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Public accountability needed...over the rabid anti-gun media

10:36am Friday, September 23, 2005

The Willoughby News-Herald, a newspaper which has exhibited its bigotry against law-abiding gun owners in the past by banning classified advertisements of firearms, has published an editorial opposing a portion of HB347 that would allow battered women, stalker victims, and others who have reason to fear for their lives a way out of having their names and counties of residence published in the...

SAF, NRA Ask Federal Court To Halt New Orleans Gun Seizures

9:30am Thursday, September 22, 2005

Look for this lawsuit to be a huge topic of discussion at the Gun Rights Policy Conference in Los Angeles this weekend. Buckeye Firearms Association's Jim Irvine will be a guest speaker and will prepare a complete summary. Don't forget to make plans to watch a free streaming broadcast live! Click on the banner link at the top of this website homepage for more information. BATON ROUGE, LA (Sept...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. invites you to go shooting with Ohio's Senate President

5:40pm Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Here's your chance to meet Senate President Bill Harris and encourage him to make plans to put HB347 on a fast track! ANNUAL JOHN WAYNE CLAY SHOOT The Delaware County Republican Party’s Annual John Wayne Clay Shoot with honored guest Ohio Senate President Bill Harris Friday, October 14th 12 pm - 4 pm Black Wing Shooting Center 3722 Marysville Road, Delaware (3 miles west of Delaware on Rt. 36) $...

AP glosses over erroneous report with ''major change'' headline

10:06am Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Just four days after Associated Press reporter John McCarthy published an error-filled story claiming that, when introduced, Rep. Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform legislation would "hide lists of gun permit-holders", the news service has published a follow-up story that glosses over the error. Bill introduced with major change JOHN McCARTHY Associated Press A bill making changes to a law...

FLASH: Aslanides' sweeping firearms law reform legislation introduced as HB347

11:53am Tuesday, September 20, 2005

Exclusive to Buckeye Firearms Association. Must credit www.buckeyefirearms.org . Buckeye Firearms Association has learned that Rep. Jim Aslanides' comprehensive firearms law reform legislation was introduced today in Columbus, as House Bill 347. The bill already has 47 co-sponsors, with more expected to sign on soon. To download a copy of House Bill 347 in .pdf format, CLICK HERE . A summary of...

Letters to Editor Correct False Reporting on Firearms Legislation

10:38am Tuesday, September 20, 2005

On September 14, the Middletown Journal published an editorial in which it repeated false assertions made by an Associated Press reporter about Rep. Jim Aslanides' new firearms law reform legislation. The newspaper has now published two letters to the editor which seek to correct their false reports and/or assertions. Sept. 20, 2005 Middletown Journal I am writing to correct an assertion made in...

Mentel “Assault Weapon” Ban a Failure from the Start

12:10am Monday, September 19, 2005

By Dean Rieck Gun bans don’t work. They never work. But that didn’t stop Councilman Michael Mentel from writing a bad law, conducting a sham public hearing, and shoving his citywide assault weapon ban down the throats of Columbus residents. Consider the recent case of Alawwal Knowles, who shot at police and terrorized a Columbus neighborhood with an AK-47. From the Columbus Dispatch : On July 11...

Dispatch: False arrest case results in record judgement

12:05am Monday, September 19, 2005

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a woman falsely arrested was awarded one of the largest judgments in recent history. From the story: The photograph didn’t match. The description didn’t match The handwriting didn’t match. But State Highway Patrol Trooper James R. Mendenhall, a go-getter with a spotless record, arrested the woman anyway. Michelle L. Black-Hosang denied wrongdoing, but...