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Early voting begins in two weeks

3:00pm Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The countdown to Election Day - 48 days away - will go by very quickly. Election Day offers a clear-cut finish line, but in reality voting is set to begin in just two weeks, on September 28! Ohio law now allows for any registered voter to request an absentee ballot and vote by mail. This convenience is now open to all Ohio voters and eliminates concerns about getting to the polls or waiting in...

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Crime Rates Continued to Fall as Firearm Sales Soared in '09

7:00am Tuesday, September 14, 2010

The National Shooting Sports Foundation is reporting that, even as firearms and ammunition experienced record sales in 2009, the nation's crime rates continued to fall, according to new report from the FBI. "During 2009, violent crime declined for the third straight year, with an estimated 5.3 percent drop from 2008 figures. Homicides were down 7.3 percent. The FBI statistics undermine a favorite...

Task Force 20-20 Launches 'Take Me Hunting, Take Me Shooting' Campaign with Support from NSSF

3:00pm Monday, September 13, 2010

Task Force 20-20, the committee formed at the NSSF Shooting Sports Summit to evaluate opportunities to grow hunting and the shooting sports, will begin testing its first initiative—a coordinated marketing effort in selected states designed to reactivate lapsed hunters and shooters. The Task Force 20-20 steering committee has approved piloting the "Take Me Hunting/Take Me Shooting" campaign this...

Husted campaign issues Second Amendment-related campaign flyer comparing differences with his opponent

7:00am Monday, September 13, 2010

by Chad D. Baus State Sen. Jon Husted, former Speaker of the House and current Republican candidate for Ohio Secretary of State, has begun distributing literature designed to inform voters about the stark difference between himself and his Democrat opponent on the issue of gun rights. The flyer begins by pointing out Sen. Husted's strong grading and endorsement resume from gun rights groups: "...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 90 - Hidden Firearms Threat

3:00pm Friday, September 10, 2010

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" -------- 1- Hidden Firearms Threat The lamestream media told you: Nothing. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: The two plants that make smokeless powder in the U.S. are the General Dynamics plant in St. Marks, Florida (manufactures for Hogdon and Winchester, plus military contracts), and the Alliant...

August sees 4.6% jump in firearm sales from same period one year ago

7:00am Friday, September 10, 2010

The FBI has released its National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figures for August 2010. NSSF-adjusted figures (718,971) show a 4.6 percent increase over August of last year (687,252). 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 checks as well as checks...

Senate Hearing Tues, Sept. 14: Urge Your U.S. Senators to Cosponsor Important Pro-Gun Reform Bill

3:00pm Thursday, September 09, 2010

S. 941, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Reform and Firearms Modernization Act, represents NRA-ILA's latest effort to pass legislation that will make it easier for lawful gun owners and dealers to comply with federal law and regulations, while ensuring that those who break the law are punished accordingly. This bipartisan bill also serves as a vital step toward...

NRA challenges constitutionality of federal handgun ban for law-abiding 18-20 year-olds

3:00pm Wednesday, September 08, 2010

The NRA is challenging federal laws that prohibit law-abiding Americans eighteen through twenty years of age from legally purchasing a handgun through a federally licensed firearm dealer. The case was filed Tuesday evening in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas Lubbock Division. James D'Cruz of Lubbock, TX is the plaintiff in this case. "In Heller and McDonald ,...