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"Gun-Free" Chicago experiences a 9/11 once every four years

7:00am Thursday, March 25, 2010

By Gerard Valentino Chicago is the center of the gun world as all parties involved in the gun debate in America await the Supreme Court ruling on whether the longtime citywide gun ban is constitutional. Sadly, if there is a city that would benefit from more permissive gun laws for law-abiding citizens it is Chicago. What many people don't realize is there have been over 13,000 murders in Chicago...

Buckeye Firearms Association announces co-endorsement of Morgan and Yost for GOP nominee for Auditor of State

3:45pm Wednesday, March 24, 2010

The race for auditor of state is not typically one which attracts a whole lot of attention, and certainly not in a party primary. But that can't be said for the race for the Republican nomination for auditor in 2010. Mary Taylor is our current auditor. She has a strong pro-gun record as a legislator and served the state well as auditor, but is now running for lieutenant governor on the John...

Editorials suggest coordinated (and misguided) opposition to SB239

7:00am Wednesday, March 24, 2010

By Chad D. Baus & Jim Irvine In what could be viewed as an almost-sure sign that SB239 will become law in Ohio, the state's newspapers once again appear to have coordinated their editorials in opposition to the pro-self-defense bill over the weekend, just as they did with SB184 (Ohio's Castle Doctrine law), HB347 (Ohio's statewide preemption law), and HB12 (Ohio's original concealed carry law...

The Comfort of Skill at Arms (or "Why to Carry your Firearm Daily")

3:00pm Tuesday, March 23, 2010

By Jeff Knox Dr. Ignatius Piazza, founder of Front Sight Firearms Training Institute, is fond of talking about "the comfort of skill at arms." It's not only a part of his sales pitch, it's also an integral part of the overall philosophy taught at the school. It is an important concept because having full confidence in your own ability to handle almost any serious encounter that might arise is a...

Toledo Blade editors wish recent robbery victims had been unarmed

7:00am Tuesday, March 23, 2010

By Gerard Valentino The Ohio media's opposition stance on changing laws to protect innocent people was inexplicable, until now. In the wake of two separate incidents recently where Toledo retail store workers used firearms to defend against armed robbers, The Toledo Blade has finally come right out and said that society would be a better place if criminals, not honest people, had the upper hand...

Ladies Day Outdoors: BFA's Larry Moore interviews two of the many women who are joining the hunt

3:00pm Monday, March 22, 2010

By Larry S. Moore Women represent the fastest growing segment of the shooting sports and hunting. The National Sporting Goods Association survey results indicated that women participating in hunting increased by 75 percent over the last five years. The Association estimates there are 3 million women hunting and as many as 5 million shooting regularly. The number of women hunting with bows has...

USSA: Administration Document Could Spell Trouble for Sportsmen

7:00am Monday, March 22, 2010

A leaked memo from the U.S. Department of the Interior reveals plans to set aside millions of acres of federal lands, currently open to a multitude of users, as new "National Monuments." Basically, these designations could be established by a stroke of President Obama's pen with no oversight. The memo identifies approximately 13 million acres in nine western states for "National Monument"...

Early opponents to SB239 singing the same tired song

3:00pm Friday, March 19, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Many of the usual characters have come out with early opposition to SB239, Ohio's restaurant carry and car carry reform bill . But after years of hearing the same old, tired warnings, and years of experience which prove their predictions false, I'm hopeful their predictably dire warnings, some of which are outlined below, will be given much less attention in the Statehouse this...