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Girl raped at gunpoint in ''no-guns'' Toledo park

12:10am Wednesday, February 28, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that Toledo police are seeking information about the sexual and physical assault of a 16-year-old city girl last week at Highland Park in South Toledo. From the story: The teenager was approached by two suspects about 7 a.m. as she was putting air into a tire on her vehicle at South Avenue and Spencer Street, police said. She was shoved into the...

Legislative Reception Will Foster Relations Between Sportsmen and Lawmakers

12:05am Wednesday, February 28, 2007
(Columbus) – Ohio sportsmen leaders will be rubbing elbows and voicing their concerns as they meet with lawmakers next month at a special reception being hosted by the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance. The reception will be March 13 at the Athletic Club of Columbus from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. The Athletic Club is located at 136 E. Broad St. in downtown Columbus. Ohio legislators will field questions and...

New FBI Study Again Proves the Lie of Gun Control

12:10am Tuesday, February 27, 2007
By Dean Rieck Force Science News recently reported on a landmark 5-year study of cop killers conducted by the FBI and detailed in a 180-page summary called “Violent Encounters: A Study of Felonious Assaults on Our Nation’s Law Enforcement Officers.” While the study focused specifically on criminals who have assaulted officers, the facts emerging from this study are a damning indictment of the...

Attorney General announces Fourth Quarter 2006 CHL statistics

12:10am Tuesday, February 27, 2007
By Jim Irvine Attorney General Marc Dann has released the concealed handgun license statistics for the fourth quarter of 2006. There were 4,232 regular licenses, and 13 temporary emergency licenses issued, bringing the total to 86,973 Ohioans issued a licensed to carry a concealed handgun. Nearly 19,000 law-abiding citizens obtained their CHL in 2007. There have been no shootouts over fender-...

FLASH: Court rules against employer – Employee’s gun rights protected

2:37pm Monday, February 26, 2007
A Federal district Court has ruled that a former Ohio UPS employee’s case alleging wrongful termination for a firearm at work may proceed. The court found that the public policy of Ohio permitting citizens to bear arms, as stated in Article I, Section 4 of the Ohio constitution, is clear enough to form the basis of a wrongful termination claim. From Volokh.com :

Wild canines offer yet another example of the need for CCW while deer hunting

12:10am Monday, February 26, 2007
By Larry S. Moore Jim Robey’s recent Dayton Daily News article about an encounter with wild canines raised an interesting discussion about the need for allowing concealed carry during hunting. As I recall, Mr. Robey was grouse hunting and could not get to their firearms before being attacked by a pack of wild canines. This article also drove home a similar experience for me with a coyote...

Armed pilots equal safer airplanes

12:05am Monday, February 26, 2007
By Captain Denny Breslin, National communications chairman; First officer Mike Karn, chairman, Committee for Armed Defense of the Cockpit; Allied Pilots Association - Fort Worth Texas. A heavy, fuel-laden aircraft departing for an international destination is a ripe target for terrorists. But under current agreements, specially trained pilots have been prohibited from carrying weapons on...

FLASH - Concealed Carry for Hunters progress

2:15pm Friday, February 23, 2007
NEWS FLASH!!!!! Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce that the Ohio Division of Wildlife is responding to our efforts and sportsmen requests to allow hunters with a valid concealed handgun license to carry a concealed handgun while hunting. Buckeye Firearms Association volunteers have been working with Assistant Chief Dave Graham and Jim Lehman, Law Enforcement Executive...

Latest Blade report on gun violence continues to ask all the wrong questions

12:15am Friday, February 23, 2007
By Ken Hanson The Toledo Blade reaffirms their lack of credibility on gun crime issues in their coverage of the murder of Toledo Detective Keith Dressel. The bias in the story is almost as outrageous as the murder itself. Too often readers are facing bias in news coverage, whether they realize it or not. Since we are facing a very real danger of being desensitized to this bias, it is critical to...

Hoplophobes also to blame for the Trolley Square Mall slaughter in Utah

12:10am Friday, February 23, 2007
By Tim Inwood As I watched the news reports on the shooting at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, I was saddened but not surprised by how the obtuse, liberal anti-gun media continues to miss the real message of what happened. They should not have missed it, as it is nothing new. A well meaning dullard who owns private property (in this case a shopping mall) tells people you can’t carry a...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK: And They Ask Me Why I Carry? Part II

12:05am Friday, February 23, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... And They Ask Me Why...

Hey Elmer Fudd...time to wake up! (Proof they want your guns too)

12:10am Thursday, February 22, 2007
Editor's Note: Several readers have contacted us to note that the MySpace blog previously referenced in Mr. Inwood's piece below is a parody, and not an official Brady Campaign website. While the Brady Campaign's official website did indeed announce the launch of a MySpace blog in February at the exact MySpace URL Inwood referenced (that announcement has since been removed), the MySpace content...

