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Gun Sales Continue to Increase

12:05am Friday, January 09, 2009

24 Percent Jump in December Amid Gun-Owner Concerns NEWTOWN, Conn. -- Despite a weak economy, gun sales are continuing to increase amid concerns that incoming lawmakers will institute a new gun ban on law-abiding Americans. Data derived from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) show a 24 percent increase in firearm purchaser background checks for the month of...

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Democrats' proposed gun ban list revealed

12:10am Thursday, January 08, 2009

By Alan Korwin Slipping below the radar (or under the short-term memory cap), the Democrats have already leaked a gun-ban list, even under the Bush administration when they knew full well it had no chance of passage (HR 1022, 110th Congress). It serves as a framework for the new list the Bradys plan to introduce shortly.

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The outdoor industry will not be able to peacefully coexist with Obama's administration

12:05am Thursday, January 08, 2009

By Jim Shepherd Plenty has happened in the outdoors [over the Holidays]. Unfortunately, not much of it has been positive. The economy has continued to shake, rattle and roll, the stock market has tanked, industries have lined up for government handouts that may only delay the inevitable, and an administration for which I had pretty high hopes eight years ago is as dead as the bottle of leftover...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsees dominate leadership positions in State Senate

12:10am Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Buckeye Firearms Association endorsees have been elected by Republicans and Democrats to a majority of leadership positions in their respective caucuses for the 128th General Assembly.

Learning from tyranny's historical foes

12:05am Wednesday, January 07, 2009

By Gerard Valentino Most people in the gun movement were familiar with the famous Spartan 300 long before the recent movie again made their heroic deeds the stuff of legend. Other legitimate freedom fighters throughout history, however, aren’t as well known. One person in history stands with the 300 as a key player in the fight for freedom long before the American Revolution turned the sacrifice...

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Muzzleloader numbers down, but season still shows overall increase in harvested deer

12:10am Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Hunters took 20,659 deer during Ohio's four-day muzzleloader season, December 27-30, with Tuscarawas County again leading the state with 934 deer checked. Last year, a preliminary total of 21,473 deer was taken during muzzleloader season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

Offensive Defense?

12:05am Tuesday, January 06, 2009

By Jeff Knox The repercussions from Hurricane Katrina continue to roll in like the tidal surge that flooded New Orleans. The latest storm takes aim at guns and gunowners. As news trickles out of a final resolution in the lawsuits filed over the government’s illegal confiscation of firearms during the days after the flood, new reports of unprovoked attacks on African-Americans by white,...

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CHL-holder shoots dog when attacked in Cleveland-area Metropark

12:10am Monday, January 05, 2009

"What's the need to be packing in a public park? What's the compelling need?" - Republican Ohio Supreme Court Justice Paul Pfeifer, April 9, 2008 The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that a Metroparks visitor carrying a concealed gun fatally shot a rottweiler that attacked his leashed dog at Tyler Field off Valley Parkway in the Cleveland area.