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Mentel Ban Update: Mikey finds a reason to oppose home rule

12:05am Tuesday, June 13, 2006
By Chad D. Baus Municipal bureaucrats who oppose HB347's firearms law preemption provision, which will ensure that firearms laws are uniform across Ohio, do so under the complaint that such a law would tamper with Ohio's home rule provision. In spring 2004, Columbus' Mayor stood in a city park the day Ohio's concealed carry law became active and railed against the law because it disallows cities...

Surprise, surprise! Shooting is actually a popular activity.

10:15am Monday, June 12, 2006
By Dean Rieck An enduring myth of the anti-gun left is that the shooting sports are not really all that popular. They think the only people who are interested in shooting are criminals and the deranged. They assume the “gun guys” are some tiny group of oddballs out of touch with mainstream America. Well, guess what? They’re wrong. Shooting is popular. VERY popular. In fact, shooting has always...

Comparison of Two Governors

12:05am Monday, June 12, 2006
By Larry S. Moore Two stories in the national press about Florida and Governor Jeb Bush this week caught my attention. The first appeared in the Weekly Standard , and the second in the Orlando Sentinel . The Weekly Standard story proclaims that if his name was anything but Bush he'd be the next President of the US. The article expresses the opinion that Gov. Jeb Bush is the best governor in the...

American's spending on guns rises to more than $2b during 2005

12:10am Friday, June 09, 2006
June 6, 2006 Connecticut Post Americans spent more than $2 billion on guns and ammunition in 2005, showing the nation's fascination with firearms is not fading despite concerns raised by gun-control advocates. The Newtown-based National Shooting Sports Foundation on Monday touted a U.S. Department of Treasury report that said sales of firearms and ammunition increased by 2.6 percent in 2005,...

Get Involved - Make a Difference

12:05am Friday, June 09, 2006
By Chad D. Baus Whenver acting in an official role for this political action committee, I am a one-issue, non-partisan operative. But like most grassroots firearms activists, I am involved on a personal level in many other areas of politics than just advocating for pro-gun legislation. From being involved in various ways local politics and campaigns to testifying in Columbus on other types of...

Op-Ed: ''Gun Control: Why Tell the Truth When a Lie Will Do?''

12:10am Thursday, June 08, 2006
By Howard Nemerov A recent Washington Post article claims “More than 500 children die annually from accidental gunshots: Some shoot themselves, while others kill friends or siblings, often after discovering a gun.” To understand how a biased or under-educated writer makes an inaccurate and misleading error, we must first clarify the term “child.” Oxford English Dictionary defines the word “...

Liberal media joins OhioGOP to target Strickland on guns

12:10am Wednesday, June 07, 2006
By Chad D. Baus Ohioans are being treated to a rather uncharacteristic display of negative press aimed at a Democratic political candidate. For the second time in as many weeks, the Dayton Daily News has taken issue with Ted Strickland's supposed flip-flopping on the issue of gun control. A little over two weeks ago, the DDN's Martin Gottlieb attempted to document Strickland's "evolving" position...

Sierra Club remains anti-hunting despite overtures to sportsmen

12:05am Wednesday, June 07, 2006
By Larry S. Moore Sportsmen and shooters have a number of organizations working against our heritage and freedoms. Many of these organizations use names and tactics to disguise their true agenda. Over the past few months Buckeye Firearms has followed the saga of the Outdoor Writers Association of America (OWAA) regarding the disagreements with the NRA here and here and here and here ). Outdoor...

The Ohio GOP Senate Leadership and the Selling Out of Gun Owners

12:05am Tuesday, June 06, 2006
By Gerard Valentino Ohio’s Senate has recessed for the summer without moving on HB347 which would fix many of the poison pills in Ohio’s current concealed carry law and create statewide preemption for gun laws, which greatly affects the hunting and sport shooting community. Their decision to do so was a slap in the face to over 70,000 concealed license holders and up to 500,000 hunters and...

Blood On Your Hands?

