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Cedarville resident honored for pioneering work as powder hornsmith

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Monday, June 23, 2014
Karl Wilburn will be the first to tell you he has had a blessed life. He and wife Peg have been married for 62- years. Together they raised a family in the Cedarville area. Their work was often hard but they made a living doing what they loved. Known for many accomplishments, Wilburn was the purveyor of K-W Horns which offered ready to assembly powder horn kits to muzzleloading enthusiasts. He...

Obama Administration's Latest "Executive Action" Aims to Curb Ammo Imports

7:00am Monday, June 23, 2014
The NRA is aware of BATFE’s recent actions to restrict importation of 5.45 x 39 ammunition. According to information BATFE provided to NRA, these actions are based on BATFE’s determination that the availability of a handgun in this caliber triggers so-called “armor piercing” ammunition provisions of federal law, which generally prohibit manufacture and importation. NRA strongly disagrees with...

Cedarville University student has an amazing senior year

by Larry S. Moore
3:00pm Friday, June 20, 2014
Your senior year of college is supposed to be special. The previous years at school should make everything easier. Unless you take up a new challenge, such as starting the collegiate shooting sports competition, suddenly you are a freshman again. That is what Joe Ivancic, who is a Delaware, Ohio native and about to graduate from Cedarville University, did. It was also Cedarville's first year in...

Supreme Court Side-Steps Second Amendment Again

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Friday, June 20, 2014
Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal in a case concerning the Second Amendment and bearing arms for self-defense outside the home. On Monday May 5, without comment, the Court rejected the case of Drake, et al. v. Jerejian . The case challenged New Jersey’s law regarding concealed carry. Under that law, a person applying for a license to carry a concealed firearm must...

Anti-Gunners Tell the States: "Adopt Foreign Gun Laws"

3:00pm Thursday, June 19, 2014
It says a lot about anti-gunners that they like the laws of other countries more than those of the United States. A new book--the foreword of which was written by Michael Bloomberg, and which was edited by anti-gun researchers Daniel Webster and Jon Vernick from the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University--encourages the states to adopt gun control restrictions that have...

Editorial Describes America Through the Eyes of an Anti-Gunner

7:00am Thursday, June 19, 2014
Well, it's nothing especially new in the realm of anti-gun propaganda, but the Washington Post “Morning Mix” section [recently] reprinted yet another screed by a big city newspaper against U.S. gun culture. The reprinted article followed a template familiar to anyone who is engaged in the gun debate in America. It reminded readers of past highly-publicized gun crimes. It depicted President Obama...

CMP Offers Pistol Small Arms Firing School and Warm-Up Match in July at National Matches

3:00pm Wednesday, June 18, 2014
CAMP PERRY, Ohio – Those who have always wanted to try their hands at firing a real M9 Pistol in a safe and relaxed environment are encouraged to attend our Pistol Small Arms Firing School (SAFS), held Monday, July 7, during the Opening Day of the 2014 National Rifle and Pistol Matches at historic Camp Perry. Since the school is structured toward teaching new shooters, no past firearm experience...

NSSF: Polls Show Most Americans See Through the Gun Control Spin

by Steve Sanetti
7:00am Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Gun control advocates are often quoted in media accounts as saying that the vast majority of Americans are in favor of stricter gun control laws before they spin off onto the particular “commonsense” new law they are espousing that day from that organization. Leaving aside the often dubious sources they cite, we are in a mid-term election year for Congress and many states have gubernatorial...

Op-Ed: Why New Laws Are an Ineffective Response to Tragedies

by J.D. Tuccille
3:00pm Tuesday, June 17, 2014
To be effective, laws must be targeted at violations that are easily detected. And even then, you'll only deter those who care about the consequences. When horrific crimes hit the headlines, many people quickly demand that government "do something." Blunt instruments that they are, politicians act in really only one way: by writing and rewriting laws. "That'll be the end of that," they say, as...

Chair of Federal "Gun Violence Prevention Task Force" Introduces Wide-Ranging Gun Control Bill

7:00am Tuesday, June 17, 2014
U.S. Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA-5), chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, has introduced what he is calling "the Promoting Healthy Minds for Safer Communities Act of 2014." In truth, the bill is largely composed of gun control measures that mirror and supplement acts being pursued in the states by the likes of Michael Bloomberg and his "Everytown" gun control cabal. After a nod to...

