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Larry Moore: League of Ohio Sportsmen/Ohio Wildlife Federation Hunter Educator of the Year

12:10am Friday, February 22, 2008
Long-time Buckeye Firearms Assocation volunteer Leader Larry S. Moore has been named the League of Ohio Sportsmen/Ohio Wildlife Federation Hunter Educator of the Year. "It is exciting to be honored for hunter education work and recognized by your peers," Moore says. "There are people in the League who have been teaching for 40 years."

New Life Church Pastor Brady Boyd speaks out on church security preparedness

12:05am Friday, February 22, 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 One place where leaders made a conscious choice not to wait until their kids die was New Life Church in Colorado Springs, CO. The story of concealed handgun license-holder...

Editorial: Allow concealed carry

12:10am Thursday, February 21, 2008
February 16, 2008 Dover-New Philadelphia Times-Reporter It’s time we allow concealed carry on America’s university campuses. Maybe an armed, well-trained professor might have been able to stop the graduate student who went on a shooting rampage Thursday in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall, killing six and wounded 15 before turning the gun on himself. And maybe someone with a weapon...

Guns On Campus: Northern Illinois U: Rule #1: Sue Everybody.

12:05am Thursday, February 21, 2008
Alright, you know the facts. Now answer the question: What are the tort liabilities? By John Longenecker It's time to forget about writing more gun bans, time to quit profiling (it's a stalling tactic for political reasons) and time to litigate. The first order of business for any damaged plaintiff is to sue everybody. This would be all colleges who ban weapons, including those who have seen...

20 dead this month in Illinois spree killings, but the state's gun-grabbers will never get it

12:10am Wednesday, February 20, 2008
By Gerard Valentino How long does this have to happen? How many of my home state brethren have to die? When will people like Chicago Mayor Daley and Governor Blagojevich realize they are leaving their citizens at the whim of thugs and the deranged? The sad truth is they will never get it – they will never learn that their draconian gun policies don’t work. Chicago leads the nation in murders...

Castle Doctrine to receive second hearing in House

12:05am Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Ohio's Castle Doctrine legislation, which has already received three hearings in the Senate, will receive a second hearing Thursday, February 21 in the Ohio House of Representatives. The House Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Rep. John White (R-38), will hear proponent testimony on Rep. Wachtmann's HB264 (Castle Doctrine). The hearing will be held at 9:30a.m. in Statehouse Room 121. Thank...

Buckeye Firearms Association 2008 Primary Endorsements

9:15am Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce our endorsements for the March 4th Ohio primary elections. The impact you can make on these races cannot be overstated. Due to the limited number of people who vote in primary elections, each vote counts as a greater percentage of the total votes cast. In past years strong pro-gun candidates have lost by as few as 10 votes. Can there be any doubt...

Denial killed NIU students; Denial is alive and well on Ohio campuses

12:10am Tuesday, February 19, 2008
By Chad D. Baus Following the latest multiple-victim public shooting on the Northern Illinois University campus, radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh focused his national audience on the fact that these shootings keep occurring in what he calls " these wonderful, Utopian, marvelous little college campi that is a gun-free zone ." This is another case in point where you have a liberal gun-free zone,...

HB478: Tax Relief and Gun Rights Rolled Into One

12:05am Tuesday, February 19, 2008
By Brian S. Stewart Ohio gun owners could get some tax relief to go along with their concealed handgun license if a recently introduced bill in the Ohio House of Representatives is passed. HB478, sponsored by State Representative Dan Dodd (D-Hebron), would "allow a refundable tax credit against the personal income tax for concealed-carry license fees." Every dollar you pay out for your license...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

11:57am Monday, February 18, 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 girl being told to stop calling 911 before she was murdered to another gun buyback program, these articles should...

Barack Obama and gun rights: When is "Support" Not Support?

12:10am Monday, February 18, 2008
By Ken Hanson, Esq. Barak Obama continues his attempt to be all things to all people by claiming in an Associated Press interview that he supports the individual right to bear firearms. The interview was conducted in the immediate aftermath of the Northern Illinois shootings. What is astounding to me is that the reporter, Nedra Pickler, presents that pro-gun position as the premise of the story (...

Time to close the “Public Safety Loophole”

12:05am Monday, February 18, 2008
By Tim Inwood In April 2007 we saw the worst school shooting in American history. Students were lined up against the wall and shot to death like cattle at Virginia Tech. These scholars stood meekly and could do nothing to fight back, as school policy had disarmed them and for obeying this idiotic rule they died. Ten months later, it seems bureaucrats and policy makers around the country have...

Lt. Col Dave Grossman's Bullet-Proofing the Mind - A MUST for every concealed-carrier

12:07am Friday, February 15, 2008
by Chad D. Baus Amateurs talk hardware. Professionals talk software. It doesn't matter what's in your hand or between your legs. It matters what's in your heart and in your head." - Lt. Col. Dave Grossman 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...

Al Gore's Current TV takes on Knob Creek Machine Gun Shoot

1:34am Thursday, February 14, 2008
By Chad D. Baus According to the ever-changing, reader-edited resource that is Wikipedia.com, Current TV is an Emmy award-winning independent media company led by former U.S. Vice President [and anti-gun extremist ] Al Gore, and [ equally anti-gun ] businessman Joel Hyatt. The U.S. cable television network went on the air in August of 2005, and a second network, operated in the United Kingdom and...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:15pm Wednesday, February 13, 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 shooting outside of Akron University to the winner of the JPFO's "Name the BATFE mascot contest", these articles...

Who is attacking the Second Amendment in the D.C. gun case, and what can you do about it?

