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Ohio college among those receiving grants from NSSF to build target shooting programs

3:00pm Thursday, December 23, 2010
According to a press release, the National Shooting Sports Foundation has awarded 38 grants, a record number totaling $190,000 to help both new and existing collegiate target shooting programs flourish. Among those institutions receiving grants is Ohio's Marietta College. Only two years old, NSSF's Collegiate Shooting Sports Initiative has helped establish competition and club shooting...

Letter supportive of restaurant carry legislation yields death threat from anti-gun reader

7:00am Thursday, December 23, 2010
by Chad D. Baus A letter to the editor of The Columbus Dispatch , written in response to that newspaper's negative take on Ohio's restaurant carry legislation (SB239) has earned the man who wrote it a death threat. After Mark McGlone's letter, entitled " Editorial off-base about guns in bars ," was published on December 15, his family received a startling phone call. In correspondence with BFA,...

Marietta city council members hear from citizens concerned about proposed gun range

3:00pm Wednesday, December 22, 2010
The Marietta Times is reporting that plans for an open gun range at Washington State Community College met with some neighborhood resistance during a public meeting about the proposed facility earlier this month. According to the article, many expressed concern about the safety of a firing range in proximity to their homes and properties, and it appears members of Marietta's City Council would...

Giving Up Rights for Security in Chicago: A Total Failure

7:00am Wednesday, December 22, 2010
by Gerard Valentino Chicago is known world-wide for having everything a world class city has to offer. From a great nightlife, to the arts, to ethnic cuisine, championship caliber professional sports teams, great universities and an excellent public transportation network, the city has something to offer just about everyone. What many don't realize, however, is that Chicago also boasts one of the...

BOOK REVIEW: After You Shoot: Your gun's hot. The perp's not, Now What? – By Alan Korwin

3:00pm Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Reviewed by Chris Knox During a typical state-mandated defensive firearms class there comes an hour – usually during that sleepy time after lunch – where the instructor gives some obligatory advice on what to do should you ever be forced to use the skills you're learning. Generally the advice comes down to two points: Call 911. Don't say anything. The reason you call 911 is to demonstrate your...

Editorials opposing restaurant carry expose coordinated anti-gun bias

7:00am Tuesday, December 21, 2010
by Gerard Valentino By running nearly identical anti-gun editorials on the same day, The Columbus Dispatch and The Toledo Blade have finally given up their longtime charade that coverage of the gun issue is unbiased and independent. The Dayton Daily News joined the party about a week later by running an equally one-sided editorial that relied on similar mistruths, misquotes and outright...

104,100 Pounds of Venison Donated During Hunting Season so far

3:00pm Monday, December 20, 2010
Venison donations to be taken though February 6, 2011 Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 104,100 pounds of venison to local food banks so far this deer season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. "I am happy to see this program continue to grow each year. Ohio hunters once again have shown...

BATFE Requests "Emergency" Authority To Track Semi-Automatic Rifle Sales

7:00am Monday, December 20, 2010
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has proposed that it be given emergency authority for six months, beginning January 5, to require about 8,500 firearms dealers along the border with Mexico "to alert authorities when they sell within five consecutive business days two or more semiautomatic rifles greater than .22 caliber with detachable magazines." A Washington Post story...

Columbus gun store tops nation in firearms tracings; Media exaggerates correlation of U.S. gun sales to Mexican crime yet again

3:00pm Friday, December 17, 2010
The Washington Post recently obtained information on the names of gun dealers that had the most traces for firearms recovered by police in the last four years, and in a collaborative story by The Columbus Dispatch , the newspapers are reporting that Vance Outdoors in Columbus led the country in the number of guns recovered by police that were traced back to a dealer. From the article : A high...

President Obama and Gun Rights: Beware the Cornered and Quiet Politician

7:00am Friday, December 17, 2010
by Gerard Valentino President Barack Obama has a long and undistinguished record of infringing on the rights of law-abiding gun owners. When he was elected that record made him the darling of the anti-gun movement which expected to ride his coattails back to prominence in the marketplace of ideas. The expected road back to relevance hasn't materialized as they expected, and the anti-gun crowd...

