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Hunters, Target Shooters and Industry Provide $336 Million for Wildlife and Education

2:10am Monday, March 09, 2009

NEWTOWN, Connecticut-- When a target shooter purchases a box of ammunition or a hunter a new deer rifle, wildlife in America benefits. Every sportsman and woman contributes to a system that has been responsible for supporting healthy wildlife populations of both game and non-game species for the last 70 years. The contributions, in the form excise taxes paid on sporting firearms, ammunition and...

Upcoming Events for March 2009

2:05am Monday, March 09, 2009

Introduction to IDPA Clinic Date: March 14, 2009 Time: 9:30am - Finish Location: Pickaway County Sportsman Range - 8100 East Route 22, Circleville Ohio 43133 Cost: $10.00 -- Free for Ladies and Juniors (12 - 18) Deer and Turkey Expo Date: March 20-22, 2009 Time: Fri 2pm-9pm, Sat 9am-7pm, Sun 9am-4pm Location: Bricker Building -Ohio Expo Center(State Fairgrounds, 717 E. 17th Ave, Columbus, OH...

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Second Amendment Task Force responds to Attorney General's comments on 'Assault Weapons'

12:10am Friday, March 06, 2009

Editor's Note: As you read this press release, please take special note of the lack of a single Ohio congressman on the list. It is time to contact yours and find out why! WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Congressman Dan Boren, (OK-2) and U.S. Congressman Paul Broun, (GA-10), Co-Chairs of the Second Amendment Task Force (SATF) in the U.S. House of Representatives, released the following statements...

The whys and wherefores of the ammo shortage

12:05am Friday, March 06, 2009

By Bob Owens If you, like thousands of other Americans, have Googled to find out why we are in the middle of a nationwide ammunition shortage, you would have stumbled across this 2007 blog entry . In it, I corrected a poorly researched Associated Press story by Estes Thompson that claimed the military's consumption of ammunition was responsible for police ammunition shortages here in the United...

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League of Ohio Sportsmen names State Senator Jimmy Stewart "2008 Conservation Legislator of the Year"

12:10am Thursday, March 05, 2009

By Larry S. Moore The League of Ohio Sportsmen recently recognized State Senator Jimmy Stewart (R-Athens) as the 2008 Conservation Legislator of the Year. The award was present at the 101st annual League Convention which was held in Marietta, Ohio. Senator Stewart was recognized for his sponsorship and leadership in fighting wildlife poaching in Ohio.

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 60 - Gun Ban Announced

12:05am Thursday, March 05, 2009

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine" Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" ---------- 1- Gun Ban Announced The lamestream media told you: "The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today," according to ABC News on Wed., Feb. 25. http://tinyurl.com/acoxa4 "As President...

ODOT confirms all "NO GUNS" signs at rest stops and visitor centers have been removed

4:42pm Wednesday, March 04, 2009

Last fall, Buckeye Firearms Association was pleased to report that the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) had ordered all "NO GUNS" signs at state rest stops and visitor centers to be removed. This action was in response to passage and implementation of Senate Bill 184 , which included several major fixes to Ohio's concealed handgun licensure (CHL) law, including a change designed to allow...

Illinois gun legislation should be Trap Shooters' Wake-Up Call

12:10am Wednesday, March 04, 2009

By Larry S. Moore I've been a hunter my entire life, or at least since about age 10. I started participating in trap shooting when I was about 16 years old. While I hunt every year as much as possible, my trap shooting activities have experienced peaks and valleys. The peak of my trapshooting was from about 1990 through 2005. I believe the first Grand American Trap Shoot was held in Sparta,...