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Kasich signals campaign strategy of running against failures of his own party

12:10am Friday, July 31, 2009
By Gerard Valentino The gloves are officially off in the Ohio gubernatorial race. During a recent campaign speech in Youngstown, presumptive Republican nominee John Kasich ripped Governor Ted Strickland's time in office as a third term of Bob Taft . There are few things in Ohio politics worse than being compared to former Governor Taft, who presided over statewide economic disaster and the...

Home owner defends self, castle and 5 year-old against armed invader

12:05am Friday, July 31, 2009
By Gerard Valentino WCMH TV, Columbus' NBC affiliate is reporting a home owner shot and killed an armed home invader who entered his house on the city's Southwest Side. Also home at the time, according to the report, was a 5 year-old relative of the homeowner, a woman, and another man who is bedridden.

Illinois mayor laments fact that concealed carry is playing almost everywhere BUT Peoria

12:05am Thursday, July 30, 2009
By Gerard Valentino There is an old saying that "if it plays in Peoria, it will play anywhere." Thankfully, Peoria, IL mayor Jim Ardis is now on record as supporting concealed carry in Illinois, and wants Peoria to be the test city. Additionally, the Peoria Journal Star is reporting that the Illinois Sheriff Association has also passed a resolution in favor of legal concealed carry.

Senator Voinvich claims Ohioans can't relate to pro-gun Republicans from the South

12:10am Wednesday, July 29, 2009
By Chad D. Baus One week after ignoring thousands of phone calls from his constituents and helping a Democrat filibuster kill nationwide CCW reciprocity, Republican Senator George Voinovich of Ohio told editors at the Columbus Dispatch he knows what the Republican party's biggest problem is. According to the anti-gun Senator, who has decided to retire after recognizing a 2010 re-election bid...

Editorial: Senate kills plan to enforce Second Amendment

12:05am Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Imagine you're visiting Idaho or Arizona. A cop pulls you over and asks to see your driver's license. Then, even though your license is current, he draws his sidearm, cuffs you, and hauls you off to the calaboose. Your crime? You were driving on a Nevada license; you neglected to get a new and separate driver's license, in advance, for each state you're planning to pass through. Ridiculous? Of...

Update: NRA to score Sotomayor vote

12:10am Tuesday, July 28, 2009
As we reported July 17, NRA has announced its opposition to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the position of Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Subsequent to that announcement, on July 24, NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, and NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox sent a letter to U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and U.S. Senate Minority...

Across the Fruited Plain: Concealed Carry Confidentiality

12:05am Tuesday, July 28, 2009
By Chad D. Baus As the fight to restore the right to bear arms for self-defense was waged in various states, one of the toughest opponents to attempts to reform the law was the establishment media. With rare exception, newspaper editorial boards repeatedly took the side of legislators and gun ban extremists who prefer to view citizens more as subjects. Thanks in no small part to media meddling,...

Sotomayor's pending confirmation exposes how far we have fallen

12:10am Monday, July 27, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Of all the issues brought up during the confirmation hearings of Sonia Sotomayer, one comment she made is most disturbing. It also has largely been ignored by the establishment media. During an exchange with Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla, Sotomayer stated there is no constitutional right to self-defense. Her statement makes one thing painfully clear – the liberal intelligentsia see...

BFA is a big hit at Cleveland Tea Party

12:05am Monday, July 27, 2009
Editor's Note: Buckeye Firearms Association volunteers are what make this organization successful. Our successes can be directly attributed to the work they do. The following is a report from one such volunteer, who represented the PAC at a recent Tea Party. Volunteers are active all over the state - please join the team ! By Greg Wilk Buckeye Firearms Association welcomed Second Amendment...

NICS background checks up 18% in June; Year to date sales up 24.5% over 2008

12:10am Friday, July 24, 2009
Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show an 18.1 percent increase in background checks on the sale of firearms in June. Background checks for the first six months of 2009 are up 24.5 percent over the same period in 2008. FBI background checks are required under federal law for all individuals purchasing either newly manufactured or used firearms...

A senseless crime leaves me wondering, "What if...?"

