticket latest in a series of 2006 surprises

12:10am Friday, January 27, 2006
By Chad D. Baus For political junkies, the 2006 Ohio Governor's race has been providing fix after fix for well over a year now. Among Republicans, battles between Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, Attorney General Jim Petro, and Auditor of State Betty Montgomery have been a microcosm of the larger power struggle in the Grand Old Party of late between conservatives and moderates. Among Democrats,...

HB347: House OPPONENT hearing scheduled January 31

9:55am Thursday, January 26, 2006
House Bill 347 will have another hearing next week. The bill has been added to the House Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for January 31 at 2:30 p.m. in Statehouse Hearing Room 121. The purpose for Tuesday's hearing is so that the committee may hear testimony on HB347 from opponents of the legislation. Buckeye Firearms Association will be on hand, but will not testify. Filling hearing rooms...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. announces more 2006 Primary endorsements

12:10am Thursday, January 26, 2006
The Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce several more endorsements in both party primaries, focused on key races to be decided on May 2, 2006. Endorsement announcements have been previously made for U.S. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt (R-2), and state Rep. Tim Schaeffer (R-33) for State Senate, and additional attention is now being brought into focus in races for party nominations for...

Op-Ed: Why gun bans don't work…and what to do

12:05am Thursday, January 26, 2006
By Larry S. Moore In a recent op-ed for ESPN Outdoors , entitled "Why gun bans don’t work...and what to do", author James Swan has hit another bull’s eye. In the article, Swan, author of the acclaimed book “In Defense of Hunting”, covers a great spectrum of the gun ban issues. He stresses the need for hunters and shooters to combine our efforts. What Swan is suggesting is the same thing many of...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:46pm Wednesday, January 25, 2006
There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are worthy of mention. What follows is our weekly review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. Find out about what turned out to be an embarrassingly bad week for the promoters of "no-guns" school "safety" zones and other "no-guns...

Ohio Senate unanimously passes Apprentice Hunting License bill

12:10am Wednesday, January 25, 2006
HB296, the Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsed Apprentice Hunting License bill sponsored by Representative Steve Buehrer (R-74) of Delta, Ohio was passed unanimously by the Ohio Senate on Tuesday, January 24, 2006. The bill will help Ohioans introduce new hunters and trappers to the outdoors. Click on the "Read More" link below for further details. All 33 Ohio Senators voted for the bill, which...

Gun grabbers' British legacy: ''More carrying firearms as fashion accessories''

12:05am Wednesday, January 25, 2006
Despite the fact that handguns were banned in that country in 1997, the (UK) Independent is reporting on record levels of gun crime in Great Britain, and says Scotland Yard blames the rise on the fact that teen-aged criminals, who increasingly believe that illegally carrying firearms is "fashionable", are now more willing than ever to settle "trivial disputes" with a gun. From the story: Record...

Dispatch: Anti-gun Montgomery to quit governor’s race; campaign for Atty Gen

1:14am Tuesday, January 24, 2006
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that State Auditor Betty Montgomery, who has voiced her personal opposition to an Ohio law which allows law-abiding citizens to bear arms for self-defense, will announce later today that she will quit the Republican race for governor and announce her candidacy for attorney general. The move comes less than three months after she told attendees at a central Ohio...

Canada's Liberal (gun control) party ousted from power

12:30am Tuesday, January 24, 2006
After a campaign which featured Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin of the Liberal Party blaming the United States for a recent surge in violent crime in his country, a campaign in which Bowling for Columbine 's Michael Moore may have broken Canadian law (s. 331 Non-interference by Foreigners) by attempting to induce voters against the Conservative leader, and in the wake of a failed $2 billion...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. to address Cincy's Blue Chip Young Republicans

4:31pm Monday, January 23, 2006
The Cincinnati-based Blue Chip Young Republicans has announced that this month's meeting will feature legislative updates from Buckeye Firearms Association volunteer Region Leader Collin Rink and Attorney John Fenton. When: Monday, January 23rd, 7 p.m. Where: O'Bryon's Pub (1998 Madison Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45208) Collin and John will be updating this powerful southeast Ohio activist group on...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsee Jean Schmidt faces primary challenger

12:05am Monday, January 23, 2006
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that in spite of having been defeated by Jean Schmidt in a special election last June, Republican Bob McEwen has returned to Southwest Ohio from his job as a Virginia-based lobbyist once again, to try to unseat the Congresswoman in the 2nd Congressional District's May 2006 primary. Click on the "Read More..." link below for more. After defeating McEwen and...

Let Me Live

8:20am Friday, January 20, 2006
By Gerard Valentino (This commentary has also been published at CNSNews.com ! There are few things in life more precious than the safety and security felt in one’s own home. For most Americans it is where their children play and a personal sanctuary from the frantic pace of modern life. In many states however, a person’s home is free for the taking. Not only by unethical politicians willing to...

Gun ban extremist announces candidacy for governor

12:05am Friday, January 20, 2006
In a move which ended heavy speculation that began in the hours after Columbus Mayor Mike Coleman quit the race for governor, anti-self-defense State Sen. Eric Fingerhut has announced that he will challenge NRA A-rated Congressman Ted Strickland in the Democrat's gubernatorial primary. And unlike many Democrats who have recently expressed concerns that their anti-gun positions have been hurting...