Cincinnati-area homeowner defends own life in home invasion

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Monday, June 16, 2014
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that a Union Twp. homeowner shot and wounded an intruder during an attempted robbery earlier this week. From the article : Two juveniles, 16 and 17, and a 24-year-old man broke into a home in the 4000 block of Grandview Avenue about 2:30 a.m., said Sgt. Jeff Brown. The Union Township homeowner grabbed a gun to defend himself from the would-be robbers and shot...

The Perils of Open Carry

by Greg Ellifritz
7:00am Monday, June 16, 2014
As of today, every state in the USA has some type of provision to allow citizens obtain a permit to carry a concealed handgun while engaged in lawful activity. In some states, that permit is easy to get. In others (like California or Hawaii) it is almost impossible unless you are politically connected. What many people don’t know is that the UNCONCEALED (or open) carry of firearms is not legally...

As "good guys with guns" stop another school shooting, college presidents say "no-guns" on campus

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Friday, June 13, 2014
For at least the second time since the horrific mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary changed the way the country views its approach to security on school campuses, a heavily armed teen was prevented from carrying out his intent to commit mass murder because of the presence of other guns in the school - guns in the hands of armed protectors. According to The Oregonian , two armed school resource...

Legislators will return in September, but say action on gun rights not likely until November

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, June 13, 2014
Wednesday, June 4 marked Ohio legislators' final day of session before summer break, and while both House Speaker Bill Batchelder (R-Medina) and Senate President Keith Faber (R-Celina) expect their respective chambers to hold more committee hearings and session days in September and October, leaders aren't willing to commit to passing pro-gun rights legislation in the Republican-controlled Senate...

Op-Ed: Obama Praises Australia’s Gun Confiscation

by Charles C. W. Cooke
3:00pm Thursday, June 12, 2014
Speaking to users of the blogging platform Tumblr [on June 10], President Obama praised Australia’s confiscation of firearms. Obama said: Couple of decades ago, Australia had a mass shooting, similar to Columbine or Newtown. And Australia just said, well, that’s it, we’re not doing, we’re not seeing that again, and basically imposed very severe, tough gun laws, and they haven’t had a mass...

It’s the Murderer, Stupid!

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Thursday, June 12, 2014
[On Friday, May 23], as people began celebrating their extended Memorial Day weekend, one demented little narcissist took a knife and slaughtered 3 innocent people in the opening act of a really bad play he called his “Day of Retribution.” He went on to kill three others and severely injure several more before finally taking his own worthless life. Before I go on, let me make something really...

May 2014 Firearms Sales Checks Second Highest May on Record

3:00pm Wednesday, June 11, 2014
The May 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 877,655 is the second highest May on record for the system, even with a decrease of 9.9 percent compared to the May 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 974,457. For comparison, the unadjusted May 2014 NICS figure of 1,476,318 reflects a 3.6 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,424,450 in...

Not-so-stupid criminals targeting gun-labeled vehicles parked outside "gun-free" zones

by Jeff Knox
7:00am Wednesday, June 11, 2014
We all love those “Stupid Criminal” stories, like the guy pretending to cash a check before pulling a gun and robbing the bank – leaving the check and his driver’s license on the counter, or the guys who broke into the gun store by breaking a hole in the roof only to find all of the guns locked in safes, the windows barred, the alarm going off, and no ladder to get back up through the hole… But,...

HSUS and Codefendants Agree to Historic $15.75 Million Settlement

3:00pm Tuesday, June 10, 2014
In a landmark settlement, Feld Entertainment, Inc., operator of the Ringling Brothers Circus, has recovered $15.75 million in attorney fees from the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and their codefendants. The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed against Feld Entertainment in 2000 alleging mistreatment of federally protected Asian elephants. In order to establish “standing” to sue, the...

U.S. House Passes Appropriations Bill Containing a Number of Pro-Gun General Provisions

7:00am Tuesday, June 10, 2014
We reported earlier [last] month on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee approving the FY15 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations bill. The bill then moved on to the floor of the U.S. House where, on Thursday, May 29, it was passed by a vote of 321-87. The bill contains a number of pro-gun general provisions, including: Sec. 215 --Prohibits Gun Walking Operations--and stops the Obama...

