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Quiet No Longer

12:10am Tuesday, April 24, 2007
By Gerard Valentino Over the last 12 years gun-control was the equivalent of a political black hole with Congress firmly in the grasp of the GOP. Now, as Democrats control our nation’s legislative bodies, the quiet enjoyed by pro-gun activists on the gun-control front will surely come to an end. Although not heavily covered by the establishment media, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and her cohorts in the...

Cleveland homicides - criminals killing criminals

12:05am Tuesday, April 24, 2007
By Alex Payton A recent article in the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that most homicide victims in Cleveland are criminals. From the article: Most of the victims of homicide in Cleveland look a lot like their killers. They are criminals being killed by other criminals. The incidents almost always involve black men killing a man of the same race. The deadliest areas are those stricken with...

VT massacre: OH Gov. says state gun laws sound; Sheriff calls for armed teachers

12:10am Monday, April 23, 2007
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that while Governor Ted Strickland (D) believes dangerous mentally disturbed people should not have access to guns, he does not believe the Virginia Tech case means Ohio's gun [control] laws need strengthened. Gov. Strickland, who was a practicing psychologist prior to being elected to Congress in 1992, says the massacre raises troubling questions about how...

The most neglected part of self-defense training

12:10am Monday, April 23, 2007
By Ken Hanson Most self-defense advocates take training very seriously. We cover mindset, awareness, equipment, ammunition and scenarios in most any training. However, there is one component of concealed carry training that is completely ignored by most schools. This is unfortunate, as this one component is the one that is statistically most likely to result in the arrest of a concealed carry...

Northwest Ohio newspaper shows up Pulitzer-winning Plain Dealer on gun coverage

12:05am Monday, April 23, 2007
Defiance Crescent gets facts by looking past unreliable Brady Campaign anti-gun propaganda By Chad D. Baus On Wednesday, April 18, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published an article entitled “In Ohio its really easy to buy a gun.” It was immediately apparent that the writer, Plain Dealer reporter Terry Oblander, relied on incorrect information from the Brady Campaign. (I highly encourage readers to...

Op-Ed: Signs of Intelligence?

12:10am Saturday, April 21, 2007
By Fred Thompson ABC Radio One of the things that's got to be going through a lot of peoples' minds now is how one man with two handguns, that he had to reload time and time again, could go from classroom to classroom on the Virginia Tech campus without being stopped. Much of the answer can be found in policies put in place by the university itself. Virginia, like 39 other states, allows citizens...

D.C. Gun Ban Update: Mayor Fenty petitions for en banc hearing

12:05am Saturday, April 21, 2007
By Tim Inwood "The District of Columbia and Mayor Adrian Fenty respectfully petition this Court for rehearing en banc " With these words the Mayor of Washington D.C. launches his challenge to the D.C. Circuit Court's ruling in Parker vs. Washington D.C. , made on March 9,2007. For those of us who have fought hard to restore our Second Amendment rights, the Parker ruling was a stunning victory...

Pro-gun legislator Kevin DeWine Chosen as GOP Deputy Director

5:10pm Friday, April 20, 2007
Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to report that the Ohio Republican Party State Central and Executive Committee chose State Rep. Kevin DeWine to be the state party's deputy director. Kevin DeWine, the current Speaker Pro Tempore, is a three-time endorsee of this political action committee. His voting record in the Ohio House is solid for gun-owners and sportsmen. He has co-sponsored and...

Plain Dealer victim of bad information from Brady Campaign?

12:15am Friday, April 20, 2007
Editor's Note: The following information has been distributed as a press release to Ohio media outlets in response to the information contained in the Cleveland Plain Dealer article “In Ohio it's really easy to buy a gun”. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE It appears that the Plain Dealer’s Terry Oblander relied on incorrect information from the Brady Campaign in his April 18 piece “In Ohio it's really easy...

Governor Strickland calls for Task Force on Campus Security

12:10am Friday, April 20, 2007
By Chad D. Baus In the wake of the massacre of 32 defenseless students on the 'gun free' campus of Virginia Tech, Ohio Governor Ted Strickland (D) has called for a review of safety issues on Ohio's college campuses. Though Strickland himself has a pristine record of voting to protect our Second Amendment rights, the person he selected to establish a Task Force on Campus Security is anything but...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: A look back at the Alrosa murders, from someone who was there

12:05am Friday, April 20, 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.... A look back at the...

WARNING: False information in Plain Dealer story on Ohio campus victim zones

12:16pm Thursday, April 19, 2007
In an article that otherwise took a very balanced, healthy look at the problem of disarming adults on college campuses, the Cleveland Plain Dealer has published some factually incorrect information. Be warned - following this information from the Cleveland Plain Dealer could get you arrested: Ohio residents with a special permit have been allowed to carry concealed weapons in public since 2004...

As predicted: Ohio gun ban extremist screams ''It's all about the guns!''

12:20am Thursday, April 19, 2007
In the hours after the massacre at Virginia Tech, we predicted that "in the coming days, gun control groups like the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence, the Brady Bunch and the Joyce Foundation's Gun Guys, will be calling for tighter gun control measures as a result of this massacre." It didn't take days. In fact, gun ban extremist Toby Hoover, who fronts what often appears to be a one-woman...

Knee-jerk reactions not the solution

12:15am Thursday, April 19, 2007
By Tim Inwood The sadness of Monday, April 16, 2007, will echo for some time. Our hearts and prayers continue to go out to the family and friends of those killed at Virginia Tech. What we do know is that the murderer was a 23 year old South Korean named Cho Seung-Hui. He was a resident alien who lived here for 14 years, and he went to Virginia Tech as a student. On Monday, April 16, filled with...

