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ODNR proposes eliminating bonus deer gun weekend in favor of new early deer muzzleloader weekend, extended hunting hours & more

3:00pm Tuesday, February 12, 2013
COLUMBUS, OH – An October antlerless-only white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season, extended hunting hours and new bag limits were proposed to the Ohio Wildlife Council on Wednesday, Feb. 6, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The proposed antlerless-only muzzleloader hunting season would be Oct. 12-13 and scheduled for the second weekend of October in subsequent...

Mock disaster training exercise in Scioto County pits school employees/Second Amendment advocates as "terrorists"

7:00am Tuesday, February 12, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Recently, WSAZ (NBC Huntingon/Charleston, WV) reported recently that Scioto Co., OH held a mock disaster drill in conjunction with Scioto County first responders and the Ohio Army National Guard 52nd Civil Support Unit. The training exercise's mock "enemy?" Second Amendment advocates. From the article : A dead science teacher, weapons of mass destruction, first responders in...

Hunters Harvest Nearly 219,000 White-Tailed Deer in Ohio in 2012-2013

3:00pm Monday, February 11, 2013
COLUMBUS, OH – Deer-archery season ended Feb. 3, bringing the white-tailed deer season to a close. Hunters harvested 218,910 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s 2012-2013 hunting seasons for all implements, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Hunters checked 219,748 deer in 2011-2012, a difference of less than 1,000 deer this season. "Ohio has become one of the nation's top...

Shelby Co. Sheriff's office implements concealed carry/ firearms training course for school administrators and select teachers

7:00am Monday, February 11, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Shelby Co. Sheriff John Lenhart's office has announced that it is implementing a concealed carry/ firearms training course for school administrators and select teachers. Following is the press release, dated Feb. 5, 2013: The Shelby County Sheriff's Office has been meeting with School Superintendents and local Boards of Education and will begin implementing a Concealed Carry/...

Op-Ed: Why I Just Joined the NRA

3:00pm Friday, February 08, 2013
by Wayne Root I'm not your typical NRA member. I'm Jewish, Ivy League educated (Columbia University, Class of '83, President Obama's classmate), and have been a member of the mainstream media (I started my career as an anchorman and host for CNBC, then called Financial News Network). Also unusual, I joined the NRA in the days after the Sandy Hook, Connecticut tragedy. Here are the reasons why...

Searching for Judas: The dangers of being in the gun business today

7:00am Friday, February 08, 2013
by Paul Markel It's official. The Dept. of Homeland Security, under Janet Napolitano, has put forth a "Personal Defense Weapon Solicitation" to purchase 7000 rifles chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO. (source: www.fbo.gov ) This is an official solicitation that they are accepting bids from manufactures/suppliers. While that story in and of itself is a bit incredulous given the current administration's...

Op-Ed: Let's Have That Conversation About Guns

3:00pm Thursday, February 07, 2013
Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally posted at Townhall.com . by Kurt Schlichter For once I agree with liberals. It's high time to have a conversation about guns. Let's start with the problem that there are far too few guns on our streets. Wait, we can't have that conversation. In fact, we're not supposed to have what people might commonly describe as a "conversation" at all. We're supposed...

Fight now with your voice or fight later with guns

7:00am Thursday, February 07, 2013
by Jeff Thomas The country is arguably at the most crucial point in our history when it comes to the Second Amendment and the outcome will affect your liberty and possibly your life. A powerful statement? I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. The country has been crippled by more than seven years of economic hardship, more than a decade of citizens losing liberties, and now the president and his...

BOOK REVIEW: Poachers Were My Prey

3:00pm Wednesday, February 06, 2013
by Larry S. Moore I received the new book, "Poachers Were My Prey," as a Christmas present. The book is a compilation of undercover investigations by the Division of Wildlife and Officer R. T. Stewart as told to outdoor writer Chip Gross. The story can be told now that Stewart has retired from the Division of Wildlife and the cases are long since closed. Gross is also retired from the Division of...

Rep. Patmon's HB31 (Mandatory "Safe" Storage of Firearms) is based on several anti-gun myths

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Editor's Note: The following article was originally published in response to the introduction of Rep. Bill Patmon's HB563 in the 129th General Assembly. That bill was never considered, and it died at the end of the session. Patmon has reintroduced the bill, this time as HB31. by Chad D. Baus Rep. Bill Patmon (D-10) has introduced HB563 HB31, gun control legislation that would "prohibit any person...

