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Hoplophobes also to blame for the Trolley Square Mall slaughter in Utah

12:10am Friday, February 23, 2007
By Tim Inwood As I watched the news reports on the shooting at the Trolley Square Mall in Salt Lake City, I was saddened but not surprised by how the obtuse, liberal anti-gun media continues to miss the real message of what happened. They should not have missed it, as it is nothing new. A well meaning dullard who owns private property (in this case a shopping mall) tells people you can’t carry a...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK: And They Ask Me Why I Carry? Part II

12:05am Friday, February 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.... And They Ask Me Why...

Hey Elmer Fudd...time to wake up! (Proof they want your guns too)

12:10am Thursday, February 22, 2007
Editor's Note: Several readers have contacted us to note that the MySpace blog previously referenced in Mr. Inwood's piece below is a parody, and not an official Brady Campaign website. While the Brady Campaign's official website did indeed announce the launch of a MySpace blog in February at the exact MySpace URL Inwood referenced (that announcement has since been removed), the MySpace content...

Dispatch profile: Ohio State Buckeyes Pistol Coach James Sweeney

12:05am Thursday, February 22, 2007
The Columbus Dispatch recently published a wonderful article detailing the life of James Sweeney, a man who has been at Ohio State either as a student-athlete, professor or coach for all but seven of the past 55 years, the past eight as pistol coach. From the story: The ultimate goal of the educator is to prepare them to learn to further educate themselves," Sweeney said. Ohio State made him...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

9:27am Wednesday, February 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 a shooting at a hospital to a possible hiatus on the D.C. gun ban, these articles should be a part of your required...

Just how opposed to a pro-gun chairman IS the OhioGOP?

12:10am Wednesday, February 21, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Earlier this month, we reported that plans to orchestrate an orderly transfer of power within the OhioGOP were under way, via the creation of the position of Deputy Chairman. We also noted that although he was not among those handpicked by OhioGOP Chairman Bob Bennett as a possible successor, State Representative Kevin DeWine (a three-time endorsee of this political action...

The company he keeps: John McCain names Mike DeWine as Ohio campaign chair

12:05am Wednesday, February 21, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Little more than three months after the anti-gun incumbent Mike DeWine lost the support of his conservative base and was tossed out of office, the Associated Press is reporting that Republican Senator John McCain has decided DeWine is the perfect man to lead his Presidential campaign in Ohio. They make quite a pair.

Big changes at the OGCA for 2007

12:10am Tuesday, February 20, 2007
By Tim Inwood The Ohio Gun Collectors Association is celebrating 70 great years in 2007. As a part of this they have decided to make a big change for the rest of the year for the guests of OGCA members. For the past 70 years guests could not buy or sell firearms at an OGCA show. That all changes starting in March. It is however a limited time opportunity. As a guest you can now bring in guns to...

One gun used to kill in ''gun free'' zone; another used to stop the madness

12:05am Tuesday, February 20, 2007
By Chad D. Baus On Tuesday, February 13, it happened again. This time, the scene was a Utah shopping mall, and not unlike many other recent attacks like this, the perpetrator was a Muslim . I am often drawn to write on these types of stories as they happen. But since February 13 was also the day of the Blizzard of 2007, I was otherwise preoccupied, and decided that since information about the...

Divided we fall

12:10am Monday, February 19, 2007
By Jim Irvine First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. Pastor Martin Niemöller So what does this have to...

Concealed Carry Of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons: S. 388: Part IV

12:05am Monday, February 19, 2007
By John Longenecker Grab a cup: this one’s a long one. The last in a series of four parts. What exactly is law-abiding? A lot of Americans may not want to admit this, but being law-abiding is a very private matter. For many of us, including myself, it is a matter of self respect, a community contribution, a solemnity that is not based on fear of punishment, but of personal values.

Getting My Concealed Handgun License

12:10am Friday, February 16, 2007
By Chris Chumita We finally did it. This past weekend, my wife and I finally took our twelve hour class that is required to obtain our concealed handgun license (CHL). It may be shocking to many people that I waited this long to obtain my CHL, because I have been very active in the fight to protect our Second Amendment rights. I am a part-time police officer, and that allowed me to carry off-duty...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: And They Ask Me Why I Carry?

12:05am Friday, February 16, 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.... And They Ask Me Why...

Concealed Carry Of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons: S.388, Part III

12:05am Thursday, February 15, 2007
By John Longenecker As I mentioned in previous comments on S. 388 (the nationwide concealed carry permit recognition bill introduced by U.S. Representative John Thune, R-S.D.) the very idea of carrying weapons made uniform nationwide can impeach the need for many social programs which are based on a theory of violence. Could it all really happen? Yes. Because most social programs are based on a...