Gavel still has not fallen on 128th General Assembly: Pro-gun bills' fate still not sealed

7:45pm Thursday, December 16, 2010
The Ohio House of Representatives adjourned yesterday without holding a voting session, but Speaker Armond Budish has still not declared the 128th session of the Ohio House of Representatives to be officially over. Until and unless that happens, there is still a chance that two pro-gun bills, SB239 and SB247, could receive a vote. Yesterday, the House adjourned "until Tuesday, December 21, 2010...

Op-Ed: Justice Breyer's remarks on guns revisionist thinking

3:00pm Thursday, December 16, 2010
by The (Bowling Green, KY) Daily News Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is an ideologue: a judicial activist who rules by his own political and personal philosophy, rather than the rule of law and what our Founding Fathers intended when they wrote the Constitution and Bill of Rights more than 200 years ago. The left-leaning justice recently made remarks that further the suspicion that has been...

Giving a Firearm as a Gift? Some Reminders from NSSF

7:00am Thursday, December 16, 2010
The holidays are just around the corner. As hunters, shooters, collectors or just plain plinkers, it's a natural instinct to want to share our enjoyment of firearms with others. What better way to do that than to make a gift of a firearm to a family member, close friend or relative? The first thing to remember if you're thinking about giving someone a gun is that . . . it's a gun! You already...

Deer-gun Hunting Continues December 18-19

3:00pm Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Ohio's popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend days were added beginning in 2006 in response to comments received from hunters for more weekend time to hunt. Deer can be hunted with a legal muzzleloader, handgun or shotgun from one half-hour...

Op-Ed: Assault Weapons and the Truth

7:00am Wednesday, December 15, 2010
The Obama administration has nominated an anti-gun zealot as the U.S.'s top gun cop. The Obama administration is moving into high gear in putting gun-control advocates into important government positions. The administration's nominee to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE), Andrew Traver, should be of particular concern. His attacks on the civilian use of so-called...

Fall Turkey Season Concludes

3:00pm Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Ohio's fall wild turkey season ended November 28 with 1,336 birds killed during the seven-week season. Ashtabula County led the state with 75 birds taken, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Last year, 2,180 birds were taken. "The decline in the fall turkey harvest we observed from 2009 to 2010 was not unexpected. Acorn mast crop failures like we...

Latta Vice Chair of Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus

7:00am Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Congressman Bob Latta (R- Bowling Green) was named a Vice-Chairman for the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus for the upcoming 112th Congress. "I would like to thank Congressman Jeff Miller for this opportunity to serve the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus in the next Congress. Sportsmen and sportswomen issues are important for me as a public servant. I look forward to working with all members of...

Gahanna Considers Allowing Gun Training In Parks

3:00pm Monday, December 13, 2010
Columbus' 10TV is reporting that the Gahanna City Council is considering legislation that would allow weapons training in public parks. From the story: Hannah Park, located off of Clark State Road, is one of two places where the city could allow weapons training. The park is not isolated; homes surround the park just outside of its boundaries and residents said they are concerned. Undeveloped...

November sees 9.7% in firearms sales checks over same month last year

7:00am Monday, December 13, 2010
The FBI has released its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures for November 2010. NSSF-adjusted figures (945,463) show a 9.7 percent increase over NSSF-adjusted figures from November 2009 (861,575). The adjusted NICS data were derived by NSSF by subtracting out NICS purpose-code permit checks used by several states such as Kentucky and Utah for CCW permit application...

NICS Black Friday outage

3:00pm Friday, December 10, 2010
An outage of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) adversely affected many retailers and consumers on Black Friday. NSSF has been in contact with FBI-NICS staff, who explained that the outage was attributable to a computer glitch that overloaded the system. A short-term fix has been applied to the system and once the holiday season is over, a long-term fix will be completed...

