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Three BFA-supported bills to receive hearings in Statehouse

7:00am Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Legislators in the House and Senate are scheduled to give more attention to three of the many gun rights-related bills pending in the Statehouse before they adjourn for a long summer recess that will likely not resume until after the November mid-term elections. Chairman Gerald Stebelton (R-Lancaster) has announced that the House Education Committee will be hearing testimony on House Bill 454 (...

MEMORIAL DAY 2014: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, May 26, 2014

(Originally posted by the Cincinnati Enquirer and on this website July 25, 2003) Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one...

"Operation Choke Point" Raises Alarms

7:00am Friday, May 23, 2014

For the last several days, rumors have been circulating about the use of federal financial services regulators to harass and intimidate banks and financial service providers who maintain relationships with legal but so-called "high risk" merchants or businesses. These businesses are said to include, among others, payday lenders, escort services, producers of pornography, gaming interests, and...

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Several gun rights bills receive hearings in Columbus

by Jim Irvine

3:00pm Thursday, May 22, 2014

There were hearings held in the Statehouse on multiple bills of interest to gun owners on Wednesday, May 22. The House Education Committee, chaired by Gerald Stebelton (R-Lancaster), heard testimony on HB 454, sponsored by Representative Anne Gonzales (R-Westerville). Guns on school grounds have always been a contentious topic, and that has caused problems with all legislation on topic. Current...

First Ohio school joins Buckeye Firearms Foundation's "trauma kit" initiative

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, May 22, 2014

WRGT (Fox Dayton) is reporting that the Sidney (OH) City School District has expressed its intention to participate in Buckeye Firearms Foundation's "A Trauma Kit in Every School" initiative.

Hillary: On guns, "We're way out of balance"

3:00pm Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The NRA has always supported laws prohibiting violent felons and certain other categories of potentially dangerous persons from possessing guns, and it’s a position we’re confident is shared by the vast majority of gun owners nationwide. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said, "I think that we've got to rein in what has become an almost article of...

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Anti-gun Journalist Admits Wife Wished for Gun When Criminal Struck

7:00am Wednesday, May 21, 2014

On Wednesday, [May 1] gun control supporter and Fox News contributor Juan Williams appeared on the Lars Larson radio show and shared with listeners a personal incident that will hopefully have him questioning his long-held anti-gun positions. Williams told Larson, "My wife went to the gas station, and while she's trying to put the credit card in some guy rushes by her, gets in the car, and drives...

Ohio Hunters Check more than 16,500 Wild Turkeys during Spring Season

3:00pm Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Ohio hunters checked 16,556 wild turkeys during the combined 2014 wild turkey hunting season and youth wild turkey hunting season, April 19-May 18, 2014. To see county-by-county results from Ohio's 2014 wild turkey hunting season, click here . The top 10 counties for the wild turkey harvest were Ashtabula (615), Tuscarawas (493), Coshocton (484), Guernsey (466), Muskingum (453), Belmont (444),...