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USSA Director Testifies Before Congress on Federal Lands Bill

3:00pm Thursday, September 15, 2011
Protection of fishing, hunting, and shooting on our National Forests and public lands is assured by H.R. 2834 (the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act), the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Director of Federal Affairs Bill Horn told Congress on September 9. Horn, who testified before the House Natural Resources Committee, spoke in support of the bill while explaining the...

Cincinnati CityBeat columnist sticks head where the sun don't shine, finds gun

7:00am Thursday, September 15, 2011
by Gerard Valentino A recent article posted at CityBeat.com by Larry Gross is yet another reminder of how the anti-gun community bitterly clings to their mythical view of gun owners. Had Mr. Gross hinted that gun owners are compensating for a small penis, his diatribe would have hit on every discredited anti-gun stereotype. According to the story, Mr. Gross admittedly doesn't understand gun...

Guitars, Guns, and Federal Excesses

3:00pm Wednesday, September 14, 2011
by Jeff Knox On August 24, 2011, federal agents of the Fish and Wildlife Service raided offices and production facilities of the Gibson Guitar company. They sent workers home and confiscated several pallets of wood along with computer files and numerous guitars (amounting to about $2 million in lost production and property). This was the second raid on Gibson in as many years over questions about...

Rugged Individualism Replaced by Australia’s Nanny State

3:00pm Tuesday, September 13, 2011
by Jeff Knox I've long been fascinated by Australia and its people. A visit to that country has been high on my bucket list since I was just a kid, but more and more as I read about present-day Australia I am disappointed and saddened. It seems that the days of rugged individualism and self-determination are gone from the land down under and the heroic characters of the past like Ned Kelly and...

Lebanon, OH city councilman to open downtown gunshop

7:00am Tuesday, September 13, 2011
The Dayton Daily News reported recently that Lebanon, OH City Councilman Jeff Monroe has plans to open a gun store in his hometown. From the article : A gun shop in downtown Lebanon? Now that people know what Councilman Jeff Monroe's plans are, some aren't taking pot shots. Monroe and his wife, Wendy, are working hard on their shop on Broadway directly across the LCNB National Bank. The shop...

Hearing Scheduled for H.R. 822,the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012

3:00pm Monday, September 12, 2011
For months we have been reporting on a critically important bill: H.R. 822 the National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011. This vital NRA-backed legislation, introduced earlier this year by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) will enable millions of permit holders to exercise their right to self-defense while traveling outside their home states. Thanks to much hard...

August sees 13.5% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 15th straight month over month increase

7:00am Monday, September 12, 2011
The August 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 815,858 is an increase of 13.5 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 718,971 in August 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted August 2011 NICS figure of 1,300,433 is an increase of 20.2 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,082,360 in August 2010. This marks the fifteenth straight month...

Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader Larry Moore to debate merits of campus carry at Central State University Sept. 15

7:00am Monday, September 12, 2011
Central State University (CSU) students and the local community will get to explore the world of Constitutional law and the controversy surrounding guns on campus on Thursday, Sept.15, when the third annual Constitution/Pre-Law Day is held. The event will take place at CSU's College of Education and Natural Sciences and will run from 12-3 p.m. According to Sidney Williams, the director of Central...

Op-Ed: The Soft‑on‑Crime Roots of British Disorder

3:00pm Friday, September 09, 2011
by Joyce Lee Malcolm In a civilized society people would be allowed to defend themselves with guns, not baseball bats. As wild gangs of youths burned homes, shops and cars and severely beat anyone who tried to stop them last week, English people tried to defend themselves. Their desperation triggered a 5,000% increase in purchases of baseball bats from Amazon. This is a sad symbol of the failure...

Ohio and Louisiana Sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreement

2:05pm Thursday, September 08, 2011
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Louisiana State Police Colonel Mike Edmonson have signed an agreement that permits reciprocity between their states for citizens who have valid concealed carry permits. "I am pleased that this agreement between Ohio and Louisiana will allow Ohioans who have concealed carry permits the same rights to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Louisiana, as well...

