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Ronald Reagan: Armed Citizen

12:00pm Friday, February 11, 2011

Editor's Note: As we mark the 100th birthday of President Ronald Wilson Reagan, we remember a story that always seems to escape the attention of the establishment media. Reagan Was Hero To Iowa Woman Nursing Student Rescued From Mugger By Reagan June 7, 2004 TheIowa Channel.com Former President Ronald Reagan is known as the "Great Communicator," but one Iowa woman will always know him as her hero...

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Concealed carry banned on college campuses: Increased safety or death sentence?

7:00am Friday, February 11, 2011

by Stacey Hess What was once the subject matter of fiction is now ingrained in the minds of many as concrete history. Campus shootings and violence have become a genuine concern in the lives of students, faculty and citizens across our nation today. Only several weeks into the new year, this nightmare has already become brutal reality for various Ohio college campuses. Over the course of two...

Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix and Restoration of Rights bills scheduled for hearings in House & Senate

3:00pm Thursday, February 10, 2011

Both chambers of the Ohio General Assembly have scheduled hearings next week on pro-gun legislation supported by Buckeye Firearms Association. Tuesday, February 15: 1:30 pm, Statehouse Room 116 - The House Committee on State Government and Elections, which is chaired by BFA "A" -rated Rep. Bob Mecklenborg, will hear proponent testimony on HB45 , sponsored by Representatives Danny Bubp (R-West...

To the Editor: Professor's anti-gun column was poorly researched

7:00am Thursday, February 10, 2011

The following letter, written by Buckeye Firearms Foundation Board of Directors member Gerard Valentino, was published on February 4 in response to an anti-gun column written by a professor at Ohio University. To the Editor: Richard Scamehorn's recent anti-gun article that supposedly set the record straight on gun control was a one-sided hit piece hidden behind his academic standing. Based on his...

House committee hears sponsor testimony on HB45 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fixes)

3:00pm Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Representative Danny Bubp and Terry Johnson presented sponsor testimony for HB45 to the House Committee on State Government and Elections, chaired by Rob Mecklenborg. Representatives from Buckeye Firearms Association and the NRA were on hand and were joined by many interested media and citizens. Toby Hoover from the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence was also on hand. From the Gongwer News...

Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman on guns: 'What's good for me is not good for thee'

7:00am Wednesday, February 09, 2011

by Gerard Valentino NBC News in Columbus is reporting that, while at the same time working to oppose the self-defense rights of his constituents and other Ohioans, Mayor Michael Coleman himself has used over $1 million in taxpayer funds to pay three police officers to protect him on a 24/7 basis. From the report : An NBC4 investigation finds that over the past four years, the City of Columbus has...

H.R. 308 -- The Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act

3:00pm Tuesday, February 08, 2011

NRA-ILA would like to draw your attention to pending federal legislation that needs your immediate action. On Jan. 18, anti-gun U.S. Representative Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 308, the "Large Capacity Ammunition Feeding Device Act." The bill would ban the manufacture and importation of new magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Unlike the magazine ban that was in...

Formerly anti-gun Ohio newspaper editor admits "I was wrong" about concealed carry reform

7:00am Tuesday, February 08, 2011

by Chad D. Baus It took the editor of The Lorain Morning-Journal nearly seven years, but he has finally realized something Ohio's pro-self-defense rights community has always known: "[C]oncealed carry is safe for the public in general." From Morning-Journal editor Tom Skoch, in an opinion entitled " Facts top feelings, change views on gun issues ": After reading through reporter Taylor Dungjen's...