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Op-Ed: Come Clean and Cut Funding

3:00pm Wednesday, October 12, 2011
by Mike Brownfield What did the President know and when did he know it, goes the old Washington adage. Thus did the American people learn [recently] in separate but equally startling revelations that the Obama Administration knew more about two scandals than it has been revealing. The first is regarding the Operation Fast and Furious gun running disaster and the second is the now-bankrupt, Obama-...

Ohio Division of Wildlife considers opening deer hunting to certain center-fire rifles

7:00am Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Outdoor writer Jeffrey L. Frischkorn recently publicized discussions at the Ohio Division of Wildlife to open deer hunting to firearms other than certain handguns, shotguns and muzzle-loading rifles. From the article : As for the future of deer management in Ohio, that is a subject under review, said [Mike Tonkovich, the Ohio Division of Wildlife's deer management administrator]. The biologist is...

Pheasants to be Released at 28 Public Hunting Areas Statewide

3:00pm Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Statewide season begins November 4; October dates set for Youth Hunting only COLUMBUS, OH - More than 15,000 ring-necked pheasants will be releasedon 28 public hunting areas across the state this fall as part of a seasonal effort by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife to enhance hunting opportunities for this popular game bird. Youth-only hunts will be held...

Kasich applauds sportsmen's contributions to Ohio

7:00am Tuesday, October 11, 2011
COLUMBUS – As fall hunting seasons begin, Governor John R. Kasich commended sportsmen for their efforts on behalf of wildlife conservation and the contributions they make to Ohio's economy. He signed a proclamation applauding their efforts and also released avideo address to sportsmen. Proclamation: http://governor.ohio.gov/MediaRoom/Resolutions.aspx Video: "Ohio's hunters and anglers are...

Op-Ed: Media Silence Is Deafening About Important Gun News

3:00pm Monday, October 10, 2011
by John Lott Murder and violent crime rates were supposed to soar after the Supreme Court struck down gun control laws in Chicago and Washington, D.C. Politicians predicted disaster. "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence," Washington's Mayor Adrian Fenty warned the day the court made its decision. Chicago's Mayor Daley predicted that we would "go back...

September sees 14% increase in firearms sales checks over same month last year; 16th straight month over month increase

7:00am Monday, October 10, 2011
The September 2011 NSSF-adjusted National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) figure of 878,345 is an increase of 14 percent over the NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 770,310 in September 2010. For comparison, the unadjusted September 2011 NICS figure of 1,244,604 is an increase of 9.2 percent over the unadjusted NICS figure of 1,139,980 in September 2010. This marks the sixteenth...

Ohio's Fall Turkey Hunting Season Opens October 8

3:00pm Friday, October 07, 2011
COLUMBUS, OH – Fall wild turkey hunting opens in 48 Ohio counties on Saturday, October 8,according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The season continues through Sunday, November 27. "Record rainfall and regional flooding during the nesting season negatively affected wild turkey production this year," said Wildlife Biologist Mike Reynolds. "Some renesting...

The Terrifying and True Harold Fish Story

7:00am Friday, October 07, 2011
by Gerard Valentino The prosecution of Harold Fish reignited the debate over self-defense laws in America. For those not familiar with the story, Mr. Fish was convicted in Coconino County, Arizona of 2nd degree murder despite staying on site and rendering aid after being forced to shoot a violent attacker. Had Mr. Fish fled, the remote area where the shooting took place meant he was unlikely to...

Bill to provide consistent gun rules for federal lands introduced in Senate

3:00pm Thursday, October 06, 2011
Washington, DC — Senators Jim Webb (D-VA) and John Boozman (R-AR) today introduced legislation to make gun regulations consistent across all federal recreational lands by bringing Army Corps of Engineers rules in line with other federal agencies. Last Congress, legislation was signed into law allowing individuals to possess firearms in the National Park Service and National Wildlife Refuge System...

Bill which would shine light of openness on Media Access Loophole requests opposed by Ohio Newspaper Assoc.

7:00am Thursday, October 06, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Gongwer News Service is reporting that HB328, introduced by Rep. Joseph Uecker (R-Loveland) to force journalists who want access to concealed handgun license-holders' private information to seek the permission of a court in a public hearing, has drawn the ire of open-records advocates and applause from members of the gun-rights community. The measure would require journalists...

National Right-to-Carry Bill Under Attack

3:00pm Wednesday, October 05, 2011
As we reported recently, the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security recently held a hearing on H.R. 822, the "National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011." This critically important bill, introduced earlier this year by Congressmen Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) and Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) and cosponsored by more than 240 of their colleagues, would...

Cleveland lawmakers continue to seek solutions to problems they don’t understand

7:00am Wednesday, October 05, 2011
by Ken Hanson, Esq. WKSU is reporting that Cleveland's elected officials are once again calling for the repeal of statewide firearm preemption in order to, in their words, address the problem of "gun violence." As Cleveland City Councilman Jeffrey Johnson stated, "We don't want to just focus in on the legislation point of it. We want to be able to address why these individuals are able to get...

Op-Ed: Furiously unraveling - Gun scandal still growing

3:00pm Tuesday, October 04, 2011
by Michael A. Walsh The joke goes that anything named "Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms" ought to be a convenience store instead of an arm of the federal government, but what's going on in Washington these days with the embattled agency is no laughing matter. Hardly a week passes now without some revelation about the Obama administration's complicity in what may yet turn out to be one of the worst...

Cincy store clerk distracts armed robber long enough to pull own gun and shoot

7:00am Tuesday, October 04, 2011
Cincinnati's NBC affiliate, WLWT, is reporting that a store clerk was able to protect himself from an armed robber by distracting the criminal long enough to draw his own gun and fire. From the article : Grayson Matthews was working at the family-owned 12th Street Market on Saturday night when a man wearing a garbage bag walked in and demanded money. "I laid it on the counter and he demanded more...

Op-Ed: Fear people, not guns

3:00pm Monday, October 03, 2011
by Sam Greene In case you hadn't heard, Pistol Pete, starting this [past] Friday it [became] legal to carry the ol' six-shooter into your favorite saloons and taverns — that is, assuming you're licensed, completely sober and the bar owner is OK with it. This past June, Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed into law House Bill 45 which allows gun owners with concealed carry licenses to bring their weapons...

Municipal court judge to decide whether to drop charges against victim of Canton officer's violent outburst & execution threat

7:00am Monday, October 03, 2011
by Chad D. Baus The Canton Repository is reporting that a Municipal Court judge will soon decide whether to dismiss charges against a Brewster man at the center of a concealed-carry controversy. From the article : Judge Stephen Belden heard arguments Wednesday over the validity of the evidence and the law at issue in William Bartlett's case. Bartlett, 52, is charged with stopping in the roadway...

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