Back to School: Crime Alerts Issued After Capital Students Report Sexual Assaults

7:00am Thursday, September 08, 2011
While Ohio's public and private colleges and universities remain opposed to campus carry, today they have recommitted their institutions to the safety of their students. "We promise our students, their parents and loved ones, that we are committed to dealing with crime on campus. As this incident shows, we will firmly deal with violent crime by swiftly informing the campus community that a crime...

New Bill Will Improve, Increase Public Land Opportunities

3:00pm Wednesday, September 07, 2011
Hunting and fishing opportunities will become a priority on 440 million acres of federal public lands under the newly proposed "Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act" (HR 2834) introduced today by Reps. Dan Benishek (R-MI) and Dan Boren (D-OK). Cosponsors of the bill include Reps. Don Young (R-AK) and Mike Kelly (R-PA). The bill is also supported by other key members of...

Buckeye Firearms Association submits campaign finance report; Supporters help keep all-volunteer PAC in strong financial shape

7:00am Wednesday, September 07, 2011
By Jim Irvine Buckeye Firearms Association has filed its campaign finance report covering the period from the post-election report in 2010 through June 30, 2011. We are again pleased and grateful to the many people who donate to our organization in support of the Second Amendment. During the period, we had almost 600 donations totaling nearly $21,000. Donations ranged $5 to $750. We are...

Governor Rick Perry an 'egotistical extremist?' I don’t think so!

3:00pm Tuesday, September 06, 2011
by Linda Walker Yes, I must confess, I am on the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence's email list. There, I said it! "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer." Sun Tzu, Chinese general & military strategist (ca. 500 BC) To my horror, amazement, shock and a wealth of other instantaneous emotions, I read the following email from the Brady Campaign that popped into my email inbox...

A look at the GOP's 2012 Presidential field from a gun rights perspective

7:00am Tuesday, September 06, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In 2008, there was much discussion about gun rights during the Republican Presidential primaries. Although there were a number of Republican candidates who had a strong pro-Second Amendment record, the party eventually settled on a candidate with an extremely spotty record on the Second Amendment (as well as other issues important to the conservative base). The end result was that...

What to do if you are involved in a shooting

3:00pm Friday, September 02, 2011
by Ken Hanson This week, Buckeye Firearms received a question asking 1.) how to find a self-defense attorney, and 2.) what to do in the aftermath of a shooting. My book, the Ohio Guide to Firearm Laws , is now out in a Fourth Edition. Something I have been writing about for years, in the past and current editions, is the importance of the legal aftermath of a shooting. The first, last and only...

50 youth participants enjoy marksmanship training weekend sponsored by Buckeye Firearms Foundation

7:00am Friday, September 02, 2011
by Aaron Kirkingburg Over the weekend of July 29-31st a group of 30 adult volunteers ran a youth shooting event out at Dillon Gun Range. Both firearms safety and marksmanship skills were learned by 50 youth participants, ranging in age from 11-17. Boys and girls from the Licking county area received instruction in proper marksmanship skills, the basic rules of safe gun handling, the importance of...

Report: ATF Director Reassigned; U.S. Attorney Out Amid 'Fast and Furious' Uproar

3:00pm Thursday, September 01, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Fox News is reporting that acting ATF Director Kenneth Melson has been reassigned to a lesser post in the Justice Department and the U.S. attorney for Arizona was also pushed out Tuesday as "fallout from Operation Fast and Furious reached new heights." On July 4, Melson decide to testify about Fast and Furious without having Justice Department counsel present to "advise him" on...

Journalist exploits Ohio media access loophole to expose elected officials who have obtained concealed handgun licenses

7:00am Thursday, September 01, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Jessica Heffner, a staff writer for The Middletown Journal , has used a provision in Ohio law to compile and publish a list of elected officials in the Buckeye State who have obtained concealed handgun licenses. Under O.R.C. § 2923.129 (B) (1), Ohio law specifically states that the CHL list is confidential - not a public record: "The records that a sheriff keeps relative to [...

Where’s the media outrage over Fast and Furious?

