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Concealed carry for hunters – your opportunity to make a difference

12:10am Friday, February 02, 2007
By Aaron Kirkingburg & Larry S. Moore The Ohio Division of Wildlife is once again holding its annual open house meetings for each district. These meetings will be held on March 4th at the District Offices in districts 1-4 and at the Greene County Fish and Game clubhouse for district 5. These public forums are held every year in order to give Ohio hunters, trappers and anglers a chance to...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: How Elections Matter

12:05am Friday, February 02, 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.... How Elections...

Where's the outrage about nutty anti-gun reporting?

12:10am Thursday, February 01, 2007
By Chad D. Baus A recent op-ed from Philadephia Inquirer columnist Karen Heller, entitled "Where's the outrage about gun violence?" has me asking a few questions of my own: Where is the outrage about nutty anti-gun reporting? How can so many people who shovel provably false statements on their readers keep their jobs? And was columnist Karen Heller some type of Freudian pen name playing off of...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

7:05pm Wednesday, January 31, 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 trophy buck to the fight for CCW in Wisconsin, these articles should be a part of your required reading! Click on...

Armed criminals attack churchgoers during services

12:10am Wednesday, January 31, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch reported this week that two criminals brought a pistol into a church and began robbing churchgoers during Mass. Due to a state law which prohibits firearms in places of worship, all the victims were unarmed. Thankfully, however, that did not transform at least five of the churchgoers into a victim mindset. From the story: Five men old enough to qualify for...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. Endorsees pack Senate Judiciary Comm. on Crim. Justice

12:05am Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that five of our former Endorsees have been appointed, along with two other pro-gun legislators to fill the nine-member Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice, where any firearms law reform bills are likely to be given consideration. Click on 'Read More' for complete details. align="right"> Senate President Bill Harris (pictured in a 2005...

Dave Kopel's Presidential candidates on the Second Amendment

12:10am Tuesday, January 30, 2007
By Chad D. Baus On January 15, I examined the early 2008 Presidential contenders and their collective (weak) stance on gun rights. Pro-gun author/ blogger Dave Kopel recently published his own preliminary assessment of some of the people who have been listed as likely or definite candidates, which was published recently at The Volokh Conspiracy . Following is Kopel's preliminary look at some of...

Senate Version Of National Right-To-Carry Bill Introduced

12:05am Tuesday, January 30, 2007
U.S. Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) recently introduced S. 388--the Senate version of H.R. 226, a national Right-to-Carry reciprocity bill that would provide national reciprocity for state carry licensees. This legislation would allow any person with a valid carry permit or license issued by a state to carry a concealed firearm in any other state if they meet certain criteria. The bill would not...

Security firm sued in Toledo Jeep plant shooting

12:10am Monday, January 29, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Last week, the Toledo Blade reported that an employee who was wounded during a shooting rampage two years ago at DaimlerChrysler AG's Toledo North Assembly plant has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the facility's security firm. From the story: Michael Toney, a manager who was among four workers shot by Myles Meyers, claims that Wackenhut Corp. was negligent in allowing...

Let's Truly Prevent Violent Crime

12:05am Monday, January 29, 2007
The following was submitted to this website as News Commentary. If you are a writer and have material you would like to be considered for publication, please use the SUBMIT News feature. The link can always be found in the top-left info block on the homepage. By Michael A. Kotch Determining effective solutions to the violence, which threatens our communities requires real honest efforts to keep...

Book Review: ''Thank God I had a Gun''

12:15am Friday, January 26, 2007
By Jim Irvine Self defense stories are as unique as the individuals involved. I have read hundreds of such stories and talked personally with many individuals involved in life and death struggles. Most get no media coverage, and the ones that do get covered are generally given only a couple paragraphs that invoke questions, provide few answers and often contain errors caused by the authors...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Your Job Or Your Life

12:10am Friday, January 26, 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.... Your Job Or Your...

Op-ed: Gay rights, gun rights cross here

12:05am Friday, January 26, 2007
Editor's Note: Self-described "gun bigot" Roberta de Boer accepted an invitation to a Toledo firing range. She may not have come away a convert (yet?), but personal interactions like these with uninformed journalists are important, and we hope they occur more in the future. January 21, 2007 By Roberta de Boer We'd been shooting for a while by the time the amiable chatting started up. This was...

Ohio Supreme Court won't hear Beatty appeal

10:24am Thursday, January 25, 2007
The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court voted 5-2 (Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton and Justice Judith Ann Lanzinger dissenting) against hearing the appeal of Bruce Beatty, who was convicted of carrying a concealed handgun into Toledo's Ottawa Park in protest of a city ordinance. From the story: The move upholds lower-court rulings that Toledo's prohibition on firearms in public...