Passing good legislation - Lessons learned, Part I

11:49am Wednesday, February 14, 2007
By Jim Irvine With the passage of HB347 last year, the Governor’s threat of a veto coming to fruition, and the culmination of a veto override, we all learned some lessons about how the political process works, and how we worked within that system. Judging by the results, we won. So we were good enough, but there is always room for improvement. In this article I will discuss some things we did...

Concealed Carry Of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons, Part II: S. 388 is Huge

11:47am Wednesday, February 14, 2007
By John Longenecker Huge for all Americans. Let me say something to you right now: as a solution to social crisis, liberty is always better than takings. Always better than nearly any social program out there. The formula for bureaucrats is interference. The measure of success on their personal score card is substituting constituent dependency on their agencies for the joy and happiness of...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:24am Wednesday, February 14, 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 home invasion to how "unspeak" is used to take our guns, these articles should be a part of your required reading...

It's time to step up!

12:10am Tuesday, February 13, 2007
By John Salyers A quick perusal of the February edition of American Hunter magazine made me think about a few things in more detail. The reader comments and self defense stories in the first few pages of every issue are always a favorite read. My attention was especially drawn to the Editor's comments this month.

Cleveland court decides to control guns, not criminals

12:10am Monday, February 12, 2007
By Ken Hanson According to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , the Cleveland Municipal Court has launched a program that they think will help clear up some 25,000 outstanding warrants and get guns out of criminal hands. The scheme calls for known, wanted criminals to walk into a police station, turn in a gun, and walk out without posting bail for their outstanding warrants. Far be it from us to rain on...

AP: Stings on Ohio gun shops questioned

12:05am Monday, February 12, 2007
The Associated Press is reporting federal officials believe private investigators hired by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg to conduct undercover sting operations on gun shops in Georgia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Virginia could be breaking the law, and the dealers caught making illegal sales in the stings will not face criminal prosecution. From the story: “Although a decision has...

Fear the guy with 3000 lb weapon, not the concealed one

12:15am Friday, February 09, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch recently published a graphic enumerating data involving arrests of aggressive drivers in 2006 (click on the thumbnail to view the full-sized graphic). href="http://www.dispatch.com/2007/02/05/aggressivedrivingarrests.gif" target="_blank"> src="http://www.dispatch.com/2007/02/05/aggressivedrivingarrests.gif" height=150 width=134 border=0 align="right">...

Hannity ask Giuliani the right questions on guns

12:10am Friday, February 09, 2007
On Monday, February 5, 2007, Republican Presidential hopeful (and, according to polls, frontrunner) Rudy Giuliani appeared on FOXNews' "Hannity & Colmes" . To his credit, co-host Sean Hannity grilled Giuliani on some of the controversial issues upon which the former mayor finds himself in opposition to the GOP base. A partial transcript, devoted to their discussion on gun issues, follows. As...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK! A Woman's Right To Choose

12:05am Friday, February 09, 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 Woman’s Right to...

Kevin DeWine Makes Bid for Deputy Chairman, Ohio Republican Party

12:10am Thursday, February 08, 2007
By Larry S. Moore Since the November 2006 elections many political pundits have wondered about the future direction and leadership of the Ohio Republican Party (ORP). More than a few columns were written conjecturing whether ORP Chairman Bob Bennett would step down or not. Many gun owners hoped Bennett would be gone. It is now known that Bennett intends to stay for another term but has laid the...

Op-Ed: Second Amendment Freedoms Aided the Civil Rights Movement

12:05am Thursday, February 08, 2007
February 6, 2007 By Ken Blackwell Townhall.com Prominent and indispensable among our rights is the "right of the people to keep and bear arms." Second Amendment rights, never to be infringed, were posited by our nation’s founders as among the most essential tenets of the free and just republic they sought to establish. The empowering freedom of law-abiding citizens to keep and bear arms is...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

7:06pm Wednesday, February 07, 2007
By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio than 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 anti-gunner running for president to the Tattoo Gypsy commenting on CCW, these articles should be a part of...

Petition Congress to create a John Moses Browning holiday

12:10am Wednesday, February 07, 2007
A fitting tribute to a great American gun designer and patriot By Tim Inwood The other day while perusing the pages of The High Road I learned that a petition is being circulated to create a national holiday and postage stamp to celebrate the life of John Moses Browning. Interesting idea - an uphill battle will lie ahead of that , I thought to myself. I can see the anti-gunners fighting this idea...

Concealed Carry of Weapons Superior To Taking Weapons, S. 388: Part I

12:05am Wednesday, February 07, 2007
By John Longenecker It’s good to see the right kind of bill moving through Congress. U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) has introduced S. 388 – the equivalent of H.R. 226 – which is a national Right-To-Carry bill for reciprocity for state carry licensees for concealed weapons. In short, any person with a valid concealed carry permit issued by a state would be recognized to legally carry in any...

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