Castle Doctrine Receives 4th Senate Hearing

By Linda Walker After several weeks delay, Castle Doctrine (SB184) received it’s 4th opponent/proponent hearing in the Ohio Statehouse on Wednesday, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice. John Murphy, with the Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association, once again provided opponent testimony. Mr. Murphy explained that the main concern is civil action, in which the burden of proof...

Lead found in donated venison

By Larry S. Moore According to a Minneapolis Star-Tribune story , Dr. William Cornatzer, a Bismarck physician and hunter, alerted health officials after he conducted tests on venison using a CT scanner and found lead in 60 percent of 100 samples. The North Dakota Health Department confirmed the results on at least five samples of venison destined for food pantries and told food pantries in the...

SB184: Castle Doctrine scheduled for fifth hearing in Senate committee

Senate Bill 184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for Wednesday, April 9 at 10:00 a.m. in the Senate Building's North Hearing Room. This will be the fifth hearing of the bill by this committee. The committee chairman has indicated that the committee may adopt amendments via a substitute bill. For more information on Ohio's...

Buckeye CCW Cards a huge success in first year

A year ago, we came up with the idea of printing wallet cards with basic CCW rules and giving them to instructors around Ohio. We expected this to be a simple way to help instructors add value to their classes, educate CCW students, and introduce citizens to Buckeye Firearms Association. What we didn't expect was the overwhelming response to this idea. The program launched with little fanfare on...

CCRKBA calls on Obama to apologize to millions of license-holders for anti-CCW remarks

BELLEVUE, WA - Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday insulted millions of legally-armed American citizens when he told a Pennsylvania newspaper that concealed carry poses a threat to innocent people, and he should immediately apologize for that remark, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. Senator Obama, quoted by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review , admitted, "I am not in...

Dealer in Stupidity...The Toledo Blade and Guns on Campus

By Jeff Riley The Editorial Board of the Toledo Blade has outdone themselves this time and has become hysterical to the point of incontinence. The subject: Internet sales of guns and gun related parts (a legal activity) and the responsible carry of handguns for self-protection by college students. The editorial, entitled " Trading in death ", begins by slandering Eric Thompson, president of...

Why a Peaceful Society is an Armed Society

By Gerard Valentino To hear the left scoff at the premise that an armed society is a polite society, you would think Americans are uncivilized barbarians just waiting for a chance to shoot each other. Such a backwards thought process isn’t limited to gun control, their distrust of average Americans is rampant in the left’s pantheon of ridiculous beliefs. Their duplicitous ways are exposed most...

SB184: Castle Doctrine scheduled for another Senate committee hearing

Senate Bill 184, Ohio's Castle Doctrine bill, has been added to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Criminal Justice's agenda for Wednesday, April 2 at 10:00 a.m. in the Senate Building's North Hearing Room. This will be the fourth hearing of the bill by this committee. For more information on Ohio's Castle Doctrine legislation, see: Buckeye Firearms Association Endorses HB264/SB184; Castle...

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