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The Colt that got away

12:05am Friday, September 12, 2008
By Tim Inwood Recently at a gun show, I was looking over an old US service 1911 .45 pistol. Its serial number was low and the gun itself in only fair condition. The seller said the previous owner claimed the gun had been used in the Mexican Punitive Expedition in 1916. This comment brought back a flood of memories about why I have an interest in these early Colts. When I was a boy, we would...

"No-guns" DQ employees pistol-whipped, shot trying to follow robber's orders

12:10am Thursday, September 11, 2008
By Chad D. Baus The same anti-self-defense crowd that encourages businesses to post "no-guns" signs as a means of promoting "safety" is also fond of saying that the best way to avoid being hurt by a criminal is to just give them what they want, and wait for the police to get there. But once again, persons forced to work in the gun ban extremists' version of a "safe working environment" have found...

Leftist blog calls on Obama to bring gun control back to the campaign trail

12:05am Thursday, September 11, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Even while former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama seeks to cover up his anti-gun past with empty platitudes about an individual right to bear arms that can be "common-sense" limited into oblivion, and while his supporters attempted to make the case that the Supreme Court's ruling on D.C. v. Heller made “Guns a Non-Issue” in the Presidential campaign , there is at least...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:05pm Wednesday, September 10, 2008
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 church shooting to a gun accident, these articles should be a part of your required reading! What follows is...

Ohio elitists react to Castle Doctrine: "Innocent until proven guilty", OH MY!

12:05am Wednesday, September 10, 2008
By Chad D. Baus When is "innocent until proven guilty" a controversial concept? When is an Ohio law designed to protect a homeowner protecting themselves from an intruder interpreted a license for drug dealers to murder one another? And when are self-defense advocates and rank-and-file cops described as saying it's ok to shoot first and ask questions later? When you are a reporter for the...

“It's on the other foot now!”

12:05am Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Dear Mr. or Ms. Bad Person, The time has finally come that the “shoe is on the other foot”. For many, many years it was my responsibility to prove myself “justified” in using lethal force when you broke into my castle in the wee hours of the night. If you were injured, maimed, or even killed while you performed your illegal activities, you or your family could sue me personally for your injuries...

CAUTION: Erroneous media reports on Ohio Castle Doctrine implementation

1:14pm Monday, September 08, 2008
The Cincinnati Enquirer has published a poorly-worded and erroneous article about the implementation of Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, Senate Bill 184, and the Associated Press wire service has picked up the story and replicated a significant error at news outlets across the state and beyond. From the original Enquirer story , by Jennifer Baker: Changes take effect Monday that will make it easier...

Twelve Minutes

12:10am Monday, September 08, 2008
By Gerard Valentino Imagine what you can do with twelve minutes of your life. For some, the time is spent making a call to check on their mother, for others, it’s a quick smoke break while at work. One deranged murderer used his time to kill twenty people and wound twenty-one others. Just twelve minutes changed the life of at least one hundred people in the Killen, Texas Luby’s restaurant, and...

Beretta Group Pledges $1 million to Benefit the NRA-ILA and Civil Rights Defense Fund

12:05am Monday, September 08, 2008
New Pledge Brings Beretta’s Support to over $2 million The National Rifle Association (NRA) has announced that the Beretta Group of companies, led by Beretta U.S.A., Benelli U.S.A., and Burris in the United States have pledged to give the NRA $1 million over the next five years. This gift will benefit the NRA Institute for Legislative Action and the NRA Civil Rights Defense Fund’s litigation...

Morale problem solved: Sarah invigorates army of pro-gun voters

12:10am Friday, September 05, 2008
By Chad D. Baus She didn't raise a musket above her head during her speech at the Republican National Convention, and there have not (yet?) been cries of "from my cold dead hands" on the campaign trail, but for all the renewed enthusiasm among the pro-gun voting block, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin might as well have done both. Many Americans are coming to the realization that Sarah Palin is truly...

