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Miami Valley hunters ready for duck and goose seasons

11:14am Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that excitement is building among hunters about predictions for the fall flight of ducks. Hunting will start Oct. 15 in the north zone and Oct. 22 in the south. According to the DDN, the 50th annual Ducks Unlimited survey of waterfowl production in Canada, where most ducks are produced, led DU to estimate the fall flight this year will consist of about 31.7...

LAST CHANCE: Register to vote in 2005 elections!

12:10am Tuesday, October 11, 2005

If you have not voted in the past four years, if you have moved, or if you need to register to vote for some other qualifying reason, please act now. Ohio law states that to be eligible to vote in the general election next month, you must register no later than 30 days prior to the election. That day is today! From the Ohio Secretary of State's website : You may register to vote at the following...

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Cincy Enquirer: Charlie Winburn for Ohio Senate?

12:05am Tuesday, October 11, 2005

The Cincinnati Enquirer is reporting that former Cincinnati Councilman Charlie Winburn hasn't wasted time licking his wounds from his third-place finish in that city's mayoral primary. Instead, less than a week later, the Enquirer says Winburn had a poll in the field testing the waters for Ohio Senate. From the story: "I have not just gone home and taken my marbles, crying and bellyaching and...

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Ten days and counting: No correction of erroneous Plain Dealer editorial

7:30am Monday, October 10, 2005

By Chad D. Baus There have been ten issues of the Cleveland Plain Dealer (and ten opportunities to correct glaring falsehoods repeated in a September 29 editorial about how House Bill 347, Rep. Jim Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform bill, would amend the media access loophole) since editorial page editor Brent Larkin told Buckeye Firearms Association "if there is an error in the story, I...

Ken Blackwell says as Governor he'll close the media access loophole

12:05am Monday, October 10, 2005

Ken Blackwell, current Secretary of State and Republican candidate for governor, has announced that if elected, he will push for legislation to stop media access to the list of concealed handgun licenseholders. From his website: While the US Constitution was being ratified, Samuel Adams said that the “Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the...

Endorsee: One party rule cost Columbus $20 million from gun owners

12:05am Friday, October 07, 2005

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that just as Democrats seek to make one-party rule in state government a big issue as the scandals pile up at the Governor's Mansion, Republicans running for Columbus City Council are trying to make it an issue as they try to win seats at Democrat-controlled City Hall. Among those Republicans running for council is Buckeye Firearms Association endorsee Phil...

Ohio House majority leader's Dist. 72 replacement sworn in Wednesday

12:05am Thursday, October 06, 2005

The Springfield News Sun is reporting that Ross McGregor has been appointed to replace Ohio House majority leader Merle G. Kearns in the 72nd Ohio House District, and Buckeye Firearms Association can further report that Mr. McGregor was sworn in Wednesday afternoon. Kearns, a previous endorsee of this political action committee, was appointed by Gov. Bob Taft in August to become director of the...

Searching for proof of conversion in Taft's first HB347 form letter

12:10am Wednesday, October 05, 2005

After passage of Ohio's concealed carry law, Bob Taft, who opposed concealed carry reform for years after first being elected on a promise to pass it, and who contributed to the insertion of several poison pills in an attempt to kill it before attempting to take credit for it once final passage became inevitable. January 27, 2004 The OSU Lantern Gov. Bob Taft intended on taking a bite out of Ohio...