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Op-Ed: A Theology of Hunting - Why God Loves Hunting & Hunters

12:05am Tuesday, January 27, 2009
By Doug Giles I understand it when the idolatrous PETA people who worship jackrabbits over Jesus get their panties in a wad over hunting. I expect it, I like it and—truth be told—I'd really miss it if they did not pop a blood vein in their forehead when smacked with the facts. However, lately I've been getting hate mail and weird looks from "Christians" who ardently believe that God, Jesus, Moses...

2009 SHOT Show in Orlando, Part 1: Mouse Guns

12:10am Friday, January 23, 2009
On January 15-18, Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio volunteer Clint Lake attended the 2009 SHOT Show in Orlando, FL. Following is Part 1 of a blog on his experience. By Clint Lake Greetings from the 2009 Shot Show in balmy Orlando, Florida! The good news is that it is warmer than in Ohio. I'm going to change the format this year for my blog and cover only the newest of firearms in these...

NRA Currently Accepting Youth Education Summit Applications

12:05am Friday, January 23, 2009
$30,000 in College Scholarships Available to Students FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA- The National Rifle Association is currently accepting applications from qualified high school sophomores and juniors to participate in the National Youth Education Summit (YES) from July 6-12, 2009. 40 outstanding students from across the United States are chosen each year to travel to the nation's capital, where they...

Day 1: President Obama officially declares war on your guns!

12:10am Thursday, January 22, 2009
Within minutes of being sworn in yesterday, Obama posted a new White House website announcing the administration's declaration of war on American gun owners. Tucked away in the section on "Urban Policy," under the header "Crime and Law Enforcement," the White House website now states : Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to...

They've been hiding for years, but Washington's gun ban extremists are baaaack

12:05am Thursday, January 22, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Like cockroaches waiting for the lights to go out before scurrying out into the open, the anti-gunners have sulked in their little holes, feeding off political scraps while we were increasing the pro-gun footprint. While the anti-gunners hid, pro-gunners were so successful that only two states don't allow legal concealed carry. The anti-gun leadership absorbed their losses and...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:05pm Wednesday, January 21, 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. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From guns stolen from a flea market to police departments trading old confiscated guns for equipment, these articles...

First Shot from the 111th Congress

12:10am Wednesday, January 21, 2009
By Jeff Knox The 111th Congress got off to a predictable start on January 6 with the swearing in of the many new members and the introduction of a few pieces of legislation, including one of the most draconian gun control bills to be offered in years. No sooner were the new members of Congress sworn in than Representative Bobby Rush (D-IL), a former Black Panther leader, filed a bill, H.R. 45,...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 58 - 2009 Gun Ban Introduced

12:05am Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Taken from the most recent “Page Nine” Alan Korwin’s “The Uninvited Ombudsman Report” ---------- STARTERS Brady Gun Ban Plan: I have obtained the complete 16-page plan sent to Obama's transition team, with 26 specific "requests," posted here: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6383 So where's the pro-rights proposal? If the gun-rights community doesn't offer suggestions, all we can do is react...

Firearms safety education: Never too soon to start, never too late to learn

12:10am Tuesday, January 20, 2009
By Jim Irvine On Saturday, January 10, I was honored to be a guest speaker for a meeting of the Medina County Friends and Neighbors ( www.mcfan.org ). The topic was firearms - and despite heavy snow, icy roads and winter storm warnings, the group had a very healthy turnout. I started by having my 3 year-old son join me for a safety discussion. I asked him what he would do if he found a gun.

LTE: The public protected in NRA permit move

12:05am Tuesday, January 20, 2009
January 14, 2009 Toledo Blade A guest editorial from the Columbus Dispatch titled "Kowtowing to the NRA" accuses Ohio lawmakers of caving in to pressure from the NRA to not pass a proposal to raise the fee for obtaining a concealed carry permit by almost 22 percent. In doing so, the editorial says the lawmakers have "failed to put the best interest of the taxpayers first." I strongly disagree.

Did the 2008 elections give gun control a mandate?

12:10am Monday, January 19, 2009
"History will be kind to me for I intend to write it." - Winston Churchill By Chad D. Baus In March 2008, a Gallup poll found that an overwhelming majority of the United States public—73%—believes that the Second Amendment guarantees the right of Americans to own firearms. Yet, to hear the Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence (formerly Handgun Control Inc.) tell it, America voted overwhelmingly...

USSA Combats False Impression Left by Newsweek Hunting Story

12:05am Monday, January 19, 2009
The United States Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) is leading the way with a major effort to respond to a negative article on hunting that ran in the January 12, 2009 issue of Newsweek magazine. In order to combat the false impression left by the piece, the USSA reached out to groups and wildlife management professionals nationwide to rebut its flawed premise. The article, titled "It's Survival of the...