My Two Cents In A Multi-Million Dollar Campaign For President

12:05am Friday, September 05, 2008
By John Longenecker Something for non-gun owner voters to understand about candidates' views on guns and a new ticket...a real new ticket. The subject came up in the Democrat Convention, 2008. The Democrat view of banning guns will never touch crime, because it focuses on the iron and not the behavior of criminals. It profoundly ties the hands of victims to respond, and this results in scarring...

Poll proves strong American majority opposes Obama's position on guns

12:10am Thursday, September 04, 2008
By Chad D. Baus According to an Associated Television News/ Zogby poll, a strong majority of likely voters disagree with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on firearms and self-defense related issues, and that the opposition to Obama's stance on these issues is widespread across multiple demographics.

Safety Begins in the Home – Your Home

12:05am Thursday, September 04, 2008
By Gerard Valentino As we inch towards another anniversary of the September 11 attacks and the cowardly attack on Beslan School Number 1 in Russia, we have to wonder what the world has learned in the intervening years. In America, partisan bickering continues over the future in Iraq, and in Russia borders skirmishes continue over disputed provinces of the Republic of Georgia. Hollywood has deemed...

SB184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine law, takes effect

2:49pm Wednesday, September 03, 2008
John Hohenwarter-NRA, Gov. Strickland, Ken Hanson-BFA at SB184 signing ceremony CAUTION: Erroneous media reports on Castle Doctrine implementation The bill Gov. Ted Strickland calls “common-sense legislation”, establishes Castle Doctrine in Ohio and clears up ambiguous sections of Ohio's concealed carry law goes into effect September 9, 2008. Castle Doctrine is arguably the most important part of...

The McCain-Palin ticket: A good choice for gun owners

12:10am Tuesday, September 02, 2008
By Tim Inwood This has been a most unusual political year for me--unusual in that I was having trouble working up real enthusiasm for the Republican nominee after the primary season, as I thrive on politics. But I had little joy this time. I will confess John McCain was not my first pick, nor even my second or third choice, in the primary process. His record on guns has not been good enough for...

Lott Op-Ed: Obama's gun ban rhetoric - For it before being against it, now no longer for it

12:05am Tuesday, September 02, 2008
By John R. Lott Jr. Sen. Barack Obama's campaign just won't let the gun issue rest. Mr. Obama and his campaign surrogates continue to assure gun owners that he is on their side, and it appears to be paying off. John McCain only leads Mr. Obama among hunters by 14 percentage points, just about half the 27-point lead that President Bush held over John Kerry in 2004. If Mr. McCain had a similar lead...

McCain taps pro-gun/ pro-hunting Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as running mate

11:35am Friday, August 29, 2008
According to Politico.com , a top aide to Senator John McCain says Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been chosen by the Arizona senator as his running mate. As a child, Palin reportedly used to rise at 3 a.m. with her father to go moose hunting before school. Today she is the married mother of five who enjoys hunting, fishing, and snowmobiling. Oh, and her favorite meal is moose stew.

Obama acceptance speech imagines divisions between Ohio gun owners; Campaign materials prove his ignorance about guns

12:58am Friday, August 29, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Gun owners in Ohio were given attention from former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama in his acceptance speech at Invesco Field in Denver on Thursday, and his comments, while short, are sure to draw renewed attention to his ignorance about firearms.

Gun Control: Using Children for Political Ends

12:10am Friday, August 29, 2008
[Note: story updated May 27, 2009 at request of author] By Howard Nemerov The death of a child is horrible and painful, and any decent person would do whatever it takes to save that life. How could an organization called the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) possibly have an agenda that could result in more child fatalities? A recent report by the CDF leads with: "Firearm Deaths Among Children and...

Ohio Congressman Bob Latta joins Sportsmen for McCain Steering Committee; Obama scores another faux gunnie

12:10am Thursday, August 28, 2008
Special thanks to Michelle Malkin and NewsBusters.org for passing this story on to their many readers. By Chad D. Baus U.S. Senator John McCain's presidential campaign recently announced the National Steering Committee of the Sportsmen for McCain coalition. Included on that list are two prominent Ohioans - Michael Budzik, the former chief of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of...

