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Please Join Buckeye Firearms Association For a Candidates Forum March 9th

7:00am Thursday, February 25, 2010

For the fifth year in a row, Buckeye Firearms Association has teamed up with the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, as well as several other conservation & firearms-related groups, to host a candidate's forum. The event will take place in Columbus on March 9th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., and we hope you will make plans to attend! Several Buckeye Firearms Association leaders and volunteers will be on...

Federal agency that labeled millions of gun owners as "rightwing extremists" criticized for casual loss of firearms

3:00pm Wednesday, February 24, 2010

By Chad D. Baus Agents and officers of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that 289 of their handguns, shotguns or automatic rifles had been lost or stolen between 2005 and 2008, the agency's inspector general said in a report released last week. Some of the weapons were left in places such as fast-food restaurant restrooms, bowling alleys and clothing stores. From the...

Officials and statistics agree: No need to fear an end to the ban on guns in national parks

7:00am Wednesday, February 24, 2010

A new law allowing concealed carry in national parks went into effect on February 22, and according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer , the change "got more resistance from the weather than from the handful of visitors in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park Monday.

States Get "Humane" Rating from HSUS; Sportsmen's group applauds Ohio and other states with low scores

3:00pm Tuesday, February 23, 2010

We are going to use the ballot box and the democratic process to stop all hunting in the United States...We will take it species by species until all hunting is stopped in California. Then we will take it state by state. - Humane Society of the United States Executive Director Wayne Pacelle The nation's largest anti-hunting group, the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), has issued "report...

Headline: "Mrs. Strickland pleases PETA by saying no to fur"

7:00am Tuesday, February 23, 2010

According to the Columbus Dispatch , the anti-hunting animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is applauding Ohio first lady Frances Strickland for not wearing fur. From the story : PETA said it recently sent surveys to first ladies across the country asking them whether they wear fur, and that Strickland was among the first to respond, "No, I do not wear fur." "We're...

HB158 (certified instructors' CHL fee exemption) scheduled for testimony in House committee

3:00pm Monday, February 22, 2010

House Bill 158, which seeks to add instructors who are certified to teach courses that meet the requirements of Ohio's concealed handgun license (CHL) law to the list of persons who are exempted from paying a fee to obtain a CHL, has been added to the House Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security agenda for proponent, opponent and interested party testimony, Tuesday, February 22 at 3:...

Chicago Tribune's Steve Chapman claims Obama is "anti-gun control," ignores proof to the contrary

7:00am Monday, February 22, 2010

By Chad D. Baus In a recent opinion piece ( "Obama Anti-gun? No, anti-gun control" ), Chicago Tribune columnist Steve Champan referenced "Obama's overall refusal to do anything to advance gun control." I contacted Mr. Chapman to advise him that Obama has, in fact, called for the advance of gun control by urging the U.S. Senate to ratify a United Nations treaty on small arms control. I provided a...

Brady gun control group releases study documenting their irrelevance

3:00pm Friday, February 19, 2010

By Ken Hanson, Esq. On February 18, 2010, Handgun Control Inc. (now known as "The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence") released their annual "State Scorecards" , grading states on how closely a state agrees with the gun ban movement's agenda. "As the nation's largest, non-partisan, grassroots organization leading the fight to prevent gun violence, the Brady Campaign, with its dedicated...