Barack Obama: The Outdoor Wire's "Gun Salesman of the Year"

12:10am Friday, January 16, 2009
By Jim Shepherd In recognition of the unprece­dented demand for firearms by nervous consumers, The Outdoor Wire has named President-elect Barack Obama its "Gun Salesman of the Year". For me, it was a simple fact of recognizing that without President-elect Obama's frightening consumers into action, the firearms industry might be suffering the same sort of business slumps that have befallen the...

Brady Gun-Ban Strategy Outlined

12:10am Thursday, January 15, 2009
By Alan Korwin (Prior report with Brady/ Democrat gun-ban lists: http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/node/6376 ) The powerful gun-ban lobby has developed its own language to color and disguise its true agenda -- the disarming of law-abiding Americans in every way possible, and the end of effective self defense. Their latest set of plans -- used as a fund raiser (outlined below) -- is filled with nice...

America's free thinkers: Gun ban extremists or gun rights advocates?

12:05am Thursday, January 15, 2009
By Gerard Valentino It's almost understandable why members of the media end up as apologists for the immoral agenda to ban guns. They see the after-effects of violence perpetrated with guns more than just about any other demographic group in America. Still, they are supposed to act as professionals and use sound logic in determining if guns are the problem, or if gun violence is simply a symptom...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:05pm Wednesday, January 14, 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. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From an 18 year-old woman being abducted in a "gun-free" zone and sexually assaulted, to an increase in gun club...

Ohio gun rights improved in 2008; Much more still to be done

12:10am Wednesday, January 14, 2009
By Jim Irvine Recently I helped our treasurer go through line by line all our donations for a campaign finance report. It struck me how many of you had donated, and how much some people donated. Thank you. It means a great deal that you put such trust in our group of leaders - who I promise will continue to work and earn that trust. Our educational corporation, Buckeye Firearms Foundation has...

Obama and the Second Amendment

12:05am Wednesday, January 14, 2009
By John R. Lott, Jr. Despite a huge Democratic Senate majority, Eric Holder's confirmation hearings are going to be difficult. He has a long record to defend. Whether it is his involvement and inconsistent statements about Bill Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich or his pushing Clinton's clemency of the FALN terrorists or his failure to disclose his work for troubled Illinois...

Important message for AOL USERS ...

9:45pm Tuesday, January 13, 2009
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All Politicians are not the Same - an Interview with Congressman Steve Austria

12:10am Tuesday, January 13, 2009
By Gerard Valentino Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine is fond of saying that all politicians are not the same, despite people's belief to the contrary. As proof that not all politicians are the same, Buckeye Firearms Association has set up interviews with pro-gun legislators, and other elected officials who believe strongly in the right to bear arms. In this installment we cover...

Anti-gun Columbus Dispatch continues editorial tirade

12:05am Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Of all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience...

2009-10 Hunting Regulations Proposed to Ohio Wildlife Council

12:05am Monday, January 12, 2009
Statewide muzzleloader season would move to January COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio sportsmen may notice a few changes in next year's hunting and trapping regulations, based on proposals presented January 7 to the Ohio Wildlife Council by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. September 1 is again proposed as the kick-off date for the state's fall hunting seasons--with the...

If We are Divided, They will Conquer

12:10am Friday, January 09, 2009
By Gerard Valentino A common refrain of the anti-gun crowd are repeated calls for "reasonable" gun control designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and the so-called mentally ill. We already know there is no such thing as "reasonable" gun control, yet the attempt of the anti-gun crowd to vilify people with mental illness is typical of their willingess to exploit just about anything to...

Gun Sales Continue to Increase

12:05am Friday, January 09, 2009
24 Percent Jump in December Amid Gun-Owner Concerns NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Despite a weak economy, gun sales are continuing to increase amid concerns that incoming lawmakers will institute a new gun ban on law-abiding Americans. Data derived from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show a 24 percent increase in firearm purchaser background checks for the month of...

Democrats' proposed gun ban list revealed

12:10am Thursday, January 08, 2009
By Alan Korwin Slipping below the radar (or under the short-term memory cap), the Democrats have already leaked a gun-ban list, even under the Bush administration when they knew full well it had no chance of passage (HR 1022, 110th Congress). It serves as a framework for the new list the Bradys plan to introduce shortly.

The outdoor industry will not be able to peacefully coexist with Obama's administration

12:05am Thursday, January 08, 2009
By Jim Shepherd Plenty has happened in the outdoors [over the Holidays]. Unfortunately, not much of it has been positive. The economy has continued to shake, rattle and roll, the stock market has tanked, industries have lined up for government handouts that may only delay the inevitable, and an administration for which I had pretty high hopes eight years ago is as dead as the bottle of leftover...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:05pm Wednesday, January 07, 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. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From a victim fighting back to an antigun politician owning a gun, these articles should be a part of your required...

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