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Gun Show Fever! (It all began in Ohio)

7:00am Friday, March 23, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The latest issue of the NRA's American Hunter magazine features an interesting article by Philip Schreier, senior curator at the National Firearms Museum in suburban Washington D.C. Entitled "Gun Show Fever!," the article celebrates the sights, sounds and smells, the excitement and celebration of freedom that are today's gun show. From the article: The great thing about gun shows...

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Ohio Sportsmen and Women Encouraged to Participate in Survey

3:00pm Thursday, March 22, 2012

Deer and turkey hunters' input sought on Ohio's automated game-check system COLUMBUS, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife invites anglers, hunters and trappers to visit www.wildohio.com to take a new online survey. The online survey asks fishing and hunting license buyers to provide feedback on their experience with the newly implemented license sales system...

Two versions of National Right To Carry legislation introduced in U.S. Senate

7:00am Thursday, March 22, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The National Rifle Association reported on March 13 that U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) have introduced S. 2188, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012." According to the press release, the bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822, which was approved by the U. S. House last November by a vote of 272-154. S. 2188, like H.R. 822...

Hunting Heritage Trust/NSSF® Study: Youth Who Hunt and Shoot Can Positively Influence Peers

3:00pm Wednesday, March 21, 2012

NEWTOWN, Conn. -- The more familiar youth are with individuals their own age who hunt and target shoot, the more likely they will be to support and participate in these activities. This key finding and others come from a major new research project commissioned by the Hunting Heritage Trust and National Shooting Sports Foundation® to determine the impact of peer influence on youth participation in...

DeWine says 2012 is final year as Ohio Republican Party chair; Will anti-gun Betty Montgomery take his place?

7:00am Wednesday, March 21, 2012

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Kevin DeWine, who was elected unanimously as chairman of the Ohio Republican Party in 2009 after receiving the endorsement of former chairman Bob Bennett, and who was re-elected unanimously in 2011, has announced he will not run for re-election at the end of his current two-year term, which ends in December. Despite having achieved a...

Op-Ed: If lead bullets are banned, it could compromise self-defense

3:00pm Tuesday, March 20, 2012

by John Lott Lead poisoning from bullets? Sounds scary, but the push by the Center for Biological Diversity in a petition to the EPA is nothing new. The claim has been brought up many times, and even the EPA during anti-gun Clinton administration dismissed the fears about traditional, lead ammunition. The lead in ammunition has never been shown to produce any health hazards, but a ban would...

VIDEO: Eric Holder 1995 - We must "brainwash" people against guns

7:00am Tuesday, March 20, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Brietbart.com has unearthed video from a 1995 CSPAN2 broadcast which shows Eric Holder, then a U.S. attorney under President Clinton and now President Obama's Attorney General, calling for a program in America's schools and U.S. media that would "brainwash" people against guns. Holder's Department of Justice is responsible for the ATF "Fast & Furious" gun-running scandal,...

Ohio and Kansas Sign Concealed Carry Reciprocity Agreements

3:00pm Monday, March 19, 2012

(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt have signed an agreement permitting reciprocity between their states for citizens who have valid concealed carry permits. "This agreement between Ohio and Kansas allows Ohioans with valid concealed carry permits the same rights to carry a concealed handgun in the State of Kansas," said Attorney General...