9:55am Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By Ken Hanson, Esq. At some point in your day, you, like me, probably wonder “Have I done all I can do to be a pain in the hind end of those who oppose my gun rights?” The answer, of course, is “no.” Fortunately, it is easy to take some immediate and long term actions to irritate those opposed to your rights. Most steps are as simple as “vendor selection” decisions you make daily. An interesting...

Guns On Campus: The Debate continues.. and continues and continues . . .

12:05am Wednesday, February 13, 2008
By John Longenecker Something's being forgotten... or sidestepped. Many cases of quandary are in the news over guns on campus. I have written on the subject since the Virginia Tech Shooting, and I critique the Review Panel's conclusions in a monograph available to seminar hosts. Outside of that dissertation, let me address some of these questions and quandaries in the debates over what to do on...

State of Ohio: Ohio Congressmen & women sign on in support of Second Amendment

12:10am Tuesday, February 12, 2008
By Chad D. Baus and Dean Rieck The State of Ohio has officially joined a Writ of Certiorari in support of the pro-Second Amendment position in the District of Columbia v. Heller gun case. Thanks to State Attorney General Marc Dann, a Democrat who has earned multiple endorsements from Buckeye Firearms Association, the State of Ohio has joined the states of Texas, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas,...

Comic Books With A Message

12:05am Tuesday, February 12, 2008
By Chris Chumita Growing up I spent a lot of time buried in comic books following the adventures of the X-Men and many other super heroes. The month long wait between issues was often unbearable. I drifted away from comic books as I got older, but about two years ago I discovered a pro-gun comic book that is geared towards children and adults. The comic book is the “Gran’pa Jack” by the Jews for...

SAF, CCRKBA ask candidates to sign 2008 Presidential Gun Rights Pledge

12:10am Monday, February 11, 2008
BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation and Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms today are transmitting to each of the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates the “2008 Presidential Gun Rights Pledge.” In a letter to the candidates, SAF founder Alan M. Gottlieb and CCRKBA Executive Director Mark A. Taff note, “It is not enough for a candidate for this nation’s...

Unarmed Homeowner vs. Home invaders: At the mercy of animals

12:05am Monday, February 11, 2008
By Tim Inwood In August of 2007 I wrote about the July 23rd home invasion that befell the family of Dr. William Petit. It is a sort of thing that happens too often in the United States: criminals, who have been paroled then repeatedly go back to a violent life of crime, plus another family lulled into a false sense of security thinking the police will be there to protect them in their “good...

Three gun-free zones, three public shootings

4:56pm Friday, February 08, 2008
Louisiana Gun Free Zone? It is illegal to bring a firearm onto a college campus in the state of Louisiana. All of the defenseless students at Louisiana Technical College complied with the ban. One murderous 23 year-old woman did not. The results speak for themselves. Missouri Gun Free Zone? It is illegal to bring a firearm into a government building or government meeting in the state of Missouri...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Files Brief in D.C. Gun Ban Case

12:10am Friday, February 08, 2008
The police can never be everywhere at once, and simple logic dictates that the one best able to resist criminal attack is the one being attacked. The victim will always be present at the time of the crime; the police will almost never be present, serving instead to respond to the crime after it has happened. The most fundamental rights enshrined in our legal tradition were summarized as the right...

Perfect storm for gun owners? McCain, DeWine and Giuliani join forces

12:10am Thursday, February 07, 2008
FLASH UPDATE: ROMNEY SUSPENDS CAMPAIGN - "If I fight on in my campaign, all the way to the convention, I would forestall the launch of a national campaign and make it more likely that Senator Clinton or Obama would win. And in this time of war, I simply cannot let my campaign, be a part of aiding a surrender to terror." ----- Author's note: Clearly the events of the day have rendered a few of the...

House schedules two hearings on pro-gun bills

12:05am Thursday, February 07, 2008
Two pro-gun bills will receive hearings today in the Ohio House of Representatives. The House Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Rep. John White (R-38), will hear sponsor testimony on Representative Adams' HB225 (Alaska-style CCW) and Rep. Wachtmann's HB264 (Castle Doctrine). The hearing will be held at 11:00a.m. in Statehouse Room 121. Thank you for responding to our call to use our Write...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

4:00pm Wednesday, February 06, 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 worthless protection order to students getting robbed, these articles should be a part of your required reading!...

Senate Committee Cancels Hearing on "Castle Doctrine" Legislation!

5:49am Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Last week our summary of the third hearing for Ohio's critical Castle Doctrine legislation included a note that "it is expected that the committee will resume hearing testimony on SB184 next week." The day has come, but the Senate Judiciary - Criminal Justice Committee has taken this critical legislation off of the agenda for their Wednesday, February 6 meeting. Indeed, with session days waning,...

Watch videos on gun rights and gun control

11:48pm Tuesday, February 05, 2008
We've started a collection of videos on guns rights and the gun control debate. It includes the following video of Charlton Heston uttering those famous words that have become the rallying cry for gun rights supporters across America and worldwide. Click here to watch more videos. Help us build this collection of videos. If you have a link to a video you think we should include, contact us.

Gun grabbers' gun violence grade cards; Media ignores trend of higher grades for more violent states

12:10am Tuesday, February 05, 2008
By Chad D. Baus & Dean Rieck The Brady Campaign has released its annual "State Report Cards," scoring the states according to their gun control laws. What is most curious about this ranking is that, once again, there is an obsessive focus on guns rather than on crime. If anti-gun groups talk about crime at all, it's always focused specifically on "gun crime," as if getting killed by a gun is...

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