Too Many Deer – Another perspective

12:10am Thursday, April 19, 2007
By Larry S. Moore Some sportsmen might consider too many deer an oxymoron, like owning too many guns. A recent article in the Columbus Dispatch by Dave Golowenski certainly presents what is becoming a common debate. The article accurately points out the number of hunters, the adaptability of deer, the fact that humans continue to consume more habitat while planting deer attracting foods, the...

Unarmed Ohio campus security guards - and they'll stay that way

12:38pm Wednesday, April 18, 2007
While college campuses across the country examine their security procedures in the wake of the VT massacre, most campus security experts are stressing that while they try to plan for all contingencies, there really is no way to prevent one lone predator with a death wish from wreaking havoc on a college campus. But one Ohio college dean thinks she has the answer to a heavily armed criminal with...

Reaction to VT Massacre: Plain Dealer gets it wrong...again

12:19pm Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is at it again. The headline warns "In Ohio, it's really easy to buy a gun" . But the 'facts' (as per usual when it comes to this newspaper's coverage of gun-related news) are worth examining. Commentary by Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson in crimson type . TRAGEDY AT VIRGINIA TECH In Ohio, it's really easy to buy a gun (It is also really easy...

FLASHBACK: VT student implores officials to allow self-defense; gets rebuffed

12:15am Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The April 16 massacre wasn't the first shooting scare at Virginia Tech this college year. Nor are emerging questions over whether or not students should be allowed to bear arms for self-defense new. In August of 2006, an escaped jail inmate shot and killed a deputy sheriff and an unarmed security guard at a nearby hospital before the police caught him in the woods near the university. On August...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:12am Wednesday, April 18, 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 Governor Strickland's wife discussing their differing views on gun control to a school shooting in the gun control...

One Time to Save a Life

12:05am Wednesday, April 18, 2007
By Gerard Valentino The establishment media’s immediate vilification of guns whenever a mass shooting happens means they forget that it only takes only one person with a concealed handgun license to stop a killer. They also refuse to accept that despite the leftist anti-gunners' cries to the contrary, when someone resists with a gun the death toll in these cases is much lower. Every single one of...

Anti-gun groups once again seek to exploit tragedy

10:30am Tuesday, April 17, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 17, 2007 Gun bans disarm victims, not criminals. That is the simple lesson that anti-gun groups refuse to acknowledge as they race to dance in the blood of the Virginia Tech tragedy. Prior to April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech was an anti-gun “success story.” Tech fought, and won, a battle against a statewide measure that would have guaranteed the right of students to...

What a difference a (Democrat) governor makes

12:10am Tuesday, April 17, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The silence is deafening. On April 12, 2007, a spokesperson for Governor Ted Strickland told the Elyria Chronicle-Telegram that the governor "opposes allowing anyone — including journalists — to review who has a [concealed handgun license]." Given their history of vocal, vehement advocacy on the issue of media access to the private, personal information of concealed handgun...

A month of concealed carry

12:05am Tuesday, April 17, 2007
By Jim Irvine It has been one month since HB347 went into effect, eliminating the need to carry your holstered firearm in "plain sight" in a motor vehicle. That simple change still brings a smile to my face every time I get in a car. Click 'Read More' for the entire commentary. When it took until mid-December to complete the veto-override required to make HB347 law, I had concerns that we would...

Yet another mass shooting in a 'gun free zone': At least 32 dead at VA Tech

12:48pm Monday, April 16, 2007
Editor's NOTE: This story was updated throughout the day Monday, April 16, 2007 as new information became available. It is a story that is all too familiar, and it's happening again. The Associated Press is reporting that a man opened fire in a 'gun free' dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech on Monday, killing at least 32 people and wounding many others.

Might there be a pro-gun GOP Presidential contender after all?

12:10am Monday, April 16, 2007
Fred Thompson Gears Up By Chad D. Baus Gun owners disappointed by a bevy of Presidential front-runners in both the Democrat and Republican camps got a boost in recent weeks when former Senator Fred Thompson (R-Tenn) announced that he was considering a Presidential run. The Politico.com is reporting that the “Law & Order” actor has moved beyond pondering a bid for the White House and begun...

Education Guide Lesson #15: Ohio CHL-holders acting in self-defense

12:05am Monday, April 16, 2007
The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that another Ohio concealed handgun license-holder has acted to defend himself from a dangerous armed criminal. From the story: A 55-year-old man thwarted a carjacking Tuesday morning after exchanging gunfire with the would-be thief. The victim told police he had pulled his vehicle into his Youngstown Road driveway about 12:45 a.m. when one of three men who...

Appeals Court reverses: Clyde City Parks 'no-guns' signs illegal

11:43am Saturday, April 14, 2007
In an important victory to gun owners, the Court of Appeals of Ohio’s Sixth district, on Friday April 13, 2007, reversed its earlier ruling on the City of Clyde’s ordinances intended to restrict the rights of law-abiding citizens who possess a concealed handgun license from exercising their constitutional rights in city parks. In their ruling, reversing an earlier decision, the court noted:

Gun Owners of the World – Unite!

12:15am Friday, April 13, 2007
(This commentary has also been published at USConcealedCarry.com ) By Gerard Valentino The flap over Jim Zumbo’s comments about so-called assault weapons brought the rift among gun owners into the public spotlight. Although Zumbo apologized, his comments show that some gun owners, and advocacy groups, are content to fight their own battle against gun confiscation unaware of the danger that poses...

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