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DOWN TO THE WIRE: After two years of focus on the economy, the final Ohio gubernatorial battle is being fought over gun rights

7:00am Wednesday, October 27, 2010

by Jim Irvine After two years of excusing his practice of ignoring pro-gun voters by saying the election will be about the economy, John Kasich now finds himself in the final week of an election battle that is being waged on the very ground he forfeited earlier in the campaign. Polls indicated Kasich had a double digit lead two months ago. But then Ted Strickland set out to inform voters about...

Upland Game Hunting Season Begins November 5

3:00pm Tuesday, October 26, 2010

The season for three of Ohio's most popular game species—ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit and bobwhite quail—begins Friday, November 5, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. "The state's cottontail population has been very good for the last several years, and this year should provide some excellent opportunities for sportsmen," said Nathan...

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Compare Ted Strickland and John Kasich on Gun Rights

7:00am Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Polls from Rasmussen Reports, Fox News, CNN/Time, CBS News/ The New York Times , The Dayton Daily News /Ohio Newspaper Poll and the Ohio Poll/ University of Cincinnati are all saying the same thing - Ohio's gubernatorial contest between incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland and Republican challenger John Kasich is down to a separation of only a couple of points, and within the polls' margin of error...

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Landlord with concealed handgun license shoots enraged former tenant using his car as weapon

3:00pm Monday, October 25, 2010

The Dayton Daily News is reporting that a landlord was forced to shoot a former tenant who had used his car to destroy his property, threaten his tenants, and eventually pin the landlord to a building in his apartment complex. From the article : At 4:43 p.m. Saturday, the landlord of an apartment complex at 317 N. Smithville Road called police to report that a former resident was trespassing on...

Two more die behind a "no guns" sign

7:00am Monday, October 25, 2010

by Jim Irvine There was a double murder on Friday at Park-Ohio in Cleveland. The business has "no guns" signs posted, but as we have seen demonstrated many times, killers do not obey the signs. The victims always obey them, and are dead. Maybe that was part of the killer's plans. The accused killer was a former employee. He knew company policy and protocol. He likely knew of the "no guns" signs...

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Op-Ed: Medical Journal Bias on Guns

3:00pm Friday, October 22, 2010

by John Lott, Jr. Medical journals are not always the objective, purely scientific publications we might think that they are. Their editors have increasingly strayed into politics at the expense of scientific accuracy. For example, the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine has over the last few months published a number of extremely biased and poorly done studies on gun control. One of the...

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Letter to the Editor: "Rob Portman clearly the better choice"

7:00am Friday, October 22, 2010

Editor's Note: The following letter to the editor of The Dayton Daily News , written by Buckeye Firearms Association Region Leader Larry S. Moore, was published on October 19, 2010. To the Editor: The Dayton Daily News endorsement of Lee Fisher was not any surprise. Rob Portman is our family's choice and clearly the best choice for Ohio. I was part of the recent Outdoor Writers of Ohio interviews...

Hunters and Other Outdoors Enthusiasts Need to be Aware of a New Pest

3:00pm Thursday, October 21, 2010

Coshocton County is the only known affected area Black-legged ticks, some infected with Lyme disease, are known to be in the Coshocton county area. A population of these small ticks had not been established before in Ohio, according to The Ohio State University (OSU) tick biologist Dr. Glen Needham. The adult ticks are actively looking for hosts, such as people, pets or deer, not only this fall,...