3:00pm Wednesday, August 31, 2011
By Tim Inwood After discovering that a friend had no idea what I was talking about when mentioning "Operation Fast and Furious" and "Project Gunrunner," I find myself disgusted with the lousy job the press has done covering this major scandal. CNN is usually on in his workplace, yet he had no clue. In the past, minor issues like Valerie Plame became huge national scandals. However, what might...

Public records show scant participation in Cleveland's voluntary gun registration scheme; Police unaware of any crimes solved

7:00am Wednesday, August 31, 2011
by Larry S. Moore On May 25, 2011, the City of Cleveland finally lost in the attempt to be a medieval city/state and continue to flaunt Ohio's statewide preemption of gun laws. However, since the city leadership never met a gun control scheme they didn't like, they soon concocted a voluntary handgun registration program . The process involved: Applicants will need to bring a photo identification...

Canton officer who threatened to execute concealed handgun license-holder now under investigation for THIRD violent outburst

3:00pm Tuesday, August 30, 2011
by Chad D. Baus Officer Daniel Harless, who is currently under investigation for threatening to execute a concealed handgun license-holder during a traffic stop, and for a separate incident in which he threatened to send the suspects "to the grave" if they moved, adding, "I will shoot you in the face and I'll go to sleep tonight," is now also under investigation for a THIRD incident which was...

Society of Professional Journalists ethics committee chair takes dim view of advocacy journalism at Columbus Dispatch and beyond

7:00am Tuesday, August 30, 2011
by Chad D. Baus In the wake of a series of articles, entitled "Overrun by guns" , written by Theodore Decker and published in The Columbus Dispatch in late May, I exposed the fact that the articles were bought and paid for by the anti-gun rights Joyce Foundation, and were in fact written with the goal of having a "major public policy impact" on gun violence in Ohio. In that article, I noted that...

Families offered free day at the range

3:00pm Monday, August 29, 2011
Family Outdoor Skills Day September 17th The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is sponsoring a Family Outdoor Skills Day on Saturday September 17, 2011. The event will feature shotgun, rifle, pellet gun and archery shooting activities and instruction. This family-friendly day will be held at Spring Valley Shooting Range in Greene County from noon to 5:00pm. All...

Questioning “No Questions Asked” - Are Gun-Surrender Gimmicks Legal?

7:00am Monday, August 29, 2011
by Jeff Knox For decades we've heard about gun turn-ins – "Gun Buy-Back" programs sponsored by churches, civic groups, and various other misinformed do-gooder organizations. The very name – buy-back – implies that guns belong not to individuals, but to the government, or at least to the people who don't like guns. The programs have the stated purpose of "getting guns off the street," which seems...

ATF Rewards Agents Who Ran "Fast and Furious" and Then Helped Cover It Up

3:00pm Friday, August 26, 2011
In what can only be described as "Washington D.C. logic," the three BATFE agents who were responsible for the "Fast and Furious" debacle in Phoenix have been promoted. You read that right, promoted! Not reprimanded, not demoted and certainly not fired, but given bigger jobs with more responsibility and more pay. Each of the agents now have high profile positions in D.C. William Newell is now...

The Myth of the “Warning Shot”

7:00am Friday, August 26, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. One of the first things I point out to concealed carry classes is "I don't need to make any of this stuff up." The real world we live in is so much more bizarre than anything I can make up. My book, the Ohio Guide to Firearm Laws, is now out in a Fourth Edition. Something I have been writing about for years, in the past and current editions, is the myth of the warning shot...

Distortion in the Courts - Judges display little respect for Second Amendment rights

3:00pm Thursday, August 25, 2011
by Jeff Knox It can be argued that the only personal property specifically protected by the US Constitution is firearms. While the Fourth Amendment promises " the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects " and requires a sworn warrant " describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized, " it does specifically allow for such seizure...

An Open Letter To All Urban Residents – And Especially Jews

7:00am Thursday, August 25, 2011
by Rabbi Dovid Bendory, Rabbinic Director, Jews for the Preservation of Firearms Ownership The mainstream media is doing its best to belittle a dangerous trend in America today: the "flash mob" of "youths." The term "flash mob" originally referred to groups of peaceful citizenry who gathered for what are best called "social experiments" – jovial sing-alongs and dance-alongs and other forms of...

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