12:05am Monday, June 05, 2006
By Chris Chumita Do you have blood on your hands? According to some of the gun-grabbers you do. They feel that anyone who supports the private ownership of firearms has the blood of the innocent victims of gun violence on their hands. The gun-grabbers have a strange view of the world. They see a world where inanimate objects cause people to do bad things and they feel that criminals are often the...

The 2006 General Election – A Hobson’s Choice for a GOP Gun Owner

8:40am Friday, June 02, 2006
By Publius Ohio has attempted to pass liberalized firearms laws for over a decade, always under Republican-controlled administrations. This 12+ years of Republican “leadership” resulted in Ohio being one of the very last states to adopt concealed carry, while also having the distinction of being the worst “shall issue” concealed carry law in the United States. As we have attempted to improve our...

Op-Ed: Saving Your Soul - and Your Life

12:05am Thursday, June 01, 2006
By Gerard Valentino (This commentary has also been published at CNSNews.com ) Ohio's concealed carry law allows private property owners to post signs banning the carrying of weapons on their property. As a pro-gun advocate, I am saddened whenever I see such a sign, but never more so than when walking by a local chapter of a large Christian charitable organization. Having been raised a Christian,...

Report: Inspector calls into question ATF's anti-gun program

12:10am Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Minneapolos-St. Paul's KARE 11 is reporting on comments by the Justice Department inspector general on a highly-touted BATFE program that targets violent gun crimes in nearly two dozen cities. The inspector general says that the BATFE has yet to demonstrate that the program works... The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has made faulty comparisons and drawn on...

Op-ed: ''Gun Control - Only the Truth Will Set You Free''

12:05am Wednesday, May 31, 2006
By Howard Nemerov The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence recently published a paper claiming that the federal government is not enforcing federal gun laws because of a conspiracy of collusion between the Bush administration and the “gun lobby.” Brady also claims that the NRA used its lobbying muscle to force the ATF to stop performing traces on guns involved in crime that are recovered by law...

Open Letter to Governor Bob Taft

12:10am Tuesday, May 30, 2006
5 May 2006 Jamestown, OH The Honorable Bob Taft Governor, State of Ohio Dear Governor Taft: I am writing to request your help with the election of Republican leadership in the November 2006 election. I am a member of the Greene County Republican Central Committee. I am active in various sportsmen, Second Amendment, and self-defense issues. As a member of the Greene County Central Committee, I...

MEMORIAL DAY 2006: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

12:05am Monday, May 29, 2006
(Originally posted by the Cincinnati Enquirer and on this website July 25, 2003) Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one...

ABC News Bias: Assigns Anti-Gunner on Staff To Cover Gun Issues

12:05am Friday, May 26, 2006
The Second Amendment Foundation has issued the following press release, addressing an issue raised on this website by Buckeye Firearms Volunteer Tim Inwood. BELLEVUE, WA - It looks like ABC News has no problem at all with the appearance of bias, now that they've assigned a reporter who used to work for Handgun Control, Inc. to cover firearms-related stories, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF)...

Attorney General announces First Quarter 2006 CHL statistics

10:00pm Thursday, May 25, 2006
Number of CHLs issued increases over past two quarters By Jim Irvine The Ohio Attorney General released the concealed handgun license statistics for the first quarter of 2006 today. Ohio’s sheriff’s issued 5,546 regular licenses and 21 temporary emergency licenses to law-abiding Ohio citizens. This brings the new total number of licenses issued to 73,692. As expected, the more populous counties...

HB347 & HB541: Stalled until fall

12:00pm Thursday, May 25, 2006
As part of a deal to get Ken Blackwell's TEL amendment (see: The Devil is in the Details - Sportsmen Beware of TEL ) off of the ballot this November, the legislature worked late into the afternoon on Tuesday to pass a statutory version of the TEL that was purported to have eliminated some of the concerns with the proposed constitutional amendment, which politicos had increasingly come to view as...