12:05am Friday, July 24, 2009
By Tim Inwood I, for one, was nauseated by the news of the slaughter of Byrd and Melanie Billings at their home in Pensacola, Florida. These were wonderful people who had done very well in life and were using their fortune to help raise special needs children whom they had adopted. Sadly, media coverage of their large family and unusual circumstances brought unwanted attention from the criminal...

For GOP to have chance at 2010 governor's race, Kasich and party must work to regain gun owners' trust

12:10am Thursday, July 23, 2009
By Gerard Valentino A lot has been made recently in Ohio's pro-gun community about Republican gubernatorial candidate John Kasich's congressional vote in favor of the 1994 Clinton Assault Weapons ban. As it stands, Mr. Kasich refuses to disavow the vote on the record, and will only go so far as to state the bill didn't have the intended effect . To pro-gun advocates, that response is simply not...

Attorney General Rich Cordray affirms he would not support 'assault weapons' ban

12:05am Thursday, July 23, 2009
By Chad D. Baus Democrat Attorney General Richard Cordray, who was recently criticized by a potential 2010 Republican contender, Prosecutor Dave Yost, for not signing on when twenty-three other attorneys general sent a letter asking the federal government in a letter to not re-impose the so-called assault weapons ban, has been quoted in an interview at RightOhio.com as saying he would not support...

National reciprocity for concealed carry holders fails to pass in U.S. Senate

12:43pm Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Two Republicans, including Ohio's lame duck Republican Senator George Voinovich, voted AGAINST nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license-holders. The resulting 58-39 vote failed to overcome a Democrat filibuster. By Jim Irvine The United States Senate failed to pass an amendment that would have made concealed carry licenses valid in all states that issue them. This is another blow to law...

The criminals are training...are you?

12:10am Wednesday, July 22, 2009
By Gerard Valentino The entire nation is engrossed by the media coverage of the armed thugs that killed a Florida couple known for adopting developmentally challenged children. It seems that the criminals attacked and killed a truly generous and caring couple who had dedicated their life to helping the less fortunate. What most people missed in the coverage, however, is that the criminals...

Ohio Man Pays Nearly $10,000 For Poaching Trophy Deer

12:05am Wednesday, July 22, 2009
HILLSBORO, OHIO - A Highland County man will pay a hefty fine after his recent conviction in Hillsboro Municipal Court for wildlife violations involving the unlawful taking of a trophy class white-tailed deer. In January and February 2009 acting on calls to the statewide Turn In A Poacher (TIP) hotline, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife conducted an...

Chicago mayor's armed guards catch escaped murder, but still prefers his subjects remain defenseless

12:10am Tuesday, July 21, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Noted gun grabber and first rate hypocrite Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago was vacationing at his family's cottage in Michigan recently when one of his armed body guards caught an escaped murderer who was walking nearby. Daily, who accepts armed guards for himself while denying Chicagoans the right to carry a gun for self-defense, was relatively quiet about the incident. Maybe...

NSSF implements new program to grow collegiate shooting sports by 20% in five years

12:05am Tuesday, July 21, 2009
By Jim Shepherd The National Shooting Sports Foundation has announced a new initiative with the ambitious goal of growing shooting sports at the collegiate level. Not just growing the sports, but growing them twenty percent over the next five years. The NSSF's Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative (CSSI) will "provide both financial and non-financial assistance in creating new college shooting...

Urgent: Tell Ohio senators to support the National CCW Reciprocity Law

12:10am Monday, July 20, 2009
UPDATE: Lame duck Republican Senator George Voinovich votes NO. 58-39 vote fails to overcome Democrat filibuster. SENATOR GEORGE VOINOVICH (202) 224-3353 (D.C.) (202) 228-1382 (D.C. Fax) (216) 522-7095 (Cleveland) (513) 684-3265 (Cincinnati) (740) 441-6410 (Southeast OH) (216) 522-7095 (Northeast OH) (419) 259-3895 (Toledo) (513) 684-3265 (Dayton) (614) 469-6697 (Central OH) Email: http://...

