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A New Way to Share Our Hunting and Trapping Heritage

12:05am Friday, September 08, 2006

By Larry S. Moore With the start of the fall hunting season last week, the apprentice-hunting license officially became available. The Ohio Division of Wildlife has been a leader in providing opportunities to introduce young people to the outdoors through hunting, fishing, and trapping programs. The Division has special early season youth hunts for upland game the last two weekends of October...

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Ohio's Own Silly District Court

12:10am Thursday, September 07, 2006

By Tim Inwood On September 1st , two of the judges of the 6th District Court of Appeals rendered a poor decision in the city of Toledo's case against Bruce Beatty. Judges Arlene Singer and Peter Handwork, with Judge Dennis Parrish dissenting, in short have said the Concealed Carry law passed in 2004 by the state legislature is not general law because the statute allows private property owners to...

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One-on-one with Ohio House Speaker Jon Husted

12:10am Wednesday, September 06, 2006

By Larry S. Moore Continuing the efforts by Buckeye Firearms to present the qualifications and the sportsmen backgrounds of candidates, I recently spoke with House Speaker Jon Husted. The Speaker is a very busy and important position within state government. The party holding the majority of seats in the House elects a Representative to serve as the House presiding officer. The Speaker will serve...

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Pro-gun/ anti-gun Democratic ticket concerns Ohio gun owners

12:10am Tuesday, September 05, 2006

By Chad D. Baus People who still remember John Kerry's favorite phrase, "I voted for it before I voted against it", may have a few flashbacks when they read a September 2 Columbus Dispatch story on Democratic gubernatorial candidate Ted Strickland (pictured at left in 2004 with a shotgun he borrowed for the infamous eleventh hour Ohio goose hunt with John Kerry). The headline of the article...

Disturbing Trend: Robbers More Likely to Shoot Victims

12:05am Friday, September 01, 2006

By Dean Rieck The FBI has released data showing that violent crime is on the rise. There’s also a growing trend of teenagers shooting their victims. From a recent article in USA Today: Violent crime continued to increase in the first six months of this year, highlighted by a growing trend of teenagers shooting robbery victims even if they surrender their valuables. ...“Crime is coming back, and...

Join House Speaker Jon Husted for The Annual John Wayne Clay Shoot

12:05am Thursday, August 31, 2006

Here's your chance to meet Speaker Jon Husted, thank him for his work on HB296, HB347, and HB367, and find out about his plans for HB9, HB460, HB508, and HB541, etc. THE ANNUAL JOHN WAYNE CLAY SHOOT with special guest Jon Husted, Speaker of the House Ohio House of Representatives Saturday, September 30, 2006 8:30 am - 11 am Black Wing Shooting Center 3722 Marysville Road, Delaware (3 miles west...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:39pm Wednesday, August 30, 2006

By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From school shootings in Vermont to school shooting sports programs, these articles should be a part of your required reading...

Ken Blackwell shines in NW OH Clay Shoot

12:10am Wednesday, August 30, 2006

By Chad D. Baus On Saturday, August 26, I had the opportunity to attend a Clay Shoot/ Cookout fundraiser for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Blackwell. The family event was an afternoon filled with the sounds of children laughing and splashing in the backyard pond, friends and neighbors sharing tales of their summer vacation adventures, and the sharp reports from a host of shotguns. About...