DNC Denver Acceptance Speech Special: Obama's Five Mile Gun Store Exclusion

12:05am Thursday, August 28, 2008
This information originally appeared on the Sportsmen For Obama? blog. In 1999 Obama suggested a law that would prevent all gun stores within a five mile radius of schools and parks (See Obama's Draconian Gun Control ). In the following map, the white area is the calculated exclusion zone along the I-25 corridor around Denver and farther north and south along the highway to the borders of...

SW Gun Skills Challenge is a HUGE success!

12:10am Wednesday, August 27, 2008
The sounds of good, safe, family-friendly fun echoed just outside of Oxford, Ohio last weekend as Buckeye Firearms hosted the first regional 'Gun Skills Challenge'. Just over forty shooters turned out to show support for Buckeye Firearms, meet and network with other area shooters, and generally enjoy a full day of shooting drills and scenarios. A special thanks goes out to all the Range Officers...

Scotusblog.com - "The bill for Heller: $3.5 million"

12:05am Wednesday, August 27, 2008
By Lyle Denniston Scotusblog.com Lawyers who won the historic Second Amendment gun rights case in the Supreme Court — District of Columbia v. Heller (07-290) — on Monday asked a federal judge to award them more than $3.5 million for attorneys’ fees, plus $13,215.30 for expenses and court costs. In a motion and memorandum filed with U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, the attorneys said that...

Guns and 2008, Part II: The 2008 Election, America's Right Brain and wei ji

12:10am Tuesday, August 26, 2008
By John Longenecker What are we really electing in 2008? I write for the non-gun owners in America. Often, I say is that what it is about guns isn’t even about guns. It is the thesis upon which I base my book, Safe Streets . It is about how we manage our Burdens, beginning with the very first one, Personal Safety, as opposed to assuming that someone else will do it for us (which cannot be done)...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 51

12:05am Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Taken from the most recent “Page Nine” Alan Korwin’s “The Uninvited Ombudsman Report” 1- Not Much Ammo The lamestream media told you: According to Curt Anderson of the Associated Press, a man was arrested after threatening to assassinate the President. In his car police found a loaded 9mm pistol and dozens of rounds of ammunition. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: A man was arrested...

No Safe Places

12:10am Monday, August 25, 2008
By Don Myers Recently, there were two Christian musicians who were leaving a recording studio and were murdered for two dollars and their car. Initially, I paid little attention to the news reports nor did I listen to the names of the two victims. Three days later, I received an e-mail from a woman friend who had received her CHL by taking my course along with her son and daughter. The e-mail...

Gun ban lobby attorneys argue to keep Texas students defenseless

12:05am Monday, August 25, 2008
The Fort Worth (TX) Star-Telegram is reporting that attorneys for the gun ban lobby have the tiny school district of Harrold in their sights. The Wichita Falls-area Texas school district recently made international news by announcing teachers with a state concealed carry permit and permission from the district would be allowed to carry handguns on campus. But according to the story, the Brady...

"F-Troop": Obama picks fellow gun ban extremist as running mate

10:45am Saturday, August 23, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Now that Barack Obama has announced Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate, it can be said with assurance that there could be no greater anti-Second Amendment ticket put together for Democrats if Sarah Brady hand-picked them herself. Former Joyce Foundation board member Barack Obama's anti-gun record has already been well documented on this website. His own NRA F-rated...

Buckeye Firearms Association named 2007 "NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year"

3:24pm Thursday, August 21, 2008
Wayne LaPierre-NRA, Jim Irvine, Linda Walker, Chad Baus & Rick Jones-BFA, Chris Cox-NRA-ILA Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce that we have been named the 2007 "NRA-ILA Volunteer Organization of the Year" by the National Rifle Association Institute for Legislative Action. The announcement was made in the August 2008 issue of The EVC Update , the Official Publication for the NRA...

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