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Exposed: The anti-gunners behind Issues 2 through 5

8:30am Monday, December 19, 2005
When Buckeye Firearms Association's Larry Moore first sounded the alarm bells about why gun owners needed to pay attention to State Issues 2, 3, 4, and 5, many Second Amendment supports probably wondered what the Issues had to do with their gun rights. Our answer was simple - a fair and open elections process has everything to do with our gun rights, and the anti-gun people who were trying to...

Dispatch: Reidelbach won’t seek final term in legislature

7:39am Monday, December 19, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that Rep. Linda Reidelbach, considered one of the most conservative members of the General Assembly, told party officials last week that she will not run for re-election in 2006. From the story: The Columbus Republican could have run for one more two-year term before being forced out by term limits. "She said she was heading into her last term, and there are a...

Finally, the media finds a story on hunting that needs to be told

12:10am Friday, December 16, 2005
Dec 13, 2005 ABC News Hunters helped save rare bird from extinction A hunting lodge with antler chandeliers and stuffed ducks on the walls seems a strange place to celebrate the comeback of the ivory-billed woodpecker, but wildlife officials are doing exactly that. They credit hunters in particular with helping bring the rare bird back from presumed extinction in the Big Woods section of Arkansas...

Ohio deer hunters prepare for statewide muzzleloader season Dec. 27-30

12:05am Friday, December 16, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 15, 2004 COLUMBUS, OH -- Ohio’s popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide December 27-30, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. "The muzzleloader season continues to grow in popularity with Ohio hunters, and as a result, has become a very important part of our deer management program," said Mike Tonkovich...

Mentel Cases Volume One: The Case of the Neighborhood AK-47s

12:04pm Thursday, December 15, 2005
By Ken Hanson We here in the Mentel Ward managed to convince our wardens to allow us to watch some television the other day, so you can imagine our shock in learning of a recent failure of the Mentel Ban on assault weapons in the City of Columbus. You might recall that under the ban, any center fire rifle that accepts a magazine is considered an "assault weapon". Other features, depending upon...

Why Emphasize the Negative?

12:10am Thursday, December 15, 2005
By Larry S. Moore A number of outdoor columnists are reporting on the recently completed deer gun season in Ohio. Many of those columnists end their stories with a recap of the hunting fatalities and incidents in Ohio. It seems like lots of columnist feel obligated to include the statistics in their reports. As an outdoor writer, I hate ending my columns on a negative note. Why end on a negative...

Op-Ed: When Being a Good Guy Isn't Enough

12:05am Thursday, December 15, 2005
A Tactical Analysis of the Tyler Courthouse Shooting and the Tacoma Mall Shooting By Syd For the second time this year, a legally armed citizen armed with a pistol faced a crazed gunman armed with a rifle and did not prevail. In February 2005, Mark Wilson engaged David Arroyo on the steps of the courthouse in Tyler, Texas. Arroyo was wearing body armor and was armed with a Mak-90 7.62x39mm rifle...

Bill to Protect Sportsmen’s Dollars Sent to Governor

4:42pm Wednesday, December 14, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 14, 2005 (Columbus) – A bill that prevents the diversion of hunting and fishing license dollars to pay for non-conservation programs today received unanimous support in the Ohio Senate. In a victory for conservation and sportsmen, the Senate passed HB 367 by a vote of 32 to 0. The bill contains a provision to prevent sportsmen’s dollars from being used to pay...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

3:47pm Wednesday, December 14, 2005
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 worthy of mention. What follows is our weekly review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. Thursday in Cleveland: Officer accused of stealing guns A lieutenant with Cleveland's Public Utilities police force was arrested...

Wisconsin Assembly passes concealed carry!

4:11am Wednesday, December 14, 2005
By Jim Irvine After a long day of party caucusing, and last minute deals, concealed carry passed the Wisconsin Assembly in an early morning vote. SB 403 passed by a margin of 64-32. Conversation with key officials late in the evening indicated that the bill’s primary sponsors, Senator David Zien (R-23) of Eau Claire and Representative Scott Gunderson (R-83) of Waterford, were in discussion with...

FLASH: Ohio House of Representatives passes Apprentice Hunting License bill

1:36pm Tuesday, December 13, 2005
HB296, the Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsed Apprentice Hunting License bill sponsored by Representative Steve Buehrer (R-74) of Delta, Ohio was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives today. Preliminary vote total was 89 For and 3 Against. Voting against this good legislation were Representatives Tom Brinkman (R-34), Barbara Sykes (D-44) and Shirley Smith (D-10).

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. volunteer named as candidate for Lt. Gov.

12:05am Tuesday, December 13, 2005
The Peirce for Ohio Committee announced today that it has selected Mark Noble to run as Lieutenant Governor with Bill Peirce, the Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of Ohio in the upcoming 2006 election. Noble gave up a career in website design in 2004 in order to pursue his study of electrical and computer engineering at the Ohio State University. His experience in the internet-driven...

Thanks to national columnist, misleading campaign postcard still reverberates

12:10am Monday, December 12, 2005
By Chad D. Baus Last summer, voters in Ohio's 2nd Congressional District who make their decisions based on gun rights were given two good choices - former State Rep. Jean Schmidt (R) faced off against Iraq War vet Paul Hackett (D), in a special election to fill a seat vacated when President Bush appointed then-Congressman Rob Portman as U.S. Trade Representative. The National Rifle Association...

OSU Police dumbing down crime statistics

12:05am Monday, December 12, 2005
By Mark Noble Recently, WBNS 10TV (Columbus) reporter James Black reported that the Ohio State University has changed the way it reports campus crime statistics to track closer to the minimum standard set forth by the U.S. Department of Education. From the story: Under new U.S. Department of Education guidelines, universities are no longer required to keep track of off-campus crime. But is the...

