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Toledo homeowner shoots at suspects during attempted break-in

3:00pm Wednesday, January 22, 2014

WTVG, Toledo's ABC affiliate, is reporting that a homeowner used a gun to thwart an attempted break-in at their home earlier this week. From the article : According to police, three young men tried to break into the garage of the home. The owner was home at the time and says he heard noises. "It's just a shame that you work for everything you get, and then, someone wants to come and take it out...

Television Series Invites Attendees to Bring Antiques for FREE Valuations – and Chance to Be on TV!

7:00am Wednesday, January 22, 2014

The new TV series, Treasures & Traditions TV, is heading to the Cincinnati Hunting & Fishing Show January 24-26 at the Duke Energy Convention Center to offer FREE valuations on outdoor collectibles. Many sportsmen have antique memorabilia such as valuable sporting artwork, firearms, decoys, vintage outboards and tackle, books and more stored away in their attics or basements just waiting...

Poll: Household gun ownership on the rise in U.S.

3:00pm Tuesday, January 21, 2014

by Chad D. Baus Breitbart.com is reporting that the latest Economist/YouGov poll shows that 39 percent of American households own guns, which represents a five percent increase over the number of gun owning households in 2012. According to the article , throughout 2013, gun control proponents frequently dismissed the importance of empirical data on gun sales by claiming gun companies were simply...

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HB 234 (Allow Noise Suppressors While Hunting) scheduled for possible vote in House committee

7:00am Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Chairman David Hall has announced that the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee will be hearing all testimony on Representative Cheryl Grossman's (R-Grove City) HB 234 today, Tuesday January 21, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Statehouse Room 116. This will be the third hearing for this important bill. Chairman Hall has indicated that a vote is possible. Buckeye Firearms Association has...

Fallout from Colorado Gun Control Laws Deepens

3:00pm Monday, January 20, 2014

Colorado-based Magpul Industries, a manufacturer of popular AR-15 ammunition magazines and accessories, announced last week that it will move its corporate headquarters to Texas and its manufacturing operations to Wyoming. The company's decision, which will affect over 200 employees and 400 supply-chain workers in Colorado, is expected to cost the state over $80 million annually. Magpul's...

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Omnibus appropriations bill prevents the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty

7:00am Monday, January 20, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) has announced that the Omnibus appropriations bill prevents the implementation of the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) by prohibiting any funding of the treaty unless it is ratified by the U.S. Senate, which opposes the treaty. In October 2013, Sen. Moran led a bipartisan group of 50 U.S. Senators in reiterating to President Obama that...

Detroit Police Chief Agrees: More Guns, Less Crime

3:00pm Friday, January 17, 2014

Except among dyed-in-the-wool anti-gun fanatics, it is a commonly accepted fact that Right-to-Carry laws not only do not cause crime to increase, they may deter violent crimes. It is also firmly established that people who have carry permits are statistically more law-abiding then people who do not. And the number of RTC states and carry permit holders reached all-time highs as the nation's...

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Existing law works to catch OH-NJ gun trafficker

7:00am Friday, January 17, 2014

by Chad D. Baus Gun control advocates constantly claim that illegal gun trafficking is occurring because current laws are inadequate. They say very little, however, when a case occurs that proves existing laws can be used with great effect. According to the Columbus Dispatch , a New Jersey man is to be sentenced to prison this week for his role in a gun-trafficking scheme that stretched from...