Op-Ed: Guns in schools can save lives

3:00pm Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally posted at USAToday.com before an armed guard disarmed a teen school shooter in Atlanta. by John Lott Has anyone noticed that these mass shootings at public schools increased after the 1995 Gun-Free School Zone Act? Passed with good intentions, banning guns would supposedly make schools safer. But law abiding citizens, not criminals, obey these bans...

Skeet-Gate: Some Constructive Advice for the President

7:00am Tuesday, February 05, 2013
We here at NSSF were somewhat bemused over the controversy that sprang from President Obama's assertion that he shot skeet on a regular basis, and the second wave of commentary that attended the White House release of a photo to prove it. There's a reason we're citing the New York Times coverage in the link above — we’ll get to that later. The assertion came as no surprise to us, because NSSF...

Senate holds first hearings of 2013 on gun rights

3:00pm Monday, February 04, 2013
On January 30, the U.S. Senate Judiciary committee held a hearing entitled, "What Should America Do About Gun Violence?" It should have been called, "How Do We Attack Second Amendment Rights?" The hearing ( which can be viewed here ) consisted of a single panel that included NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre, Second Amendment scholar David Kopel, attorney Gayle Trotter, Baltimore County...

WHIO-TV's excuse for quoting rapist-for-gun-control fizzles as Sheriff Plummer reveals he is NOT a Adam Project board member

7:00am Monday, February 04, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Last week, we broke the news on the fact that Dayton anti-gun protestor Jerome McCorry (AKA Jerome Jordan), who had staged a small protest outside Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show and received generous media attention, is also a convicted rapist. We noted that Anti-Gun-Protestor Jerome McCorry is seen on WHIO wearing a jacket and identified in the on-screen graphic as the...

Why is Montgomery Co. Sheriff Phil Plummer closely associated with Dayton's rapist-for-gun-control? [UPDATE - He's not.]

3:00pm Friday, February 01, 2013
[UPDATE 9:00pm - The author spoke to Sheriff Plummer, who stated that he resigned from the board of The Adam Project three (3) years ago. He was unaware that he was still listed as a board member on The Adam Project Facebook page. He assured Buckeye Firearms Association that he in no way supports The Adam Project and convicted rapist Jerome McCorry's anti-gun agenda.] by Chad D. Baus On Wednesday...

Armed guard disarms teen in Atlanta school shooting; Metal detectors failed to stop the attacker's entry

12:00pm Friday, February 01, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Associated Press is reporting that a student opened fire at his middle school Thursday afternoon, wounding a 14-year-old in the neck before an armed officer working at the school was able to get the gun away. From the article : Multiple shots were fired in the courtyard of Price Middle School just south of downtown around 1:50 p.m. and the one boy was hit, Atlanta Police Chief...

A Challenge to Major Media: Don’t Identify the Next Murdering Deviant

7:00am Friday, February 01, 2013
by Jeff Knox We've seen the cycle repeated over and over again: a twisted individual, couple, or small group engages in a depraved attack on unarmed innocents. The media are outraged, astounded, shocked – shocked I say... Quickly they delve into the identity and background of the murderer(s), naming them, showing their pictures, quoting their Facebook pages, talking to their neighbors, families,...

Get your application in for the NRA Youth Education Summit

3:00pm Thursday, January 31, 2013
Fairfax, Virginia - This year's Youth Education Summit looked like they had a lot of fun, didn't they? For all you high school Sophomores and Juniors out there, YOU could be a part of next year's week-long trip to Washington, D.C. The NRA is currently accepting applications for the 2013 National Youth Education Summit - a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The summit doesn't take place until Monday,...

WHIO-TV (CBS Dayton) admits awareness of anti-gun protestor's status as a convicted rapist; Other news outlets remain silent

12:00pm Thursday, January 31, 2013
by Chad D. Baus On Wednesday, we reported on the fact that Dayton anti-gun protestor Jerome McCorry, who had staged a small protest outside Bill Goodman's Gun & Knife Show over the weekend and received generous media attention, is also a convicted rapist. Courtesy of DomesticDebacle.com We also pointed out that, despite this fact, media outlets like the Dayton Daily News and WHIO-TV (CBS...

If armed school security won't work, where are all the mass shootings at armed schools?

7:00am Thursday, January 31, 2013
by Jeff Riley Buried in a recent article in The New York Times dismissing armed security at schools is a bit of pro-gun truth, proving if you go looking hard enough, you can eventually find the truth in the most unlikely places. From the article : Nationwide, at least 23,000 schools — about one-third of all public schools — already had armed security on staff as of the most recent data, for the...