Gun Control Failure: Canadian Violent Crime Rate Doubles America's

12:05am Thursday, January 19, 2006
For Immediate Release Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms BELLEVUE, WA – Canada's billion-dollar boondoggle – the national gun registration scheme – has proven itself an abysmal failure, as that country's violent crime rates are double those reported in the United States, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) noted today. "We looked at violent...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:43pm Wednesday, January 18, 2006
There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are worthy of mention. What follows is our weekly review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From movement in several gun rights-related political races to still more victims in "no-guns" zones, this article deserves be a part...

Flash: HB296 unanimously passed by Senate Agriculture Committee

12:07pm Wednesday, January 18, 2006
HB296, the Apprentice Hunting License bill introduced by Representative Steve Buehrer (R-74), passed out of committee unanimously today with a 9-0 vote. Before the vote, 2005 USSA Patriot Award Winner Larry Moore gave testimony in support of the bill on behalf of both Buckeye Firearms Association and the U.S. Sportsmen Alliance.

Two pro-gun bills receive hearings this week

6:12pm Tuesday, January 17, 2006
HB347 received its third hearing in the House Criminal Justice committee today. Like last week, this was proponent testimony. Buckeye Firearms was joined by people from the NRA and PRO. There was a good gathering on hand to watch seven people testify in favor of HB347. Car carry fixes and media access issues continued to be the most discussed points. There was also testimony on “no guns” signs,...

Candidate Petro's Lt. Gov candidate withdraws

6:04pm Monday, January 16, 2006
Following weeks of rumor, and a strong insistence just last week by Petro campaign manager Bob Paduchik that it was all just a story being circulated by his opponents, the Petro campaign announced Monday that Phil Heimlich would not be running for Lt. Governor on the Petro for Governor ticket. The Cincinnati Enquirer writes that with Petro "facing a potentially difficult state-wide election – and...

Will Ohio CHL-holders get the blame for 2005's urban crime problems?

12:10am Monday, January 16, 2006
By Chad D. Baus The first 21 months of concealed carry in Ohio have provided pro-gun rights advocates a plethora of opportunities to disprove the rhetoric their opponents in the gun ban movements have thrown around during the near decade-long debate on concealed carry in the Buckeye State. There has been no soccer mom shootout, fender-bender murder, or Wild West-style vigilantism. There haven't...

HB347: More Featured Testimony from 1st Proponent Hearing

12:05am Monday, January 16, 2006
There were many excellent witnesses who offered comments in favor of HB347 last Tuesday. We've already featured Attorney Ken Hanson's revealing testimony . On the eve of a second proponent hearing we would like to feature some of the other compelling testimony from witnesses who came to address key concerns that are addressed in HB347. Click on the "Read More..." link below for testimony from...

Sen. Padgett introduces Senate version of House firearms legislation as SB252

1:48pm Friday, January 13, 2006
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that Senator Joy Padgett, a 2004 Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee, has introduced a companion bill to Rep. Jim Aslanides' comprehensive firearms law reform legislation. Senate Bill 252, which mirrors HB347 to the letter, already has 19 co-sponsors. The practice of introducing concurrent legislation has often been done in past sessions, and...

HB296 Apprentice Hunting License Bill: Senate hearing scheduled January 18

12:10am Friday, January 13, 2006
House Bill 296 has been added to the Senate Agriculture Committee agenda for proponent & opponent testimony on November 16 at 9:00 a.m.. The purpose for Wednesday's hearing is so that the committee may hear testimony on HB296 from persons wishing to provide public testimony. USSA 2005 Patriot Award-winner Larry S. Moore will be on hand to offer proponent testimony on behalf of the Buckeye...

HB347: House PROPONENT hearing scheduled January 17

11:43am Thursday, January 12, 2006
House Bill 347 will have second proponent hearing next week. It has been added to the House Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for January 17 at 2:30 p.m. in Statehouse Hearing Room 121. The purpose for Tuesday's hearing is so that the committee may hear additional testimony on HB347 from supporters of the legislation. Buckeye Firearms Association will be on hand, but will not testify. No one...

FEATURE: Attorney's Revealing Testimony on HB347

12:10am Thursday, January 12, 2006
In his personal time, attorney and author Ken Hanson volunteers as Buckeye Firearms Association's Legislative Chair, but on Tuesday, January 10, he testified as a proponent of House Bill 347 on behalf of his many clients. Hanson's testimony offers extraordinary insight into the reasons why Ohio's two year-old concealed carry law is in need of reform. Chairman Latta and Representatives: Thank you...

Another Buckeye State firing range opening soon

12:05am Thursday, January 12, 2006
By Ken Hanson In yet another indication of the widespread success of Ohio’s Concealed Carry Law, The Vandalia Range and Armory will be open for business by the end of January, 2006. For the second time in three months, a new range is being opened in the greater Dayton area. Located at 100 Corporate Center Drive, Vandalia, Ohio 45377, the range is a brand new, modern shooting facility. Tenatively...

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