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HB264/SB184: Castle Doctrine scheduled for multiple hearings and possible vote in Senate committee!

4:14pm Thursday, March 06, 2008

Senate Bill 184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for Wednesday, March 12 at 10:00 a.m. in the Senate Building's North Hearing Room. The purpose for Wednesday's hearing is so that the committee may adopt amendments via a substitute bill. The following day, Thursday, March 13 at 9:00 a.m., the committee will reconvene in the...

Campaign growing for allowing guns on campus

12:10am Thursday, March 06, 2008

The Mt. Vernon News , located in an Ohio city with no less than four colleges or universities located in or nearby, is reporting that since the tragic string of college campus shootings across the country, students are organizing a national campaign to allow handguns in classrooms.

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Op-Ed: Columbine To Va. Tech To NIU - Gun-Free Zones Or Killing Fields?

12:05am Thursday, March 06, 2008

By John R. Lott, Jr. As Northern Illinois University restarts classes this week, one thing is clear: Six minutes proved too long. It took six minutes before the police were able to enter the classroom that horrible Thursday, and in that short time five people were murdered, 16 wounded. Six minutes is actually record-breaking speed for the police arriving at such an attack, but it was simply not...

Ohio Primary Election Results - a good day for gun owners

10:17am Wednesday, March 05, 2008

The results are in, and it was a very encouraging night for Ohio gun owners in the races for which Buckeye Firearms Association made endorsements and recommendations. Overall, we are extremely pleased with the outcome of the primary contests we saw as important for Ohio gun owners. As usual there were several examples which proved just how crucial pro-gun Ohioans' involvement in their party...

Mobility-Impaired Disabled Hunter Access

12:10am Wednesday, March 05, 2008

By Larry S. Moore The upland game rabbit season has been pretty tough on me this year. My oldest female Beagle, Lucky, is 14 and has not been able to hunt. She is just too slow in her old age. My male, Hank, has encountered some heart issues so I am not running him very much. He is 10 and I was really hoping for a couple more years in the field with him. Both dogs jump at the gates and bark to go...

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Op-Ed: Guns Save Lives

12:05am Wednesday, March 05, 2008

By John Stossel It's all too predictable. A day after a gunman killed six people and wounded 18 others at Northern Illinois University, The New York Times criticized the U.S. Interior Department for preparing to rethink its ban on guns in national parks. The editorial board wants "the 51 senators who like the thought of guns in the parks -- and everywhere else, it seems -- to realize that the...

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Colorado CHL-holder Recalls Encounter With Church Gunman

12:10am Tuesday, March 04, 2008

The story of concealed handgun license-holder Jeanne Assam's brave actions to stop a murderous rampage killer in Colorado Springs, Colorado's New Life Church won't soon be forgotten. From CNSNews.com : "She probably saved over 100 lives," the Brady Boyd, the pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, said on Monday. The female guard, a church member dressed in plain clothes, killed the...

Toledo concealed handgun license-holder defends own life during robbery attempt

3:49pm Monday, March 03, 2008

By Chad D. Baus The Toledo Blade is reporting that another Ohio CHL-holder is alive today because he had the means to protect himself when attacked. The newspaper, which editorialized against concealed carry both before and after it became law (one editorial board member went so far as theorize on how he would disarm the entire American population ), and which prohibits its newspaper carriers...