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VIDEO: Eric Holder 1995 - We must "brainwash" people against guns

7:00am Tuesday, March 20, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Brietbart.com has unearthed video from a 1995 CSPAN2 broadcast which shows Eric Holder, then a U.S. attorney under President Clinton and now President Obama's Attorney General, calling for a program in America's schools and U.S. media that would "brainwash" people against guns. Holder's Department of Justice is responsible for the ATF "Fast & Furious" gun-running scandal,...

Ohio and Kansas Sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreements

3:00pm Monday, March 19, 2012
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt have signed an agreement permitting reciprocity between their states for citizens who have valid concealed carry permits. "This agreement between Ohio and Kansas allows Ohioans with valid concealed carry permits the same rights to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Kansas," said Attorney General...

Another accidental firearm fatality prompts question yet again: Who is to blame when children have accidents with guns?

7:00am Monday, March 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus As the editor of news content at BuckeyeFirearms.org, I peruse a great deal of gun-related news each and every day, and am usually among the first to learn of incidents involving accidental shootings. While nationwide statistics prove that at the same time gun ownership in America is at an all-time high , and firearm accident fatalities are at an all-time low (it is 3 times more...

VICTIM ZONE: Four stabbed at downtown Columbus office building

3:00pm Friday, March 16, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The stabbing of four people in a downtown Columbus office building, and subsequent shooting of the knife-wielding assailant by police, has made national news headlines over the past two days. Glaringly absent from news coverage, however, is any mention of the fact that the building is a "no-guns" zone, thanks to Ohio laws which prohibit concealed carry in government buildings (the...

Important Pro-Gun Legislation to be Introduced in the Ohio House of Representatives

7:00am Friday, March 16, 2012
Please contact your state representative NOW! by Ken Hanson State Representative Terry Johnson (HD-89) is circulating a letter inviting fellow legislators to co-sponsor an important bill he will soon be introducing to address several problems with current gun laws by: Establishing an automatic reciprocity between Ohio and other states that have automatic reciprocity for their concealed handgun...

USSA: Santorum Provides Views on Sportsmen’s Issues

3:00pm Thursday, March 15, 2012
Editor's Note: Although his campaign spending dwarfs Rick Santorum and other challengers, Mitt Romney, the only remaining Republican presidential candidate with an anti-gun record, is struggling to win the votes of more than a third of his party's primary voters in most states. The following interview wasn't released in time to influence voting in Ohio, but it is being offered here as a service...

"No-guns" zone at Afghanistan's Camp Leatherneck: U.S. Marines ordered to disarm before listening to secretary of defense speak

7:00am Thursday, March 15, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The New York Times is reporting that American Marines operating in war-time Afghanistan were ordered to disarm before being allowed to listen to a speech by President Obama's Secretary of Defense, Leon Panneta. From the article : In a sign of the nervousness surrounding the visit, Marines and other troops among the 200 people gathered in a tent at Camp Leatherneck to hear Mr...

Father arrives home to hostage situation, is shot and still manages to return fire and stop his attacker

7:00am Wednesday, March 14, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Daily Jeffersonian of Cambridge, Ohio is reporting that a hostage situation led to a pair of shootings in Guernsey County's Liberty Township on February 28 and sent two men to the hospital with gunshot wounds. From the article : According to a Southeastern Med spokesperson, the male assailant who allegedly held the second man's family hostage was in "critical" condition...

Op-Ed: Disarming Pilots - Plane Foolish

3:00pm Tuesday, March 13, 2012
by Tracy W. Price In response to the 9/11 attacks, many airline pilots have been trained, deputized as federal law-enforcement officers and armed since 2003. Now the Obama administration wants to gut the program with a 50 percent cut in funding. In defense of the cut, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano recently told Congress the program is not "risk based," that pilots aren't the last...

