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Representative Adams introduces HB225: Alaska-style CCW

12:05am Wednesday, May 30, 2007
By Jim Irvine Representative John Adams (R-78) of Sidney, Ohio has introduced HB225 . The bill is substantially similar to HB559 from 2004 and HB91 from 2005, which were both sponsored by Representative Tom Brinkman. HB225 would repeal many of the onerous provisions of our current concealed carry law and allow law abiding citizens to carry concealed without a license.

Another GOP Presidential wanna-be flip-flops on guns

12:10am Tuesday, May 29, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Last month, I asked the nation's gun owners if they were willing to be Mitt Romney's cheap date - if they were willing to forget his years of anti-gun philandering and buy into his election-season pandering. "Is it just me," I asked, "or is it incredibly insulting every time a politician expects America's hunters, sportsmen, concealed handgun license-holders and gun owners to fall...

Yet Another Case for Allowing Concealed Carry at Work

12:05am Tuesday, May 29, 2007
By Joe DeVito A recent event in downtown Columbus furthered the case long since proved by concealed carry advocates, that leaving employees defenseless at work is dangerous and irresponsible. A very well known Fortune 500 company has just such a policy, despite the repeated attacks on employees walking to and from their cars parked off of company property. The area between the work building and...

Memorial Day - Remembering Those Who Gave All to Defend Our Rights

12:05am Monday, May 28, 2007
By Jim Irvine We are often thanked for all we do to secure firearms rights in Ohio, but this Memorial Day, it's important to remember all those who have come before us, and won all of the big battles. It is only through their sacrifice and perseverance that we are able to fight today's battles. While it's easy to get caught up in the moment of your own struggles, our lives as we know them would...

City of Toledo to remove illegal ''no-guns'' signs from parks

1:50pm Saturday, May 26, 2007
Grassroots volunteers have been asking the question for more than two months now - "If gun laws are now uniform across Ohio, and if local gun control laws are now preempted, why are there still "no-guns" signs in my local park or on public property other than buildings?" ABC Toledo's Bill Hormann deserves kudos for posing this question to Toledo city managers, and for promoting action on the part...

Ohio Spring Turkey Season - Tough and Confusing

12:15am Friday, May 25, 2007
By Larry S. Moore As the Division of Wildlife press release on the conclusion of the spring turkey season notes, the harvest was down 7 percent. Spring turkey hunters found a mixed bag of weather and hunting results. Many reasons, or excuses, are being offered. Dayton Daily News outdoors writer Jim Robey writes : Some hunters blame a cold snap about the time the hunting began. Others question...

Op-Ed: Democrats show some common sense on guns

12:10am Friday, May 25, 2007
By Mike Hudson Niagara Falls Reporter Having been a registered Democrat since the Ford administration, I know better than to say my party is a lead-pipe cinch in next year's presidential election. If there is any way to screw it up, the Democrats will find it. The wretched candidacies of Walter Mondale, Michael Dukakis and John Kerry provide ample evidence of that. I am happy, then -- and...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Which One Would You Prefer?

12:05am Friday, May 25, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... Which One Would You...

Anti-gun Plain Dealer readers upset over politician's pro-gun conversion

12:10am Thursday, May 24, 2007
On Tuesday, May 15, Plain Dealer columnist Phillip Morris published a story detailing State Rep. Michael DeBose's mugging and subsequent conversion experience to a pro-gun point of view. There appear to be a few Plain Dealer readers who - much like DeBose before that fateful night - have likely never experienced a violent attack, yet think they know better than DeBose about how to survive one...

Headline: OSU Pistol Club takes aim at gun education

12:05am Thursday, May 24, 2007
The (OSU) Lantern has published an informative article on the Ohio State University Pistol Club, and comments posted by readers prove there is a demand for more of this type of coverage. From the story: Gunshots rang out from several .22-caliber pistols during the Ohio State Pistol Club's weekly meeting at the firing range in Converse Hall Thursday evening. The group exists to promote...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

7:40pm Wednesday, May 23, 2007
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 the murder of a new father to a possible Bloomberg presidential run, these articles should be a part of your...

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2007 CHL statistics

12:10am Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Attorney General Marc Dann has released the concealed handgun license (CHL) statistics for the first quarter of 2007. Once again, the numbers prove that CHL holders are law-abiding citizens, and demand remains steady. Click on ‘Read More’ for the entire story. There have been 92,121 regular, and 217 temporary emergency licenses (TEL's) issued by Ohio's 88 sheriffs since Ohio began issuing the...

Bloomberg attacks nation's law enforcement officers

12:05am Wednesday, May 23, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The nation's police and law enforcement organizations are flies in anti-gun, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's ointment, and the potential third party presidential hopeful isn't taking it well. Recently, Bloomberg launched http://www.protectpolice.org/ , in hopes of framing his latest gun control scheme in those terms. His efforts have been seriously undermined, however, by...

Don't let your children be victims of the ''Culture of Sheep''

12:10am Tuesday, May 22, 2007
By Tim Inwood Earlier in May I recounted a story from my youth in “Time for the sun to set on the Culture of Sheep” , where I complained of having been punished for defending myself. When it comes to the “Culture of Sheep”, I had barely scratched the surface in my disdain for what it has done to my country. My desire to examine and discuss how to undermine this national disease of indoctrinated...

Yet another op-ed writer fantasizes gun control could prevent massacre

12:05am Tuesday, May 22, 2007
By Chad D. Baus In the wake of Toledo Blade editorial board member Dan Simpson's tirade against the Constitution , and a recent Springfield (OH) News Sun editorial entitled "More guns not the answer to violence", yet another anti-gun writer has taken a stab at his dream list of gun control that he believe would stop incidents like last month's massacre on the "no guns" Virginia Tech campus. In "...

