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My Home is My Castle

12:10am Wednesday, January 03, 2007

By Rick Jones While reading over some of the newspapers across the state recently, I found an interesting letter to the editor in which a person asked, "If armed felons beat my door in, do I have to worry about legal ramifications if I shoot them?" It really made me think about this and take into consideration some of Ohio's antiquated laws. Ohio has recently had some sweeping improvements in our...

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And so it Begins.....Again

12:05am Wednesday, January 03, 2007

By Gerard Valentino Karen Smith is one of America's heroes for gun rights, and I bet nobody remembers her, or what she did. Gun owners and gun rights advocates aren't going to get off that easy. I'm not going to disclose her story in this article as a way of making each and every reader more cognizant of the information available through a little research on the Internet, or at the local library...

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Looking Back At 2006 - And Forward To 2007

12:10am Tuesday, January 02, 2007

By Larry S. Moore Ohio sportsmen have many things for which to be thankful. Looking at the national outdoor media, there are states, which still have blue laws prohibiting Sunday hunting. Michigan sportsmen lost their battle over dove hunting which may very well open the door for additional anti-hunting measures in their state. These are non-issues for Ohio sportsmen. While 2006 saw continued...

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Ohio Game & Fish Mag: Our Finest November Duck Hunts

12:10am Friday, December 29, 2006

For those who enjoy brushing up on their knowledge of hunting, writer Tom Behrens has written an extremely informative article in Ohio Fish and Game magazine. From the article: The single most important factor in waterfowl hunting is the weather. Last year, waterfowl hunting in northeast Ohio started out great, but then fell off when the weather stayed unseasonably mild and no new birds migrated...

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SIGNED: General Assembly's first attempt at Media Access Loophole fix

12:59pm Thursday, December 28, 2006

Taft concern for Home Rule evaporates; HB9 signed into law By Chad D. Baus In a surprisingly brief article (especially given how hard the media has pushed for this bill for the past two years), the Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that Governor Taft has signed House Bill 9 into law. From the story: Substitute House Bill 9 requires that all public officials or their designees attend training...

Passage of Ohio's CCW Law reform was past due

12:10am Thursday, December 28, 2006

The following commentary was recently published in the Wilmington News Journal. By Tim Inwood Back in September I wrote a guest editorial about the Sixth District Court ruling in the Bruce Beatty case. The ruling concerned the city of Toledo prosecuting Bruce Beatty for carrying a firearm in a municipal park. Toledo had prohibited carrying handguns in parks despite the fact the State Attorney...

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Hanson does Blackwater USA: DAY 5

12:05am Thursday, December 28, 2006

Buckeye Firearms Association Legislative Chair Ken Hanson recently attend Blackwater USA ’s 5 day pistol/carbine class. While attending class, Ken kept a blog of his experiences. Since most visitors to this site take training very seriously, we thought you would enjoy his ramblings. Ken's five day experience has been published on this website on Tuesdays and Thursdays through the end of the month...

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Forces of gun prohibition on the march again…

12:05am Wednesday, December 27, 2006

...and in dire need of a history lesson By Tim Inwood Since the elections on November 7th I have been watching the news coverage carefully and what I see chills me. The forces that want to eventually ban gun ownership have been very frustrated under Republican rule in Washington D.C. since January 1995. The past two years since the expiration of the Clinton Semi-automatic Firearms ban has...