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Hard Work Leads to Pro-Gun Election Victories

12:05am Thursday, November 16, 2006

As the dust settles on another campaign season, we want to extend our thanks for your support, time, and donations to the Buckeye Firearms Association political action committee in the 2006 election cycle. While it will be years before the full effects of last week’s election are known, Ohio gun owners have a lot to celebrate. What exactly did we do? A lot. We directly supported endorsed...

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Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsees to fill House leadership posts in next session

12:05am Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Hannah News Service is reporting that the House GOP caucus has anounced its majority leadership positions for the upcoming 127th General Assembly. Buckeye Firearms Association is pleased to report that, to a person, each and every official in the majority leadership for the 127th General Assembly in the Ohio House is a multiple-time endorsee of this political action committee. Husted Re-Elected...

Apprentice hunting license program a boon for already successful youth deer-gun

12:05am Tuesday, November 14, 2006

Two Ohio newspapers are covering the upcoming youth deer-gun season and acknowledging the benefits of the recently-enacted apprentice hunting license program. Cleveland Plain Dealer Outdoor Writer D'Arcy Egan is reporting that a large deer herd and plenty of large-antlered bucks - combined with a youth deer gun season that has been a big hit - have helped stem a slow slide in the number of Ohio...

Bob Bennett contemplating another term as OhioGOP chair

12:10am Monday, November 13, 2006

By Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that OhioGOP party chair Bob Bennett is considering carrying on as party chair, claiming to have learned a few things after voter anger left heavy Republican casualties at the polls. From the story: "In a very real sense, in some ways, we needed this," Bennett said in a conference call with reporters. "We need a reminder that our service to...

Ohio's youth deer-gun season set for Nov. 18-19

12:05am Monday, November 13, 2006

November 9, 2006 The People's Defender Ohio's youth deer-gun season will be held Saturday and Sunday, November 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Young hunters killed 8,641 deer during the 2005 two-day season. Some young hunters may take advantage of Ohio's new apprentice hunting license. This new licenses allows new hunters, both adults and...

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Anti-gun Montgomery ''stunned'' by defeat

12:05am Friday, November 10, 2006

By Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Betty Montgomery, the supposedly unbeatable anti-gun Republican, was so stunned after her defeat by Buckeye Firearms Association-endorsee Marc Dann (52.3% to 47.7% percent) that she didn't concede until 3 p.m. Wednesday. By then, the newspaper reports, she had jetted off to Florida and was declining to take phone calls. In a statement...

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Arms-Bearing Can Bear the Defeat

12:10am Thursday, November 09, 2006

The Second Amendment emerges from the election relatively unscathed November 8, 2006 By Dave Kopel NationalReview.com The Second Amendment has emerged from the biggest Democratic victory since 1974 with relatively little damage. One reason is that in races all over the country, Democrats returned to their Jefferson-Jackson roots by running candidates who trust the people to bear arms. I do not...

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Misguided mayors need to look to Castle Doctrine laws to curb crime

12:05am Thursday, November 09, 2006

By Tim Inwood On Thursday October 26th a group of mayors gathered in Chicago to plot their strategy for getting guns off the streets , a continuation of Mayor Bloomberg’s efforts from April. While the gathering made headlines in USA Today, the details in the reporting made it clear this cluster of obtuse politicians are clueless about crime. The problem with crime is not guns, it is criminals...