HB 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) scheduled for third hearing

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, February 12, 2018
Representative Kristina Roegner (R-Hudson), who chairs the House Committee on Federalism and Interstate Relations, has announced a third hearing for House Bill 228 (Fix Burden of Proof/ Concealed Carry Modernization) on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 4:00 p.m. in Statehouse Room 115. The committee will consider all testimony. The bill, introduced in May 2017 by Representatives Terry Johnson (R-...

HSUS Roiled by Pacelle Accusations, Resignations

by Jim Shepherd
7:00am Friday, February 09, 2018
If you’ve been reading The Outdoor Wire very long, you know I’m no fan of the so-called Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). It’s one of those false-flagged organizations that spends the majority of its millions of dollars in annual donations not on protecting and saving animals, but pushing animal rights causes and trying its best to demonize hunters, anglers, farmers and anyone else who...

Buckeye Firearms Association PAC Endorses Mike DeWine for Governor

7:00am Thursday, February 08, 2018
COLUMBUS - Buckeye Firearms Association PAC has announced its endorsement of Mike DeWine for Governor and Jon Husted for Lt. Governor in the 2018 Ohio Republican Primary. Buckeye Firearms Association (BFA) is a nonpartisan, single-issue nonprofit organization that represents over 4 million Ohio gun owners and works to defend and advance the right to keep and bear arms. "This was an easy choice...

Sentencing of Mayor Frank Jackson's nephew exposes impotence of Cleveland gun control laws

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Wednesday, February 07, 2018
The Cleveland Plain Dealer is reporting that the nephew of Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson has been convicted on a federal weapons charge and sentenced to eight years in prison. What Plain Dealer journalist Eric Heisig didn't bother to note is that Major Jackson is a long-time gun control extremist. The article also failed to mention that Jackson's nephew is not being charged with violating any of...

University Heights Finally Removes No-Gun Signs from Public Park

by Dean Rieck
7:00am Tuesday, February 06, 2018
After a one year battle, the city of University Heights, Ohio, has finally relented and removed 4 no-gun signs from a city-owned park. And just as I reported in May of 2017, recounting the successful efforts of a citizen to fight an unconstitutional gun ban in Marysville , the victory in University Heights belongs to one citizen who simply would not take "no" for an answer. In this case the...

We warned them: Supremes nix City of Cleveland gun control laws; untold tax dollars wasted

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Monday, February 05, 2018
Cleveland.com reported late last week that the Ohio Supreme Court has refused to take up the City of Cleveland's appeal of an Eighth District Court of Appeals decision which declared that a Cleveland gun offender registry and several gun regulations first proposed by Mayor Frank Jackson in 2014 , and passed by city council in 2015 are unconstitutional. A lower court had already struck down other...

Crossing the Line – Firearm Preemption Protection Under Attack

7:00am Friday, February 02, 2018
Gun control groups are fond of describing preemption as a doctrine whereby a state has stripped local governments of their power to regulate guns. In fact, under established legal principles, localities are subordinate “creatures of state law,” with no inherent rights or powers other than what a state decides to delegate to them through statutes or charters. Although some local governments may be...

In wake of surge in homicides, Akron Police Chief notes many victims were known criminals or their associates

by Chad D. Baus
7:00am Thursday, February 01, 2018
Headlines at the close of 2017 lamented the record number of homicides committed in both Akron and Columbus, Ohio. On December 26, the Columbus Dispatch headlined their coverage: " Columbus breaks homicide record with 140 lives cut short so far this year " With just days left before 2017 wraps up, the city broke a homicide record Tuesday with 140 deaths so far this year. “We’re talking about...

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