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UPDATE: Non-Resident Licenses (When the Ohio Concealed Handgun License Isn't Enough)

12:05am Thursday, June 25, 2009
One of the more popular articles posted on our website in 2008 was a piece by author Ken Cormack, examining the concept of non-resident concealed carry licenses and permits, describes the application processes for some of the states that offer them, and lists the factors a person should consider when choosing which non-resident licenses to obtain. Due to its popularity, Cormack's article was been...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:05pm Wednesday, June 24, 2009
By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention, which brings us to our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a rape near a "no-guns" victim zone to an invitation to being guns to church, these articles should be a part of...

Ohio Congressman Bob Latta imposes "nuclear" option to oppose knife ban

12:10am Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Editor's Note: Although this does not concern firearms, it will most definitely be of interest to many self defense-minded people who carry a firearm (and possibly also a knife). By Jim Shepherd ...[A] pair of Congressmen have decided to apply the nuclear option - restrictive amendments to their budgets, to let the Department of Homeland Security know they don't like the proposed Customs and...

Bowie Tactical Concepts: Making a good gun a great gun

12:05am Wednesday, June 24, 2009
By Jim Irvine Do you own a gun that you like, except for some minor detail? Do you wish your concealed carry gun concealed better? Do you want a unique look or feature for a special gun? If your concealed carry gun is a compromise, maybe it's time to consider some custom work to make your gun fit you better. Bowie Tactical Concepts (BTC) is owned and operated by David Bowie, a Sheriff Deputy,...

More Ohio State students robbed at gunpoint; Buckeye state continues to enforce campus victim zones

12:10am Tuesday, June 23, 2009
UPDATE: Michigan State approves exception to weapons ban By Gerard Valentino NBC Channel 4 in Columbus recently reported a crime alert for the Ohio State University Campus after two armed robberies last weekend. From the story : University police issued two new crime alerts for the campus area after armed robberies over the weekend. The first incident was reported just after midnight Saturday...

GAO Reports On Arms Trafficking In Mexico

12:05am Tuesday, June 23, 2009
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report this week entitled, "Firearms Trafficking: U.S. Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico Face Planning and Coordination Challenges." Among other things, the report asserts that Mexican officials consider illicit firearms the number one crime problem affecting their country's security; that about 87 percent of firearms seized in...

Conference held in Buckeye Firearms Foundation v. Cleveland

12:10am Monday, June 22, 2009
By Jim Irvine On June 17th, Judge Corrigan held a case management conference in Buckeye Firearm Foundation's case against the City of Cleveland. Plaintiffs were present in person, but none of the Defendants attended and instead allowed their attorneys to represent them. While the conference was scheduled as a case management conference, it quickly became apparent that the various pending motions...

ATF Software Company: Another government entity goes into competition against the private sector

12:05am Monday, June 22, 2009
By Jeff Knox About a year ago, James LaMonte, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Coloseum software, was ready to release an innovative software package. He had a client in Idaho, Red's Trading Post, who wanted to install the software to reduce the number of minor errors on 4473's and other federally mandated records. But ATF rejected the variance request and asked for more information about...

GOP gubernatorial primary contest heats up as Coughlin questions Kasich's Second Amendment record

12:10am Friday, June 19, 2009
By Chad D. Baus State Senator Kevin Coughlin, the first person to declare his candidacy for the Republican nomination in the 2010 governor's race, is circulating an email designed to bring the Second Amendment to the front and center of early GOP primary discussions. The email, delivered under the subject header "Can we trust Kasich on Second Amendment rights?," contains a fundraising letter that...

D.C. gun banners modify ban list as result of SAF lawsuit

12:05am Friday, June 19, 2009
By Jim Shepherd Yesterday, firearms regulations in Washington, D.C. were amended by emergency order. That amending process came in response to a federal suit filed by the Second Amendment Foundation challenging the arbitrary nature of previous regulations enforced in the District. Huh? OK, plain English: the lawsuit asserted the D.C. list of approved handguns was inadequate. As in unacceptable...