Paper: Complex developed for Ohio trapshooters

12:10am Thursday, May 25, 2006
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that the new home of Ohio trapshooting is nearing completion. From the story: [Jack] Fishburn, 72, born and raised in Grafton in Lorain County, agreed last year to invest his time and $1.6 million to create a home for the Ohio State Trapshooting Association (OSTA) at his Cardinal Center Campground. It was needed after the Amateur Trapshooting Association...

ABC taps former Handgun Control Inc. employee Jake Tapper to report on gun issue

12:15am Wednesday, May 24, 2006
By Tim Inwood As many gun owners are aware, the United Nations is starting their Small Arms and Light Weapons conference in New York City this June. This is yet another assault on our gun rights but, for a change, it is not being launched from Washington D.C. or a state capitol. This conference is part of a global effort to take your guns, and it is gaining momentum. So while the UN sits down in...

More guns in ''gun free'' zones

12:10am Wednesday, May 24, 2006
By Jim Irvine On Monday May 22, 2006 Timothy Baker Jr. took a .38 caliber revolver, walked into the Euclid Office & Medical Plaza and into the office where his estranged girlfriend worked. Neither the restraining order Sherell Chunn had against him, nor the “no guns” sign at the entrance stopped him.

Letters to legislators on HB347 hit home

7:21am Tuesday, May 23, 2006
We've asked, and you have responded. Senate leaders have received and are continuing to receive a large number of letters calling on them to stop playing politics with HB347 and to pass it before summer recess. Click on 'Read More' to real one very poignant letter among the hundreds written just in the past few days, and read once again why if you haven't already written, YOUR HELP IS NEEDED...

Mixed reporting from Columbus TV station on pro-gun legislation

12:10am Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Two pieces of gun-related legislation which have been introduced weeks or months ago, which have had multiple committee hearings, and in one case has been overwhelmingly passed by the Ohio House, were finally discovered and reported on by Columbus' NBC 4 last week. While it is a sad commentary on the media that this is such a rare occurence as to warrant special attention, credit is due NBC 4 for...

The U.N. Wants Your Guns

12:05am Tuesday, May 23, 2006
By Chris Chumita The global war on your personally owned firearms has already begun. The NRA and its Executive Vice-President, Wayne LaPierre, have been trying to sound the alarm for years. So far, it does not appear that many people are listening. The United Nations (U.N.), the International Action Network on Small Arms (IANSA), and other countries are trying to ban the private ownership of...

Op-Ed: Taft's Last Chance to Help the Party He's Hurting

12:15am Monday, May 22, 2006
By Gerard Valentino (This commentary has also been published at CNSNews.com ) The Ohio Republican Party still is reeling from several high profile scandals, including a misdemeanor ethics conviction against current Governor Bob Taft. Taft, with his dismal 14% approval rating, has emerged as the greatest threat to the Republican Party retaining control of Ohio's executive and legislative branch...

Op-Ed: As good as their word

12:10am Monday, May 22, 2006
May 18, 2006 By Cam Edwards The line in the sand has been drawn. Either you stand with the 2nd amendment or against it. And this time, there’ll be penalties for infringing on the rights of law abiding Americans. The National Rifle Association is issuing a challenge to our nation’s mayors and police chiefs: sign a pledge that you will never take the guns from those you serve. The impetus for this...

Playing Politics With Your Rights; More Action Needed!

12:55pm Friday, May 19, 2006
Buckeye Firearms has reason to believe that Senate leadership has decided to delay action on HB 347 until near, or after, the fall elections. This belief was further reinforced by the Hearing notice released yesterday, which indicated no vote would be held next week. With summer recess coming up very soon, it is now going to take extra effort to get HB 347 passed before summer recess. Passing...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Jim Irvine attends/blogs NRA 2006 Annual Meetings

12:18am Friday, May 19, 2006
By Jim Irvine Thursday May 18 I arrived in Milwaukee this morning for the NRA’s 2006 Annual Meetings. The theme this year is “Freedom’s 2nd Army.” Each of you is part of that army. I will update this story as the weekend progresses. I also encourage you to listen in on NRANews.com. Today the exhibitors were finishing their set up to be ready for this weekends crouds. I had the opportunity to...

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