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Giuliani's latest try: Election year conversion on guns happened...6 years ago?

12:10am Monday, October 01, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Ever since he began campaigning for President, Rudy Giuliani has known that his past as a staunch gun control advocate would be at issue. The stumping began in earnest in 2007, and since then, Giuliani has tried on a number of different strategies to try and work his way past well-documented historical fact. In February 2007, he tried being largely unapologetic, telling FOX News'...

Op-Ed: Locked and Loaded

12:05am Monday, October 01, 2007
By Ken Blackwell Townhall.com The 2008 GOP presidential primary is shaping up to be the most competitive nominating process the party has seen in decades. It is also the most frontloaded. Candidates are fighting it out in the constantly expanding pool of "early primary" states and hoping to make it to Super Tuesday. With nearly two dozen states up for grabs on that first Tuesday in February, the...

Fred Thompson wins state Republican straw poll

12:15am Friday, September 28, 2007
The Hannah Report is covering news that the Ohio Republican Party released the results of its recent straw poll for the 2008 presidential primary showing the pro-gun former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson leading the anti-gun former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In the poll, Thompson received 33 percent, Giuliani received 24 percent, former Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney received 17 percent, U.S. Sen. John...

Ohio Supremes to hear case of weapons in parks

12:10am Friday, September 28, 2007
The Toledo Blade is reporting that the Ohio Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case involving the city of Clyde's ordinance prohibiting the carrying of firearms in public parks. The Blade's headline, "Clyde wins bid to hear appeal of city gun law", appears meant to convey that Clyde is somehow "winning" something, but the story clearly shows that Ohioans for Concealed Carry (OFCC) Inc. was the...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: Self Defense Against Rogue Statistics

12:05am Friday, September 28, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... Self Defense...

Attorney General Dann asked to settle questions on media access loophole

12:10am Thursday, September 27, 2007
By Chad D. Baus The Youngstown Vindicator is reporting that Trumbull County prosecutor Dennis Watkins has instructed the sheriff not to allow journalists to copy the confidential records of concealed handgun llicense (CHL) holders, and has asked Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann to clarify how information about those who have licenses can be released under an amendment to Ohio's concealed carry law...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc.'s Jim Irvine on FOX News

12:05am Thursday, September 27, 2007
Buckeye Firearms Association Chairman Jim Irvine was interviewed by FOX News for a story about Mayor Frank Jackson's proposal for a new state gun control law . The segment aired several times on Tuesday, September 25th in various forms. The comprehensive version aired during the 6:00p.m. evening news hour with Brit Hume. Click here to view the FOX News story online. On Wednesday, September 26th,...

Exposed: Ohio anti-gunners' 2004 & 2005 IRS returns

12:10am Wednesday, September 26, 2007
By Chad D. Baus As I was preparing to put Buckeye Firearms Association's latest set of campaign finance report figures on this website, I was reminded of a figure who has been appearing frequently in news stories about 'Castle Doctrine' legislation - someone I haven't much cared to spend time on in the past year or so because, frankly, she hasn't much mattered. That someone is Toby Hoover, who...

NRA-ILA's Chris Cox: NRA eyeing role in GOP primaries

12:05am Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The Washington Times is reporting that Chris Cox, Executive Director of The National Rifle Association's Institute for Legislative Action (NRA-ILA), says the group is considering stepping into the presidential campaign fray early next year during the primary season. This would mark a significant shift from years past - the NRA-ILA did not endorse President Bush in 2000 and 2004 until just a month...

Lima News: ''Who’s packing? Almost 2,000 area residents''

12:10am Tuesday, September 25, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Gun owners have a general mistrust for the mainstream media, and rightly so. Over the years, having witnessed examples of poor and/or biased journalism ranging from images of fully-automatic rifles being fired during a story about the Clinton assault weapons ban (which had nothing to do with full-autos) to editorializing about gun legislation they later admit to not even having...

