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Shikar-Safari Club International names Division of Wildlife Officer of the Year

by Larry S. Moore

3:00pm Monday, February 17, 2014

The Shikar-Safari Club International named ODNR Wildlife Officer Supervisor Mike Miller as their Wildlife Officer of the Year. The award was presented at the Ohio Wildlife Council meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Wildlife District One office in Columbus. The award was presented by Mr. Tony Gioffre representing the Shikar-Safari Club International and by ODNR Division of Wildlife Chief Scott...

Police Using Data Concerning Lawful Gun Ownership to Ratchet Up Scrutiny, Escalate Tactics

7:00am Monday, February 17, 2014

In recent years much progress has been made in protecting the privacy of gun owners by restricting access to gun licensing and right-to-carry permit data, with a majority of states now limiting the availability of this information to law enforcement officers for official use. Unfortunately, two recent incidents have highlighted how government data indicating firearm ownership can be used by law...

An Olympic Story

by Jim Shepherd

3:00pm Friday, February 14, 2014

Like most of the rest of the world, I'm watching a lot of winter Olympic coverage from Sochi, Russia this week. But I'm afraid the events I'm following the closest aren't going to get a ton of television time- if any, actually. I'm following the biathlon, the combination of cross-country skiing and shooting. Like many of the Olympic sports, it originates from a military background. In fact, the...

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President to press his anti-gun agenda "with or without Congress"

7:00am Friday, February 14, 2014

Last year, in the wake of the shootings in Newtown, Conn., Barack Obama gave a State of the Union performance that was filled with theatrical pandering. Seeking to capitalize on that tragedy by exploiting the understandably intense emotions that followed in its wake, the President reiterated his support for increased background checks and bans on common semi-automatic firearms and their magazines...

Op-Ed: Exporting Oppression – The California Petri Dish Effect

by Chuck Michel

3:00pm Thursday, February 13, 2014

Chicago is one of the few places in America so un-American that politicians there actually banned the possession of handguns; that is, until the courts threw out that law, along with tossing a citywide ban on shooting ranges and gun stores, and invalidating a state law banning carrying guns in public. Now Chicago politicians are scrambling to adopt the next most-oppressive thing. Given Chicago...

Sheriff who recently refused to renew some concealed handgun licenses is indicted on 25 counts

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, February 13, 2014

WCMH (NBC Columbus) reported recently that Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly, who just weeks ago made headlines for refusing to renew some current concealed handgun license-holders, has been indicted by a grand jury on 25 counts. From the article : According to the indictment, Kelly, 63, was indicted on the following charges: Three counts of theft in office, a fourth-degree felony Ten counts of...

January 2014 firearms sales checks second highest on record

3:00pm Wednesday, February 12, 2014

The January 2014 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 970,510 is the second highest January on record for the system, even with a decrease of 45.8 percent compared to the January 2013 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1,790,154. For comparison, the unadjusted January 2014 NICS figure of 1,650,565 reflects a 33.5 percent decrease from the unadjusted NICS...

Report: Ohio National Guard trains to fight 'anti-government' Second Amendment supporters

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, February 12, 2014

On January 18, 2013, WSAZ (NBC Huntingon/Charleston, WV) reported that Scioto Co., OH held a mock disaster drill held in conjunction with Scioto County first responders and the Ohio Army National Guard 52nd Civil Support Unit. The mock "enemy?" As BuckeyeFirearms.org reported at the time, WSAZ described them as "two school employees who were disgruntled over the government's interpretation of the...