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Anti-Gun Schemers – More Crow for Dinner Tonight

1:10am Wednesday, March 19, 2008
By Gerard Valentino and Brian Stewart The Texas Department of Public Safety released the number of concealed carry license holders convicted of crimes in 2005. In yet another embarrassing defeat to the anti-gun schemers, permit holders in Texas proved to be in the 99th percentile of all law-abiding citizens. What that means is you are less likely to be a victim of a crime perpetrated by a license...

Concealed-carry requests escalate in Colorado; Defense against church shootings cited as cause

1:05am Wednesday, March 19, 2008
By Chad D. Baus As a regular church attendee, the issue of church security and the more than 500% increase in church shootings over the past 8 years is near and dear to my heart. In recent weeks, I have written several articles on the subject of the need for security preparations in places of worship. In " Ohio's ban on defending lives in places of worship: How did it get this bad? " I noted that...

D.C. v. Heller Day: A Terrifying, Glorious 30 Minutes

1:10am Tuesday, March 18, 2008
The Supreme Court has heard the case. Buckeye Firearms Association LIVE blog published during oral arguments located at end of the following commentary...along with links to the written transcript and to archived audio of the entire hearing... By Ken Hanson, Esq. The historic day is finally here. The United States Supreme Court will hear testimony today on what is being called "the Roe v. Wade of...

Why District of Columbia v. Heller should not have been necessary

1:05am Tuesday, March 18, 2008
By Tim Inwood On this day, March 18th, 2008, the eyes of those in this nation who are interested in issues of liberty will be carefully watching the United States Supreme Court wrestle with the meaning of the Second Amendment to the Constitution, and how it applies to the District of Columbia. This is rather sad, in my view. If the American people were properly taught history and understood the...

Will Democrats have a pro-gun Vice Presidential candidate?

1:10am Monday, March 17, 2008
By Brian S. Stewart Senator Joe Lieberman was the Democratic vice presidential candidate in 2000 - six years later they effectively kicked him out of the party as a heretic. In 2000, Al Gore ran one of the most anti-gun presidential campaigns in history en route to losing his home state of Tennessee, several swing states, and the presidency. Eight years later, one of the most vocal Second...

22 year-old Buckeye state college student helps U.S. troops improve aim

1:05am Monday, March 17, 2008
By Ken Gordon The Columbus Dispatch The photo looks like one of those "Which one doesn't belong?" deals. Seven U.S. Army Rangers stand in fatigues and combat boots. In their midst stands a smiling college kid in tennis shoes, jeans and a hoodie. The only similarity is they all hold M-16 rifles. Sam Ohlinger, that smiling college kid, was teaching those professional soldiers how to better use them...

Cincinnati City Council sees need for guns; reverses Mayor's decision to weaken security at City Hall

1:05am Friday, March 14, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory has gone to great lengths over the years to prove his anti-gun, anti-self defense creds. As a State Senator, Mark Mallory spoke out against persons who participated in open carry 'Defense Walk' demonstrations (they were protesting an Ohio Supreme Court ruling upholding what was then a 100 year-old ban on concealed carry) and voted against the...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Legislative Chair Ken Hanson offers House testimony on 'Castle Doctrine'

12:10am Friday, March 14, 2008
Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson delivered testimony Thursday before the House Criminal Justice Committee in support of 'Castle Doctrine' legislation currently receiving consideration in both the House and Senate. Following is the complete testimony delivered on behalf of Buckeye Firearms Association on HB264/SB184 .

Mobility-impaired hunting opportunities improved with passage of Buckeye Firearms Assoc.-supported legislation

1:05am Thursday, March 13, 2008
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to announce passage of Senate Bill 209, which will, among other things, create mobility-impaired access lanes on various public hunting lands of the Ohio Division of Wildlife. In late February, after accepting testimony from Buckeye Firearms Association's Bob Harsanje and Larry S. Moore, the House Finance & Appropriations Committee voted to amend HB473...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

3:00pm Wednesday, March 12, 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 school stabbing to a senior citizen fighting back, these articles should be a part of your required reading! What...

"Security for Faith-Based Organizations Seminar" at greater Cincinnati's Creation Museum

1:10am Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Can we take the lessons learned in blood and lives at Columbine and the World Trade Center and apply them so we'll never take this [path] again, or do we have to wait until our kids die?" - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman Concerns over security at places of worship are increasing in the wake of massacre after massacre in "no-guns" (victim disarmament) zones across the country. With an...

Op-Ed: D.C. Gun Ban Proponents Ignore the Facts

1:05am Wednesday, March 12, 2008
By John R. Lott, Jr. and Maxim Lott FOXNews For gun control proponents and opponents a lot is riding on a former security guard for the Supreme Court Annex. Next Tuesday , the Supreme Court will hear arguments over whether the District of Columbia's ban on handguns and its requirement that any rifles or shotguns remain locked violates the plaintiff, Dick Heller's, constitutional rights. Whatever...

Senate Committee Postpones Hearing/ Vote on "Castle Doctrine" Legislation

2:45pm Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Last week we were pleased to announce that Senate Bill 184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, had been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for Wednesday and Thursday of this week for the purpose of adopting amendments and voting on a substitute bill. Unfortunately, Buckeye Firearms Association has received word that committee chairman Tim Grendell has run into an...

They're Coming for Your Guns

1:10am Tuesday, March 11, 2008
By Brian S. Stewart Tucked into the final paragraph, a recent story in U.S. News and World Report highlighted the Washington D.C. Police Gun Recovery Unit, a unit of about two dozen officers whose mandate is exactly as it sounds: Every day about two dozen officers fan out across the city's roughest neighborhoods, stopping drivers and pedestrians for traffic and other offenses and executing...