Psychologist on toy guns: 'Discouraging a behavior may have opposite effect'

12:10am Friday, December 09, 2005
The Hamilton Journal-News has published an excellent article by Gregory Ramey, a child psychologist and vice president for outpatient services at Children's Medical Center of Dayton. The article concerns parental guidance when it comes to toy guns, and the information he provides is likely to surprise those familiar with the typical anti-gun stance offered by the medical community. The article...

Op-Ed: NRA's newest convert: Even a hippie needs a gun

12:05am Friday, December 09, 2005
On December 5, the Lubbock (TX) Daily Toreador has published as excellent op-ed by Clara Cobb, who is the newspaper's Features Editor and a self-professed (formerly) "anti-hand-gun" "hippie. The op-ed begins like this: About two weeks ago, a male approximately 5 foot 9, 150 pounds broke and entered my house. (SIDE NOTE: This is funny because it is true.) That night, or rather, early that morning...

AP: Attorney plans wrongful death lawsuit in nightclub shooting

10:23am Thursday, December 08, 2005
The Associated Press is reporting that an attorney representing three victims of a fatal nightclub shooting last December said he will file a wrongful death lawsuit against the club's owners. From the story: The Alrosa Villa nightclub did not provide adequate security, Columbus attorney Gerald Leesburg told The Columbus Dispatch for a story Thursday. Nathan Gale, a former Marine, rushed the stage...

Why print the truth when it ruins the ''guns are bad and easy to get'' story?

12:10am Thursday, December 08, 2005
News of a "firearms accident" in a small town in the Miami Valley this week has drawn nation attention, and although everyone from the Dayton Daily News to the Associated Press (USA Today, CBS News and countless others unquestioningly ran the AP version) have written on it, the facts about the firearm that was involved have yet to reported anywhere but on the Internet blogosphere. First, from the...

Vigilance for hunters' rights brings attention to Kenton man

12:05am Thursday, December 08, 2005
The Lima News has published an excellent story about how one man can make a difference when it comes to grassroots political activism. From the story: His first political battle taught Kenton’s Gary Oates an important lesson about the struggle for hunters’ rights. In 1977, he helped raise money for a campaign to maintain trapping rights in Ohio. He went door to door to convince people how...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

4:11pm Wednesday, December 07, 2005
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 worthy of comment. What follows is our weekly view of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. Click on the "Read More..." link below for seven days of headlines accompanied by short, concise pro-gun analysis. Thursday in Cleveland...

Another vicious attack thanks to an employer's ''no-guns'' policy

12:15am Wednesday, December 07, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that yet another of its own employees has suffered from a brutal attack while on the job, and of course neglected to mention its own culpability in the defenselessness of its employees. From the story: An East Toledo man was arrested yesterday after police said he assaulted and attempted to rob a woman delivering The Blade during the early morning hours. Rudy Joseph...

Home owner wrestles pistol away from home invaders; uses it to chase them away

12:10am Wednesday, December 07, 2005
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a Fostoria man sustained minor injuries after driving away two men, at least one of them armed with a handgun, who invaded his home this week. From the story: Three residents of 327 Sumner St., including a 2-year-old girl, were at home at 4:30 a.m. when the men, wearing black clothing and ski masks, broke in, one of them brandishing a 9mm pistol. One of the...

Hear the Quiet?

1:01pm Tuesday, December 06, 2005
By Gerard Valentino (This commentary has also been published at CNSNews.com ! Once a hot-button political issue, gun control has become nothing more than a second tier topic on the national scene. In the last presidential election the only serious press coverage devoted to guns revolved around John Kerry's poorly devised goose hunting trip in Ohio designed to make him look like a supporter of 2nd...

Divert tax money to pro-gun candidates for FREE!

12:30pm Tuesday, December 06, 2005
By Jim Irvine This is the time of year when many make charitable contributions. Tax deductible is good, but I’ve got a much better deal for you. If you pay Ohio income tax this year, you are entitled to a $100 per couple ($50 per person) tax credit for donations to certain politicians. A credit is much different than a deduction. You don’t get a part of your donation back, you get the whole...

Mayor-elect: Toledo's anti-self-defense police chief should step down

12:10am Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Toledo's NBC24.com is reporting that if Mayor-elect Carty Finkbeiner has his way, anti-self-defense Police Chief Michael Navarre will not be part of the new Finkbeiner administration. From the story: At an afternoon news conference, Finkbeiner said that he wants Navarre to step down as head of the police department in January when the new administration takes over. He named Captain Jack Lee Smith...

Op-Ed: For The Record, It's Not About Guns

12:05am Tuesday, December 06, 2005
December 1, 2005 Mensnewsdaily.com It may seem that I write a lot about guns. This isn't about guns. The complaint liberty enthusiasts such as myself have with officials is not about guns per se, it’s about our governance. Specifically our self-governance. Defiance of the rule of law as so many are showing these days should be of interest to every citizen. And liberty enthusiasts have no...

Tuscarawas County Leads Deer-Gun Season

3:26pm Monday, December 05, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 5, 2005 COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters took 116,855 whitetails during the state’s popular weeklong deer-gun season, which ran November 28 to December 4, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. In 2004, hunters killed a preliminary total of 125,681 deer during the shotgun hunting season.

Large crowd attends Capital University forum with Dr. John Lott

12:15am Friday, December 02, 2005
By Linda Walker On Wednesday night, seven members of Buckeye Firearms Columbus group disarmed and made their way to Capital University during "Gun Week" to hear a forum by John Lott, the author of "The Bias Against Guns". The event was put on by the Capital College Republicans, who invited us to join them. We arrived and settled into our seats with more than 120 college students and listened...

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