Report: Conservation Group, Unions Joining Forces

12:10am Thursday, January 25, 2007
By Larry S. Moore On January 16, the Washington Post reported 20 labor unions with nearly 5 million members are joining forces with a Republican-leaning umbrella group of conservationists -- the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership -- to put pressure on Congress and the Bush administration. From the story: The Union Sportsman's Alliance, to be rolled out in Washington on Tuesday after...

Firearms auction

12:05am Thursday, January 25, 2007
This Saturday, January 27, 2007 Garner Auction Center in Carrollton, Ohio will auction off over 300 firearms. Whether you are interested in pistols, revolvers, rifles or shotguns, there is something for you. Most are used, but some are new in original box. There are even a few knives and other accessories to be sold.

Buckeye State police chief: Brady gun shop campaign a ''witch hunt''

9:06am Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Cincinnati's 9News (WCPO.com) is reporting that the owner of a local gun shop in North College Hill, under attack by out-of-state anti-gun extremists, is speaking out to defend his business. And he's not the only one. Click on 'Read More' for the story. From the story: Costello's Gun Shop in North College Hill is listed in a crime prevention report as an example of a place conducting shady...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:20am Wednesday, January 24, 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 robbery at a CPZ (Criminal Protection Zone) to some poachers getting busted, these articles should be a part...

Good news-bad news Cleveland Plain Dealer headlines

12:10am Wednesday, January 24, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Over the past weekend, the Cleveland Plain Dealer published two headlines that should catch the attention of pro-gun Ohioans. One offers good news, and the other offers equally bad news. First, the good news: Plain Dealer editor [Doug Clifton' retiring; led paper to Pulitzer in '05 Douglas C. Clifton, editor of The Plain Dealer for nearly eight years and the man credited with...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report - No. 23

12:05am Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Taken from this week’s “Page Nine” Alan Korwin’s “The uninvited Ombudsman Report” 1- Marksmanship For Novices -- The lamestream media told you: Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: The National Shooting Sports Foundation has a new program to introduce novices to target practice and wholesome American shooting sports, with classroom and range time.

Did media list of gun owners put these 20 guns on the street?

12:10am Tuesday, January 23, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that detectives for the Lucas County Sheriff's office are searching for the person or people who took a safe containing about 20 weapons last week from a Spencer Township home. From the story: Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home of Keith and Mary Tucker at 9627 Dorr St. about 12:20 p.m. Thursday on a report of a residential burglary. The...

Op-Ed: Gun Control - Brady Campaign and the New Math

12:05am Tuesday, January 23, 2007
January 17, 2007 By Howard Nemerov When I served as Mayor during the 1990’s, the Administration and Congress helped local communities fight crime by providing funds to hire more police, and making it harder for criminals to get guns. As a result, crime decreased. Over the past few years, however, the approach seems to have been switched. Now cities are often seeing less police but more guns on...

School Shootings: You can't sterilize the world

12:10am Monday, January 22, 2007
Article republished with permission. January 16, 2007 PoliceOne.com By Paul Markel Paul Markel is a police officer in Ohio and a member of the Police Officers Safety Association (POSA) Board of Advisors. His book, Have Passport, Will Travel, a "real-world" guide to dignitary protection, is available at amazon.com. Nobody likes a Monday morning quarterback. I know I don't. However, sometimes we...

Blame criminals, not the guns that stop them

12:05am Monday, January 22, 2007
The following was submitted to this website as News Commentary. If you are a writer and have material you would like to be considered for publication, please use the SUBMIT News feature. The link can always be found in the top-left info block on the homepage. By Michael A. Kotch Re: the Dec. 27 commentary, "Too many weapons: Control guns to stop the tide of death" , by John D. Kelly IV: Dr. Kelly...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Exposed: The Buckeye State's Anti-Gun Puppetmaster

12:10am Friday, January 19, 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.... Exposed: The...

Day 2: Greetings From the 2007 SHOT Show in Orlando!

12:05am Friday, January 19, 2007
On January 11-12, Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio volunteer Clint Lake attended the 2007 SHOT Show in Orlando, FL. Following is Part 2 of a blog on his experience. By Clint Lake Today I'll start out with the top highlight of the day - Talking 1911's and Glock's with Gunny R. Lee Ermy during a Glock promotional picture signing! Gunny was the nicest celebrity I ever met, next to Cam...

Day 1: Greetings from the 2007 SHOT Show in Orlando!

12:10am Thursday, January 18, 2007
On January 11-12, Buckeye Firearms Association Central Ohio volunteer Clint Lake attended the 2007 SHOT Show in Orlando, FL. Following is Part 1 of a blog on his experience. By Clint Lake Where to start? The number of vendors here are of truly epic proportions. The building is easily 4 - 5 football fields long and a football field wide. Sections are broken into "Law Enforcement/Tactical", "...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

8:05am Wednesday, January 17, 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 attack on the NRA to eighteen million safer kids, these articles should be a part of your required reading!...

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