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LTE: Why label different types of violence?

12:05am Wednesday, April 04, 2007
March 31, 2007 Cincinnati Enquirer Why when violence involves a firearm do you call it "gun violence"? I never see the words "knife violence" or "brick violence" mentioned. As a matter of fact, you run very few stories of any other kind of violence but those involving firearms. There's no such thing as gun violence; there's just plain violence. Separating violence involving a firearm is both...

Buckeye Blast was a BLAST!!

12:00pm Tuesday, April 03, 2007
On Sunday, 60 grassroots activists including U.S. Congresswoman Jean Schmidt and Ohio State Representatives Joe Uecker and Danny Bubp came together to support Buckeye Firearms Association and enjoyed a great day of fun and shooting at Tactical Defense Institute (TDI) in Adams County. The day greeted the crew of almost 40 volunteers and 60 shooters with heavy rain, but by mid-morning, the clouds...

Are today's criminals smarter than journalists?

12:10am Tuesday, April 03, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Before the media access loophole was inserted into Ohio's Concealed Handgun License law by Governor Taft as an 11th hour poison pill, legislators in Ohio were warned that newspapers would abuse the law and publish entire lists of concealed handgun license-holders. They were also warned that such lists could then be exploited by criminals wishing to steal firearms, and that...

Op-Ed: Equal rights under the Second Amendment

12:05am Tuesday, April 03, 2007
March 29, 2007 Townhall.com By Ken Blackwell On March 9, a good thing happened for people living in the central and inner cities of America: the DC gun ban was declared unconstitutional. The blanket ban on all operational firearms - and every handgun even if that gun doesn't work - was struck down as unconstitutional by a federal appeals court. As a guy who lived in the projects, served as mayor...

Report: Congress Urged to Move Carefully on DC Gun Ban

12:10am Monday, April 02, 2007
CNSNews.com reported last week that attorneys representing six D.C. residents in the high-profile Second Amendment Parker case are warning that attempts by "well-meaning members of Congress" to repeal the 1976 Washington, D.C., gun ban could backfire by keeping the case out of the U.S. Supreme Court. From the story: "We appreciate that the Second Amendment's many friends in Congress want to...

Zumbo - Open Letter to U.S. Senate Opposing a Ban on ''Assault Weapons''

12:05am Monday, April 02, 2007
March 28, 2007 An Open Letter to the United States Senate Dear Honorable Ladies and Gentlemen: It recently came to my attention that one of your colleagues, Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, has chosen to attack firearms owners using remarks I wrote in mid-February as his launch pad. As you probably know, Sen. Levin has been making anti-gun speeches every week for the past eight years because of a...

Rudy Giuliani: Gun manufacturers knowingly calculate sales to illegal market

12:10am Friday, March 30, 2007
By Chad D. Baus A video of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been posted at YouTube with the following caption: On June 23, 2000 [New York City Mayor] Rudy Giuliani tried to justifiy the gun industry lawsuit to a concerned citizen. Giuliani claims that gun manufacturers overproduce firearms. Giuliani claims that most police officers are in favor of gun control. Giuliani claims that gun control reduced...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Arm The Ones That You Love

12:05am Friday, March 30, 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.... Arm The Ones That...

Washington D.C.: Equality under the law and Senatorial privilege

5:10pm Thursday, March 29, 2007
By Tim Inwood There has been a great deal of news coming from Washington D.C. these days concerning firearms. The decision in the Shelly Parker case has certainly shaken up the political establishment, and I for one have been delighted by it. As a political junkie I can hardly wait to see what the courts do next. I only pray it is the right thing. But for a town that virtually banned all private...

A Church and the Second Amendment

12:10am Thursday, March 29, 2007
By Ed Killoran Earlier this month I heard about a “discussion” of Second Amendment gun rights to be held March 20 at St. John’s Church in downtown Columbus. From the church’s website : “What is the Role of Guns in America Today? Join us for this provocative discussion as we explore the issue of gun control versus ownership rights.” and “Come separate fact from fiction and rhetoric from reality.”...

