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Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix and Restoration of Rights bills scheduled for hearings in House & Senate

3:00pm Thursday, February 10, 2011

Both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly have scheduled hearings next week on pro-gun legislation supported by Buckeye Firearms Association. Tuesday, February 15: 1:30 pm, Statehouse Room 116 - The House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Bob Mecklenborg, will hear proponent testimony on HB45 , sponsored by Representatives Danny Bubp (R-West...

To the Editor: Professor's anti-gun column was poorly researched

7:00am Thursday, February 10, 2011

The following letter, written by Buckeye Firearms Foundation Board of Directors member Gerard Valentino, was published on February 4 in response to an anti-gun column written by a professor at Ohio University. To the Editor: Richard Scamehorn's recent anti-gun article that supposedly set the record straight on gun control was a one-sided hit piece hidden behind his academic standing. Based on his...

House committee hears sponsor testimony on HB45 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fixes)

3:00pm Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Representative Danny Bubp and Terry Johnson presented sponsor testimony for HB45 to the House Committee on State Government and Elections, chaired by Rob Mecklenborg. Representatives from Buckeye Firearms Association and the NRA were on hand and were joined by many interested media and citizens. Toby Hoover from the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence was also on hand. From the Gongwer News...

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman on guns: 'What's good for me is not good for thee'

7:00am Wednesday, February 09, 2011

by Gerard Valentino NBC News in Columbus is reporting that, while at the same time working to oppose the self-defense rights of his constituents and other Ohioans, Mayor Michael Coleman himself has used over $1 million in taxpayer funds to pay three police officers to protect him on a 24/7 basis. From the report : An NBC4 investigation finds that over the past four years, the City of Columbus has...

H.R. 308 -- The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act

3:00pm Tuesday, February 08, 2011

NRA-ILA would like to draw your attention to pending federal legislation that needs your immediate action. On Jan. 18, anti-gun U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 308, the "Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act." The bill would ban the manufacture and importation of new magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Unlike the magazine ban that was in...

Formerly anti-gun Ohio newspaper editor admits "I was wrong" about concealed carry reform

7:00am Tuesday, February 08, 2011

by Chad D. Baus It took the editor of The Lorain Morning-Journal nearly seven years, but he has finally realized something Ohio's pro-self-defense rights community has always known: "[C]oncealed carry is safe for the public in general." From Morning-Journal editor Tom Skoch, in an opinion entitled " Facts top feelings, change views on gun issues ": After reading through reporter Taylor Dungjen's...

Some hunting seasons wind down while coyote hunting heats up

3:00pm Monday, February 07, 2011

Coyote hunting offers challenging and exciting opportunities Deer season has concluded for another year and most other seasons have wrapped up too, so what are hunters to do? Repair hunting equipment? Clean guns? Fight cabin fever? According to the ODNR Division of Wildlife, coyote hunting is a great opportunity to enjoy the outdoors this time of year while helping to keep the coyote population...

First-time gun buyers spiking in Scioto County following series of home invasions

7:00am Monday, February 07, 2011

Under Ohio's Castle Doctrine law, if someone unlawfully enters an occupied home or temporary habitation, or occupied car, citizens have an initial presumption that they may act in self defense, and will not be second-guessed by the State. Related Article : Scioto county home invasions end badly...for the criminals