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Ohio hunter catches equipment thieves on trail camera

3:00pm Tuesday, December 11, 2012

WHIO (CBS Dayton) is reporting that one hunter's preparedness with a deer camera may nab two thieves in the process. As a deer hunter, you plan for the start of the hunting season, purchase your supplies and get ready to head out to the woods. But when you arrive at your hunting destination, you discover someone has stolen the items you were planning on using. This is what has been happening to a...

Guns save lives: Robbery victims turn tables on attackers in two separate Cincinnati area incidents

7:00am Tuesday, December 11, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Three more law-abiding Ohio citizens are alive today thanks to their decision to exercise their Second Amendment and Ohio Constitutional right to bear arms for their defense and security. First, a concealed handgun license-holder in Lockand, OH (Hamilton Co.) was the victim of an attempted armed robbery at 3:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon. From WXIX (Fox Cincinnati) : Police say,...

Get the Truth About Lead Ammunition, and the Misguided Campaign to Ban It

3:00pm Monday, December 10, 2012

To assist policymakers and to educate the public, hunting and recreational shooting organizations have launched a website to make the facts and science of the lead ammunition debate available. Policymakers and hunters are urged to register at the Hunt for Truth website, www.huntfortruth.org , and to subscribe to the Hunt for Truth email list to receive e-bulletins with the latest breaking news...

HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for possible vote in Senate committee

7:00am Monday, December 10, 2012

The Senate Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by Rep. Mark Wagoner (a previous BFA endorsee), has scheduled HB495, sponsored by Representative Terry Johnson (R-McDermott), for a third hearing on Tuesday, December 11 at 3:00 p.m. in the Senate Building's North Hearing Room. HB495, also known as the reciprocity & concealed carry modernization bill makes three changes to current law: Changes...

Rush Limbaugh shares murder stories not involving guns with his national audience

3:00pm Friday, December 07, 2012

As the fallout from Bob Costas' decision to use his speaking slot during a half-time show to blame the tool an NFL player used to murder his wife and then commit suicide continues, America's number-one radio talk show host, Rush Limbaugh, has weighed in on the subject. From a transcript of his December 4 broadcast, posted on his website at RushLimbaugh.com : BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: When it rains,...

Gun found in Ohio teacher's car (Oh, My!)

7:00am Friday, December 07, 2012

by Chad D. Baus WTOV (NBC Steubenville-Wheeling) is reporting that a teacher is facing disciplinary action after a gun was found in her car at Swills Hills Career Center. From the article : "Evidently, a teacher had left their hunting gun in their vehicle, and we immediately contacted the sheriff's office, and the sheriff's deputy went and immediately took the firearm into his possession," [...

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Hunters harvest more than 86,000 deer during Ohio's Deer-Gun Season

3:00pm Thursday, December 06, 2012

Coshocton County leads deer harvest for the second year COLUMBUS, OH – Hunters enjoyed great weather as they harvested 86,964 white-tailed deer during Ohio's traditional week-long deer-gun season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The harvest yielded an anticipated slight decrease of 3.7 percent from 2011, when 90,282 deer were checked. "The...

Cleveland homeowner defends life against knife-wielding intruder

7:00am Thursday, December 06, 2012

The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported recently that a 43 year-old man with a criminal record was shot and killed when he invaded someone's home. From the article : Police were called at 7:28 a.m. about a man breaking into a house there. Third District officers arrived and found David Fletcher with a gunshot wound to the chest. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. The homeowner had heard a...