Op-Ed: The Crime-Statistics Con Job

12:05am Thursday, March 29, 2007
By John R. Lott Jr. It is a remarkable con job. Over the last six months, the Police Executive Research Forum, the chief executives of primarily large police departments, has gotten the media concerned that the country is threatened by a sudden upsurge in violent crime and murder. A New York Times story on March 9th started the current round of hysteria with the headline that “Violent Crime in...

Ohio Supreme Court refuses to reconsider Beatty appeal

4:40pm Wednesday, March 28, 2007
The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its prior decision not to hear a challenge to the city of Toledo’s authority to prohibit the carrying of concealed handguns in its parks. From the story: The court refused a second time by a vote of 5-2 [Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger dissenting] to hear an appeal sought by Bruce...

YOU are invited to attend SAF Leadership Training Conference May 12, 2007

12:10am Wednesday, March 28, 2007
On May 12, 2007 you have the opportunity to attend the Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) Leadership training conference in Ft. Mitchell, Kentucky (just across the river from Cincinnati). Buckeye Firearms Association leaders will be joining leaders of other grassroots organizations from Ohio and Kentucky. This event is free to participants and all costs for publications and lunch are provided...

Zumbo ‘Proud’ of Gunowners, Vows to Lead Charge for Right

12:05am Wednesday, March 28, 2007
March 20, 2007 Gun Week By Dave Workman, Senior Editor “I’m an idiot. I’m ignorant. My words obviously have come back to destroy my career.” Thus was the observation of outdoor legend Jim Zumbo, who told Gun Week in an exclusive interview that he harbors no ill feelings toward the legions of angry gunowners whose backlash has possibly cost him his livelihood, and perhaps his reputation. “I did it...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

11:21pm Tuesday, March 27, 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 an attack on a gas station clerk to an update on the JPFO movie, these articles should be a part of your required...

Two Cincinnati self-defense shootings grab headlines

12:10am Tuesday, March 27, 2007
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Friday on the second of two self-defense shootings in that city in a matter of days. From the story: Jamie Buck was asleep early Friday when a sledgehammer shattered his side door’s window and a stranger burst into his rented home, demanding money or jewelry. That was the last demand Millard Brandenburg would ever make. Click on 'Read More' to continue the story...

Op-Ed: Law and Order and Guns - Rudy has some funny views on guns

12:05am Tuesday, March 27, 2007
He’d better beware if Thompson enters the race By John R. Lott, Jr. One person’s “reasonable and sensible” gun laws aren’t always another’s. So when Rudy Giuliani recognizes that the Second Amendment guarantees people the right to bear arms subject to “reasonable and sensible” laws, it really doesn’t tell us much. Yet one thing is for sure though: Giuliani is hardly a “strict constructionist” on...

Ten Threats To Our Ohio Gun Rights In 2007

12:10am Monday, March 26, 2007
By Alex Payton In August of 2006, the Buckeye Firearms Association produced a list of ten people who are threatening your Ohio gun rights. Since then, Ohio gun owners successfully passed HB347 and helped elect several pro-gun candidates. To some degree, all of the people who were previously listed are still threatening your Ohio gun rights, but there are now new threats that need to be addressed...

Nothing could be done until......

12:05am Monday, March 26, 2007
By Jim Irvine I sometimes watch a program on ER trauma on the Discovery Health Channel. They covered a common situation of a woman who was brutally beaten and tortured by her ex-boyfriend. Police arrived before he killed her, but not before significant physical and emotional damage had occurred. She had a restraining order against the man. She had expressed concerns for her safety to police, who...

