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Plain Dealer op-ed analyses BFA PAC 2014 grades and endorsements

The Cleveland Plain Dealer recently published an op-ed from the newspaper's former editorial director, Brent Larkin, which focused entirely on Buckeye Firearms Association PAC's 2014 candidate grades and endorsements . The op-ed, entitled "Ohio's gun-lobby report card is all about ownership -- of state lawmakers", beings with this: Report cards are out . Students have learned their lessons well...

Guns & Ammo "Best States for Concealed Carry" shows Ohio legislators have a LOT of work to do

Although Republicans have been in control of the General Assembly and governor's mansion for the past 4 years, no pro-gun rights legislation has been sent to the governor's desk in 3.5 years. That lack of progress shows in the state's fall in Guns & Ammo's ranking of the Best Concealed Carry States from 39th in 2013 to 41st in 2014. The 50 united States and Washington D.C. are ranked by Guns...

Ohio’s Antlerless Deer Muzzleloader Hunting Season Oct. 11-12, 2014

AKRON, OH - The white-tailed deer antlerless muzzleloader hunting season returns to Ohio on October 11-12, 2014. Hunters checked 5,608 antlerless deer during the 2013-2014 season. It is legal to hunt antlerless deer with a muzzleloader or bow during this two-day season. No antlered deer may be harvested regardless of hunting implement. Antlerless deer include deer without antlers and deer with...

Attorney General announces Second Quarter 2014 CHL statistics; Record demand for CHLs continues

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R) has released the Concealed Handgun License (CHL) statistics for the second quarter of 2014. Even though over 22,000 licenses expired during the quarter, Ohio still increased the total number of licenses by almost 8,000. There were 16,004 new Concealed Handgun Licenses (CHLs) issued during the quarter, about the same as the first quarter. There were an...

Concealed Carry Fashion Show a "tremendous success"

The REALIZE Firearms Awareness Coalition’s Concealed Carry Fashion Show, held Wednesday, September 17th in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, was a tremendous success. The show, held in conjunction with the Northeastern Ohio chapters of A Girl and A Gun, presented the "conceal" aspects of concealed carry of firearms as a walk down the fashion runway. Twelve live models, volunteers from the local A Girl and A...

Report: Number of armed teachers to increase at Lawrence County schools

WOWK (CBS Huntington, WV) is reporting that school officials have confirmed that teachers in the Rock Hill School District have been carrying guns to class for the past year and a half, and that they decided to make the fact public as a further deterrent measure after a recent rash of school threats in Ironton and Greenup County. From the article : We live in a culture where we can no longer just...

Op-Ed: CDC, FBI - Bicycle and falling deaths far exceed deaths from mass shootings

Death statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) coupled with crime statistics from the FBI show that bicycle and falling deaths far exceed deaths from "mass shootings." For example, on September 24 the FBI released a study showing there were 64 incidents of "mass killings" (mass shootings) for the years 2000 through 2013. The gunmen in these incidents took the lives of...

Op-Ed: FBI - More people murdered with fire than in mass shootings

According to FBI crime statistics and the bureau's recent study on "active shooter" incidents (ACIs) in the US, far more people are murdered with fire than are killed in mass shootings. Moreover, the number of people killed each year with "personal weapons," such as "feet" and "fists," nearly eclipses the number of people killed in mass shootings. On September 24, the FBI released their study on...

Guns stolen from cars in Findlay; Why does Ohio law force people to leave them there?

WTVG (Toledo ABC) reported recently that police in Findlay have noted a rash of thefts of firearms from vehicles. From the article : Hundreds of cars are broken into every year, but Findlay police say seven handguns have recently been stolen from six vehicles. At least three of those cars were left unlocked. "Now we have to worry because there's more firearms out on the streets,” says Officer...

2014 Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot offers fun for all involved

Dillon Sportsman Center was host to yet another great opportunity for youth this month. The two-day Buckeye Firearms Foundation Youth Shoot was held the weekend of September 13-14 and hosted over 100 youth from around the state. The concept of a youth shoot event started five years ago when the leaders of two Boy Scout troops wanted to give their youth an opportunity to earn their shooting sports...

Ohio Supreme Court Justices French and Kennedy visit Xenia

Justices Judith French and Sharon Kennedy visited Xenia High School. The program was sponsored by the Greene County Republican Party Xenia Women's Club. The topic for discussion was the Ohio Judicial System and how the Ohio Supreme Court impacts the daily life of Ohioans. Their decisions touch our lives in many ways. Certainly Second Amendment advocates and gun owners know those decisions...

How Gun Control Made England the 'Most Violent Country in Europe'

Gun control in Britain passed in stages, beginning just after World War I and continuing in a reactionary fashion with increasing strictness through the 1990s. When the final stage arrived in 1997, and virtually all handguns were banned via the Firearms Act, the promise was a reduction in crime and greater safety for the British people. But the result was the emergence of Britain as the "most...

Headline: 2 Van Wert gun trainers guilty of short courses

The Lima News is reporting that two firearms instructors - one a former police chief - have pleaded guilty to criminal charges after being accused of cutting concealed handgun license classes short of the mandatory 12-hour time frame. From the article : Forest Gordon, 49, of Van Wert, pleaded guilty Friday to attempted conspiracy to falsification to obtain a concealed handgun license, a fifth-...

Headline: Good guy with a gun prevents second beheading in Oklahoma business

The fact that an armed business owner intervened in an attack by shooting a former employee who had already beheaded one worker and was stabbing another has been covered in media reports, but Breitbart.com's headline gives this fact the kind of attention it deserves: " Good guy with a gun prevents second beheading in Oklahoma business " From the article: Fox News reports that the alleged attacker...

After gun owners react, Ohio Constitution "modernization" panel votes to retain right to bear arms language

On August 15, I wrote an article entitled " Obscure commission considers "modernizing" Ohio constitution on right to bear arms ," in which I discussed news (being covered by almost no one) that the Ohio Constitutional Modernization Commission's (OCMC) Bill of Rights and Voting Rights Committee had reversed course on a planned vote to recommend to the full commission that no alterations be made to...

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