Tuscarawas County Leads 2010 Deer-gun Harvest

3:00pm Friday, December 10, 2010
Hunters still have a weekend of deer-gun hunting, December 18-19 Ohio hunters took 104,442 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, week-long deer-gun season, which ran November 29 through December 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. In 2009, hunters killed a preliminary total of 114,633 deer during the same time period. Counties reporting...

Cuyahoga County Court Recognizes Gun Rights

10:09am Thursday, December 09, 2010
by Ken Hanson In what may be a sign that the world as we know it is coming to an end, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brian J. Corrigan this week ruled that Ohio's firearm disability for misdemeanor drug convictions is unconstitutional ( State of Ohio v. Marinko Tomas ). In a simple, 3.5 page opinion, Judge Corrigan ruled that denying someone the right to defend their home and business...

House passes motions to discharge; Media coverage of historic discharge petitions show work still needs to be done

3:00pm Wednesday, December 08, 2010
by Chad D. Baus The Ohio House passed Rep. Bubp's motions to discharge SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and SB247 (Restoration of Rights) today by 57-39 margins, proving that these bills have large bi-partisan support, and deserve to be given votes in an as-yet-to-be scheduled session. The Ohio media are swinging into action to cover the latest efforts to get SB239 and SB247 the floor...

One step closer: Discharge petitions receive required number of signatures; Continued calls needed

2:17pm Tuesday, December 07, 2010
For weeks, we have been asking you to contact your Representatives asking for support for SB239 and SB247. Your calls have made a difference - first, when sessions were scheduled in the House, and now, because Rep. Danny Bubp has confirmed that he witnessed 50 signatures for the discharge petitions on these bills, and that the petitions have been filed! We now move to the final step and time is...

Restoration of Rights: A case study on why the Ohio House should hold a vote and pass SB247 this week

7:00am Tuesday, December 07, 2010
by J.A.W. There are decisions we face as humans that can and will define our lives. For me, that decision took place in March of 1999. I allowed another person to talk me into signing for a package of marijuana delivered to my apartment. Now, I knew exactly what was going to be in the package, and I also knew that it was against the law. For reasons that still to this day I do not understand, I...

The following legislators need to hear from you TODAY re: Restaurant/ Car Carry fixes and Restoration of Rights

1:33pm Monday, December 06, 2010
The following Representatives have been contacted by Buckeye Firearms Association, but we have not received confirmation that they fully support SB239 and SB247 or the process to bring those bills for a full vote. We encourage you to contact them TODAY to politely ask for their support on the discharge petitions that will be signed tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. in Rep. Danny Bubp's office. [UPDATED at...

CRUNCH TIME: Effort to force votes on pro-gun bills depends on what you do RIGHT NOW

7:00am Monday, December 06, 2010
WCMH (NBC Columbus) is reporting on State Rep. Danny Bubp's effort to get enough signatures from state representatives on two discharge petitions to force floor votes on two pro-gun bills this week, and by all indications, the fate of these pro-gun bills rests in the hands of gun owners' willingness to get involved RIGHT NOW. From the article : Could the State of Ohio soon allow guns in bars? The...

Dispatch: Maneuver in Ohio House might get lame-duck votes on 2 gun bills

3:00pm Friday, December 03, 2010
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting on State Rep. Danny Bubp's effort to get enough signatures from state representatives on two discharge petitions to force floor votes on two pro-gun bills early next week. From the article : A quiet end to the legislative lame-duck session could be interrupted next week if a GOP lawmaker is successful in forcing the House to vote on a pair of controversial gun...

Gallup: Support for gun control remains at record low

7:00am Friday, December 03, 2010
For the second year in a row, a record-low 44 percent of Americans say laws governing the sale of firearms should be made more strict, while 54 percent say gun laws should be kept as they are now or made less strict, according to Gallup's annual Crime Poll , conducted Oct. 7-10 this year. Americans' support for stricter gun-control laws has gradually declined over the last two decades, from 78...

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