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Gun ban extremists criticize NSSF's gun lock program as ''publicity ploy''

12:05am Thursday, October 13, 2005
Just as gun ban extremists have taken to criticizing distribution of Eddie Eagle coloring books (using a deceptive website designed to fool people into thinking they are a pro-gun group) designed to teach children to "Stop, Don't Touch, Leave the Area, Tell an Adult" if they see a gun, the gun ban lobby is again showing how little concern they actually have to gun safety. From a story in USA...

Aslanides to Gun Week: HB347 to be out of committee this year

12:15am Wednesday, October 12, 2005
In an interview for the Second Amendment Foundation's Gun Week magazine, Rep Jim Aslanides told senior editor Dave Workman that he hopes to have his sweeping firearms law reform legislation (HB347) out of committee by the end of this year. From the story: Aslanides told Gun Week that his intent is to have “a single, common law that everyone in Ohio can live with, so that traveling from city to...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

12:05am Wednesday, October 12, 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. Wednesday from...

Miami Valley hunters ready for duck and goose seasons

11:14am Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Dayton Daily News is reporting that excitement is building among hunters about predictions for the fall flight of ducks. Hunting will start Oct. 15 in the north zone and Oct. 22 in the south. According to the DDN, the 50th annual Ducks Unlimited survey of waterfowl production in Canada, where most ducks are produced, led DU to estimate the fall flight this year will consist of about 31.7...

LAST CHANCE: Register to vote in 2005 elections!

12:10am Tuesday, October 11, 2005
If you have not voted in the past four years, if you have moved, or if you need to register to vote for some other qualifying reason, please act now. Ohio law states that to be eligible to vote in the general election next month, you must register no later than 30 days prior to the election. That day is today! From the Ohio Secretary of State's website : You may register to vote at the following...

Cincy Enquirer: Charlie Winburn for Ohio Senate?

12:05am Tuesday, October 11, 2005
The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that former Cincinnati Councilman Charlie Winburn hasn't wasted time licking his wounds from his third-place finish in that city's mayoral primary. Instead, less than a week later, the Enquirer says Winburn had a poll in the field testing the waters for Ohio Senate. From the story: "I have not just gone home and taken my marbles, crying and bellyaching and...

Ten days and counting: No correction of erroneous Plain Dealer editorial

7:30am Monday, October 10, 2005
By Chad D. Baus There have been ten issues of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (and ten opportunities to correct glaring falsehoods repeated in a September 29 editorial about how House Bill 347, Rep. Jim Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform bill, would amend the media access loophole) since editorial page editor Brent Larkin told Buckeye Firearms Association "if there is an error in the story, I...

Ken Blackwell says as Governor he'll close the media access loophole

12:05am Monday, October 10, 2005
Ken Blackwell, current Secretary of State and Republican candidate for governor, has announced that if elected, he will push for legislation to stop media access to the list of concealed handgun licenseholders. From his website: While the US Constitution was being ratified, Samuel Adams said that the “Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the...

Lessons from GRPC: Expanding gun ownership

12:10am Friday, October 07, 2005
By Jim Irvine The Second Amendment Foundation’s (SAF) recent Gun Rights Policy Conference (GRPC) was so packed with good information that it was impossible for me to share it all in one coherent article. This will be the first in a series of articles highlighting different topics from that conference. The overall theme of this year's GRPC was, “Expanding gun ownership.”

Endorsee: One party rule cost Columbus $20 million from gun owners

12:05am Friday, October 07, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that just as Democrats seek to make one-party rule in state government a big issue as the scandals pile up at the Governor's Mansion, Republicans running for Columbus City Council are trying to make it an issue as they try to win seats at Democrat-controlled City Hall. Among those Republicans running for council is Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee Phil...

State Issues 2 through 5 – Trouble for gun owners

12:10am Thursday, October 06, 2005
By Larry S. Moore There are several State Issues on the November 8 ballot. State Issues 2, 3, 4, and 5 are of special concern to me as a gun owner. These issues never mention the Second Amendment, firearms, hunting or concealed carry. However, if passed, they are certain to have a negative impact on our future. These issues will make participation in PACs, such as the Buckeye Firearms Association...

Ohio House majority leader's Dist. 72 replacement sworn in Wednesday

12:05am Thursday, October 06, 2005
The Springfield News Sun is reporting that Ross McGregor has been appointed to replace Ohio House majority leader Merle G. Kearns in the 72nd Ohio House District, and Buckeye Firearms Association can further report that Mr. McGregor was sworn in Wednesday afternoon. Kearns, a previous endorsee of this political action committee, was appointed by Gov. Bob Taft in August to become director of the...

Searching for proof of conversion in Taft's first HB347 form letter

12:10am Wednesday, October 05, 2005
After passage of Ohio's concealed carry law, Bob Taft, who opposed concealed carry reform for years after first being elected on a promise to pass it, and who contributed to the insertion of several poison pills in an attempt to kill it before attempting to take credit for it once final passage became inevitable. January 27, 2004 The OSU Lantern Gov. Bob Taft intended on taking a bite out of Ohio...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Weekly Buckeye State Roundabout

12:05am Wednesday, October 05, 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. With that in mind, the following is what I hope can become a weekly look at headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. Click on the "Read More..." link below for seven days of headlines and pro-gun analysis...

Dems tap pro-gun candidate to challenge DeWine

1:05pm Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Ohio gun owners have long warned an Ohio GOP that seemed all too ready to defend their support for anti-gun, increasingly left-leaning candidates, that they should not take pro-Second Amendment grassroots support for granted. And they have long wondered what might happen if Democrats realized the political error of their institutional support for gun control and began backing pro-gun candidates...

