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A Plethora of New Pistols

3:00pm Wednesday, January 05, 2011

by Jim Shepherd With this being the centennial year of the venerable 1911-pistol design, it seems nearly ever gun company is planning on rolling out a commemorative 1911 model. They range from the basic "as-issued in 1911" pistol that's made to be shot, to the highly decorated, gold inlaid, over-the-top commemoratives that are made to be admired, not fired. Confidentiality agreements...

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Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsees dominate Senate majority leadership in 129th General Assembly

7:00am Wednesday, January 05, 2011

Buckeye Firearms Association endorsees have been elected by Republicans and Democrats to a majority of leadership positions in their respective caucuses for the 129th General Assembly. Senate Republicans have picked former BFA endorsee Sen. Tom Niehaus (New Richmond) as Senate President. The caucus also chose the following former endorsees to join Niehaus in leadership: Sens. Keith Faber (Celina...

Gun owners among candidates considered to chair Republican National Committee

3:00pm Tuesday, January 04, 2011

by Chad D. Baus TheDailyCaller.com is reporting that a woman who has a sizeable firearms collection is among those being considered to chair the Republican National Committee. From the article : Following a debate among the five candidates to be chairman of the Republican National Committee on Monday, the presumed front-runner Reince Priebus ran from the room to avoid reporters' questions, while...

Ohio author brings Johnson's Island Civil War Prison Camp, and a treasure hunt for antique firearms, into a modern family's life

7:00am Tuesday, January 04, 2011

Secret on Johnson's Island, Book One of Adventures on the North Coast , is a 220 page historical fiction for youth. Avery Perkins is a modern day ten year-old, whose family has recently moved from Columbus to Bayview, a little town that sits in the mouth of the Sandusky Bay which flows into Lake Erie on Ohio's North Coast. This adventure begins when they anchor their boat in the sandbar off...

Media cheer as pro-gun bills with strong legislative support die at the hand of one man

7:00am Monday, January 03, 2011

by Gerard Valentino The editorial boards of The Columbus Dispatch , Toledo Blade , Dayton Daily News and Cleveland Plain Dealer have become little more than glorified television weatherman – they all seem to get everything wrong and still have the blind arrogance to tell Ohioans what is coming next. Then again, perhaps it isn't fair to put the weatherman in the same category as Ohio’s leftist...

Governor-elect Kasich appoints anti-gun Highway Patrol bureaucrat to superintendent position

7:00am Friday, December 31, 2010

by Chad D. Baus The Columbus Dispatch reported recently that Governor-elect John Kasich has appointed Maj. John Born to serve as the next superintendent of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP). The name John Born is quite familiar to pro-gun rights activists who were in the Buckeye State for the fight to pass a shall-issue concealed carry law, and his appointment to the top post in the...

Ohio’s Statewide Muzzleloader Season Open January 8-11

3:19pm Thursday, December 30, 2010

Ohio's popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide January 8-11 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 24,078 white-tailed deer during the statewide hunt. A total of 210,361 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the adult and youth gun seasons, early muzzleloader season, gun weekend, and the first...

Ted Strickland's final legacy for Ohio’s gun owners is anti-gun

7:00am Thursday, December 30, 2010

by Chad D. Baus Despite a Sportsmen for Strickland effort that pushed Ted Strickland over the top in the 2006 election for Governor, and another Sportsmen for Strickland effort in 2010 that attracted disenfranchised Republican gun owners and nearly boosted him over John Kasich in a year that should have given the GOP an easy win, and despite having earned "A"-ratings and endorsements from the...