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Our children are dying for our insanity; It's time to emulate Israel's successful efforts to prevent mass killings in schools

7:00am Monday, December 17, 2012

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. - Unknown by Jim Irvine Like you, my heart sank when I heard the news of the mass killings in Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. "Not again," I thought. How many people, especially our children must die before we change our thinking? Sadly I fear that 26, including 20...

Ohio Offers Hunters Additional Weekend for Deer-Gun Season

3:00pm Friday, December 14, 2012

COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio's deer-gun season returns Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 15-16, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Hunters can use a legal shotgun, muzzleloader or handgun to pursue white-tailed deer Dec. 15-16 from a half-hour before sunrise to sunset. The extra weekend days were added in 2006 in response to hunters' requests for extended weekend...

Sharon Kennedy sworn in as Supreme Court justice; Credits hard work and support from Second Amendment advocates for her victory

7:00am Friday, December 14, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Standing before a packed audience in the main courtroom of the Moyer Judicial Center, Sharon Kennedy was sworn in Friday, December 7 as Ohio's 154th Supreme Court justice. As reported by Gongwer News Service, Justice Kennedy, who had served as a domestic relations judge on the Butler County Court of Common Pleas, upset anti-gun incumbent Democrat Yvette McGee Brown last month...

UPDATE: Senate & House pass amended HB495; Bill sent to Governor Kasich for signature

1:46pm Thursday, December 13, 2012

Editor's Note: This article is being updated as information becomes available. by Chad D. Baus An amended HB495 was passed by the Ohio Senate today by a 26-7 vote. Two and a half hours later, the Ohio House voted 66-23 to concur with Senate amendments. The amended bill makes three changes to current law: Eliminates the "demonstrated competency" requirement for second and future CHL renewals,...

Senate President Niehaus tells media he still hasn't decided on allowing HB495 floor vote

9:43am Thursday, December 13, 2012

PLEASE CALL PRESIDENT NIEHAUS AND YOUR STATE SENATOR NOW AND ASK FOR A FLOOR VOTE ON HB495 TODAY ! Without a vote today, the bill dies. Click here for Sen. Pres. Niehaus' number, and and enter your zip code to find your Senator's number. by Chad D. Baus The Ohio House has already passed HB495 in the state House of Representatives by a 59 to 28 vote on June 13, and passed out of the Senate...

Federal court shoots down Illinois concealed carry ban in lawsuit filed by SAF

7:00am Thursday, December 13, 2012

by Chad D. Baus Chicago's Fox news affiliate reported late Tuesday that the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has shot down the Illinois ban on carrying concealed weapons, in the only state where carrying loaded, ready-to-use firearms outside the home is still illegal. In finding the ban to be unconstitutional, the court gave a late May 2013 deadline for the state to create a concealed carry...

FLASH: Senate Judiciary Committee passes amended HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization)

11:07am Wednesday, December 12, 2012

PLEASE CALL YOUR STATE SENATOR NOW AND ASK FOR A FLOOR VOTE ON HB495 TODAY ! Just click here and enter your zip code to find your Senator's number. by Jim Irvine On Wednesday morning the Ohio Senate Judiciary Committee adopted three amendments and passed HB495. The vote was 6-2 along party lines, with at least two members absent. The committee, chaired by Mark Wagoner (R-Ottawa Hills) adopted...

Note: Final hearing on HB495 (Reciprocity & Concealed Carry Modernization) postponed until Wednesday

10:18pm Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Senate Judiciary Committee's third and final hearing on House Bill 495, originally scheduled for Tuesday at 3:00 p.m., has been postponed until 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in the North Hearing Room of the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus. Please continue to call and e-mail members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today and urge them to support HB495. Contact information for members of this committee can...