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Garbage in, garbage out: Gun checks miss millions of fugitives

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, May 12, 2014

The Gannett Company is reporting that millions of fugitives can pass undetected through federal background checks and buy guns illegally because police departments across the country routinely fail to put their names into a national database that tracks people on the run from the law. From the article : Those background checks, conducted by the FBI, are designed to block fugitives, felons and...

The Motherhood Of A Shooter

by Laurel Yoshimoto

3:00pm Friday, May 09, 2014

Outdoor Wire Editor's Note: It's Mothers Day weekend and we hope every one of you has the chance to reach out to your Mom. Today, we let a Mom reach out to you. Contributing writer Laurel Yoshimoto shares her observations on being an "almost Mom" involved in a sport she loves. Next week, we'll have a report on another group of Moms who are also speaking out in defense of the Second Amendment and...

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A look back at Ohio's journey to straight-walled cartridge rifles for deer hunting

by Larry S. Moore

7:00am Friday, May 09, 2014

I was recently privileged to be part of the effort to bring straight walled cartridge rifles, the effort formerly known as pistol caliber rifles (PCR), to Ohio. The experience was a thrilling, frustrating, challenging and wonderful trip through many meetings, open house events and networking with other organizations. There were moments of success and disappointment along with a fair number of...

Op-Ed: How the Firearms Industry Leads the Way on Gun Safety And What the Anti-Gun Activists Won’t Acknowledge

by Larry Keane

3:00pm Thursday, May 08, 2014

...Last [month], Michael Bloomberg re-launched his ongoing anti-gun effort, this time calling it Everytown for Gun Safety . The group claims to support a platform of issues for which the firearms industry has consistently been an advocate including reducing illegal gun trafficking and educating parents about the safe storage of guns. Essentially, this organization and others like it misleadingly...

Headline: Gun Rights Group Blasts Rules On Firearms In Foster, Childcare Homes

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, May 08, 2014

The Gongwer News Service reported recently on testimony offered in Columbus by Buckeye Firearms Association President Jim Irvine. From the article : Rules prescribing safety measures for foster parents were delayed this week after gun advocates warned that restrictions on firearm storage would likely be found unconstitutional. The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services' foster care rules were...

Southwest Ohio club has something for every shooter

by Larry S. Moore

3:00pm Wednesday, May 07, 2014

I've been shooting at Clinton County Farmers and Sportsmen Association (CCF&SA) occasionally for over twenty years. Every trip has been a pleasurable experience even if my scores were not as good as hoped. The friendly atmosphere of the organization was re-enforced when I visited the annual club open house. Mike Adams, who is the current President CCF&SA, explains, "Good things are...

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Ted Nugent at 2014 NRA Annual Meetings: "The freest man in America"

by Clarke Payne

3:00pm Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Uncle Ted gets standing ovation for gun ownership, traditional family values INDIANAPOLIS - Ted Nugent proclaimed the whole world sucked, but America did not suck that much, and with his blood brothers in Indy, it did not suck at all. One of the good guys, as the late Charlton Heston once called him, Nugent talked to a couple thousand of believers at the 2014 NRA Convention on Sunday, April 27...

REMINDER: Vote TODAY in the Buckeye State!

6:00am Tuesday, May 06, 2014

Tuesday, May 6 is Election Day in Ohio! Because voter turnout in primary elections is historically quite low, die-hard gun owners who Vote Freedom First are able to have an even bigger impact on election results. When one considers that the number of hunters, sportsmen, CHL-holders, NRA members, Buckeye Firearms Association donors and Second Amendment supporters in Ohio approaches 1 million...