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Disgruntled church employee shot by pastor in Florida self-defense case

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, February 04, 2015

A recent incident in Florida has brought a glaring problem with Ohio's concealed carry law to light yet again. From the Orlando Sentinel : The pastor of a Kissimmee church shot and critically wounded an employee Tuesday morning in a shootout after he notified the man he was being fired, according to the Osceola County Sheriff's Office. The shooting shortly after 8 a.m. was witnessed by other...

D.C. Mayor’s “Hatred” of Guns Illustrates Need for Congressional Action to Restore Rights

3:00pm Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Big city mayors often have the luxury of sharing their unfiltered thoughts in a way that politicians subject to more ideologically diverse constituencies can’t afford. This trait was on full display January 8, when recently inaugurated District of Columbia Mayor Muriel E. Bowser addressed the anti-gun Washington Interfaith Network, gathered at D.C.’s St. Augustine church. Bowser told the crowd, “...

HB 16 ('Toy' gun control) won't make officers' jobs any easier

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Late in 2014, and in the wake of an incident in which a 12 year-old Cleveland boy was killed by police after he attempted to draw what turned out to be an airsoft pistol from his waistband, Rep. Alicia Reece's (D) knee-jerk reaction came quickly. The anti-gun rights politician from Cincinnati introduced legislation based off of a recently-passed California gun control law, requiring all BB guns,...

Where Has All the Ammo Gone?: An Update

by Gary Evens

3:00pm Monday, February 02, 2015

Following the Sandy Hook tragedy in December 2012 and the subsequent debates about the need for more gun control, the supply of ammunition on retailer shelves pretty much dried up. I wrote about this in the March/April 2013 edition of Random Shots, an article that was subsequently published on the Buckeye Firearms Association website and that became their second most popular posting for that year...

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HB 20 (Rule Modification for Concealed Carry in School Zones) reintroduced by Rep. Gonzales

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, February 02, 2015

On December 4, 2014 the Ohio House of Representatives passed Rep. Anne Gonzales' (R-Westerville) House Bill 454 by an 81-2 vote. Gonzales' bill sought to correct several problems with current law regarding concealed handgun licenses' behavior in school zones. In the waning days of the lame duck session, the bill's language was inserted into HB 234 in the Senate, but Republicans in the Senate...

FDIC Reverses Course on "Operation Choke Point"

3:00pm Friday, January 30, 2015

In a major development concerning NSSF's leadership to halt discrimination in the provision of financial services and products to firearms related businesses due to "Operation Choke Point", the top officials of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on Wednesday admitted wrongdoing and said they would cease practices that had the effect of encouraging such disparate treatment. U.S. Rep...

How "gun-friendly" is Ohio?

by Gary Evens

7:00am Friday, January 30, 2015

I guess the answer depends on what you are comparing Ohio to. In 2004, Ohio joined the growing ranks of states that enacted laws enabling their citizens to carry concealed firearms. As of 2014, all states now permit some form of concealed carry. Only in the District of Columbia is this right still denied, although this may change soon as a result of a recent court ruling. As of the end of 2013,...

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Interstate Transportation of Firearms and Ammunition Bill Introduced

3:00pm Thursday, January 29, 2015

U.S. Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) recently introduced H.R. 131, a bill that would more comprehensively address the interstate transportation of firearms and ammunition for law-abiding gun owners. Current federal law guarantees the right of law-abiding persons to transport firearms between two locations where they have a legal right to possessand carry them, regardless of state or local laws that...