Dispatch profile: Ohio State Buckeyes Pistol Coach James Sweeney

12:05am Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Columbus Dispatch recently published a wonderful article detailing the life of James Sweeney, a man who has been at Ohio State either as a student-athlete, professor or coach for all but seven of the past 55 years, the past eight as pistol coach. From the story: The ultimate goal of the educator is to prepare them to learn to further educate themselves," Sweeney said. Ohio State made him...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

9:27am Wednesday, February 21, 2007
By Chris Chumita 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 all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a shooting at a hospital to a possible hiatus on the D.C. gun ban, these articles should be a part of your required...

Just how opposed to a pro-gun chairman IS the OhioGOP?

12:10am Wednesday, February 21, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Earlier this month, we reported that plans to orchestrate an orderly transfer of power within the OhioGOP were under way, via the creation of the position of Deputy Chairman. We also noted that although he was not among those handpicked by OhioGOP Chairman Bob Bennett as a possible successor, State Representative Kevin DeWine (a three-time endorsee of this political action...

The company he keeps: John McCain names Mike DeWine as Ohio campaign chair

12:05am Wednesday, February 21, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Little more than three months after the anti-gun incumbent Mike DeWine lost the support of his conservative base and was tossed out of office, the Associated Press is reporting that Republican Senator John McCain has decided DeWine is the perfect man to lead his Presidential campaign in Ohio. They make quite a pair.

Big changes at the OGCA for 2007

12:10am Tuesday, February 20, 2007
By Tim Inwood The Ohio Gun Collectors Association is celebrating 70 great years in 2007. As a part of this they have decided to make a big change for the rest of the year for the guests of OGCA members. For the past 70 years guests could not buy or sell firearms at an OGCA show. That all changes starting in March. It is however a limited time opportunity. As a guest you can now bring in guns to...

One gun used to kill in ''gun free'' zone; another used to stop the madness

12:05am Tuesday, February 20, 2007
By Chad D. Baus On Tuesday, February 13, it happened again. This time, the scene was a Utah shopping mall, and not unlike many other recent attacks like this, the perpetrator was a Muslim . I am often drawn to write on these types of stories as they happen. But since February 13 was also the day of the Blizzard of 2007, I was otherwise preoccupied, and decided that since information about the...

Divided we fall

12:10am Monday, February 19, 2007
By Jim Irvine First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. Pastor Martin Niemöller So what does this have to...

Concealed Carry Of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons: S. 388: Part IV

12:05am Monday, February 19, 2007
By John Longenecker Grab a cup: this one’s a long one. The last in a series of four parts. What exactly is law-abiding? A lot of Americans may not want to admit this, but being law-abiding is a very private matter. For many of us, including myself, it is a matter of self respect, a community contribution, a solemnity that is not based on fear of punishment, but of personal values.

Getting My Concealed Handgun License

12:10am Friday, February 16, 2007
By Chris Chumita We finally did it. This past weekend, my wife and I finally took our twelve hour class that is required to obtain our concealed handgun license (CHL). It may be shocking to many people that I waited this long to obtain my CHL, because I have been very active in the fight to protect our Second Amendment rights. I am a part-time police officer, and that allowed me to carry off-duty...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: And They Ask Me Why I Carry?

12:05am Friday, February 16, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... And They Ask Me Why...

Concealed Carry Of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons: S.388, Part III

12:05am Thursday, February 15, 2007
By John Longenecker As I mentioned in previous comments on S. 388 (the nationwide concealed carry permit recognition bill introduced by U.S. Representative John Thune, R-S.D.) the very idea of carrying weapons made uniform nationwide can impeach the need for many social programs which are based on a theory of violence. Could it all really happen? Yes. Because most social programs are based on a...

Passing good legislation - Lessons learned, Part I

11:49am Wednesday, February 14, 2007
By Jim Irvine With the passage of HB347 last year, the Governor’s threat of a veto coming to fruition, and the culmination of a veto override, we all learned some lessons about how the political process works, and how we worked within that system. Judging by the results, we won. So we were good enough, but there is always room for improvement. In this article I will discuss some things we did...

Concealed Carry Of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons, Part II: S. 388 is Huge

11:47am Wednesday, February 14, 2007
By John Longenecker Huge for all Americans. Let me say something to you right now: as a solution to social crisis, liberty is always better than takings. Always better than nearly any social program out there. The formula for bureaucrats is interference. The measure of success on their personal score card is substituting constituent dependency on their agencies for the joy and happiness of...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:24am Wednesday, February 14, 2007
By Chris Chumita 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 all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a home invasion to how "unspeak" is used to take our guns, these articles should be a part of your required reading...

It's time to step up!

12:10am Tuesday, February 13, 2007
By John Salyers A quick perusal of the February edition of American Hunter magazine made me think about a few things in more detail. The reader comments and self defense stories in the first few pages of every issue are always a favorite read. My attention was especially drawn to the Editor's comments this month.

Cleveland court decides to control guns, not criminals

12:10am Monday, February 12, 2007
By Ken Hanson According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , the Cleveland Municipal Court has launched a program that they think will help clear up some 25,000 outstanding warrants and get guns out of criminal hands. The scheme calls for known, wanted criminals to walk into a police station, turn in a gun, and walk out without posting bail for their outstanding warrants. Far be it from us to rain on...

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