Guns in the News

Concealed guns OK with voters in poll

12:10pm Thursday, November 14, 2002
Nearly nine out of 10 people taking part in an online poll conducted by Sun Newspapers believe Ohio should allow civilians to carry concealed weap­ons. In the poll, which is on the newspaper’s Web site, 87.5 per­cent of those voting favor let­ting people tote hidden guns. The results are for voting done from Nov. 7, when the poll started, through 5 p.m. Nov. 11. A total of 399 votes were cast...

NE Ohio: OFCC PAC Chairman appears on Adelphia Cable.

5:38pm Tuesday, October 22, 2002
OFCC PAC Chairman Jim Irvine appeared as a guest on Adelphia Cable's "In The Spot Light" show (NE Ohio area only?) on Tuesday evening, October 22. The show was live, and will be rebroadcast on Thursday the 24th and Sunday the 27th on local access cable channels Adelphia system-wide (check local listings) Jim discussed, debated, and took calls about cries for more gun control in response to the...

Akron Beacon-Journal polls candidates re: Conceal Carry Reform

2:26pm Wednesday, October 09, 2002
The Akron Beacon-Journal recently published their 2002 voter's guide, which reviewed Ohio House & Senate candidates from their subscriber area. Noticeably, the ONLY issue-specific question they asked these candidates was regarding their position on Conceal Carry Reform. Download the Beacon-Journal voter's guide and see each candidate's response. (You will need Adobe Acrobat software to read...

Should teachers be required to have five times more firearms training than law enforcement to carry in a school?

7:00am Monday, February 03, 2014
The Ohio Peace Officer Training Academy (OPOTA) says yes. Simple logic says hell no. by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the horrific attack on a Connecticut elementary school in December 2013, many Ohio boards of education finally realized that "no-guns" signs and zero-tolerance policies have utterly failed their promise to protect our children, and were ready to do something different. More than two...

Bloomberg anti-gun group all smoke and mirrors

by Dean Rieck
8:00am Tuesday, September 03, 2013
"What exactly happens when you throw a political rally an no one shows up - except your opposition?" WBNS (CBS Columbus) 10TV's Jim Heath says the question was answered at a rally organized by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) and President Obama's Organizing For Action (OFA) in Columbus on Friday... Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) plays a good PR game...

Buckeye Firearms Foundation Raises Thousands to Buy Zimmerman New Gun

4:36pm Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Donors from 48 states and 4 other countries chip in to help. When the U.S. Department of Justice ordered the Sanford, Florida police department to keep possession George Zimmerman's personal property after he was found not guilty, including his firearm, Buckeye Firearms Foundation started a fund to replace the gun. "We consider this an outrageous abuse of power to score political points at the...

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine calls for arming school employees

3:00pm Wednesday, December 19, 2012
by Chad D. Baus Various Ohio media are reporting that advocates who've long been calling for arming our teachers to deter mass murderers and to stop them if they can, have a new ally: Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (R). From The Columbus Dispatch : Attorney General Mike DeWine said today that Ohio schools should consider arming at least one staffer in their building in case of a shooting...

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