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The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 74 - Firearms Busy Season

12:05am Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" -------- 1- Bill of Rights Day is coming again! Mark your calendars, Tue., Dec. 15, to honor the document that helps define who we are and helped set the stage for the greatest nation on earth. Invitation for Phoenix, and details for anyone anywhere: http://www.gunlaws.com/BOR-Day-2009.htm ----Committees of...

Obama administration push for gun ban continues

12:10am Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Administration's calls for ban echoed by bi-national panel of former government officials and scholars, and by a former Bush administration official By Chad D. Baus On February 25, 2009, headlines such as ABC News' " Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban " turned an election-related spike in gun sales into a frenzy that has only recently begun to moderate. The news of a pending push by Obama to...

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Op-ed: Will Gun-Control Case Prompt a Constitutional Reawakening?

12:05am Tuesday, November 24, 2009

By Ashby Jones Our interest in a single Supreme Court case has perhaps never been as high as it is in a case currently being briefed. The issues are fascinating on several levels, and the potential impact of a ruling is big. The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago , for which the court granted cert on Sept. 30. The petitioners in the case, a group challenging a gun-control ordinance in Chicago,...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation and USCCA file brief in U.S. Supreme Court case

12:10am Monday, November 23, 2009

Buckeye Firearms Foundation (BFF) has teamed up with the United States Concealed Carry Association (USCCA) to file a "friend of the court" brief in the McDonald v. Chicago United States Supreme Court case on gun rights. Click here to download the brief as a pdf. The brief, filed on Monday, November 23, 2009, on behalf of the petitioners, is known as a "Brandeis Brief." While traditional briefs...

Cleveland officials should take a lesson from the City of New Philadelphia on gun rights

12:05am Monday, November 23, 2009

By Chad D. Baus Even as the City of Cleveland continues to enforce its local gun control laws and waste tax payer money to fight state law prohibiting same in court, the City of New Philadelphia, OH is taking another route entirely.

FLASH: AG Cordray files motion for stay pending appeal of 8th Circuit ruling on Cleveland preemption challenge

1:44pm Friday, November 20, 2009

Attorney General Richard Cordray has asked for the Cleveland Appellate Court to stay their order finding R.C. 9.68 unconstitutional . A stay means that the Appellate Court's decision will not be in force while the Supreme Court considers the case and issues their decision. AG Cordray is representing the state of Ohio in this case against the City of Cleveland. A stay, which should be granted,...

Will Ted Strickland choose Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsee as 2010 running mate?

12:10am Friday, November 20, 2009

By Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting on a list of potential running mates for Governor Ted Strickland in his 2010 re-election bid. While Strickland has lived up to his billing as a staunch pro-gun Democrat during his first term in office, the same could never have been said of Lt. Gov Lee Fisher, who is running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Strickland's choice...

No-guns signs not working: Columbus city bus passengers now asked to submit to "voluntary" searches

12:05am Friday, November 20, 2009

By Gerard Valentino 10TV in Columbus reported recently that the Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA), which illegally posts its busses with "no-guns signs", is still finding it necessary to increase security on city busses (see " Argument on COTA bus leads to teen's shooting " for an example of why). Their latest plan includes asking people to submit to searches of their bags and person. In...