Op-Ed: Federal agencies arming at alarming rate

by Thomas J. Lucente Jr.
3:00pm Monday, June 09, 2014
Editor's Note: The following article was originally published in the Lima News. Republished with permission. There was another mass shooting. This was, predictably, followed by calls from the gun-grabbers to disarm law-abiding citizens and the penning of another ill-informed but sanctimonious column from Leonard Pitts of the Miami Herald who once said, I kid you not, that blacks can’t be racists...

Ask Your U.S. Representative to Cosponsor and Support H.R. 2959 – "The Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013"

3:00pm Friday, June 06, 2014
The "Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2013" ( H.R. 2959 )--introduced in the U.S. House by Reps. Richard Nugent (R-Fla.) and Jim Matheson (D-Utah)--would allow any person who is not prohibited from possessing or receiving a firearm under federal law and who has a valid concealed firearm permit, to carry a concealed handgun in any state that issues its own residents permits to carry concealed...

Toledo ABC report proves need for HB 454 (Rule Modification for Concealed Carry in School Zones)

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Friday, June 06, 2014
A recent report filed by WTVG (ABC Toledo) on committee passage of HB 454 (Rule Modification for Concealed Carry in School Zones) inadvertently made a perfect case for why this legislation needs to be passed quickly. From the report : If you legally carry a gun, it still has to be locked in the car if you're on school grounds! There's been some confusion about the law, so an Ohio House committee...

Warren homeowner defends self when robbers attack in broad daylight

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Thursday, June 05, 2014
The Youngstown Vindicator reported last month on a case in which a Warren homeowner was forced to protect himself when faced with a threat. From the article : A Warren police report regarding the noontime Wednesday shooting death of Kyran Adkins, 17, of Milton Street Southeast, reveals that the homeowner who shot him said he fired at Adkins after a confrontation outside the house. Dr. Humphrey...

Youngstown-area store clerk with CHL stops threat [UPDATE: Robbery video]

7:00am Thursday, June 05, 2014
WKBN (CBS Youngstown) reported recently that a Struthers store clerk with a concealed handgun license (CHL) was able to defend himself when attacked by two armed robbers. From the article : Struthers police said a pair of teenage robbery suspects got more than they bargained for during a robbery attempt early Wednesday morning. Video Struthers police obtained from Sami Quick Stop appears to show...

Good Writing, Bad News - Reality Versus News Coverage at the 2014 NRA Annual Meeting

by Brian Anse Patrick
3:00pm Wednesday, June 04, 2014
I came. I saw. I listened. So did about 75,000 other persons from just about everywhere in America: Ohio, Texas and even the wild reaches of the Bronx. Some attendees even reported on the event. Quirkily. The Guardian’s Ana Marie Cox in her column of April 28 summed up NRA’s Annual Meeting: “NRA is at war with America.” Her April 25th four gun-related deaths in the Indianapolis area around the...

Headline: Gun suppressors gaining popularity in Ohio

7:00am Wednesday, June 04, 2014
WKRC (CBS Cincinnati) reported recently that noise suppressors are becoming more and more mainstream in the world of shooting, and that they've become a hot-ticket item at Ohio gun shops and shooting ranges. Ohio has become the No. 4 state in the nation for the sale of suppressors, and they're expected to become even more popular if a bill to legalize them for hunting passes in the Ohio senate...

Good Citizens and Good Neighbors: The Gun Owners' Role [UPDATE with video]

3:00pm Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Here at NRA, we are big fans of responsible behavior … legal mandates, not so much. We think the Founders of this country were right to trust its people with the freedom to make their own choices. We also think they were wise to build checks into our constitutional system so that one view could not easily dominate the others and so that officials could be held accountable for their decisions. As...

Two BFA-supported bills to receive hearings in Senate committee; SB 338 (Concealed Carry Law Reform) scheduled for possible vote

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Tuesday, June 03, 2014
Chairman Bill Coley (R-Liberty Twp.) has announced that the Senate Civil Justice Committee will be hearing testimony on Senate Bill 338 (Concealed Carry Law Reform) and HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting), also on June 4, 2014 at 9:45 a.m. in the North Hearing Room. This will be the third hearing for HB 234, and the committee will be hearing testimony from proponents, opponents and...

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