Castle Doctrine continues to work in Ohio: 1 dead, 4 jailed after failed robbery

by Chad D. Baus
3:00pm Wednesday, January 30, 2013
WDTN (NBC Dayton) is reporting that one man is dead and four others are in jail after an attempted home invasion in Fairborn Monday afternoon. From the article : Police responded to the house at 1006 Victoria Avenue around 5 p.m.. after a neighbor heard gunshots called 911. "The resident decided to fight back and shot two of the men," said Sergeant Paul Hicks, with the Fairborn Police Department...

Atty. Gen. Mike DeWine issues letter debunking claim made by Ohio School Board Assoc. attorney re: legality of armed teachers

12:00pm Wednesday, January 30, 2013
by Chad D. Baus Although many have been calling for armed protection in schools for some time, in the immediate aftermath of the horrific events in Newtown, CT last month, the calls grew much, much louder, and began coming from more places. In Buckeye Firearms Association's first statements about the attack at Sandy Hook Elementary, Chairman Jim Irvine wrote an article entitled " Our children are...

Convicted rapist organizes gun control demonstration at Dayton gun show; Media fails to note his sex offender status

7:00am Wednesday, January 30, 2013
by Chad D. Baus This past weekend, a small group of perhaps a dozen protesters gathered outside Dayton's Hara Arena to protest the sale of modern sporting rifles at Bill Goodman's Gun and Knife Show. From the article : "We know that guns are being sold on the floor inside Hara Arena illegally" said Jerome McCorry. "No background checks no identification of any kind." McCorry said "AK-47s and M16s...

Op-Ed: The AR-15 - The Gun Liberals Love to Hate

3:00pm Tuesday, January 29, 2013
by David Keene Politician after politician have joined the television talking heads in calling for a new "assault weapons ban" patterned after the ten-year Clinton ban that was allowed to lapse in 2004 after Justice Department and private studies concluded it had no impact whatsoever on murder and violent crime rates and had become a symbol of wrong-headed governmental attempts to restrict...

"Universal Background Checks" – Absolutely Not

7:00am Tuesday, January 29, 2013
by Marion P. Hammer Imagine a grandfather who wants to give a family shotgun to his 12-year-old grandson having to do a background check on his grandson before giving him the shotgun. Or a friend having to do a background check on his lifetime best buddy before lending him a hunting rifle. Or, if your mother had a prowler at her home, having to do a background check on your own Mom before you...

Survey finds NRA members united

3:00pm Monday, January 28, 2013
91% of NRA Members Support Laws to Stop Mentally Ill from Acquiring Firearms FAIRFAX, Va. – The National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action conducted a national scientific poll of its members and found near unanimity among NRA members on a wide range of issues involving mental health reform and firearm rights. Gun control advocates including New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,...

Gun owners: The time to stand up is now!

12:00pm Monday, January 28, 2013
Editor's Note: This op-ed was originally published at WorldNetDaily.com . by Gerard Valentino There have been times the pro-gun lobby looked irrelevant in America and when it looked like the private ownership of firearms was going to be relegated to the historical scrap heap. This is not that time. There was a time when owning a gun in American was seen as a sign of being socially backward, and...

Why am I being punished?

7:00am Monday, January 28, 2013
by Tim Inwood What crime have I committed? Under what legal concept am I guilty? Seriously, what did I have to do with the tragedy in Newtown? I did not know the shooter or his family, never have been to the town. In fact, I have no connection to any of the school shootings in this nation's history. However, as an American who chooses to own semi-automatic firearms, I and millions like me are...

Feinstein calls for banning more than 150 types of firearms; Government officials would be exempt

3:00pm Friday, January 25, 2013
by Chad D. Baus The Daily Caller is reporting that California Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D) staged a press conference Thursday on Capitol Hill with 10 weapons at her side and unveiled legislation instituting a government ban on more than 150 types of firearms, including rifles, pistols and shotguns. From the article : Flanked by other anti-gun liberal lawmakers, including New York Sen. Chuck Schumer...

Op-ed: Gun control is about control, not guns

12:00pm Friday, January 25, 2013
2nd Amendment is a check on government power by Thomas Lucente There is one truism that should not be forgotten in the national conversation on guns: Even if you repeal the Second Amendment it will have no affect on my God-given natural right to keep and bear arms. That is because rights are not political grants from government. Rights are inalienable gifts from Providence. We possess them by...

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