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SB239 (Restaurant Carry & Car Carry Rules Fix) scheduled for proponent testimony in Senate committee

3:04pm Friday, April 09, 2010

The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), will hear proponent testimony on SB239 , sponsored by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun license (CHL) to carry a firearm in restaurants, and to reduce burdensome restrictions regarding how a license holder must transport a firearm in a car, on...

Has The Gun Purchase Bubble Burst?

7:00am Friday, April 09, 2010

By Jim Shepherd For the past few days we've been asking our industry contacts, insiders and observers a simple question: has the Obama gun-bubble burst? Since President Obama's election, certain segments of the firearms industry have been running at full -and beyond- capacity. Some, myself included, were quick to attribute the early surge in firearms and ammunition purchases to a fear that the...

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NSSF/Harris Poll: Target Shooting, Home Defense Top-ranked

3:00pm Thursday, April 08, 2010

A new National Shooting Sports Foundation poll conducted by Harris Interactive found that more Americans are target shooting now than six months ago, and that "home and personal defense" were the main reasons Americans recently purchased firearms. The poll also showed that 43 percent of respondents, which equates to nearly 98 million people, expressed some level of interest in participating in...

Retail stores and open carry: Responsible gun owners can knock down inaccurate stereo-types

7:00am Thursday, April 08, 2010

By Jim Irvine Across the nation, the media have been reporting on the controversy that some nationwide chains have found themselves in regarding store policy on firearms. In "Stores Land in Gun-Control Crossfire," the Wall Street Journal examines how Starbucks, Wal-Mart, Home Depot and other stores who allow guns are attracting law-abiding, gun-carrying customers. Best Buy spokesman Sue Nehring...

Don't send your other to jail: Get your concealed handgun licenses together!

3:00pm Wednesday, April 07, 2010

By Bruce Knodel Spring is in the air and the daffodils are coming up. It is time once again to be thinking about self defense training and obtaining that CCW license you have been mulling around in your mind for the past two or three years. O.K. Now you've made up your mind, and you're going to go get the training you need to apply for an Ohio concealed handgun license (CHL). You may even have...

The national news' perverted priorities: Heroics ignored while villains become famous

7:00am Wednesday, April 07, 2010

By Tim Inwood Atrocities go national, but heroic news is buried. Why? For many years it has irritated me a great deal what the national media decides is worthy to become national news. On April 1, I sat reading of a drive-by shooting in my old stomping grounds, Washington D.C. In the shooting, four were killed and five were wounded. Sensational stories dealing with the misuse of firearms always...

Ohio Spring Turkey Hunting Season Opens April 19

3:00pm Tuesday, April 06, 2010

Youth-only hunt set for Saturday and Sunday, April 17-18 Spring wild turkey hunting opens in all 88 Ohio counties on Monday, April 19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, May 16. "Although last year we experienced one of the poorest wild turkey hatches we have seen in recent years, good numbers of two-year-old...

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Firearms Industry Concerned Over United Nations Request for Firearms Trace Data

7:00am Tuesday, April 06, 2010

The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) – the trade association for the firearms industry – has learned that the United Nations has filed its first firearms trace request . The move by the United Nations, which has long advocated for civilian disarmament, raised concerns from the NSSF. "Firearms trace data is a law enforcement tool to help aid in specific criminal investigations," said...