America's future under the anti-gun minority: "Anti-stab" kitchen knives and "smart guns"

12:05am Thursday, June 18, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Things have gotten out of hand in Britain and it's a shame that a country with such a rich history can succumb to the will of a misguided minority. According to a story published recently on the TimesOnline website, Britain's first "anti-stab" kitchen knife is set to go on sale.

A Deafening Silence: Cordray Refuses to Sign Second Amendment Letter

12:10am Wednesday, June 17, 2009
By Dave Yost Twenty-three attorneys general went on record last week, asking the federal government in a letter to not re-impose the so-called assault weapons ban. Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray was not among them. The measure, formally known as the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, was passed in desperation at the height of the crack-fueled drive-by killings of the...

NICS background checks up 15 percent in May

12:05am Wednesday, June 17, 2009
NEWTOWN, Conn -- Data released by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) reported 1,023,102 checks in May 2009. This figure is a 15.4 percent increase from the 886,183 reported in May 2008. FBI background checks are required under federal law for all individuals purchasing either newly manufactured or used firearms from federally licensed retailers. The checks serve as...

Will the Ohio Republican Party cement their minority status by backing anti-gun Mike DeWine for Attorney General?

12:10am Tuesday, June 16, 2009
"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana, The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905 By Chad D. Baus In 2006, the Ohio Republican Party employed a strategy of supporting candidates with state-wide name recognition (and anti-gun records) over pro-gun candidates that were less well-known. The state party, under the control of then-Chairman Bob Bennett, backed anti...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Chairman Jim Irvine featured in Ohio Rifle & Pistol Assoc. member newsletter

12:05am Tuesday, June 16, 2009
The following interview was published in the June-July 2009 issue of Gunsmoke , the membership newsletter of the Ohio Rifle and Pistol Association (ORPA) . By David Johnson We're starting a series of articles about some of the other fine organizations that promote the shooting sports, hunting, and firearm rights in Ohio. This month, we asked a few questions of James Irvine, Chairman of the...

Use First Amendment freedoms to debate Second Amendment issues

12:10am Monday, June 15, 2009
By Gene Policinski Nobody wants to encourage or invite another campus killing spree like the one in 2007 at Virginia Tech University, in which 32 people died and 17 were wounded. But does that reasonable concern extend to prohibiting a rally or a flier that promotes the idea of allowing students to carry firearms on campus in self-defense? You and I may consider the idea of armed undergraduates...

Coming next the U.S.A.: Knife Control?

12:05am Monday, June 15, 2009
Editor's Note: Although this does not concern firearms, it will most definitely be of interest to many self defense-minded people who carry a firearm (and possibly also a knife). By Jim Shepherd ...The Customs and Border Patrol is proposing revocation of an earlier interpretation of what constitutes a switchblade knife. If their revocation goes through, many of us who carry one-hand opening...

Division of Wildlife budget in crosshairs: An Interview with Sen. Tim Grendell

12:10am Friday, June 12, 2009
Editor's Note: The following is a follow-up to an op-ed we published earlier this week, entitled " Senate Republicans take aim at Ohio Division of Wildlife ." By Larry S. Moore After publishing my first op-ed on the subject of budget changes impacting the Ohio Division of Wildlife, I contacted Republican Senator Tim Grendell's office to get his position regarding the free landowner deer permits...

Sandy O'Brien announces run for Secretary of State

12:05am Friday, June 12, 2009
Pro-gun Sandy O'Brien has officially announced that she is running for Ohio Secretary of State in 2010. O'Brien, who earned the endorsement of Buckeye Firearms Association in 2006 and won an upset victory over her anti-gun opponent in the Republican primary, is a loving wife, mother, and grandmother with energy to burn. She supports hunting and Second Amendment rights because she has enjoyed them...

Cleveland refuses to obey state law ... refuses to obey the courts ... and spits on the Constitution. And we're fighting back!

