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News Flash: NRA WINS! Major Victory For Firearms Owners And Freedom In Louisiana

4:20pm Friday, September 23, 2005
Friday, September 23, 2005 (Fairfax, VA) -- The United States District Court for the Eastern District in Louisiana today sided with the National Rifle Association (NRA) and issued a restraining order to bar further gun confiscations from peaceable and law-abiding victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.

Public accountability needed...over the rabid anti-gun media

10:36am Friday, September 23, 2005
The Willoughby News-Herald, a newspaper which has exhibited its bigotry against law-abiding gun owners in the past by banning classified advertisements of firearms, has published an editorial opposing a portion of HB347 that would allow battered women, stalker victims, and others who have reason to fear for their lives a way out of having their names and counties of residence published in the...

SAF, NRA Ask Federal Court To Halt New Orleans Gun Seizures

9:30am Thursday, September 22, 2005
Look for this lawsuit to be a huge topic of discussion at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Los Angeles this weekend. Buckeye Firearms Association's Jim Irvine will be a guest speaker and will prepare a complete summary. Don't forget to make plans to watch a free streaming broadcast live! Click on the banner link at the top of this website homepage for more information. BATON ROUGE, LA (Sept...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. invites you to go shooting with Ohio's Senate President

5:40pm Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Here's your chance to meet Senate President Bill Harris and encourage him to make plans to put HB347 on a fast track! ANNUAL JOHN WAYNE CLAY SHOOT The Delaware County Republican Party’s Annual John Wayne Clay Shoot with honored guest Ohio Senate President Bill Harris Friday, October 14th 12 pm - 4 pm Black Wing Shooting Center 3722 Marysville Road, Delaware (3 miles west of Delaware on Rt. 36) $...

AP glosses over erroneous report with ''major change'' headline

10:06am Wednesday, September 21, 2005
Just four days after Associated Press reporter John McCarthy published an error-filled story claiming that, when introduced, Rep. Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform legislation would "hide lists of gun permit-holders", the news service has published a follow-up story that glosses over the error. Bill introduced with major change JOHN McCARTHY Associated Press A bill making changes to a law...

Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB347, Sweeping Firearms Law Reform Bill

4:33pm Tuesday, September 20, 2005
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 20, 2005 CLEVELAND - Buckeye Firearms Association is excited to announce its endorsement of House Bill 347. The bill’s primary sponsor, Representative Jim Aslanides (R-94) of Coschocton, has again taken lead in improving firearms laws in the Ohio House. HB347 has overwhelming support as indicated by the bill's 47 sponsors.

FLASH: Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform legislation introduced as HB347

11:53am Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Exclusive to Buckeye Firearms Association. Must credit www.buckeyefirearms.org . Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that Rep. Jim Aslanides' comprehensive firearms law reform legislation was introduced today in Columbus, as House Bill 347. The bill already has 47 co-sponsors, with more expected to sign on soon. To download a copy of House Bill 347 in .pdf format, CLICK HERE . A summary of...

Letters to Editor Correct False Reporting on Firearms Legislation

10:38am Tuesday, September 20, 2005
On September 14, the Middletown Journal published an editorial in which it repeated false assertions made by an Associated Press reporter about Rep. Jim Aslanides' new firearms law reform legislation. The newspaper has now published two letters to the editor which seek to correct their false reports and/or assertions. Sept. 20, 2005 Middletown Journal I am writing to correct an assertion made in...

Aslanides Bill Has Benefits for Sportsmen and Target Shooters

12:05am Tuesday, September 20, 2005
By Larry S. Moore Last Saturday, my son and I celebrated National Hunting and Fishing Day by joining a couple of dozen other Ohio Hunter Education Instructors volunteering at the Spring Valley Wildlife Area Range annual open house. Over 130 people attended, many of whom were youngsters and new shooters. They received safety instruction and shooting tips from experienced shooters throughout the...

Mentel “Assault Weapon” Ban a Failure from the Start

12:10am Monday, September 19, 2005
By Dean Rieck Gun bans don’t work. They never work. But that didn’t stop Councilman Michael Mentel from writing a bad law, conducting a sham public hearing, and shoving his citywide assault weapon ban down the throats of Columbus residents. Consider the recent case of Alawwal Knowles, who shot at police and terrorized a Columbus neighborhood with an AK-47. From the Columbus Dispatch : On July 11...

Dispatch: False arrest case results in record judgement

12:05am Monday, September 19, 2005
The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a woman falsely arrested was awarded one of the largest judgments in recent history. From the story: The photograph didn’t match. The description didn’t match The handwriting didn’t match. But State Highway Patrol Trooper James R. Mendenhall, a go-getter with a spotless record, arrested the woman anyway. Michelle L. Black-Hosang denied wrongdoing, but...

Associated Press botches initial coverage of Aslanides' firearms legislation

12:05am Friday, September 16, 2005
Despite advance warning and follow-up notice, writer refuses to correct errors In the hours after we broke the story that Rep. Aslanides would be introducing a sweeping firearms law reform bill, Associated Press writer John McCarthy began making phone calls to prepare a story. Early in his interview with Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine, it became obvious that McCarthy had not...

BREAKING NEWS: Aslanides unveils sweeping firearms law reform bill

2:32pm Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Exclusive to Buckeye Firearms Association. Must credit www.buckeyefirearms.org . Ohio concealed handgun license-holders have long-awaited an antidote for some of the poison pills the Ohio Senate and Governor Taft inserted into H.B. 12. Ohio hunters and other gun owners have long awaited an antidote for the toxic stew of local firearms ordinances and damaging case law that can entrap citizens as...

