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Op-Ed: Kagan Bad on Guns

3:00pm Monday, May 24, 2010

by Brian Darling "President Obama's nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court," I wrote in HUMAN EVENTS on June 3, 2009, "owes the American people an explanation on her view of the 2nd Amendment." The nominee then was Sonia Sotomayor, who never provided an explanation. Now, with the choice of Solicitor General Elena Kagan, President Obama is two for two in selecting Supreme Court nominees with an...

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BFA's Ken Hanson debates New York Mayor Bloomberg advisor on Columbus NPR talk show

7:00am Monday, May 24, 2010

On May 18, Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson was a guest the WOSU 820AM (NPR News Columbus) program "All Sides." Ken discussed issues surrounding illegal guns, and proposals to make it more difficult for terrorists and criminals to obtain weapons and explosives with host Ann Fisher other the guests on the show, City of New York First Deputy Criminal Justice Coordinator/...

SB239 (Restaurant/Car Carry) & SB247 (Restoration of Rights) scheduled for possible vote in Senate committee

9:43am Saturday, May 22, 2010

The Senate Judiciary on Criminal Justice Committee , chaired by Sen. Tim Grendell (R-18), has scheduled a hearing on Wednesday, May 26 at 9:00 AM in the Senate Building's South Hearing Room. Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson will offer testimony on SB239 , sponsored by Senator Shannon Jones and Senator Tim Schaffer to allow citizens who hold a valid concealed handgun...

2010 Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Up For Third Year in a Row

3:00pm Friday, May 21, 2010

Hunters checked 21,909 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 16, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents nearly a 16 percent increase over last year's preliminary harvest number of 18,936.

Cleveland newspaper rolls out more tired arguments in editorial opposing restaurant carry legislation

7:00am Friday, May 21, 2010

By Gerard Valentino and Larry S. Moore The Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Page is a perfect example of the old cliché about insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. In their most recent anti-gun rant titled, " Ohio Senate should bury bill to permit concealed weapons in bars " they are speaking out against a bill that makes Ohio's concealed carry law...

The Uninvited Ombudsman Report, No. 85 - Obama State Department moves to ban importation of M1 Garand & M1 Carbine

3:00pm Thursday, May 20, 2010

Taken from the most recent "Page Nine", Alan Korwin's "The Uninvited Ombudsman Report" -------- 1- State Department Infringement The lamestream media told you: Nothing. The Uninvited Ombudsman notes however that: I've just learned from a highly placed and reliable personal source that, in a quiet move to restrict gun ownership, the Obama White House has directly instructed the State Department to...

Racist cartoon attacking NRA over terror watch list presents fear, not fact

by Gerard Valentino

7:00am Thursday, May 20, 2010

A recent political cartoon run in several Central Ohio newspapers shows the severity of the anti-gun bias prevalent in the establishment media. The cartoon depicts a man wearing an NRA armband handing a rifle to a stereotype caricature of what is presumed to be a Muslim terrorist. Under the picture are the words "NRA fights effort to deny guns to people on terrorist watch list." ( Click here to...

FLASH: National Rifle Association files amicus brief in City of Cleveland v. State of Ohio preemption challenge

10:45am Wednesday, May 19, 2010

One week after Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray, via the Solicitor General, filed a strong merit brief in support of Ohio's "preemption" law, R.C. 9.68, the National Rifle Association has followed suit, filing an Amicus , or "friend of the court," brief in support of upholding state law. Click here to download the NRA's brief. The National Shooting Sports Foundation has also filed an Amicus...