10:43am Thursday, June 11, 2009
Not long ago, Buckeye Firearms Foundation filed a lawsuit to stop the City of Cleveland from prosecuting law-abiding gun owners under local ordinances that restrict gun ownership and concealed carry. The lawsuit also asked the Court to declare 20 local ordinances unconstitutional on the grounds that they conflict with state preemption of firearm laws. So what is Cleveland's response? A callous...

Pro-gun gay groups seek to add nationwide CCW reciprocity to Kennedy's 'hate crimes' bill

12:10am Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Washington Independent is reporting that, one month after successfully tucking an amendment into the credit card reform bill that expanded gun rights, a small number of Senate Republicans are looking at the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act as another chance to score a victory for the Second Amendment. This time, the goal would be to establish nationwide reciprocity for concealed...

The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: The Impact on Private Gun-Ownership in America

12:05am Thursday, June 11, 2009
By Michael P. Farris "The spread of small arms creates a serious global problem and requires an equally urgent response because the lives and futures of children are at stake. These weapons have extinguished more young lives than they have protected." – Carol Bellamy, Executive Director, UNICEF The vast majority of Americans, regardless of their opinions on the increasing scope of international...

OOPS: Brady Campaign president admits people are the problem, not guns

12:10am Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By Chad D. Baus The Akron Beacon-Journal recently reported that Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence president Paul Helmke addressed the Akron Roundtable on May 21. The story notes that Helmke delivered his usual misleading statistics and hyperbole to the not-for-profit speakers' forum...along with a couple of accidental admissions that point to the fact that his organization's gun control...

Guns in Parks: The Hoplophobes’ Travel Guide to the United States

12:05am Wednesday, June 10, 2009
By David Kopel Last week, President Obama signed a bill which, besides changing credit card laws, says that in National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges, the laws about gun carrying will be the same as in the host state. So in Colorado, for example, you will be allowed to carry a concealed handgun in Rocky Mountain National Park, if you have a state-issued concealed carry permit. In Vermont's...

Senate Republicans take aim at Ohio Division of Wildlife

12:10am Tuesday, June 09, 2009
By Larry S. Moore The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) has experienced a number of budget issues and continued cuts. Curiously some of the more serious cuts came at the hands of Senate Republicans and were made in areas that are self-funded. The Division of Wildlife and Division of Watercraft are two ODNR Divisions that are self-funded. Both have found themselves unexpectedly in the...

When reading the latest FBI crime stats, the devil is truly in the details

12:10am Monday, June 08, 2009
"Those kinds of things don't happen here" should no longer be part of the rural mindset. By Jim Shepherd I miss America. Seriously. If you ask me what I miss most, I'll probably tell you I miss youth. But it's not the youth that I miss, it's the attitude that existed when I was younger. Growing up in the middle of the past century - at the end of the last millennium (gosh, I do feel old now), it...

More women taking advantage of firearms classes

12:05am Monday, June 08, 2009
The Port Clinton News-Herald is reporting on a mother-daughter partnership that offers all-female gun education courses, as well as National Rifle Association-certified concealed carry courses. Joy and Faith Ferkel have instructed more than 75 men and women, who are now better prepared to defend themselves and their families. They say most of the female students have taken advantage of all-women...

OH Atty General files Motion to Intervene in Buckeye Firearms Foundation suit against City of Cleveland

12:10am Friday, June 05, 2009
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to report that Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray's office has filed a Motion to Intervene in a lawsuit filed by Buckeye Firearms Foundation, Inc. against the City of Cleveland. The lawsuit was filed by the Ohio not-for profit foundation, to stop the City of Cleveland from prosecuting law-abiding gun owners under local ordinances that restrict gun...

Contenders Marksmanship Pistol & Rifle Club Grand Opening a roaring success

12:05am Friday, June 05, 2009
By Steve Loos On Saturday, May 23, Second Amendment advocates and firearms enthusiasts gathered just east of Lancaster near Rushville, Ohio, to celebrate the opening of the new Contenders Marksmanship Pistol & Rifle Club. The program got under way at noon. Following a short prayer delivered by Coach Dave Daubenmire of Pass the Salt Ministries, the coach introduced Larry Pratt, Executive...

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