Your tax dollars wasted on inaccurate attacks against RTKBA

12:05am Tuesday, October 04, 2005
The Ohio State University appears to be starting their students down the liberal anti-gun path that the majority of media outlets have taken in Ohio. Unfortunately it does not appear that they are teaching their students how to do a little research before publishing their misleading drivel. This is not surprising as many media reports are not entirely factual as we have seen recently with the...

New website features added at www.buckeyefirearms.org

12:05am Monday, October 03, 2005
Buckeye Firearms Association is proud to announce the launch of two new features at www.buckeyefirearms.org . Web Links The pro-gun community is a large one, not only in the Buckeye State but across the nation. The Internet is a wonderful tool to help this community interact, share ideas, etc. Nearly 75 links have already been added in 13 categories. If you notice any favorites that aren't yet on...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Larry Moore honored during Sportsmen’s Celebration

11:08am Saturday, October 01, 2005
The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance (USSA) has recognized Jamestown sportsman (and long-time volunteer leader for this political action committee) Larry Moore as a champion of hunters’ rights and recently honored him with a Patriot Award. Regular readers of this website will no doubt be familiar with commentary Moore has provided not only on hunting, but on a range of other issues. The USSA, a leading...

NRA and PETA Square Off October 18th!

5:00am Saturday, October 01, 2005
For the first time ever in history these two strong advocates for their cause face off before a live audience. This promises to be impressive and passionate with both sides aware that they have, in this debate, an international platform to defend their convictions. The Hunting Debate is a major live television event from the historic Library of King's College London.

Ohio House Speaker: Economy before Firearms Law Reform

12:10am Friday, September 30, 2005
By Chad D. Baus On Monday, the Associated Press published an opinion piece by John McCarty entitled "PERSPECTIVE: Economy, energy trump Ohio social issues". While the original news wire contained the word "perspective" in the headline, many newspapers removed that word and instead ran the story as fact. Their motivation for wanting to report it this way can be seen after reading the first couple...

If Canadian criminals are smart enough, so are Ohio's

12:05am Friday, September 30, 2005
In its October 2005 issue, America's 1st Freedom magazine is reporting that Canadian MP Garry Brietkreuz has reason to believe that the country's $2 billion gun registry debacle is being used by criminals to target potential burglaries. From the story: "We know from reports to our office by individual firearms owners (particularly owners of registered handguns) that there may be as many as 19...

Plain Dealer editorial repeats lies about Ohio's firearms law reform bill

3:42pm Thursday, September 29, 2005
The mainstream media's blind commitment to opposing any gun rights legislation is giving a whole new meaning to the word BLIND. On Friday September 16, the Associated Press botched a story it published after we broke the news that Rep. Aslanides' would soon be introducing a sweeping firearms law reform bill by reporting that "the media would lose access to lists of concealed-weapons permit-...

Ohio firearms instructor offering free handgun & class to victims of violence

12:05am Thursday, September 29, 2005
Perhaps the very best thing about pro-Second Amendment grassroots activists is that so many of them work out of a passion for the issue, and not to make a buck. While Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence director Toby Hoover is busy raking in over half a million dollars from the anti-gun Joyce Foundation in the name of gun control extremism, there are many other true grassroots volunteers in Ohio...

ACLU opposes sex offender ban in city parks; ignores illegal CHL ban

1:11pm Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that two Ohio municipalities have enacted bans on sex offenders in public parks, and that the ACLU is none-too happy about it. From the story: No dogs. No ball playing. No skateboarding. And now no sex offenders allowed in Brook Park's city parks. The Cleveland suburb earlier this month became perhaps only the second community in Ohio to ban registered sex...

Buckeye Firearms Association Announces More 2005 Endorsements

12:10am Wednesday, September 28, 2005
The Buckeye Firearms Association proudly announced many more endorsements in local races around the state today. As a part of our expanded focus on general firearms issues, this political action committee intends to direct our attention to an increasing variety of local races in the state of Ohio for off-year elections. This year, there are a few contests which pique the interest of Buckeye...

Long Island Police: Use of Illegal Guns Increasing

12:10am Tuesday, September 27, 2005
An article in New York's Newsday Magazine Friday detailed how one gun was used by as many as five criminals in at least four shootings, and on how the black market for such guns is alive and well in spite of the state's oppressive gun control laws. In a parking lot outside a club in Ronkonkoma, a Bay Shore man, Todd Cincinnati, was shot in the buttocks after telling a stranger not to lean on his...

Clinton Gun Ban Sunset, One Year Later - What the News Won't Tell You

12:05am Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Last year, the warnings were dire. The Clinton Gun Ban expired on September 13, 2004, after months and months of shrill screams from gun ban extremists that the sunset would result in the rein of terror on American streets California Sen. Dianne Feinstein warned if the ban sunsetted "you can expect more incidents'' such as the July 1, 1993, shootings at 101 California in which a gunman used two...

LA Times: Bearing Arms, Braving Insults

12:06pm Monday, September 26, 2005
The Los Angeles Times' coverage of the 20th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference shows how having such a national conference in a place with heavy gun control laws can envigorate gun rights activists who are fighting in the local trenches. Paul Wilder avidly defends the right to bear arms, and he's heard all the insults. Crazy, trigger-happy, gun nut -- to name a few. Standing outside a hotel ball...

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