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November sees 9.7% in firearms sales checks over same month last year

7:00am Monday, December 13, 2010

The FBI has released its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures for November 2010. NSSF-adjusted figures (945,463) show a 9.7 percent increase over NSSF-adjusted figures from November 2009 (861,575). The adjusted NICS data were derived by NSSF by subtracting out NICS purpose-code permit checks used by several states such as Kentucky and Utah for CCW permit application...

Tuscarawas County Leads 2010 Deer-gun Harvest

3:00pm Friday, December 10, 2010

Hunters still have a weekend of deer-gun hunting, December 18-19 Ohio hunters took 104,442 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, week-long deer-gun season, which ran November 29 through December 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. In 2009, hunters killed a preliminary total of 114,633 deer during the same time period. Counties reporting...

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NICS Black Friday outage

3:00pm Friday, December 10, 2010

An outage of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) adversely affected many retailers and consumers on Black Friday. NSSF has been in contact with FBI-NICS staff, who explained that the outage was attributable to a computer glitch that overloaded the system. A short-term fix has been applied to the system and once the holiday season is over, a long-term fix will be completed...

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Cuyahoga County Court Recognizes Gun Rights

10:09am Thursday, December 09, 2010

by Ken Hanson In what may be a sign that the world as we know it is coming to an end, Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court Judge Brian J. Corrigan this week ruled that Ohio's firearm disability for misdemeanor drug convictions is unconstitutional ( State of Ohio v. Marinko Tomas ). In a simple, 3.5 page opinion, Judge Corrigan ruled that denying someone the right to defend their home and business...

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Ohio House Members Vote Two Gun Bills Out Of Committee

7:00am Thursday, December 09, 2010

House passes motions to discharge; Media coverage of historic discharge petitions show work still needs to be done

3:00pm Wednesday, December 08, 2010

by Chad D. Baus The Ohio House passed Rep. Bubp's motions to discharge SB239 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and SB247 (Restoration of Rights) today by 57-39 margins, proving that these bills have large bi-partisan support, and deserve to be given votes in an as-yet-to-be scheduled session. The Ohio media are swinging into action to cover the latest efforts to get SB239 and SB247 the floor...

One step closer: Discharge petitions receive required number of signatures; Continued calls needed

2:17pm Tuesday, December 07, 2010

For weeks, we have been asking you to contact your Representatives asking for support for SB239 and SB247. Your calls have made a difference - first, when sessions were scheduled in the House, and now, because Rep. Danny Bubp has confirmed that he witnessed 50 signatures for the discharge petitions on these bills, and that the petitions have been filed! We now move to the final step and time is...

Restoration of Rights: A case study on why the Ohio House should hold a vote and pass SB247 this week

7:00am Tuesday, December 07, 2010

by J.A.W. There are decisions we face as humans that can and will define our lives. For me, that decision took place in March of 1999. I allowed another person to talk me into signing for a package of marijuana delivered to my apartment. Now, I knew exactly what was going to be in the package, and I also knew that it was against the law. For reasons that still to this day I do not understand, I...