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Two Ohio newspapers issue editorials condemning publishing of NY gun owners' names and addresses

7:00am Tuesday, January 08, 2013

by Chad D. Baus In the wake of the horrific mass murder in at Sandy Hook Elementary in Connecticut last month, one New York newspaper, Gannett Company's The Journal News of White Plains, N.Y., decided to punish people who had nothing to do with the crime by publishing an interactive map with the names and addresses of handgun permit owners in New York's Westchester and Rockland counties. When...

Op-ed: The Left Bullies the NRA

3:00pm Monday, January 07, 2013

by Ben Shapiro On Christmas Eve, seven people were shot in the city of Chicago. The media made little mention of the shootings, since they're now routine in Chicago -- the city has seen some 500 shootings in 2012 alone. The vast majority of the shooters are black, and the vast majority of the victims are black. Many of the victims are under the age of 18: Anton Sanders, 15, shot on Jan. 20;...

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Headline: White House prepares to defeat NRA with speedy legislation

7:00am Monday, January 07, 2013

"I believe in the Second Amendment. I will not take your shotgun away. I will not take your rifle away. I won"t take your handgun away... I am not going to take your guns away. So if you want to find an excuse not to vote for me, don't use that one because it just ain't true. It ain't true." - Barack Obama, 2008 "As a result of direct conversations that I've had with Barack Obama, if you are a...

2013: The Year Ahead

3:00pm Friday, January 04, 2013

by Jim Irvine We begin a new year and a new legislative session with many unknowns. This has the potential to be the best and the worst year gun owners have had in a generation. It is possible that we enjoy one extreme at the state level while enduring the other at the federal level. We begin with Buckeye Firearms Foundation. For the first time, it is possible that our educational 501(c)(3) non-...

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Central Ohio BFA Meet & Greet Jan. 13

7:00am Friday, January 04, 2013

by Aaron Kirkingburg Buckeye Firearms Association will host a Central OH Meet & Greet on Sunday, January 13 at Stacy's Homestyle Buffet in Heath, Ohio. Meet & Greets have become a good way to meet new people, put a face and name to fellow Second Amendment advocates and share fellowship together. Social hour will begin at 4:00PM. The restaurant is carry friendly! BFA Minute Man Aaron...

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ODNR Division of Wildlife to Hold Muzzleloader Deer Season in January

3:00pm Thursday, January 03, 2013

Ohio's white-tailed deer muzzleloader hunting season will open statewide Jan. 5-8, 2013, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Ohio hunters have harvested 188,853 deer this season. During the 2012 four-day muzzleloader season, 19,459 deer were harvested. Ohio deer hunters must possess the proper permits. Regardless of zone, method of taking or season...

The Gun Control Debate: Assumption, Generalization, and Emotion

7:00am Thursday, January 03, 2013

by Hal Baker A sad reality of life is that those who are hell bent on destruction will find a way to destroy. As a result, we are left sitting in the fog of confusion that always follows tragedy. Beyond the fog, there is always an uproar from the media, politicians, and a portion the general populace crying for the government to do more to protect us. Following 9/11, fear drove us to seek out and...

Late-Season Deer Hunting Opportunities Available in Ohio

3:00pm Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Muzzleloader season opens Jan. 4 COLUMBUS, OH - As the calendar turns to 2014, Ohio hunters have another opportunity to pursue white-tailed deer when muzzleloader season opens Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Deer-muzzleloader season runs through Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014. "Muzzleloader season offers a great late-season opportunity for hunters to...