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Fast and Furious Heating Up "The Hill"

3:00pm Wednesday, June 22, 2011

by Jim Shepherd Seems nothing gets administration members trips under the bus quicker than being caught doing something questionable. Heavy emphasis, unfortunately, is on the "caught" portion of the sentence. Seems it's anything goes when it comes to operating in the shadows. As Congressman Darrell Issa's scathing report and equally damning hearings last week pointed to a massive operational...

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SB17 (Restaurant & Car Carry Rules Fix) and HB54 (Restoration of Rights) – Just what do they do?

7:00am Wednesday, June 22, 2011

by Jim Irvine and Ken Hanson It has been a long wait, but critical legislation for gun owners has finally been passed by the Ohio legislature. It is important to note that the law will remain unchanged for several months and citizens are reminded to comply with existing restrictions until the new law becomes effective. After the bills passed the House and Senate, it was necessary that SB17 and...

CCRKBA calls for special prosecutor in ATF debacle

3:00pm Tuesday, June 21, 2011

BELLEVUE, WA – Following more than four hours of testimony before a House committee [June 15] by a U.S. Senator, government whistleblowers and relatives of a slain Border Patrol agent, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is calling for the immediate suspension, without pay, of all supervisors involved in a controversial gunrunning sting operation, including the acting...

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Buckeye Firearms Foundation joins SAF-led coalition in amicus re: Colorado carry case

7:00am Tuesday, June 21, 2011

BELLEVUE, WA – The Second Amendment Foundation has been joined by 17 other firearms rights groups in an amicus brief filed in a case now before the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, challenging laws that prohibit the carrying of firearms by law-abiding non-resident U.S. citizens in Denver, Colorado. The case, Peterson v. Garcia , was filed by Washington state resident Gray Peterson, who cannot...

Ohio Oil and Gas Bill Amended To Protect Sportsmen and Conservation Dollars

3:00pm Monday, June 20, 2011

Last week the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance (USSA) alerted sportsmen of a threat to their federal conservation dollars in House Bill 133, sponsored by Representative John Adams (R- Sidney). On Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and Natural Resources voted to amend the bill to include necessary protections for Ohio sportsmen. Before the amendment, language in the bill could...

Strategically-timed, Joyce Foundation-funded "study" conveniently links gun ownership and carrying a gun to heavy alcohol use

7:00am Monday, June 20, 2011

by Chad D. Baus One day before Ohio's Restaurant Carry legislation came to a final vote, and after more than two years of debate and countless media articles and editorials repeating the mantra that "guns and alcohol don't mix," the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) released a "study" which they claimed proves that "gun owners who carry concealed weapons or have confronted another person...

SB17 will allow CHL-holder to obtain expungement of prior conviction of improper firearm handling in motor vehicle

3:00pm Friday, June 17, 2011

by Chad D. Baus More than two months after it was amended into Senate Bill 17 , The Columbus Dispatch is finally reporting on an amendment contained in the legislation which will allow people who were convicted of improperly transporting a firearm under the current law to receive relief if they would have been in compliance under the law as amended in SB17. From the article : The new gun bill...

Buckeye Firearms Chair Jim Irvine to Speak at the "We the People Convention" in Columbus

7:00am Friday, June 17, 2011

by Jason Mihalick Buckeye Firearms Chairman, Jim Irvine, will be conducting a breakout session entitled "How to Run an Effective Volunteer Political Action Committee" at the first annual "We The People Convention," which runs from July 1st to July 2nd at the Columbus Convention Center. Mr. Irvine is scheduled to speak first thing Saturday morning, July 2nd, at 8AM. His speech will cover many of...