Few converts for Giuliani at NRA candidate forum

12:05am Tuesday, September 25, 2007
On Friday, we reported that GOP presidential wanna-be Rudy Guiliani would be seeking support from the NRA, a group he once likened to 'extremists' , at the group's “A Celebration of American Values” candidate forum in Washington D.C.. As a follow-up to that meeting, MSNBC is reporting that Giuliani's attempts to distract pro-gun voters from his anti-gun record with a few pro-gun election year...

Report: Joyce Fndn. anti-gunners wrote Intl. Assc. of Chiefs of Police ''report'

12:10am Monday, September 24, 2007
The mainstream media is running wild with the latest anti-gun "report", this time purported to have been completed by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). But as firearms law expert David Hardy reports on his website, Armsandthelaw.com, there is far more than meets the eye when it comes to measuring the report's objectivity. Click 'Read More' for the entire story. The IACP...

In memory of Vernon Ferrier

12:05am Monday, September 24, 2007
By Tim Inwood In late August I was asked by my friend Christa Criddle to come down to speak at the September meeting of the Springfield Township Republican Party on the issue of concealed carry in Ohio. In preparing my remarks I looked back over the past several years of our battle to restore our right to self-defense in Ohio. I paused as I thought about my friend Vernon Ferrier. Vernon was one...

Giuliani Seeking Support From NRA, Group He Once Likened to 'Extremists'

12:15am Friday, September 21, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Just how stupid does he think we are? The Washington Post is reporting that today is the day Rudy Giuliani will go before the rank and file of the National Rifle Association - a group he once likened to "extremists" for its efforts to repeal the ban on assault weapons - seeking support for his Republican presidential campaign. The Post notes that even as the former New York mayor...

Buckeye Firearms Assoc. attends USSA's 11th Annual Save Our Heritage Rally

12:10am Friday, September 21, 2007
By Gerard Valentino Several members of Buckeye Firearms joined hunters, anglers and trappers from across that state at the recent United States Sportsman’s Alliance's 11th Annual Save Our Heritage Rally held at the Aladdin Shrine Temple on September 15th. The event, as always, was well organized and guns, hunting trips and other outdoors accessories were given away by the truckload - including a...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK!: A Criminal Mind

12:05am Friday, September 21, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... A Criminal Mind By...

National Hunting and Fishing Day

12:10am Thursday, September 20, 2007
By Larry S. Moore National Hunting and Fishing Day is September 22nd. This is an annual celebration of our hunting and fishing heritage as set by Congress. It provides a day for celebrating our freedoms to hunt and fish, as well as the Second Amendment. Whether you are a hunter, fisherman, trapper or shooter take some time this special day to think about that heritage. Even better would be to...

Cleveland Mayor 'All Wet' on Anti-Gun Proposal to Stem Crime

12:05am Thursday, September 20, 2007
A proposal by anti-gun Cleveland, OH Mayor Frank Jackson to make firearm possession illegal by anyone under age 21 is a non-solution to a genuine problem of violent crime, and like all gun control laws, it targets the wrong people, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said in a recent press release. Mayor Jackson's suggestion came after the killing of a 12-year-old girl...

Mindset: Where It All Begins and Ends

12:10am Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Brian LaMaster, president and chief instructor at Innovative Tactical Concepts, LLC ( www.right2defend.com ) is offering an Advanced Pistol Fighting Level II class at a discounted price as a fundraiser for Buckeye Firearms Association on November 3 - 4, 2007. The class is limited to the first 15 paid participants! Get complete details here . By Brian K. LaMaster In order to survive a life-...

Op-Ed: D.C. Handgun Ban

12:05am Wednesday, September 19, 2007
By John R. Lott. Jr. FOXNews.com Is banning handguns a "reasonable regulation"? The District of Columbia certainly hopes that the Supreme Court thinks so. D.C. filed a brief last week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to let it keep its 1976 handgun ban, but how the city argued its case was what was most surprising. Instead of spending a lot of time arguing over what the constitution means, the city...