Shooting for Liberty - States competing for lowest Brady score

7:00am Tuesday, March 13, 2012
by Jeff Knox The Brady Bunch has released their annual scorecard rating states based on how strict their gun laws are. The scorecard is a very useful tool to help rights groups understand how their state compares to others on a liberty scale; more points = less liberty. Alaska, Arizona, and Utah have all achieved the coveted Zero Points/Zero Stars on the Brady scale and are now competing to see...

Fight over Tennessee's "Employee Safe Commute bill" provides food for thought for Ohio legislators and business-owners

7:00am Monday, March 12, 2012
The following was prepared by the Tennessee Firearms Association's Legislative Action Committee. Some permit holders and firearms owners are giving pause to support of the Employee Safe Commute bill (SB3002 HB 3560). They are asking questions that some in the legislature who are true conservatives are concerned with. These legislators are not the ones opposing this legislation because Big...

Tony Stewart to chair National Hunting and Fishing Day celebration

3:00pm Friday, March 09, 2012
Springfield, MO--Leading NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver/owner Tony Stewart knows a thing or two about winning championships. As the driver of the No. 14 Office Depot/Mobil 1 Chevrolet in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, Stewart has won 12 driving championships, including three Sprint Cup Series titles, in a career spanning more than three decades. Stewart is a champion off the racetrack as much as...

Canadian dad arrested after 4 year-old daughter draws image of him with a gun

7:00am Friday, March 09, 2012
by Tom Woitovich A Kitchener, Ontario, man was arrested and strip-searched last Wednesday after his 4-year-old daughter drew a picture in school. The picture depicted him with a gun. That's right...his daughter drew a picture of him with a gun. When her teacher asked her what it was that she was drawing, she replied that she was drawing her Daddy "shooting burglars and monsters." The teacher...

Op-Ed: Disarming the Myths Promoted By the Gun Control Lobby

3:00pm Thursday, March 08, 2012
by Larry Bell As much as gun control advocates might wish otherwise, their attacks are running out of ammo. With private firearm ownership at an all-time high and violent crime rates plunging, none of the scary scenarios they advanced have materialized. Abuse of responsibility by armed citizens is rare, while successful defensive interventions against assaults on their lives and property are...

Februrary sees 31.4% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 21st straight month over month increase

7:00am Thursday, March 08, 2012
The February 2012 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 1,266,344 is an increase of 31.4 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 963,746 in February 2011. For comparison, the unadjusted February 2012 NICS figure of 1,734,646 reflects a 18.6 percent increase from the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,463,138 in February 2011. This marks the 21st straight...

NSSF Urges Congress to Pass Hunting, Shooting and Fishing Protection Bills

3:00pm Wednesday, March 07, 2012
NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources will vote today to forward a historic package of legislation to Congress that includes a number of legislative priorities of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms, ammunition, hunting and shooting sports industry. H.R. 4089, known as the Sportsmen's Heritage Act of 2012, was recently...

Man found with stolen gun days after weapons conviction (or "Why gun control laws are entirely impotent")

7:00am Wednesday, March 07, 2012
by Chad D. Baus WHIO (CBS Dayton) is reporting that a Dayton man, who was convicted on Tuesday, February 21 of carrying a concealed weapon without a license, was caught carrying a stolen gun just five days later. From the article : According to a Dayton Police arrest report, Mark A. Hinton, Jr., 25, was detained by security officers at Good Samaritan Hospital Sunday evening for drinking in the...

“Can’t Miss” Candidate's Reception Coming Soon

3:00pm Tuesday, March 06, 2012
The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) will host a Candidate's Reception for current elected officials, candidates for Ohio's General Assembly, and for candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. This free-of-charge event is part of the organization's annual effort to connect Ohio's sportsmen community with current and potential policymakers. The...

Maryland "may issue" CCW law found unconstitutional

7:00am Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Federal court finds right to bear arms not limited to home by Chad D. Baus WBZ-TV (CBS Boston) is reporting that a federal judge has ruled that Maryland's requirement that residents show a “good and substantial reason” to get a handgun permit is unconstitutional. From the article : States can channel the way their residents exercise their Second Amendment right to bear arms, but because Maryland'...