ODNR Division of Wildlife Officer Cadets Graduation 2009

12:05am Monday, July 20, 2009
By Larry S. Moore The Wildlife Officer Cadet Class of 2009 graduated July 2, 2009. The graduation ceremonies were held in Columbus at the Ohio Department of Transportation Headquarters. A luncheon reception followed at the ODNR Division of Wildlife District 1 Offices. The graduation ceremonies were attended by family and friends of the cadets as well as officials from ODNR and the Division of...

High stakes: Do U.S. Senators risk their NRA rating in vote on Sotomayor?

8:51am Friday, July 17, 2009
Joint Statement Wayne Lapierre, Executive Vice President, National Rifle Association And Chris W. Cox, Exec. Dir., National Rifle Association - Institute For Legislative Action On Judge Sonia Sotomayor's Nomination To The United States Supreme Court Other than declaring war, neither house of Congress has a more solemn responsibility than the Senate's role in confirming justices to the U.S...

Nearly 1 in 5 Licking Co. civil protection orders violated in past 18 months

12:10am Friday, July 17, 2009
By Chad D. Baus A recent story in the Newark Advocate headlines the question "Do court restraining orders keep the peace?", and appears to have been intended to instill faith in the restraining order system. But if you had been threatened, how confident would you be that the person you took out the order against was not among the 1 in 5 who would ignore the order?

Op-Ed: Sotomayor's bias against guns

12:05am Friday, July 17, 2009
By Wayne LaPierre Other than declaring war, neither house of Congress has a more solemn responsibility than the Senate's role in confirming justices to the U.S. Supreme Court. As the Senate considers the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Americans are watching to see if this nominee would lend her support to those who've declared war on the rights of America's 80 million gun owners. After the...

He's BAAACK!: Anti-gun Mike DeWine seeks Ohio AG slot three years after Ohio voters send him packing

10:25am Thursday, July 16, 2009
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905 By Chad D. Baus Montgomery County Republican Party Chair Greg Gantt is circulating an email to "Republican insiders" that Mike DeWine will announce his candidacy for Ohio Attorney General on Wednesday, July 22nd at 9:45am at the Greene County Courthouse. That's right, Mike...

Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority opposes attempt to restore gun rights to less fortunate Americans

12:10am Thursday, July 16, 2009
By Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a push by some federal lawmakers to allow guns into public housing has outraged Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority officials, who call it "absurd."

Buckeye Firearms' Linda Walker to speak at Statehouse Tea Party featuring Judge Andrew Napolitano

12:05am Thursday, July 16, 2009
By Jason R. Mihalick Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio Chair Linda Walker will give a powerful speech on the Second Amendment and State Sovereignty (Tenth Amendment) at The Ohio Liber-TEA Party, being held at the Statehouse Saturday, Aug. 1 at 2:00 PM. Besides a dedicated leader with Buckeye Firearms Association, Linda is also the recipient of the NRA's 2009 Sybil Ludington Women's...

The Importance of an Unsympathetic Judge

12:05am Wednesday, July 15, 2009
By Dave Yost A judge's black robe is a symbol of impartiality - a head-to-toe cloaking of the self, of all the human passions and weaknesses and individual characteristics that attend a person. Judge Sonia Sotomayor appears to believe that her heart belongs on the sleeve of that robe, and a thoughtful senator might conclude it makes her a poor judge. Judge Sotomayor and the president who...

FLASH: Firearm law changes contained in final budget bill

1:54pm Tuesday, July 14, 2009
House Bill 1, the two year budget adopted by the Ohio General Assembly, contains some changes to Ohio's firearm laws. These changes are the result of meetings held between gun owner groups and stakeholders in the law enforcement community. Since the final budget bill is not "engrossed" yet, we are unable to provide an exact copy of the modified laws at this time. However, we are able to provide...

Gun Owners - a true example of American diversity

12:05am Tuesday, July 14, 2009
By Jim Irvine Just who is the "gun owner" and how did he become so important? Every election cycle we see politicians courting the "gun vote" and we hear stories about how the NRA is the most powerful lobbying group in Washington D.C. A look at the diversity of gun owners explains why this is such an important and powerful voting bloc.

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