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Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor meets with southwest Ohio Sportsmen Leaders

7:00am Thursday, January 02, 2014

by Larry S. Moore Lt. Gov. Mary Taylor met with a group of approximately thirty sportsmen leaders at the Clark County Sportsmen Club. The group represented a true cross-section of the Ohio sportsmen and women. In addition to the host club, representative were present from the Greene County Fish and Game Association, Ohio Gun Collectors Association (OGCA), Ohio State Trappers Association (OSTA),...

2013 - The Year In Review

7:00am Tuesday, December 31, 2013

by Chad D. Baus While there is far too much to cover in a single article, we reflect on some of the important events of 2013. January: The year begins where 2012 ended, as the country continues to discuss yet another horrific mass murder which occurred in a place where guns are banned. Images from Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT and news of 20 children being ruthlessly murdered...

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PETA to Mauling Victim: Grin and Bear It

3:00pm Monday, December 30, 2013

On December 13th, PETA "Special Projects" Division Manager Alicia Woempner lived up to the group's reputation for bizarre extremism when she sent a letter scolding 18-year-old hunter and bear mauling victim Camille Bomboy. In the dispatch, Woempner urges the recovering teen to "reflect on [the] incident" and "abandon hunting." Earlier in the week, Bomboy had been the victim of a vicious bear...

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Dozens of Ohio Schools Change Gun Policies to Defend Students

7:00am Monday, December 30, 2013

by Jason Hart Dozens of school districts across Ohio made some allowance for handguns on campus in the year following the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, a recent Buckeye Firearms Foundation (BFF) survey found. "There are at least 20 different school districts in Ohio that have authorized individuals such as teachers, administrators and parents to carry firearms in...

Op-Ed: Blowing Smoke

3:00pm Friday, December 27, 2013

by C. D. Michel The only thing cigarettes and guns have in common is that they both produce smoke. But if a pack of duplicitous San Francisco lawyers gets their way, your guns will soon be classified as a public health hazard and regulated like seat belts and Marlboros. On November 14th, 2013 the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence (LCPGV) held a public meeting that was streamed live to fellow...

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Headline: Cleveland pays out settlement in gun lawsuit, will review law over weapon seizures

7:00am Friday, December 27, 2013

by Chad D. Baus How do you turn a $400 gun into almost $7,000? Have it confiscated by the City of Cleveland. The Cleveland Plain Dealer reporting recently that Cleveland has agreed to give Derrick Washington his gun back and pay $6,750 in a settlement over a federal lawsuit that drew outrage from gun-rights advocates over the police department's seizure of Washington's weapon in a case in which...

Op-Ed: Clustered criminals habituate homicide

3:00pm Thursday, December 26, 2013

by C. D. Michel Nearly 50% of all gun homicides involve only 4% of inner city gangsters. This is common, but not widely publicized, knowledge. It's a fact deliberately underemphasized by the Brady Campaign, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence, and other gun ban advocates at the Happy Acres Home For the Terminally Bewildered. But a recent study by a sociology...

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Democrat who thinks Second Amendment is obsolete announces candidacy for Ohio Supreme Court

7:00am Thursday, December 26, 2013

by Chad D. Baus The Cleveland Plain Dealer reported last week that State Rep. Tom Letson, a 2012 BFA D-rated Democrat from Warren, has announced his candidacy for the Ohio Supreme Court next year against incumbent Justice Sharon Kennedy (R). Letson, who is term limited and cannot run for re-election in the House, publicly announced his intention to run during the Ohio Democratic Party's executive...