Ohio media (finally) taking note of new firearms legislation

10:57am Wednesday, September 14, 2005
More than six months after its introduction, the Cleveland Plain Dealer is finally reporting on House Bill 91, legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Brinkman and intended to reform Ohio's concealed carry law in several key ways. From the story: The bill, sponsored by Cincinnati Republican Rep. Tom Brinkman, would allow carrying with no permit, lift carefully negotiated restrictions on hidden guns in...

Queen City Blues, Glass City Groundhog Day

12:10am Wednesday, September 14, 2005
Cincinnati & Toledo citizens vote for more of the same Despite years of increasing violent crime rates and a erosion of Second Amendment rights, the small percentage of voters who turned out for non-partisan mayoral primaries in Toledo and Cincinnati have voted for more of the same. In Cincinnati, Republican Councilman Charlie Winburn's battle to reverse 30 years of a Democrat hold on the...

Second Amendment Foundation Poll: Border Control v. Gun Control

12:05am Wednesday, September 14, 2005
BELLEVUE, WA – By a three-to-one margin, American citizens think border control is far more important to national security and fighting crime than gun control, a nationwide Zogby survey has revealed. The survey, commissioned by the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), found that 70 percent of the respondents believe border control is more important, while only 23 percent favor more gun control...

REMINDER: Vote TODAY in primaries around the Buckeye State!

12:10am Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Today is Election Day in many municipalities, and voters have an opportunity to ensure that pro-gun candidates will be on the ballot this November. In Cincinnati, Buckeye Firearms Association has endorsed Charlie Winburn for Mayor. In a campaign shaped by the city's trouble with street crime, Councilman Charlie Winburn has also earned the endorsement of crime-fighting former New York Mayor Rudy...

Cleveland Plain Dealer: Privacy for Criminals over Law-Abiding Gun Owners

by Gerard Valentino and John Salyers
12:05am Tuesday, September 13, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer took time away from their crusade to equate law-abiding gun owners with sex offenders to print a story on a law that would seal the criminal records of convicted felons. This objective and fair article covering a law that would protect convicted criminals is in stark contrast to the attacks the Cleveland Plain Dealer often prints against law-abiding gun owners in Ohio...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Jim Irvine to speak at Gun Rights Policy Conference

11:21am Monday, September 12, 2005
The Second Amendment Foundation will host their 20th annual Gun Rights Policy Conference September 23-25 in Los Angeles. Scheduled speakers include NRA’s President Sandra Froman, Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre and Director of Federal Affairs, Chuck Cunningham. Also speaking will be author of “The Bias Against Guns” Professor John R. Lott Jr., the host of “Gun Talk” radio program Tom...

Dems seeking pro-gun candidates to face DeWine

11:04am Monday, September 12, 2005
A story in the Cincinnati Enquirer offers increasing indications that Democrats have in mind to run a pro-gun candidate against anti-gun Republican Senator Mike DeWine in 2006. While one such potential rival, U.S. Rep Tim Ryan, announced that he has decided to seek a third term in Congress and will not oppose DeWine, Ryan says DeWine is vulnerable and suggested a fellow pro-gun Democrat: Iraq war...

Your tax dollars can help pro-gun candidates

10:59am Monday, September 12, 2005
Exclusive to Buckeye Firearms Association. Do not reprint without permission By: Ken Hanson Esq. How would you like to donate $100.00 of Ohio's money to a pro-gun candidate? That's right, give $100.00 of Ohio's tax money to a pro-gun candidate's campaign. It is easy, it is legal, and Buckeye Firearms Association has just made it even easier. Ohio tax law gives individuals a tax credit of $50.00,...

More Grassroots Persistence Yields Dividends

1:39pm Friday, September 09, 2005
Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that the grassroots efforts of one volunteer have paid off. The Wood County Agricultural Society (Fair Board) has determined that it's previous actions of posting the entire fair grounds as off-limits to concealed carry was in violation of Ohio's Concealed Carry Law. As such, they have issued a public statement that says the signs have been removed from...

Baton Rouge: ''Anxious residents boost gun trade''

11:41am Friday, September 09, 2005
The (London) Financial Times is reporting that sales at one Baton Rouge gun store have increased 1000% or more in the wake of Hurrice Katrina and The E-Z Pawn store on Airline Drive in northern Baton Rouge is doing a brisk trade in guns post-Hurricane Katrina. “I’ve got people like you wouldn’t believe, lots of people, coming in and buying handguns,” said Briley Reed, 34, assistant manager. “I’ve...

Another anti-gun Democrat joins gubernatorial race

12:34pm Wednesday, September 07, 2005
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that former state representative Bryan Flannery has announced plans to run for the Democrat nomination for governor in 2006. Flannery, who voted against HB274 (a concealed carry bill) in 2002, failed in a bid for secretary of state later that year after having been found to be in violation of election laws by the Ohio Elections Commission. He is the third...

Ohio's urban residents should take a lesson from New Orleans

1:49pm Tuesday, September 06, 2005
By Chad D. Baus When debating the issue of Second Amendment rights with gun ban extremists, one of the questions that is always presented is "why do you need a gun to protect yourself? That's what the police are for!". Women who are being stalked by violent criminals and elderly persons living in bad neighborhoods alike are told that they should not take responsibility for their own protection...

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