The media and guns – things they should know

12:10am Monday, May 21, 2007
By Larry S. Moore As firearms and self-defense activists, we see a lot of news stories that involve guns. Unfortunately much of it involves the misuse of firearms. Even more unfortunate is the inaccurate reporting of firearms use and misuse in these stories. Many of us read the mainstream media reports and wonder if the media has an agenda to make any use of a firearm sound bad. I suppose some do...

Monday's Must-Read Op-Eds

12:05am Monday, May 21, 2007
Illusion of Safety:The False Promise of Gun-Free Zones By Ken Blackwell Townhall.com Recent news accounts of the bittersweet commencement exercises at Virginia Tech University refueled debate in my university neighborhood and reinvigorated our search for the real cause of the threat to our safety. The debate centered on the need to mandate gun-free zones on college campuses. Well, mandating...

Which came first - the gun violence or the gun control?

12:15am Friday, May 18, 2007
By Chad D. Baus If ever there was a headline that made me do a double-take, it was a recent Associated Press article entitled "Mass shootings more common since 1960s" . The thesis of the article, written in the days following Seung-Hui Cho's sick massacre of his fellow college students, is to ask "What is it about modern-day America that provokes such random violence?" AP reporter Matt Crenson...

LTE: Properly trained people can use guns in self-defense

12:10am Friday, May 18, 2007
It wasn't quite at the level of Toledo Blade editorial board member Dan Simpson's tirade against the Constitution , but an April 30 editorial by Springfield (OH) News Sun editorial page editor Tom Hawkins entitled "More guns not the answer to violence" got pretty close . I don't want to take away your deer rifle, your shotgun or even your .357, but I do want to take away a silly argument the far-...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: The gun vote still matters

12:05am Friday, May 18, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... The gun vote still...

Armed with the Truth

12:10am Thursday, May 17, 2007
By Fred Thompson If you care about Constitutional law, and everybody should, the big news is that it looks as if the Supreme Court is going to hear a Second Amendment case some time next year. The event that sparked this legal fuse was a case brought by six D.C. residents who simply wanted functional firearms in their homes for self-defense. In response, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C...

If Ohio Was Like Kentucky

12:05am Thursday, May 17, 2007
By Chris Chumita and Jim Irvine Ohio concealed carry license holders are still celebrating the passage of HB347 and the improvements it made to Ohio’s concealed carry law. In the last few years, we have been slowly taking back our Second Amendment rights. A recent trip to Kentucky reminded us how far behind we are. Kentucky is a decade ahead of Ohio with firearms reform. We have joked about how...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:17am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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 staged school shooting to a police officer being investigated, these articles should be a part of your required...

Anti-gun politician switches sides after being made victim in mugging

12:15am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist Philip Morris is reporting that State Rep. Michael DeBose, a Cleveland Democrat who has a solid history of anti-gun votes in the Ohio legislature, has changed his mind in the wake of a violent robbery attempt near his home. The op-ed begins with this: It's funny how a gun can in stantly change your perspective on things, make you wish you could...

ABC's 20/20 debunks myth that gun control reduces crime

12:10am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Given the typically uninformed and sometimes biased coverage of guns, gun crimes, and potential gun legislation, it can be extremely difficult for gun owners to read the newspaper or watch the television. But once in a while, a journalist shines through - not because they are pro-gun, but because they are fair. They weigh the facts and report the story. On the print side, the Cleveland Plain...

Op-Ed: Gun-free zones are fatal mistakes

12:05am Wednesday, May 16, 2007
By Dave Workman Reacting to questions from reporters about how to prevent future outrages like the murders of 32 students and teachers at Virginia Tech on April 16, Texas Gov. Rick Perry dispelled any notion that common sense has been eradicated by political correctness in the United States. Perry's sensible solution: Allow legally armed citizens to carry their defensive firearms anywhere --...

Time for the sun to set on the Culture of Sheep

12:15am Tuesday, May 15, 2007
By Tim Inwood My first memory of encountering the “anti-self defense culture”, which I call the “culture of sheep”, was a cold morning in January 1975. I was in the sixth grade and was riding the school bus. Suddenly, another student sitting in the seat ahead of me turned and began striking me. This was completely unprovoked. Naturally I struck back in defense. The bus driver separated us and...

LTE: Conceal-carry was factor in stopping attack

12:05am Tuesday, May 15, 2007
The following letter was written in response to a letter to the Columbus Dispatch editor by a gun ban extremist who attempted to mislead readers about two well-known cases of armed citizens stopping mass murderers during school shootings. May 11, 2007 Columbus Dispatch Michael Holloway's Tuesday letter "Little evidence guns make campus safer," responding to an earlier op-ed, was filled with...

SAF Leadership Conference better arms Regional Activists

10:51pm Monday, May 14, 2007
The Second Amendment Foundation held a leadership training conference on Saturday, May 12 at the Drawbridge Inn and Convention Center in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky. This is also site of the 2007 Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) that will be held October 5-7. The event brought together leaders and activists from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana to network, share ideas, and learn from the experience and...

Self Defense Against Rogue Statistics

12:10am Monday, May 14, 2007
by Dean Rieck Mark Twain is often quoted as saying, “There are three types of lies - lies, damn lies, and statistics.” That’s another way of saying that while statistics are useful, they can be slippery. Much of the problem with statistics is ignorance about how they are created and what they mean. However, many people, including some anti-gun zealots, purposely misuse statistics, especially...

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