The Annual Big Yawn: Brady Campaign State Gun Control Scorecard 2011

3:00pm Monday, March 05, 2012
Year after year, the Brady Campaign’s state gun control scorecards have become the laughing stock of the gun control debate for at least three reasons. First, they typically give good scores to states that have high crime rates and bad scores to states that have low rates. The Brady Campaign’s scores aren’t based on whether anyone gets murdered, raped, robbed, or beaten in any particular state;...

In Ohio, selling or providing a handgun to anyone under 21 is illegal, yet headlines claim it's easy for a child to get a gun

7:00am Monday, March 05, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Ohio Revised Code 2923.21 says it plainly - it is illegal in Ohio to sell or furnish a handgun to anyone under 21 years of age, and it is illegal to sell or furnish a firearm of any kind to a person under 18 years of age. It is also illegal to sell or furnish a firearm to another person if the seller knows or has reason to know that the firearm is intended to be provided to an...

A Parent’s Guide to School Shootings

3:00pm Friday, March 02, 2012
by Greg Ellifritz I walked into the high school wearing two guns and a bullet resistant vest. I had a rifle, six spare magazines, and a ballistic helmet stashed close by in my car. It was Wednesday, April 21st 1999, the day after what had been the worst school shooting in United States history. Two high school kids had just killed 12 of their fellow students and a teacher at Columbine High School...

Mitt Romney's anti-gun record: He hopes Ohio voters forget

7:00am Friday, March 02, 2012
Editor's Note 9/28/12 - Please see the following follow-up article, also by Mr. Baus - Recently discovered report forces the question: Do I owe Mitt Romney an apology? by Chad D. Baus Although some gun rights activists who subscribe to the Buckeye Firearms Association weekly newsletter pay attention to politics affecting gun rights day-in and day-out, and can immediately identify which candidates...

On the Second Amendment, Obama Budget Tells All

3:00pm Thursday, March 01, 2012
Barack Obama's careful effort to hide his anti-Second Amendment agenda is starting to come undone. The latest evidence is found in the budget he sent to Congress this past week. As we reported last fall, NRA was very successful in having a number of provisions included in the annual spending bills that are important protections for our rights. Obama grudgingly signed the Fiscal Year 2012 spending...

The problem of smuggling guns south of the border is solved!

7:00am Thursday, March 01, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Houston, Texas CBS affilate is reporting that on February 17, Mexico President Felipe Calderon held yet another press conference in which he blamed America's Second Amendment for his adminstrations's failure to control its drug cartels. From the article : "Dear friends of the United States, Mexico needs your help to stop this terrible violence that we're suffering," Calderon...

Time to arm willing teachers to stop spree killers

7:00am Wednesday, February 29, 2012
by Jeff Thomas By now everyone has heard about the Chardon High School shooting that left three students dead and two others wounded this week. Many believed it was just a matter of time before a school shooting reached Ohio. On Monday morning it happened. This just highlights the need to arm willing teachers to serve as the last line of defense of our children. While a lot remains unknown about...

Fast & Furious was not a "botched" operation

3:00pm Tuesday, February 28, 2012
by Sean Maloney It's important that we clean up the vernacular being used by all involved when discussing Fast & Furious. Specifically, "Botched"; the botched investigation; the botched operation; botched attempt to track firearms that were permitted to "walk" into Mexico. There was nothing "botched" about this whole thing. We must stress the true purpose of Fast & Furious. It was a U.S.-...

Elderly Cleveland concealed carry licensee survives home invasion by shooting his armed attacker

3:00pm Tuesday, February 28, 2012
by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a 78 year-old man was forced to shoot a 17 year-old male who to broke into the house he was sleeping in. From the article : "Police told me if I hadn't dropped him with that that first one, he would have got me," [Ted] Ziolkowski said in a telephone interview. The youth remained in Metrohealth Medical Center under police guard. His...

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