Another newspaper op-ed recognizes the folly of Mayor Jackson's gun control

12:10am Tuesday, September 18, 2007
As an anti-gun politician, you know it's a bad, bad, really bad day when not just one, but two newspapers publish editorials against your latest legislative proposal on gun control. And that is just what has happened concerning Mayor Frank Jackson's proposal to ban firearms ownership for persons under 21 years of age. Just 3 days after the Cleveland Plain Dealer said " New gun laws wouldn't solve...

Several previous Buckeye Firearms Assoc. endorsees consider run for Congress

12:05am Tuesday, September 18, 2007
The Toledo Blade is reporting that a special election will be held on December 11 in Ohio's 5th Congressional district so that northest Ohio voters may chose a replacement for the recently-deceased Rep. Paul Gillmore. Perhaps more interesting will be the primary, scheduled to coincide with the statewide general election on November 6. According to the Blade, several proven pro-gun state...

Challenges lie before us

12:10am Monday, September 17, 2007
By Tim Inwood For many years, the enemies of gun ownership have hatched various plots to take our firearms. Outright bans have been met with resistance, and so these folks have had to resort to less overt, but just as nefarious, plots to reach their goals. I have noted that there are several things coming together at this time that are a huge threat to we, the gun owners in the United States...

Dispatch/Blade editorials reveal media misunderstanding about CHL records

12:05am Monday, September 17, 2007
With each newspaper editorial expressing journalists' misgivings with the pending changes to the media access to concealed handgun license (CHL) records loophole, it is becoming increasingly apparent that the Cleveland Plain Dealer isn't the only newspaper to fail to read legislation before editorializing on it. Last week, in an editorial entitled "Idea misfires: Pending law on conceal-carry...

Columbus Dispatch editorial: Amend law on conceal-carry records

12:15am Friday, September 14, 2007
By Chad D. Baus When Ohio House Bill 9 was signed into law, the media gave it surprisingly little attention (especially given how hard the media pushed for the open records bill for the past two years). But now that a provision modifying how Ohio's sheriffs are to handle the confidential records of concealed handgun licenseholders is about to take effect, the editorial boards are beginning to...

The Cost

12:10am Friday, September 14, 2007
By Gerard Valentino Imagine that someone broke into your house and forced you to defend your family by using the gun kept stored in your nightstand. The instant you pulled that trigger your life has changed in ways you cannot fathom. Right now your ears are straining to hear the sirens that trumpet the arrival of the people that will save you from this nightmare – the local police. As a law-...

FRIDAY FLASHBACK! And They Ask Me Why I Carry? Part II

12:05am Friday, September 14, 2007
Buckeye Firearm Association's web site is seeing an amazing growth in visitors and new articles are being posted several times a week. With everything that is going on, it is easy to miss some important and interesting articles. To make sure that you don't miss anything, we are going to repost one of our more popular articles every Friday. This week's "Friday Flashback" is.... And They Ask Me Why...

Plain Dealer Editorial: New gun laws wouldn't solve Cleveland's crime problem

12:10am Thursday, September 13, 2007
By Chad D. Baus Having taken the Cleveland Plain Dealer to task for grievances ranging from reversing their editorial position on statewide preemption of local gun control laws without acknowledging the reversal (let alone explaining it), to publishing false information on campus "no-guns" zones, to failing to read legislation before editorializing on it, and stalling for weeks before publishing...

Another murder, in another “gun free” zone

12:05am Thursday, September 13, 2007
By Jim Irvine This week, a former employee killed a current employee while she was working. The victim could not legally defend her life because she lived and worked in Wisconsin, one of only two states that have no concealed carry program. After killing his victim, the killer turned his gun on himself and took his own life. It is common for criminals to be cowards and be unwilling to face the...

Pro-Gun Punditry: Wednesday's Buckeye State Roundabout

2:55pm Wednesday, September 12, 2007
By Chris Chumita There are more stories pertaining to our gun rights in Ohio then we can possibly draw attention to with individual daily commentary. But they are all worthy of mention. What follows is our review of headlines from around the state though a pro-gun rights lens. From violence in Cleveland to a cannon shell in West Toledo, these articles should be a part of your required reading!...

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