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CA killer uses three weapons in attack, but only one makes the "perp walk"

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Wednesday, May 28, 2014

Once again, a mentally-deranged man is making national headlines after having decided to embarq on a suicide mission to make as many people feel his personal pain as possible. The man used a knife to kill his first three victims. He also hit two people with his car . But only one tool used by the killer is getting any blame - the handgun. Consider the photograph at right, released by EPA/Michael...

MAIG Honcho Cuts His Losses, Quits Bloomberg Gun Control Cabal

3:00pm Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Mark Glaze, the head of Michael Bloomberg's ever-morphing anti-gun empire, has announced his departure from Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the group he helped form and steer since 2011. For the last three years, Glaze labored to build an organization off the wealth of a billionaire who, while mayor of New York City, also exploited public resources to pursue his own nationwide antigun agenda...

Three BFA-supported bills to receive hearings in Statehouse

7:00am Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Legislators in the House and Senate are scheduled to give more attention to three of the many gun rights-related bills pending in the Statehouse before they adjourn for a long summer recess that will likely not resume until after the November mid-term elections. Chairman Gerald Stebelton (R-Lancaster) has announced that the House Education Committee will be hearing testimony on House Bill 454 (...

MEMORIAL DAY 2014: In 1788, Ohio law required ALL men aged 16-50 to bear arms

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Monday, May 26, 2014

(Originally posted by the Cincinnati Enquirer and on this website July 25, 2003) Ohio Moments Soldiers fined 50 cents for lack of weaponry On July 25, 1788, the first Ohio law to establish and regulate a militia was published in Marietta. It mandated all men between 16 and 50 perform military duty. They were required to arm themselves with a musket and bayonet, a cartridge box, powder horn, one...

"Operation Choke Point" Raises Alarms

7:00am Friday, May 23, 2014

For the last several days, rumors have been circulating about the use of federal financial services regulators to harass and intimidate banks and financial service providers who maintain relationships with legal but so-called "high risk" merchants or businesses. These businesses are said to include, among others, payday lenders, escort services, producers of pornography, gaming interests, and...

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Several gun rights bills receive hearings in Columbus

by Jim Irvine

3:00pm Thursday, May 22, 2014

There were hearings held in the Statehouse on multiple bills of interest to gun owners on Wednesday, May 22. The House Education Committee, chaired by Gerald Stebelton (R-Lancaster), heard testimony on HB 454, sponsored by Representative Anne Gonzales (R-Westerville). Guns on school grounds have always been a contentious topic, and that has caused problems with all legislation on topic. Current...

First Ohio school joins Buckeye Firearms Foundation's "trauma kit" initiative

by Chad D. Baus

7:00am Thursday, May 22, 2014

WRGT (Fox Dayton) is reporting that the Sidney (OH) City School District has expressed its intention to participate in Buckeye Firearms Foundation's "A Trauma Kit in Every School" initiative.

Hillary: On guns, "We're way out of balance"

3:00pm Wednesday, May 21, 2014

The NRA has always supported laws prohibiting violent felons and certain other categories of potentially dangerous persons from possessing guns, and it’s a position we’re confident is shared by the vast majority of gun owners nationwide. Nevertheless, on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton, a potential 2016 presidential candidate, said, "I think that we've got to rein in what has become an almost article of...