Gun Owners, Child Molesters, and the Free Press

12:15am Friday, March 23, 2007
By J. R. Dunn The Roanoke Times is the latest newspaper to discover that just because something can be done does not mean it should be done. As reported by Michelle Malkin and others, the Times on March 11 ran an editorial titled "Shedding Light on Concealed Handguns" announcing that it was publishing a list of everyone in Virginia's New River Valley possessing a concealed carry permit. This type...

Op-Ed: Rudy's Gun-Control Agenda

12:10am Friday, March 23, 2007
March 20, 2007 HumanEvents.com By John Velleco The 2007 version of Rudy Giuliani defends his past support of gun control as a necessary evil to fight crime in a big city. When pressed recently about his views on the 2nd Amendment by Sean Hannity of Fox News, Giuliani attempted to tap dance around his gun-control record without alienating the 290 million Americans who don’t live in New York City...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Violent Crime Rising......Or Is It?

12:05am Friday, March 23, 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.... Violent Crime...

ODNR appoints three deputy directors

2:00pm Thursday, March 22, 2007
March 22, 2007 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE COLUMBUS, OH - Sean D. Logan, Director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, announced today three key executive personnel appointments at the agency. Joining the Director’s leadership team are Deputy Directors Anthony Celebrezze, Cathryn Loucas and Anthony Trevena. All three will be on board by mid April. Celebrezze has worked for the U.S. Sportsmen’s...

Repeal the 2nd Amendment? The anti-gun left in panic over the Parker decision

12:10am Thursday, March 22, 2007
By Tim Inwood This March has been wonderful. On Wednesday the 14th the provisions of HB347 became law. I no longer have to wrinkle my clothes trying to comply with the silly open carry provision in my car. That delighted me. But days before that, the great news came that the DC Circuit Court had finally issued a ruling in the Shelly Parker case , a ruling that turned out just as I had hoped it...

USCCA Magazine highlights BuckeyeFirearms.org writer

12:05am Thursday, March 22, 2007
Over the past several weeks, USCCA, the official magazine of the U.S. Concealed Carry Association, has published several online articles written by Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio Chair Gerard Valentino, which have appeared in the past on this website. Guns are Back on the Table How to Help Not the Same Old Doctors and Guns Article Each day, the all-volunteer staff at Buckeye Firearms...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

7:19pm Wednesday, March 21, 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 another mayor leaving Bloomberg's anti-gun group to another failure of the system, these articles should be a part...

Cleveland police union to NRANews: We won’t enforce illegal laws

2:19am Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Cam Edwards, host of Cam & Company at NRANews.com has followed up on a BuckeyeFirearms.org story published last week which revealed that Cleveland's police union is not pleased with Mayor Frank Jackson's order to ignore HB347. Cam interviewed Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader Chris Chumita on his show last Friday about the story, and in a follow-up segment yesterday, Edwards blew the...

Enquirer reporter reveals proof that criminals don't get Ohio CHLs

12:10am Wednesday, March 21, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Greg Korte, the Cincinnati Enquirer reporter who recently found himself in the middle of a lawsuit by sending requests for the list of CHL-holders to all 88 Ohio county sheriffs, has published a blog article that graphically illustrates a fact long-held by this political action committee: Criminals do not apply for concealed handgun licenses, and are not deterred by gun control...

Tens of Thousands Safely Join Sportsmen's Ranks

12:05am Wednesday, March 21, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2007 The Families Afield Program led to an astounding jump in the number of new hunters in 2006. The spotless safety record of the freshmen underscores the fact that mentored youth are the safest in the field. Families Afield is a campaign established by the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), and National Wild Turkey Federation (...

LTE: Assault on 'assault' weapons unsound

12:15am Tuesday, March 20, 2007
March 19, 2007 Zanesville Times-Recorder The recent article by Dan Thomasson maligning the National Rifle Association is a new low, even for him. It appears that old Dan has finally lost control of his senses or is lying in his teeth. Take your pick. The nation's police chiefs have serious problems all right, but so called assault weapons are seldom used in crimes of any kind. The infamous ATF (...

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