Op-Ed: Why you should carry every day

1:05am Tuesday, March 11, 2008
By Gerard Valentino World Net Daily Several spree killings in non-permissive places like colleges or in states that don't have concealed-carry laws have blasted the gun-control debate back onto the national stage. Pro-gun advocates accurately pointed out that in Illinois, where two of the spree killings took place, citizens are denied their constitutional right to self-defense through the right...

CCRKBA says press purposely downplays key role of armed student in Jerusalem

1:05am Monday, March 10, 2008
An armed student at Jerusalem’s Mercaz Haray seminary played a crucial role in stopping a gun-wielding terrorist Thursday, but the American press is downplaying his heroism because it proves that armed students can stop campus gunmen, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Yitzhak Dadon, 40, was described as “a private citizen who had a gun license and was able to...

When Liberals Rationalize

12:10am Friday, March 07, 2008
By Ken Hanson, Esq. Professor Laurence Tribe has published an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal that has some folks scratching their heads bloody. In this piece, Tribe interjects his opinion on the D.C. v. Heller case about to be argued in front of the U.S. Supreme Court. Typical of his genus ( liberis thinkeumsupremis ), Tribe's piece is a splendid example of intellectual obfuscation.

HB264/SB184: Castle Doctrine scheduled for multiple hearings and possible vote in Senate committee!

4:14pm Thursday, March 06, 2008
Senate Bill 184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for Wednesday, March 12 at 10:00 a.m. in the Senate Building's North Hearing Room. The purpose for Wednesday's hearing is so that the committee may adopt amendments via a substitute bill. The following day, Thursday, March 13 at 9:00 a.m., the committee will reconvene in the...

Op-Ed: Columbine To Va. Tech To NIU - Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields?

12:05am Thursday, March 06, 2008
By John R. Lott, Jr. As Northern Illinois University restarts classes this week, one thing is clear: Six minutes proved too long. It took six minutes before the police were able to enter the classroom that horrible Thursday, and in that short time five people were murdered, 16 wounded. Six minutes is actually record-breaking speed for the police arriving at such an attack, but it was simply not...

Ohio Primary Election Results - a good day for gun owners

10:17am Wednesday, March 05, 2008
The results are in, and it was a very encouraging night for Ohio gun owners in the races for which Buckeye Firearms Association made endorsements and recommendations. Overall, we are extremely pleased with the outcome of the primary contests we saw as important for Ohio gun owners. As usual there were several examples which proved just how crucial pro-gun Ohioans' involvement in their party...

Mobility-Impaired Disabled Hunter Access

12:10am Wednesday, March 05, 2008
By Larry S. Moore The upland game rabbit season has been pretty tough on me this year. My oldest female Beagle, Lucky, is 14 and has not been able to hunt. She is just too slow in her old age. My male, Hank, has encountered some heart issues so I am not running him very much. He is 10 and I was really hoping for a couple more years in the field with him. Both dogs jump at the gates and bark to go...

Op-Ed: Guns Save Lives

12:05am Wednesday, March 05, 2008
By John Stossel It's all too predictable. A day after a gunman killed six people and wounded 18 others at Northern Illinois University, The New York Times criticized the U.S. Interior Department for preparing to rethink its ban on guns in national parks. The editorial board wants "the 51 senators who like the thought of guns in the parks -- and everywhere else, it seems -- to realize that the...

Colorado CHL-holder Recalls Encounter With Church Gunman

12:10am Tuesday, March 04, 2008
The story of concealed handgun license-holder Jeanne Assam's brave actions to stop a murderous rampage killer in Colorado Springs, Colorado's New Life Church won't soon be forgotten. From CNSNews.com : "She probably saved over 100 lives," the Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the...

Attorney General announces Fourth Quarter 2007 CHL statistics

12:05am Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Recent improvements to law spark surge in demand for concealed handgun licenses By Jim Irvine Attorney General Marc Dann has released the concealed handgun license statistics for the fourth quarter of 2007. There were 5,058 regular licenses, and 22 temporary emergency licenses issued, bringing the total to 109,142 licenses issued to carry a concealed handgun. Nearly 22,000 law-abiding citizens...

Toledo concealed handgun license-holder defends own life during robbery attempt

3:49pm Monday, March 03, 2008
By Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that another Ohio CHL-holder is alive today because he had the means to protect himself when attacked. The newspaper, which editorialized against concealed carry both before and after it became law (one editorial board member went so far as theorize on how he would disarm the entire American population ), and which prohibits its newspaper carriers...

To my gun-owning Democrat friends: How could you vote for either one?

12:10am Monday, March 03, 2008
By Chad D. Baus I've spent the last few weeks examining the choices left on the GOP primary ballot. I thought on this Ohio Primary eve I would take a look the choices my pro-gun Democrat friends are facing. In Ohio alone, approximately 1/2 million people have hunting and/ or concealed handgun licenses. More importantly, Ohio gun owners made up 27 percent of the total vote in Ohio in the year 2000...

It really is ok to be liberal and support individual gun rights

12:05am Monday, March 03, 2008
By John Salyers Yes, really. Democrats throughout Ohio and across the country would be well advised to take a closer look at elected officials like Ohio's Governor Ted Strickland and U.S Congressman Zack Space. These gentlemen are both true to the Democrat party and yet are unwavering in their support of protecting our individual right to bear arms. And believe it or not folks, it's working for...

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