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Ohio bar shootings: The fallacy of "No-Guns" zones on full display

by Chad D. Baus

12:10am Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Despite these prominently posted "no-guns" signs, which are required by law to be posted in every Class D liquor permit location in the state of Ohio, it's getting increasingly hard to keep track of all the shootings occuring across the Buckeye state in places that serve alcohol.

Training, Yes – Mandatory, No

12:05am Wednesday, October 28, 2009

By Jeff Knox At the recent Gun Rights Policy Conference in Saint Louis, Missouri I had the privilege of introducing a couple of resolutions that were adopted by the assembly. The first dealt with the recent attempt by Customs and Border Protection to classify certain "easy open" pocket knives as "switchblades," and subsequent efforts to amend the Federal Switchblade Act. My resolution suggested...

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75 year-old Ohio CHL-holder shoots armed teen during attempted robbery

1:26pm Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Columbus' 10TV.com is reporting that a 75 year-old man who was walking his dog used a firearm in self-defense when an armed teen tried to rob him.

Buckeye Firearms Chairman Jim Irvine debates Bloomberg crony on gun show "loophole"

12:10am Tuesday, October 27, 2009

By Chad D. Baus On October 20, 2009, Buckeye Firearms Chairman Jim Irvine appeared as a guest on WCPN's (Clevland Public Radio) "The Sound of Ideas," hosted by Dan Moulthrop. In a typical display of your tax dollars at work on the "impartial" forum of National Public Radio (NPR), the opening half of the show was given solely to one of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's cronies - John Feinblatt,...

Gun owners' single issue is the Constitution

12:05am Tuesday, October 27, 2009

By Jeff Knox The Firearms Coalition is a single-issue organization and GunVoters are a single-issue group, but, while that single issue is generally accepted as being the Second Amendment, the issue is actually the Constitution as a whole. The Second Amendment stands as a bulwark around the Constitution and "gun groups" in defending the Second Amendment are in fact defenders of the Constitution...

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Buckeye Firearms Association issues endorsements in several local races

12:10am Monday, October 26, 2009

As a part of our focus on general firearms issues, this political action committee continues to direct our attention to a variety of local races in the state of Ohio for off-year elections. This year, there are a few contests which pique the interest of Buckeye Firearms Association, some because they are between pro-gun candidates and out-and-out liberal anti-gunners, and others because we wish...

USSA Encourages Sportsmen to Vote YES for Issue 2

12:05am Monday, October 26, 2009

Stop HSUS from Gaining Foothold in Ohio and Damaging Our Farms (Columbus) – Sportsmen in Ohio know that the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is the number one anti-hunting group in the nation. The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) and a legion of sportsmen have fought and continue to fight this group across the country including HSUS' unsuccessful attempt to ban Ohio dove hunting in 1998...

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Victim takes firearm away from home invader, defends self

6:40am Friday, October 23, 2009

By Chad D. Baus WHIOtv.com is reporting that three home invasion suspects, at least one of whom was armed with a gun, broke into an occupied residence and got into a struggle with the home owner late Thursday evening. According to initial reports, the intended victim was able to gain control of the weapon and shoot the attacker with his own weapon.